The three great nineteenth century exponents of what was to become the Hermeneutics of Suspicion were Darwin, Marx, and Freud.
All of them had some interesting things to say, even Marx. But they all thought that everything could be explained by their "scientific" systems, and they were wrong about that.
Marx has been discredited among sensible people, but he is still immensely influential in academia. Freud also has been generally discredited. Darwin is still holding on by his fingernails, largely with the strategic help of activist judges, who remember the famous Scopes trial and think they are manning the barriers against ignorance and superstition.
Not very democratic. Darwinists have a natural tendency to believe that they belong to a superior race of beings, higher up the evolutionary scale than the rest of us. Freudians, too. Anyone who questioned their theories was "hostile." Therefore, like good Marxists or Freudians, Darwinists think it's their job to tell the rest of us how to think, and more especially how to brainwash our children.
Another great read, Cicero. Right on the money. Please keep up your good work.
It is written
Pr 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
I think Darwin has a lot more credibility than Marx or Freud.
Darwin himself was not an atheist by any means.It disturbed him greatly that some branded his theories as "proof" refuting the existence of God.
He saw no contradiction between natural selection and the presence of God.