August 1, 2010
To: My Beloved family and Friends
From: Dad, Grandpa etc. Richard Pratt
Re: The Hypothesis of Organic Evolution
The word “hypothesis” is used by the scientists for the word “guess” and unless and until the hypothesis is proven it (Guess) remains just that, “a guess” and often an unprovable guess at the best.
Chapters 7-11 from page 130-258 are a detailed description of the “Guess” that is man made concerning the organic evolution of man. Because it is so asinine I am going to cover it in
this one memo.
“This brings us to the discussion of what I believe to be the most pernicious doctrine ever entering the mind of man: the theory (hypothesis or guess) that man evolved from the lower forms of life.” How can life come from where there is no life? Every living thing has come from a living thing. Every creature, microbe, or mammoth or man must trace back, and back and back. And there the difficulty arose. If spontaneous generation of life cannot be created, how could it be possible several millions or billions of years ago?
And even a greater hurdle to these wild speculations is not just one or more but everything had to evolve in pairs, male and female. This all just happened by chance??? How nutty a person must be to believe such trivia.
At the last count there is nearly one million species of plants - MALE AND FEMALE and about one half million animals - MALE AND FEMALE. And more species continue to be discovered.
“My dear friends, cannot you see how utterly foolish it all is? Why is it that thousands of intelligent looking human beings are willing to accept these stupid teachings? Frankly it is because Satan has deceived them and they love darkness rather than light.” (The above is from the book page 138 and I whole heartedly agree with it.)
To show how these followers of Satan are being deceived just read on page 155 the embarrassing situation to these fables. After outlining the so called four stages of mans development, 1. Old stone age, 2. New stone age. 3. Bronze age, 4. Iron age, and an attempt to show man in these so called developmental stages by exhibiting bits and pieces of bones titled, “Neanderthal, Cro-magna etc. all came to a head about 1910 when the final clinching (so the scientists said) evidence was the discovery of the “Piltdown man.”
Bits and pieces of bone of each of these so called prehistoric men had been arranged on display in the British Museum of Natural History.
On November 21, 1953 World news papers were headed with, “London’s Face Red on Oldest Skull.” a keeper in the British museum of Natural History shame facedly took from its case of honor the supposed skull of a primitive man which for forty years had been called the oldest ever found in Europe. Scientists disclosed Saturday that someone had made a monkey out of them. After a new test with modern techniques thy declared the skull an elaborate hoax. Someone, never found, had planted in a gravel pit near Piltdown England a piece of a human skull, a couple of molar teeth and a bit of jaw bone from an ape all cleverly aged with acid to look very old. It was immediately hushed up and is not now mentioned.
The fact remains that all the so called “men” have all been manufactured from a few scattered fragments of bones with no certain evidence that these fragments were even parts of the same skeletal remains.
Yet all of these wild guesses are taught in our public schools from kindergarten to post graduate work as FACTS.
If the doctrine of organic evolution were based on truth, there would be no need to search the world over for the “missing links”. The world would be full of them. They would be walking our streets in their various stages of development. The hypothesis (Remember it means wild guess) would find support on every foot of the earths surface.
Let no one think, that all scientists and all professors believe these foolish doctrines. There are thousands of professors and highly educated men who denounce these theories most vehemently. But they are not listened too.
It is much like the current, foolish “guess” called “global warming” it cannot be proven, and never will be proven and many thousands of reliable, learned men are continually pointing out the absurdity of it all. But they are not listened to and will not find them mentioned in current news. (I intend to write a memo on it when I finish this review. For its every bit as insane as the Hypothesis of Organic evolution. DON’T BELIEVE IT!”
Nothing exists by its own necessity, and nothing by chance. Some superior power is the source of physical matter and of physical laws.
The so called evolution of the horse is the most ridiculous story of them all. The horse has, so called gone through twelve stages of development beginning three million years ago. According to this ridiculous story the horse has developed form a small animal no larger than a rat thru the many geological ages; from a small five-toed creature to the magnificent animal it is today. (Rubbish!)
The diagram is purely artificial and the story is purely fictitious, but it serves its purpose well in deceiving innocent children and gullible people.
“This is the rubbish palmed off on the innocent and promulgated by the cunning, crafty, designing men bent on destroying the Bible order of creation.”
One of the criticisms used against the authenticity of the Book of Mormon one hundred years ago was its declaration that the Nephites found on this continent (about 600 BC) many useful animals as follows.
“And it came to pass that we did find upon the land of promise (America) ...the cow and the ox, and the ass and the HORSE.” 1 Nephi 18:25 (Also Elephants) Ether 9:19
in my early school years nearly 85 years ago. We were taught that horses were first brought to the Americas by the Spaniards. And that our current horses are descendants of them. Now horse skeletons are found all over the place antedating the Spaniards. Particularly is this true of the La Brea tar pools at Los Angeles where perfectly preserved skeletons of horses, elephants, lions and others dating long before the Spaniards are found.
There is not and cannot be, any compromise between the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the theories of evolution. Were evolution true, there could be no remission of sin. In fact there could be no sin.
Now as to the so called Stone-age man. Yes they existed and still do in some of the remote areas of the world such as the deep jungles of Brazil, the Fuegians at the tip of South America, the jungles of Borneo and other places.
But the so called scientists have got it backward. “Stone age man” is man on the way down not up. They are the remnants of a high civilization that through apostasy from the truth have descended to the benighted stage they are now found in. Yet taken as babies and raised in modern culture they are as intelligent and capable as any of us. Which has been demonstrated many times.
The Bible and Evolution represent two absolutely diverse, alien, and hostile realms of thought. No logical mind will even try to dwell in both at the same time. Some of us are not logical, but in the long run logic has a wonderful way of asserting itself. If the Bible does not kill evolution, evolution will kill the Bible; and the choice between the two is big with doom. In short evolution is not a scientific theory or explanation in any true sense of the word, but an unverified hypothesis (Guess) which has apparent strengths but falls to pieces under any really searching examination. First rate biologists do exist who knowing all that their science can say upon this subject, still flatly disbelieve in evolution.
One of the greatest evidences of creation is the human body. We will begin with the skull and the bones of the head. The skull is composed of a number of bones knit together which makes the bony covering for the brain. There are openings in certain places that were not placed there by chance. These are openings for the use of the eyes and nose, and mouth in the front and for the ears on each side. These holes are placed there symmetrically for the protection and beneficial use of these parts. There are also other openings for nerves, each placed in its proper position according to the need. The brain is placed in the large cavity of the skull for protection. The brain is the power house for the entire body. The brain is the seat of power for the nervous system. The mind is not the brain. The mind is in the spirit which inhabits the body, or the source from which comes our thinking, our love of knowledge, our power to know and to understand. It is the life, for the spirit is life and is eternal and when the spirit leaves the body, the body is dead. It may appear the same, it may weigh the same, to all appearances it has lost nothing of material substance; but from that moment the various materials of which it is composed begin to separate and decompose, the real you, the intelligent part, the part that made it think and exercise its intelligence, has departed.
The author goes on to analyze each of the skeleton parts and showing how impossible it would be for all these marvelous pieces could happen by chance. Only an intelligence could have engineered it. And then when we consider that every species had to be built in pairs, male and female and complement each other one begins to stand in awe that an intelligence could exist smart enough to accomplish it.
Why then do other wise intelligent people, teach, preach and practice these absurdities. The answer is very clear in the scriptures. I’ll just list two there are many.
“We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority (or learning) as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise unrighteous dominion.” D & C 121:39
These men are governed by three great carnal satanical drives as is illustrated in the devils temptations to Christ after his forty days of fasting.
“Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Matthew chapter 4.
The three temptations were: 1. Turn this stone to bread, 2. Cast thyself down from the temple pinnacle (a drop of 300 or 400 feet) 3. Worship me and I’ll give you the whole world.
(1. Appetites satisfied, 2. Famous, 3.Riches and power.) Appetite, fame, riches and power are the
motivation of most men. What must we do to guard against it happening in our own lives and in our children’s lives? I gave the formula for ourselves two or three memos back.
(Inserted from memo #115: What then can we do to protect ourselves? The first and most obvious step is to get out of debt if at all possible! Avoid looking to government for handouts or future security. Don’t look to “Big Brother” to take care of us thru price controls, rent controls, guaranteed jobs and wages. Remember the greatest helping hands you will ever get are on the ends of your arms! Second: Have something to eat stored away. This is a must!
Any government powerful enough to give the people all they want is also powerful enough to take from the people all that they have.
Third: above all don’t forget your PRAYERS and learn to hear the whisperings of the Spirit and OBEY them! Finally: the very least we can do is keep the commandments, pay an honest tithe and keep saying our prayers and reading the scriptures daily.
Our son Stephen is spending countless hours and money in public speaking. He is acting as a voice of warning to become prepared. And to be centered in Jesus Christ.
I’m trying to do my part through these memos as my lack of strength no longer allows me to do much more. Become prepared in every needful thing and be Christ centered. We will win! I pray for you daily!
back to memo #119
There are three possibilities as to our children. 1. Home teach thru the formative years, the first five to eight grades. And several of you are doing this. 2. Consider private or charter schools but investigate carefully. There are many good ones but not all are good. 3. If your children attend public schools, protect them with a daily examination to find out what they are being taught and then with love and wisdom and a prayerful heart teach them the truth. Let the school be a help to what you are teaching them at home. Let the home be the center of the best teaching! Protect them with the tools of truth. Be actively engaged in the things your children are involved in and lead the way.
Then, even after all we can do they must still choose for themselves. Scary isn’t it? But God will bless you that you will succeed in your personal life and in your family as you turn your will over to him. Seek him, come to know him and feel the peace he can bring into your homes.
My sincere prayers are for your success. We were sent here to succeed and we can if we keep on trying! Be humble, be prayerful and trust in the word of the Lord.
Dad repeats this often!
above all don’t forget your PRAYERS and learn to hear the whisperings of the Spirit and OBEY them! Finally: the very least we can do is keep the commandments, pay an honest tithe and keep saying our prayers and reading the scriptures daily.
My love always,
Dad, Grandpa etc
Richard Marden Pratt
