Deepening Creationism, Refutation Of Charles Darwin's Theory Of Evolution Created By Harun Yahya

Adnan Oktar alias Harun Yahya (Source: adnanoktarlawsuit.com)

JAKARTA - Harun Yahya was sentenced to 1,075 years in prison by a Turkish court. Harun Yahya, whose real name is Adnan Hoca, is a literary writer with Islamic labels. Harun Yahya is known as a figure who strongly opposes Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through a rebuttal theory called Islamic creationism.

In the theory of creationism, Harun Yahya explains Darwinism as a misconception that keeps people away from God and divine attributes. Darwinism is even called Dajjal's interference in the world.

The theory of creationism has also been described on Harun Yahya's website, entitled Evolution International. The site was translated into 32 languages, including Indonesian. Harun Yahya declared Darwinism to be a lie rooted in anti-religious ideas.

There are two things that Harun Yahya tries to prove. First, according to Harun Yahya, the theory of evolution is unable to explain how the protein element is produced, even though protein is the most important element for living things. According to Harun Yahya Darwin's theory of evolution cannot explain the process of creating proteins that require other proteins to be formed.

Charles Darwin (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

Harun Yahya's second rebuttal is about fossils. He said there were no intermediate fossils. Darwin's theory explained that fossils connected living things to their ancestors. According to Harun Yahya, the function of fossils is not like that, but rather to determine the taxonomy of living things and determine the evolutionary traces of their ancestors to obtain forms like modern living things.

The part of the theory of evolution that Harun Yahya opposes the most is the explanation of how humans are a form of evolution from apes. For Harun Yahya, this theory is an insult because he equates humans with apes.

According to Harun Yahya, no matter what the process is, apes will never reach the level of human intelligence. In other words, it was impossible for apes to turn into humans. According to Harun Yahya, God blesses humans with the ability to think and various other superiorities over other creatures.

Anti-Darwinism work

Harun Yahya's anti-Darwinist works are broadcast through various communication media, especially books and DVDs. One of the most famous cover titles ever written by Harun Yahya is Atlas of Creation, which in language translation is called Atlas of Creation.

The spread of the theory of recreationism has been successful, absorbed by so many world religious groups, including Indonesia. Harun Yahya, admittedly offers an interesting premise through this theory.

Cover of Atlas of Creation (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

Through recreationism, Harun Yahya is considered successful in providing scientific evidence of God's existence, including the interference of the Substance in the process of creating the universe and all living things in it. Quoted Hurriyet, Tuesday, January 12, many scientists discredited Harun Yahya's theory of recreationism.

One of them is a professor of biology from Middle East Technical University, Aykut Kence. The lecturer in Ankara, Turkey called Harun Yahya superficial. All of his theories show Harun Yahya's inability to reach a scientific premise.

Harun Yahya's education

Harun Yahya does not have a higher education background in science. Harun Yahya is a graduate of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. Specifically, Harun Yahya majored in interior design.

Harun Yahya continued his education at Istanbul Universitei. There Harun Yahya majored in Philosophy and History. Harun Yahya did not complete his education there.

"Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) does not have the capacity and also a diploma in paleontology or biology to be able to talk about this (Darwin's theory)," said Aykut, quoted by Haberler.

Thought matters

However, Harun Yahya's thoughts attracted attention. It has proven to be a lucrative force in Turkey and many other countries for nearly three decades. Harun Yahya had a great influence through his 'grounding the Koran'.

Bernando J. Sujibto, through the book Harun Yahya Undercover tries to refute this view. Bernando explained that Harun Yahya's view is actually contrary to the effort to ground the Koran.

Harun Yahya in a meeting with a number of Islamic religious figures (Source: Commons Wikimedia)

Harun Yahya had no real interest in the Koran and the faith in it. On the other hand, Harun Yahya uses the Koran as a tool to attract world sympathy. Harun Yahya himself admitted this.

In the midst of the investigation, Harun Yahya told the head of the arrest team, Sercar Sacan that he had no purpose or interest in religious matters. This book also states that what Harun Yahya did is irrelevant.

The scientific proof of the scriptures is a thing called futile in this book. "The holy book does not need to be sought for its legitimacy through scientific findings. Science and religion have their respective areas, have different characters. The statements in the scriptures are final, never changing forever. While science will never reach the final line, it will never stop at any time, ”wrote.