Kathimerini, published in Athens and one of Greece’s leading dailies, devoted wide coverage to Atlas of Creation in its 13 October, 2007, edition. In the report, the paper’s Istanbul correspondent Alexandros Massaveta, provided the following information for readers:
... Darwin Is Responsible for Them All
“Some 150 years ago, the British naturalist Charles Darwin proposed a theory based on various observations made during his travels, but which could not be supported by any subsequent scientific findings. ... The fossil record is perhaps the most important evidence that demolishes the theory of evolution"s claims. Fossils reveal that life forms on Earth have never undergone even the slightest change and have never developed into one another. ... Living things did not come into being through the imaginary processes of evolution. All the living things that have ever existed on Earth were created by God.”
These words are from the introduction to Atlas of Creation. The book, basically consisting of pictures of fossils, is 800 pages long and weighs more than 5 kilos…
It Humiliates Darwinism
The text of the book humiliates the theory of evolution as the product of materialist philosophy and devoid of any scientific foundation. Darwinism is accused of all the woes afflicting mankind in the 20th century. According to the Atlas, it is responsible for racism, fascism, communism, terrorism and all ideological systems that deny the existence of God. The theory, which claims that life is a struggle for survival and that human beings act according to their instincts, is opposed to all religions.
The reader is invited to consider how God created all things out of “nothing” and to evaluate this with their consciences. The book contains “conclusions” based on the fossils within it, as well as passages from the Qur’an. And where science falls silent, the book moves in to answer all questions.
... Atlas of Creation had an international impact last year… the publication was described as an “ideological earthquake.” Thousands of copies of the book, published in various languages, were sent out to schools, universities and scientists in Europe and the USA, to American museums of natural history and members of the U.S. Congress. The overseas distribution of the book showed the framework in which the concept of “Divine Creation” is spreading, and fierce debates about Darwin have erupted in Turkey, the center of the debates about the theory of evolution in the Muslim world…
Internal attention has focused on the book’s author, Harun Yahya. His real name is Adnan Oktar ... In addition to being honorary president of the Science Research Foundation (BAV), whose aim is to spread the idea of “Divine Creation” in the Muslim world, Adnan Hodja is also honorary president of the Preservation of National Values Foundation, an organization that encourages patriotism, love of the military and Islamic values. BAV set up the “Creation Museum” while its members strive to educate students. Oktar and BAV invite foreign representatives to the conferences they stage on a regular basis, and make use of the Internet to disseminate their ideas.
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The education ministers in France, Switzerland and Belgium declared that they considered Atlas of Creation to be “far more effective than other initiatives of Anglo-Saxon origin.” …