Oct 10, 2017 2 min read

In his Sept. 12 commentary, Reverend William “Ed” Nicholson posited that Adolf Hitler justified his heinous acts on Darwinian evolution. In his article, Mr. Nicholson reveals his rejection and disdain of evolution.

Most rational people have labeled Adolf Hitler as an evil, maniacal man. I assume Mr. Nicholson’s rejection of evolution is based on his religious beliefs. However, it is quite a stretch to disdain scientific Darwinian evolution because of Hitler’s evil acts. Surely Mr. Nicholson must recognize that many unbalanced individuals have committed gross, evil acts which they justified by tenets of their religion. Should persons who use the same reasoning pattern as Mr. Nicholson disdain religion?

In America, Mr. Nicholson has a right to believe whatever he wants. In America there are many people of deep faith. I admire persons of deep faith, but deep faith is not the same as scientific, deductive proof. I remind Mr. Nicholson that the overwhelming number of scientists and a large number of Christian ministers have accepted evolution as a fact of human development on this planet.

I have often noticed that a number of Christian ministers who read the same bible interpret some sections of scripture quite differently and exhibit A is Darwinian evolution. This difference results from the fact that all languages are imperfect. Another evidential example is the supreme court of the United States. Here we have nine highly educated individuals and often these nine justices will interpret a written document differently resulting in a split decision.

I am not surprised that Christian ministers interpret some sections of scriptures differently. All languages are imperfect. .. even the language in the bible.

Science and mathematics requires clearly written, deductible, irrefutable proof. In short, evolution is now accepted as a proved and provable theorem of science.

Alex Bezjak 

Uniontown.