Reply To: A Theory Made of Water Vapor

i made a mistake in the previous post, i think the Ramchal deserves to be in bold, not italics

every generation has its avodah zarah, theories and isms which gain wide acceptance and popularity, and dominate the knowledge of the times. they all inevitably rot into nothingness, as does all sheker. but while they are alive their followers adhere to them as a g-d.

the following (in bold) is a verbatim excerpt from the Feldheim translation of the Mesillas Yesharim. it was written before evolution was invented but speaks directly to it as just another fleeting member of the same of that which grows to oppose the Emes of the Ribbono Shel Olam. its old history, it only seems new because it is in our generation. some will become enamored by its charms and adhere to it, and some will stand in the camp of Hashem.

For it is not enough that they lack the ability to see the truth, the evil staring them in the face, but they also see fit to find powerful substantiations and empirical evidence supporting their evil theories and false ideas. This is the great evil which embraces them and brings them to the pit of destruction………All this because of their being under the influence of the darkness and subject to the rule of their evil inclination.