‘Biologist Ernst Mayr, Professor Emeritus at Harvard University, writes: ‘Since Darwin, every knowing person agrees man descended from the apes. Today, there is no such thing as the theory of evolution. It is the fact of evolution.’ [But is it?] Avowed atheist Richard Dawkins endorses this verdict with a typical truculent flourish: ‘It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who does not believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane (or wicked, but I’d rather not consider that).

Cited in John Blanchard, 2004, Has Science Got Rid of God, Darlington UK: Evangelical Press, p.55-56