Wit & Attitude Quote by Tim LaHaye

A sentence like this isn’t trying to debate Darwin so much as draw a bright border around a moral universe. LaHaye frames evolution not as a scientific account but as a “lie,” turning a descriptive theory into a rival religion. That move matters: if evolution is cast as deception, then rejecting it becomes less about evidence and more about loyalty, a test of who’s inside the truth and who’s been duped by modernity.

The phrasing also smuggles in a strategic conflation. Evolutionary theory doesn’t claim “all men are equal” in a moral sense; equality is a political and ethical idea. By stapling egalitarianism to evolution, LaHaye aims at a broader target: the postwar liberal consensus that treats human worth as inherent and non-negotiable, regardless of hierarchy, tradition, or “God-given” roles. The line about “all creatures are equal” escalates the anxiety, implying that if humans aren’t categorically set apart, then everything from animal rights to environmental ethics becomes a slippery slope toward degrading human dignity.

Contextually, this fits a late-20th-century American evangelical project: resist secular institutions (schools, courts, media) by framing cultural change as spiritual warfare. The subtext is less “science is wrong” than “a society that teaches this will reorder authority.” Evolution becomes shorthand for a world where status, gender, and power are up for renegotiation - and where the clergy no longer gets to be the final referee.