Christopher Booker, an evolutionary writer for the London Times, wrote
about the theory of evolution: "It was a beautifully simple and
attractive theory. The only trouble was that, as Darwin was himself
partly aware, it was full of colossal holes. [Regarding Darwin's Origin
Of Species ] we have here the supreme irony that a book which has
become famous for explaining the origin of species in fact does nothing
of the kind... A century after Darwin's death, we still have not the
slightest demonstrable or even plausible idea of how evolution really
took place - and in recent years this has led to an extraordinary
series of battles over the whole question... a state of almost open war
exists among the evolutionists themselves, with every kind of sect
urging some new modification... As to how and why it really happened,
we have not the slightest idea and probably never shall."
Booker, Christopher. 1982. The Star Johannesburg, "The Evolution Of A
Theory," April 20, p.19