It Affirms, in Effect, That Living Beings Create Themselves

As a scientific theory, Darwinism would have been jettisoned long ago. The point, however, is that the doctrine of evolution has swept the world not on the strength of its scientific merits, but precisely in its capacity as a Gnostic myth. It affirms, in effect, that living beings create themselves, which is in essence a metaphysical claim.

Wolfgang Smith
Teilhardism And The New Religion