Posted on 02/12/2009 6:23:16 PM PST by ChessExpert
The story is told in Adrian Desmond and James Moore's authoritative biography Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist. Desmond and Moore point out that Darwin lost his faith many years before his publication of his magnum opus on evolution. When his young daughter Annie died at the age of 10, Darwin came to hate the God whom he blamed for this. This was in 1851, eight years before Darwin released his Origin of Species.
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At least the girl didn't have to grow up listening to evolutionite BS......
You are sweet.
But kids accept their parents little foibles as normal
I agree that Darwin lost his faith before the publication of origins, but I disagree that Darwin saw evolution as being compatible with Christianity. And while I think it is possible to hold to evolution and still remain a Christian, I don’t think the two go together, and more than any other sinful worldview goes with the same.
BTW, I read D’Souza book “What’s So Great About Christianity” a while back. There were some excellent arguments contained therein, but I think the book was marred by D’Souza’s acceptance of what can only be described as evolution-lite.
I read the book also and recommend it.
My recollection is that Dinesh saw the historical record as generally proceeding from simple life forms to complex life forms. He took this as evidence of evolution of some sort. He did not commit to evolution through random mutation and natural selection.
I think many critics have a problem with the argument that the engine for change is random mutation. There are vastly many more ways to mess things up than there are ways to make things better, in the case of complex systems. I could just as well take a magnet to my computer and evolve it. Nor is natural selection an ideal way to winnow out the alternatives. Of course, given enough time anything is possible. The problem is that there has not been enough time.
So now I sense that the “community” is pushing the idea of alternative universes. An infinite number of universes would provide the opportunities for life to originate and evolve. But positing an infinite number of universes is an idea that does not seem to have a basis. Nor is anyone upfront about their motivation for discussing alternative universes.
Assuming multiple universes is certainly no better than assuming that the speed of light has slowed and that the earth is actually quite young.
If the girl was halfway bright she’d have been immune; evoloserism is for idiots.
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