To: VadeRetro
The old fogey writes this:
"...yet it appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; & freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follow from the advance of science." What a sneaky conniver! Get it?
1,593 posted on
12/20/2005 7:42:23 PM PST by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: eleni121
"...yet it appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; & freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follow from the advance of science."
So what do you think that Darwin is trying to say here? Or are you just throwing out anything that you can find and hoping that something will be damning?
1,597 posted on
12/20/2005 7:46:12 PM PST by
Dimensio
(http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
To: eleni121
""...yet it appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; & freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds, which follow from the advance of science." What a sneaky conniver! Get it?"
Yes, you are still stretching for things you can't reach. The quote shows that Darwin was not going to bully people into believing what he did, but would let them decide for themselves. How terrible!
1,602 posted on
12/20/2005 7:50:15 PM PST by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
To: eleni121
What a sneaky conniver! Get it? Darwin or you?
Grow up. You're behaving very badly in public.
1,725 posted on
12/21/2005 6:38:45 AM PST by
VadeRetro
(Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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