[PatrickHenry]

Lo and behold, it was Marx who imbibed the teachings of Darwin and applied them with vigor to the detriment of untold millions.

Not exactly. A comforting creationoid belief, but very far from the truth. Marx started publishing his commie material long before Darwin had published his theory of evolution. The two ideas were and are entirely unrelated, except in the minds of creationoids.

1831, Darwin sails on the Beagle.
1848, Marx publishes Manifesto of the Communist Party
1848, Marx publishes "Demands of the Communist Party in Germany"
1856, Darwin starts writing Origin of Species, published in 1859.

Sources:
The Life and Work of Karl Marx.
Darwin timeline.

[PatrickHenry]

In view of post 1973, will there be a retraction from "Fester Chugabrew"? Such behavior would be rare for a creationist.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Repeat: "It is commonplace that Marx felt his own work to be the exact parallel of Darwin's. He even wished to dedicate a portion of Das Kapital to the author of The Origin of Species."

Hmmm. Ideological brothers, these fellows. But let Condorman cite sources where Creationism was co-opted for nefarious ideolgies.

[Fester Chugabrew]

"The two ideas were and are entirely unrelated."

So you believe there is no connection between evolutionism and communism whatsoever?

[gore3000]

Lo and behold, it was Marx who imbibed the teachings of Darwin and applied them with vigor to the detriment of untold millions. -fester chugabrew-

Not exactly. A comforting creationoid belief, but very far from the truth. Marx started publishing his commie material long before Darwin had published his theory of evolution. The two ideas were and are entirely unrelated, except in the minds of creationoids.

Another Patrick special half-truth which makes his statement a complete lie. The first publcation of Das Kapital was in 1867 - 8 years after Darwin. In addition , as you are completely aware, Marx thought so highly of the Origins and that it fit so well with his theory that he intended to dedicate Das Kapital to Darwin but Darwin declined. So the commity of the two theories is an undeniable fact.