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The contention before the table was that communism and darwinism were intimate bedfellows. Such has not be demonstrated, and seems both contrary to common sense and familiar historical record.

Can anyone point to anything in Marx's writings that cites Darwin, or that mentions any of Darwin's works? Hint: don't bother looking at any of the numerous writings by Marx before 1859, when Darwin first published Origin of Species. Further hint: don't bother with the correspondence wherein Marx asks permission to dedicate a book (presumably Capital) to Darwin, and Darwin refuses, because this doesn't prove much of anything. If there is any reference in Marx's work to Darwin, it would have to be in Das Capital (written after Darwin published about evolution), and after a very brief search I can't find anything. Perhaps one of the creationists could point out the smoking gun which shows that Marx was influenced by Darwin's work.

the smoking gun which shows that Marx was influenced by Darwin's work.

Darwin was influenced by marx/engles!

What do you think the dialectical materialism was all about...inevitability---the state will wither away?

"No rational man, cognizant of the facts, believes that the average negro is the equal, still less the superior, of the white man."

-Thomas Huxley, Friend and Champion of Darwinism.

Hey we need this kind of "science" in our schools!

/sarcasm