Posted on 08/07/2019 5:08:21 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Charles Darwin has apparently repented for his landmark theory of evolution according to a Russian Orthodox priest who says he recently spoke with the famed British naturalist.
Darwin theorized that modern humans are descended from apes in his 1871 book The Descent of Man. His writings formed the foundations of modern-day evolutionary biology, a school of thought that roiled religious leaders and still has opponents in the church today.
I am not a fan of his monkey theory, so as a priest, I was interested in talking to him, said Artemy Vladimirov, an archpriest at Moscows Alekseyevsky Stavropegial Female Monastery, in a recent television interview following a visit to Darwins tomb in Londons Westminster Abbey.
I turned to the tombstone and asked, Charles, how do you like it there? What do you say now, do you think there are any intermediate links between species between a zebra and a giraffe? Vladimirov recounted.
Much to the archpriests astonishment, Darwin not only responded to his inquiry from beyond the grave but offered somber repentance for his contribution to science.
Father, do not be tempted by my theory I put forward this hypothesis, which I now repent. You have nothing to do with a bear or a pig, Vladimirov quoted the scientist as assuring him.
Recounting his miraculous encounter, Vladimirov called Darwins alleged posthumous regrets a triumph of reason and Orthodoxy.
However, the archpriest has since said that his televised words were taken out of context and that he had merely been joking.
This is English humor which sounds quite appropriate in the mouth of an educated priest, Vladimirov told The Moscow Times on Tuesday. The campaign that broke out before my eyes regarding this notorious dialogue once again reminded me that the media are like hungry piranhas who are looking for a piece of meat to tear into pieces.
I dont want to give lectures to simpletons who doubted the mental state of a shepherd who says strange things, he added. I believe that a lack of humor is the beginning of an emotional disability.
The Theory of Evolution is entirely compatible with Christianity.
The priest who said that.
Freegards
“The priest who said that.”
He wasn’t wrong when he was joking that he said talked to the dead Darwin or he wasn’t wrong when he said he was joking about talking to the dead Darwin?
He did repent, but only after his life was threatened. This was outlined in a book called “The Recant or Bury Tales”.
(thank you very much!)
Evolution does not address the origin of life. You know that, I think.
Evolution is perfectly compatible with Christianity.
He wasn’t wrong when he said I believe that a lack of humor is the beginning of an emotional disability.
Freegards
Not evolution per se, but there are theories for spontaneous creation of life as well. But only as self-replicating amino acids, not whole rabbits and monkeys. Evolution is still needed for that.
Check out this video for the truth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noj4phMT9OE&feature=share
Mathematical Challenges to Darwins Theory of Evolution
by HooverInstitution
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck never made that claim(and others before him).
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