[Suzy Quzy]

Did or did not Darwin denounce evolution on his deathbed?

[Just mythoughts]

"Did or did not Darwin denounce evolution on his deathbed?"


I do not know the answer to this question, however, if you know, would you please inform me. I have read Darwin hid from his wife what he was dabbling in and apparently for good reason.

[Mylo]

No. Darwin most certainly did not "denounce" evolution on his deathbed. The kooky lying wife of an Evangelist said he did, but she had never met Darwin (who was a bit of a recluse after traveling around the world). His son, who was AT the deathbed said his fathers last words were "I'm not in the least afraid to die." or some such.

And here is what you will NEVER get, little SuzyQ, scientific theory is not revelation. Scientific theory is open to discussion, interpretation, reinterpretation, and dismissal; it is an explanation of observable phenomenon. Revelation is not open to discussion, it is the word of God. Scientific theory is not dependent upon the one who formulated the theory still believing it is a good theory. If Newton had said on his deathbed "its mass DEVIDED by acceleration" that wouldn't have made his laws of Physics any less true.

[Stone Mountain]

Did or did not Darwin denounce evolution on his deathbed?

No. But if he did, why would it matter?