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To: Dan(9698)

Can you paraphrase post 119 for me?


183 posted on 12/28/2005 6:06:28 PM PST by phantomworker (I trust my intuition and speak my truth... Don't accuse me of your imagination!)
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To: phantomworker
Since it is a quote from Origin of the Species, a paraphrase won't do. I'll repost it.

Have you read Origin of the Species?

Post 119: From Darwin's Origin of the Species:

"After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions..."

."For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often apparently leading to conclusions directly opposite to those at which I have arrived. A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question"

Darwin himself states that his theory is speculation and someone considering the same subjects could come to an opposite conclusion.

It requires faith to believe his theory, therefore it is a Religion.

Darwin is the founder of the Religeon of Eveloution in that it takes faith to follow his teachings.

187 posted on 12/28/2005 6:12:43 PM PST by Dan(9698)
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