[fireforeffect]

Not “Darwinists”, “evolutionist”.

Darwin’s postulated that species evolved to adapt to their environment and the longer they stayed there the more adapted they became. Those that could not adapt died off.

Darwin himself did not believe that Man and other species “evolved” from lower life forms.

The humanist rejoiced when they discovered Darwin’s book because they now had a substitute for God. The large scale application of “evolution” as a replacement for Creation did not begin until after Darwin’s death.

I am a Christian and firmly believe in Creation. I also believe in evolution as Darwin originally postulated it.

Adapt or die. Man is the most adaptive creature there is.

[curiosity]

Darwin himself did not believe that Man and other species “evolved” from lower life forms.

Sure he did. Go read The Descent of Man.

[Oberon]

Darwin himself did not believe that Man and other species “evolved” from lower life forms.

Well, perhaps so. But if that's the case, why is the title of his masterwork paraphrased as On the Origin of Species? Is it not a book proposing a hypothetical model for the physical mechanics of speciation?

Please understand, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm asking in the interest of information.

[Oberon]

Darwin himself did not believe that Man and other species “evolved” from lower life forms.

So Origin of Species isn't really about speciation through natural selection?