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To: js1138

Darwin was interested in adaptation and natural selection...not the origins of life.


12 posted on 01/16/2009 1:12:08 PM PST by stanz (Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
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To: stanz

He at least recognized the limitations of science in his time.


13 posted on 01/16/2009 1:13:24 PM PST by js1138
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To: stanz

Darwin was interested in adaptation and natural selection...not the origins of life.

Exactly. And people should note that he was born a good 150 years BEFORE dna was even discovered.
So if evolution is happening, and the cause is mutations/changes to the DNA that get passed on, don’t even DARE blaming Darwin for it.

I’ve read both “Origin of the Species” and “The Voyage of the Beagle”. He was a naturalist and social observer.
A damn good one.


51 posted on 11/16/2009 8:41:24 PM PST by djf (Maybe life ain't about the doing - maybe it's just the trying... Hey, I don't make the rules!)
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