To: Telepathic Intruder
“Act of God” refers to an event for which there is no human explanation. Let me say that it IS no accident that cruel business practices and other assorted acts of man’s inhumanity to man were labeled “social Darwinism”. The shoe fit.
My guess is that Darwin claimed to believe in God to assuage people’s faith concerns during that era. To not have dealt with the question and speculation of God’s role leads me to believe that he was a closet atheist. He did state that he suspected the tiniest building blocks of life must be simple stuff-—or else his entire theory would fall apart. Now, if he was truly a believer in some sort of Creation, the intricacy of the “simple” “stuff” would not have concerned him.
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02/29/2020 8:53:09 AM PST by
alstewartfan
(Always someone out there...to take your place. Just in a flash you're yesterday's face. Al Stewart)
To: alstewartfan
Darwin was a scientist. I would think the intricacies of his own field of study would have concerned him. If he also believed in God, what of it? Many scientists did. There is no contradiction in my mind.
I think "Creation theory" makes too many assumptions. That God was required to do things in this or that way, and we shouldn't look too closely at it. Any theory that places the conclusion ahead of the evidence, or bans scrutiny is not science.
You gave me your opinion, that is mine.
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