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To: Phaedrus
Thanks for the article! I have often pondered the true effects of Darwinism. If man is simply an animal then let the strongest survive. Much of the colonialism of the late 1800's was based on Darwinism. Hitler's Aryan ideal was an outgrowth of Darwinism. Communism had a Darwinian basis.

How sad that we went from the age of Jefferson and the nobility of man to the chaos and inhumanity of the post-Darwin world. It certainly can be argued that nearly all of society's problems have been greatly exacerbated due to the amoral foundation of Darwinism.

13 posted on 11/28/2001 9:19:18 PM PST by JDGreen123
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To: JDGreen123
"What men believe... really matters"!
14 posted on 11/28/2001 9:24:20 PM PST by f.Christian
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To: JDGreen123
It certainly can be argued that nearly all of society's problems have been greatly exacerbated due to the amoral foundation of Darwinism.

It's indisputable. An agglomoration of molecules has no basis for making moral judgements. Darwin didn't shy away from the social conclusions necessitated by his ruminations. Why should anyone here question the "great man"? Well, the "great man's" wool-gathering rhetoric is Humbug. I refer anyone who doubts this to Gertrude Himmelfarb's Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution. She utterly devastates poor Darwin. It is a book that should be on the lips of every anti-Darwinist.

33 posted on 11/29/2001 4:49:02 AM PST by Phaedrus
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To: JDGreen123

How sad that we went from the age of Jefferson and the nobility of man to the chaos and inhumanity of the post-Darwin world. It certainly can be argued that nearly all of society's problems have been greatly exacerbated due to the amoral foundation of Darwinism.

Wha? It appears you forget the incidents of transferring smallpox laden blankets to Indian villages, or fierce battles where no quarter was given to either side--European or Indian. Yeah, that's pretty noble. Scalping, drawing and quartering, Iron maidens, decapitation, all sorts of good noble excitement. Are you really pining for the old way of life?

82 posted on 11/29/2001 10:47:15 AM PST by ThinkPlease
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