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To: wyattearp

okay...lets see if this might help...

"On the Origins of Species by means of natural selection or the PRESERVATION OF THE FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. By Charles Darwin, M.A. 1859"

Hitler worshiped Darwin....


64 posted on 11/22/2005 2:01:05 PM PST by Conservativehomeschoolmama
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To: Conservativehomeschoolmama
Hitler worshiped Darwin....

We had Nazis by the third post; I am surprised it took until post #64 to get to Hitler.

Is that what passes on your side for a reasoned argument?

65 posted on 11/22/2005 2:05:22 PM PST by Coyoteman (I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
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To: Conservativehomeschoolmama
"On the Origins of Species by means of natural selection or the PRESERVATION OF THE FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. By Charles Darwin, M.A. 1859"

Hitler worshiped Darwin....

You should have really read the book, rather than type in the title. If you had gotten as far as the PREFACE, you would have gotten an explanation of what is meant by "PRESERVATION OF THE FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE".

Here, I'll post a paragraph from the Preface for you:

In 1813, Dr W. C. Wells read before the Royal Society 'An Account of a White female, part of whose skin resembled that of a Negro'; but his paper was not published until his famous 'Two Essays upon Dew and Single Vision' appeared in 1818. In this paper he distinctly recognises the principle of natural selection, and this is the first recognition which has been indicated; but he applies it only to the races of man, and to certain characters alone. After remarking that negroes and mulattoes enjoy an immunity from certain tropical diseases, he observes, firstly, that all animals tend to vary in some degree, and, secondly, that agriculturists improve their domesticated animals by selection; and then, he adds, but what is done in this latter case 'by art, seems to be done with equal efficacy, though more slowly, by nature, in the formation of varieties of mankind, fitted for the country which they inhabit. Of the accidental varieties of man, which would occur among the first few and scattered inhabitants of the middle regions of Africa, some one would be better fitted than the others to bear the diseases of the country. This race would consequently multiply, while the others would decrease; not only from their inability to sustain the attacks of disease, but from their incapacity of contending with their more vigorous neighbours. The colour of this vigorous race I take for granted, from what has been already said, would be dark. But the same disposition to form varieties still existing, a darker and a darker race would in the course of time occur: and as the darkest would be the best fitted for the climate, this would at length become the most prevalent; if not the only race, in the particular country in which it had originated.' He then extends these same views to the white inhabitants of colder climates. I am indebted to Mr Rowley, of the United States, for having called my attention, through Mr Brace, to the above passage in Dr Wells' work.

Hope that helps.

Oh, by the way, Hitler did not "worship Darwin". He decided that "natural selection" meant "kill anybody that I don't like". Hitler was a madman.

85 posted on 11/22/2005 2:29:12 PM PST by wyattearp (The best weapon to have in a gunfight is a shotgun - preferably from ambush.)
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To: Conservativehomeschoolmama

Evidence? Perhaps a quote from one of Hitler's writings?


89 posted on 11/22/2005 2:41:52 PM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Conservativehomeschoolmama

Hitler worshiped Darwin....

Hitler was a creationist, not an evolutionist. He thought the Aryan race was created as the superior race. He didn't think Aryans and Jews had a common ancestor, as the ToE does.

115 posted on 11/22/2005 4:39:47 PM PST by ml1954 (NOT the disruptive troll seen frequently on CREVO threads)
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