[Junior]

And Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, was a rabid anti-Semite. Might it be possible both men were simply children of their times?

[Con X-Poser]

<< And Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, was a rabid anti-Semite. Might it be possible both men were simply children of their times? >>

I'm not fan of Martin Luther, so that dog won't hunt.

If true, does that justify it? It sure doesn't seem to let the founders of America off the hook for being slaveowners, even though they were the generation that noticed the contradiction of fighting for freedom while owning slaves.

Does appealing to sins of others exonerate Darwin from his?

BTW, what about the rest of that post? Silence? I didn't even ask anybody for their qualifications to castigate Dr. Mastropaulo.

[gore3000]

And Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, was a rabid anti-Semite.

Aaah, the Clinton defense - everybody does it', or more accurately, I can always point to someone else that has committed the same sin and smear someone who others hold highly. Well, sorry, Luther did not kill 10 million Jews and doubt very much that you can quote anything from him advocating such a thing. However, Darwin did advocate numerous times in many ways the destruction of 'lesser humans'.