> > Darwin was very > > religious, but instead of thinking 'God put these slightly different > finches > > on each island' he figured that they adapted. > > Darwin was not very religious at all even though he studied religion: it was > a required part of learning at Oxford and Cambridge up until the early > twentieth C. He came from a family of "free-thinkers". His wife, however, > was very much a creationist of the time and hated his evolutionary theory. > > Brett
Weird. I studied Darwin in a History of Science calss. I thought for sure he considered himself very religious BUT had major questions for god, like why his mother died when he was eight or his daughter (granddaughter?) when she was young and he felt god was taking an innocent. Kevin T. Something new everyday
