>> I agree that Coulter is not making the claim: but she's definitely both >> embracing and promoting it. > >Absolutely. > >And anybody that agrees with her (and Weikart and Kennedy) that >Darwin's Theory of Evolution led to Eugenics is an wingnut as well.
There are a lot of things wrong with this. But in brief: +) Again, saying that "Hilter used Darwinism" is an ad hominem attack: an attempt to correlate Darwin with Hitler which has no bearing on the scientific fact of his theory. In other words even if Hitler DID use Darwin - hell, even if Darwin WAS Hitler - what bearing does that have on the scientific scrutinty of evolution? The idea that association with evil (whether real, imagined or - as in this case - invented) invalidates scientific truth is patently ridiculous. +) In fact the opposite argument: that Hitler was driven to his excesses and stupidities by religous belief is more defendable. Hitler strongly believed that God created the races as seperate groups and that, to better serve Him, they must be kept pure. In short even if Darwinism led to Eugenics it would have no bearing on evolution's validity... but it clearly didn't. Attempts to force such a connection are blantently self-serving and insulting. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
