As some of you might know, one of the problems of information disseminated on the internet and through mailing lists is, most of it is absolute nonsense. That is the case with the post below. It propagates the worst kind of falsehoods about Darwin and the scientific theory of evolution in the service of bogus religious creationism. Just to give you a sense of how such ignorance is spread by religious and political activists, here is an expose of the lie told below regarding Darwin's deathbed statement:
http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/ladyhope.html#Autobiography Here is what Darwin's daughter said about this lie: "I was present at his deathbed. Lady Hope was not present during his last illness, or any illness. I believe he never even saw her, but in any case she had no influence over him in any department of thought or belief. He never recanted any of his scientific views, either then or earlier. We think the story of his conversion was fabricated in the U.S.A. . . . The whole story has no foundation whatever." ........Henrietta "Etty" Darwin in 1922. Cheers, Santosh ----- Original Message ----- From: PAES <[email protected]> >T heory of Evolution > > It took Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882), 47 years to add to what Anaximader, the > ancient Greek philosopher had already told the world, that life developed > from > non-life, and that man descended from animal – the theory of evolution. Then, > 24 > years later, when the world was still dizzying over the puzzle, he solved it > himself on his deathbed: “How I wish I had not expressed that theory as I > did!” > His ride on fantasy seemed to have run out of steam. >
