A follow upto Chris's words on Darwin'sreligious beliefs:
Myimpression, from lots of reading I've done about Darwin
...is that he wasnever a deep believer in conventional Anglican
theology.His discoveries in South America loosened what
faithhe had even further… What finally shattered even
Many thanks to Allen and everyone who provided sources.
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:14:00 -0800, Allen Esterson wrote:
A follow upto Chris's words on Darwin'sreligious beliefs:
Myimpression, from lots of reading
I'm not sure you would call Darwin's change of religious attitude a crisis of
faith. Though he denied revelation, an atheist he never became. Denying
Divine revelation and involement, but as a first cause, he was closer to
being a deist or theist, maybe an agnostic. Since I haven't been up
I assume that the guesses about what Darwin was thinking will continue to
evolve.
On Dec 12, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Louis E. Schmier wrote:
I'm not sure you would call Darwin's change of religious attitude a crisis
of faith. Though he denied revelation, an atheist he never became.
Denying
Hi
The Wikipedia entry has a number of quotes from Darwin, which suggest some
worthwhile readings. The site makes the important point that the original
posthumous publication of Darwin's autobiography was cleansed of references
to Christianity by his wife, but the passages were included in a
Hi
I forgot the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_of_Charles_Darwin
Jim
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On 2012-12-12, at 11:53 AM, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
I forgot the link:
