Did you know that when Jesus of Nazareth died, he became an atheist evolutionist?

Question

Does that sound absurd? Of course it does. So don't say Charles Darwin on his deathbed stopped believing in evolution and became a Christian because its not true.

Thanks.

Answer 1

lol
if you could go back in time would you have a gay love affair with Darwin?
why are you so caught up on this dude....i mean i love kite flying and i love electricity but I'm not trying to hump Ben Franklin's casket

Answer 2

Darwin always believed in G-d, though I am not sure whether he believed in organized religion or not. There are plenty of quotes in "on the Origin of Species" that reference God. The quickest I found was this.

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." (The last sentence of the book).

Life was BREATHED INTO a few species, then the rest evolved after the process was put into motion by God.

Here's another one:

"Authors of the highest eminence seem to be fully satisfied with the view that each species has been independently created. To my mind it accords better with what we know of the laws impressed on matter by the Creator, that the production and extinction of the past and present inhabitants of the world should have been due to secondary causes, like those determining the birth and death of the individual." (second to last paragraph)

Note the specific reference to the laws of nature being created by "the Creator."

The reason for the confusion is that people later came to think that evolution could explain the origin of life, as well as the origin of diffrentiated speicies. This view, called neo- Darwinism, has been totally discredited and is no longer held by any respactable scientist. Since the Mid - 80's, no paper espousing neo- Darwinism has been published by a respactable scientific journal.

Answer 3

As to the Darwin story, I've never heard it, and you're right, it does sound fishy.

As to his theory as it applies to mankind, claiming that a broken bit of jawbone and three teeth are from the "missing-link" between apes and man requires far more FAITH to believe than it does to believe that God created man with a conscience and a will for self determination, vastly unlike and superior to any other creature despite hundreds of millions of years of evolution.

After all these millions of years for evolution to do its work, doesn't the incredible uniqueness of mankind above all other species -- no other species comes remotely close -- doesn't it give you pause to wonder why as well as how?

Answer 4

Darwin is the figurhead of evolutionism, but whatever he did has nothing to do with evolution happening or not. There is much more work into it by thousands of people since he died. He is just the icon.

Answer 5

Didn't know that;
Ara there truly people saying that about Darwin?
These Christean fanatics don't realize that if everyone had always followed church rules,there would never have been modern health care.
So let's unite against the evil of the religious right.

Answer 6

Don't kid yourself, Jesus was an evolutionist. If Darwin had converted on his deathbed, it would wave been because he was old, and senile. This would not change the fact that we did evolve. Its been proven.

Answer 7

Yes, Lady Hope was there and said that Jesus said from the cross "Screw this religion nonsense! I'm going to be an atheist and have sex with Mary Magdelene.'
Unfortunately, it was too late. The Romans stuck him with a spear and that was the end of Jesus forever.

Answer 8

Who cares if he stopped believing in evolution? If Newton had stopped believing in gravity or Graham stopped believing that the relationship between rates of effusion for two different molecules is equal to the square-root of the inverse of the molecular masses of the two substances, that wouldn't change reality would it?

Answer 9

It's you again, isn't it? Were you there when Darwin died and heard him personally or what?

Guess what: Jesus is alive and He can tell for Himself the truth - He cannot deny himself.

Answer 10

I agree with loreli.I also am a practicing Catholic,but I do enjoy your questions and listening to your thoughts,even though I don't agree with them.A different viewpoint is what makes people think about their own beliefs.From all the Christians on yahoo answers,
thank you for helping us to think about our faith.