Do you know Darwin DID NOT embrace christianity on his Deathbed?

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I am just doing what I have to do every week by explaining this for the 1000th time. The Lady Hope Myth states that on his death bed, Darwin suddenly became a god-fearing christian. Since people still promote this nonsensical myth every day on this website, allow me to retort:

Henrietta Litchfield (Darwin's daughter) stated in The Christian for February 23, 1922 in an article titled: Charles Darwin’s Death-Bed: Story of Conversion Denied by Mrs. R.B. Litchfield:

"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."

Darwin's son Francis wrote in a letter on May 28, 1918:

Lady Hope's account of my father's views on religion is quite untrue. I have publicly accused her of falsehood, but have not seen any reply. My father's agnostic point of view is given in my Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Vol. I., pp. 304–317. You are at liberty to publish the above statement. Indeed, I shall be glad if you will do so."

Doot - Darwin: "I think that generally (and more and more as I grow older), but not always, that an Agnostic would be a more correct description of my state of mind."

Stop making things up.

Answer 1

does it make much of a difference now if he didnt hes in hell well if he did im glad for him just know what u gotta do

Answer 2

Interestingly Darwin's only degree was in Bible and not science, it is believable he owuld reach back into something that was once a part of him, but the story probably never happened

I think you are right, these stories were probably well intentioned embellishments but not true

"....The main problem with all these stories is that they were all denied by members of Darwin's family. Francis Darwin wrote to Thomas Huxley on 8 February 1887, that a report that Charles had renounced evolution on his deathbed was 'false and without any kind of foundation',4 and in 1917 Francis affirmed that he had 'no reason whatever to believe that he [his father] ever altered his agnostic point of view'.5 Charles's daughter Henrietta (Litchfield) wrote on page 12 of the London evangelical weekly, The Christian, for 23 February 1922, '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 … . The whole story has no foundation whatever'.6 Some have even concluded that there was no Lady Hope. ..."

there is a detailed artile
Did Darwin Recant
http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v18/i1/darwin_recant.asp



there are alot of arguments creationists should not use

http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/faq/dont_use.asp

and there are many bad arguments evolutionists should not use as well
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/re2/appendix1.asp

Answer 3

Whatever Darwin believed or chose not to believe in, does not have anything to do with his theory of evolution.

The idea of biological evolution has existed since ancient times, Charles Darwin's On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection provided the first cogent theory for a mechanism by which evolutionary change could occur: natural selection. Darwin was motivated to publish his work on evolution after receiving a letter from Alfred Russel Wallace, in which Wallace revealed his own, independent discovery of natural selection.

This is a biological mechanism and has nothing to do with the origin of the world or creation. In fact, there have been noted Christian evolutionists, such as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a priest.

Answer 4

Lady hope was just another christian fraud.
She barely knew Darwin.
Another christian fantasy blown out of the water.
Good post.

Answer 5

Actually Darwin was a very religious man. Na na.

Answer 6

Stop with you lies and propaganda you heathen. Everyone knows Darwin was a monk and lived in a monastery.

Answer 7

I did know that. snopes.com! =0)