Yes today (12/2) is Charl's Darwin's 198th Birthday. The birthday of the man who showed us we don't need god anymore by explaining evolution. Happy Darwin day everyone
2007-02-12 00:17:51 · 25 answers · asked by Say no to jesus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Wow, did this draw poison from a nasty wound!
Anyway, happy Darwin Day yourself.
I know you didn't claim he was an atheist, which some of these seem to think. Darwin was pretty much agnostic - he couldn't countenance a benign god looking over us, certainly not after his beloved daughter died at the age of 8. He may not have set out to disprove the existence of God, but then Alexander Fleming didn't set out to kill bacteria when he let mould form in his petri dishes. Good science isn't goal-oriented.
2007-02-12 00:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Not Bad...
Darwin's theory only provided a basic understanding of Nature with respect to the variation of Species, his theory does not prove or disprove the existence of or need for God.
To believe that there is no higher intelligence in the Universe is a Naive point of view, dare I say; even more Naive than that of True believers.
Evolution, with respect to man: Our Evolution has been led away from the "physical" to the mind and to technology; evidence of this evolution is everywhere (planes/IT/phones, etc)
Remember: All of Gods Creatures, "except Christians" evolve.
2007-02-12 09:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Happy Darwin Day :-)
2007-02-12 08:38:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Happy Darwin day to you as well!
2007-02-12 17:06:37 · answer #4 · answered by The Tourist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think by claiming this you are dishonouring Darwin by claiming he intended to do something that he certainly did not intend. Indeed Darwin did not consider himself an atheist at all "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind."
You are also insulting the work and memory of thousands of atheists who lived long before Darwin.
2007-02-12 08:27:53 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Very well thank you, Darwin was a great man, and did more for humanity than the notion of god ever did.
2007-02-12 08:45:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not to bad so far. FYI this also happens to be the day that Galileo arrived in Rome because of the Inquisition.
2007-02-12 08:22:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Darwin was Christian! He never tried to disprove God, he simply wanted to explain how humans developed. His thesis appeared irreligious to the people at the time, however he never renounced God. Ironic isn't it? The man atheists herald as their founding father" was religious!
2007-02-12 08:22:24 · answer #8 · answered by A-chan 4 · 7⤊ 2⤋
He certainly peed on a lot of people's chips when he came up with that one ! Happy birthday to him.
2007-02-12 09:48:02 · answer #9 · answered by Norton G 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is it?
raises a toast...to the man, the legend who explained inheritance, without ever knowing the existence of DNA!
2007-02-12 08:26:10 · answer #10 · answered by town_cl0wn 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋