Did Charles Darwin renounce natural selection at the end of his life?

Question

Did Charles Darwin renounce natural selection at the end of his life? If so or if not please provide links to your sourses to back up your comment, if you can not do this please do not comment at all.

Answer 1

What? Of course not - it was his main unchanging legacy - he knew his ranom mutation was incomplete and remained so until DNA'a uncovering. Below is a link with the story, and the bottom paragraph is the relevant text from his daughter.

Here's a link... http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hope.html

"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."

BTW, re your handle: There's no micro/macro, just evolution.

Answer 2

Not acording to his family or anyone that actually would've been there. The claim that he converted comes from Lady Elizabeth Reid Hope's book, "The Lady Hope Story", which claimed that she visited Darwin and he recounted the theory and converted... This belief of course isn't backed up by any testimonials, and Darwin's wife, son, and daughter claim no such thing happened. The story is usually taken even by creationists to be false, or at least unverifiable and exagerated if true... It was investigated further, and the book "The Darwin Legend" concludes that though she did visit, no conversion actually took place (the children were apparently not present at this time period though his wife was, and he wasn't actually on his death bed). It is also worth noting that Lady Hope later changed several details of her story.

Answer 3

This is a story originally posed by some "Lady Hope" who stated that Darwin had a death-bed conversion. It has been disproved as none in Darwins family ever confirmed such a statement.

For one look at this tale, you might go here: http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v18/i1/darwin_recant.asp

Or here: http://www.users.bigpond.com/rdoolan/darwinconversion.htm

In the end, there is NO credible evidence that Darwin ever recanted, though even in the face of this, Christians who have been shown the truth still repeat this lie, thinking that it furthers their cause.

Answer 4

I answered this the last time you asked it, less than five seconds ago. No, he did not.

The "Lady Hope Story", published in 1915, claimed that Darwin had converted to Christianity on his sickbed. The claims were refuted by Darwin's children and have been dismissed as false by historians.[120] His daughter, Henrietta, who was at his deathbed, said that he did not convert to Christianity.[121] His last words were, in fact, directed at Emma: "Remember what a good wife you have been."[122]

Answer 5

Ever since the "Lady Hope Story," people have said that he had a deathbed conversion and renounced his previous claims, but his wife and his children, who really were present at his death, vigorously denounced this as a lie.

Answer 6

No. He did not. How do you expect me to find a source indicating that he did not say something? The onus is on the person making the claim that he did.

Answer 7

Evolution is only debatable outside of medical schools, drug research labs, and biology departments. Evolution is fact, and thats why it's the only theory taught in public schools

Answer 8

I just gave you three sources the last time you asked. No he did not, and it wouldn't matter if he had. The science behind evolution is quite solid.

Answer 9

no, he didn't

christians enjoy telling lies about people like Darwin, it gives some of them the false impression that really intelligent people in history finally gave in to their cult.

Answer 10

That's a popular misconception, but in reality, no; he died an agnostic.