Do you believe Darwin had a deathbed conversion or is it a case of a Christian lie?

Question

Darwin's family denied any change of views on his deathbed or anytime before. Yet good Christians repeated the story. Who is lying?

New Catholic, it does matter if people lie to support a belief system that is falling down. If they lie, then they are not worth following.

Answer 1

Even though I am christian, I think its a christian lie.

Answer 2

It's a myth. Though don't make the jump from a a lie created by some Christians to a Christian lie. Darwin was an agnostic at his death having been raised a Christian.

Answer 3

Darwin, still believed in God even though he came up with the theory of evolution. As none of us were at his death bed we will not know what truley happened!

By the way Darwin came from Shropshire (like me) & then moved to a place just outside Bromley. (and likewise I too live just outside Bromley). Also Darwin's theory, could have happened as it does say that 1000 years of man's time = 1 second of God's.
That means that 1 minute of Gods time could = 60,000 years of mans time, so t 1 hour of God's time = 360,0000 years of man, and 1 day of Gods time would = 8640,0000 years,
8640,0000 (Mans Years) x 7 (God's days) = 60480,0000 years.

That is some time!

Answer 4

Let us not blame Christians here.

It was a myth that he recanted everything, but you can find that is just false on many Christian websites.

Yes, there are Christians who say it is true, but the family, as well as a biographer all deny it. The proof is there to say Darwin didn't.

I'm a Christian, and I don't think he recanted everything and became a Christian. Just don't lump Christianity in there as a whole group of people who believe this.

Answer 5

it isn't ordinary to assert precisely why. Fundamentalist literalism runs head-on into medical data on an regularly happening foundation. the in ordinary words 2 opportunities are that a) they could be incorrect (completely unacceptable), or b) the data or its discoverers should be compromised in a roundabout way. remove their actuality that the Bible is "wonderful" and their international crumbles below them. the effect: hysteria. The common sense runs like this: The Bible is the know God. for this reason it won't be able to lie. human beings are fallible, so one can make blunders or lie. the area with that (between different issues) is that their Bible replaced into written by human beings, no longer angels or perchance a holy ghost author. in the intervening time, although human beings can lie, the data won't be able to take action. a million+a million equals 2 no remember what percentage situations you double-verify it. even as the medical procedure isn't "acceptable" (and by no ability some thing fairly is), that's the acceptable device we've for locating the nature of the universe round us and taking income of it. as hostile to a bunch of untamed thoughts with numerous blooshed and wishful wondering.

Answer 6

And we know Darwin's family would never lie, don't we?

The only people who would know for sure is Darwin and God. And it's not like it changes whether the Fairy Tale of Evolution is true or not anyway.

Answer 7

The Darwin in the Lady Hope story sounds like his lines were written by the 19th century equivalent of the Lifetime Channel.

Answer 8

The Christians.

Answer 9

It's a lie, Darwin was agnostic.

Answer 10

No one knows who is lying, but it appears that the people who claim that he recanted are the ones who are either misinformed or lying. I don't think you can blame that on all Christians, though. Those were the actions of several people.

Besides, it has no relevancy to the theory itself.