Darwin did change his mind about his theory?

Question

Before he died he did become christian and believed everything was created by God

Answer 1

Agree with you. I think he had come back to his sense and knew that there was a God before of everything.
I wounder why many people still believe the evolution theory today despite the fact that the laws of probability prove this point wrong. The human gene contains 30,000,000,000 nucleotides, and 1% of that is 300,000,000. So, if the similarity between monkeys and humans was 99%, then there would still be 300,000,000 nucleotides that would have to be rearranged so a monkey could turn into a human.
Science proves how wrong this point is, so why do they keep stubborn in disgarding such a false theory?

Quran[21:30] Do the unbelievers not realize that the heaven and the earth used to be one solid mass that we exploded into existence? And from water we made all living things. Would they believe?

Peace!

Answer 2

That's actually a lie - I don't know if you are aware of that or if you just repeated it without checking - but either way, it doesn't portray your fellow believers in a positive light.

Claim CG001:
Darwin renounced evolution on his deathbed.
Source:
Enoch, H., 1916. Darwin's final recantation. Bombay Guardian, 25 March 1916, quoted at http://www.forerunner.com/forerunner/X0724_Darwins_Final_Recant.html
Response:

1. The story of Darwin's recanting is not true. Shortly after Darwin's death, Lady Hope told a gathering that she had visited Darwin on his deathbed and that he had expressed regret over evolution and had accepted Christ. However, Darwin's daughter Henrietta, who was with him during his last days, said Lady Hope never visited during any of Darwin's illnesses, that Darwin probably never saw her at any time, and that he never recanted any of his scientific views (Clark 1984, 199; Yates 1994).

2. The story would be irrelevant even if true. The theory of evolution rests upon reams of evidence from many different sources, not upon the authority of any person or persons.

Links:
Greig, Russell, 1996. Did Darwin recant? Creation 18(1): 36-37. http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/1315.asp

Yates, Simon, 1994. The Lady Hope story: A widespread falsehood. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hope.html
References:

1. Clark, Ronald W., 1984. The Survival of Charles Darwin: A biography of a man and an idea. New York: Random House.
2. Yates, Simon, 1994. (see above)

Further Reading:
Clark, Ronald W., 1984. The Survival of Charles Darwin: A biography of a man and an idea. New York: Random House.

Answer 3

Well since he was originally a Lamarckian in theory,as was his grandfather and the problem of the "hopeful monster" was such a drawback to the theory ( although it seems to have come back) his natural selection did help it become more palatable. So I would say yes. He changed from a Lamarckian evolutionist to a Darwinian.

Answer 4

Hi Kelly,

Hope you're not too taken aback by everyone's earnest replies. It's probably because your "question" came across as more of a stated fact than a real question. Since you're relatively new around here, I won't hold it against you. The atheists and freethinkers on R&S are a well-read group, so it's hard to get something like that by them. Sorry to jump on the bandwagon...

Darwin's religious views:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin#Religious_views

The Lady Hope hoax of Lady Elizabeth Reid Hope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hope#The_Lady_Hope_story

Answer 5

No.

http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CG/CG001.html

"The story of Darwin's recanting is not true. Shortly after Darwin's death, Lady Hope told a gathering that she had visited Darwin on his deathbed and that he had expressed regret over evolution and had accepted Christ. However, Darwin's daughter Henrietta, who was with him during his last days, said Lady Hope never visited during any of Darwin's illnesses, that Darwin probably never saw her at any time, and that he never recanted any of his scientific views (Clark 1984, 199; Yates 1994).

"The story would be irrelevant even if true. The theory of evolution rests upon reams of evidence from many different sources, not upon the authority of any person or persons."

Answer 6

Just because a sentence contains did and a question mark doesn't make it a question..

I am going to be forced to report you for making a statement instead of asking a question.. Really sorry but it's a Yahoo Answer Commandment and the gods of Yahoo have commanded all members to report violators so they can burn in Yahoo Hell..

Answer 7

No... no he didn't. Darwin didn't recant on his deathbed. Read up on the Lady Hope story. It was a lie. And even if he DID recant (which he didn't), it doesn't mean he was wrong. Evolutionary theory has revolutionized our agriculture, our study of biology, our medicine, our entire lives. Evolution is a fact of reality regardless of whether or not Darwin recanted (and again, he didn't).

Answer 8

And Al Capone was hiding the Holy Grail in his vault.

Answer 9

Whats the first thing a near death person talks about the most before he or she passes?
Their past life...
Why? because theres a maybe.
God rest his soul and I pray he made it.

Answer 10

Completely untrue. That story has no evidence whatsoever.

And even if it WAS true, it wouldn't make any difference. Evolution isn't accepted by scientists because Darwin said so; it's accepted because it has evidence.