Charles Darwin and Origin of Species Question?

Question

Does anyone know any quotes from the Origin of Species that indicate that Darwin was trying to "counteract the storm of religious protest that he expected to receive." In other words, does anybody know any quotes from his book that show that he was trying to expand spritiual consiousness in a way that would allow accpetance of his ideas?

Answer 1

Darwin did not write a book of religion or spirituality, he wrote a book of science. You do not need to "expand spiritual consciousness" to understand science and Darwin did not expect anyone to do that. On the Origin of Species was just one of Darwin's many books and papers, all of them about science and expanding scientific ideas. Why don't you read the book?

Answer 2

Darwin never acted openly against the Church. You will find no quotes that agree or disagree with any content of the Bible. He nearly stated his observations and made a theory according to those observations...

Back in his days, there was no social debate against the Church. The whole dispute started in the 90's with the believers' theory of creationism... and the scientists trying to stop them from spreading that irrationnal crap as a science...

Answer 3

If you want quotes from "On the Origin of Species", I'd suggest that you read it. If you want some facts about Evolution, here's a very good resource that you can use from the University of Berkeley:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

It goes into much detail and includes research from many different sources, as well as articles that pertain to life today.

Answer 4

Charles Darwin had plans to become a minister. After publishing his book which didn't mention primates he basically went into seclusion. I believe an acquaintance who was Christian claimed that he recanted everything on his death bed but who could trust the source and even if he disowned his work it wouldn't invalidate the concept. The demonetization of this man is disheartening for me and I'm a follower of Christ.

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Answer 5

Been years since I read it, but I don't recall anything in there that could be reasonably interpreted as caving to religious pressure or predicting its absurd issues.

Answer 6

Darwin was trying to explain to us how we (homo sapiens) got here. That's all.

Answer 7

The only thing Darwin ever "proved" is that pigeons produce pigeons and finches produce finches. End of story. Genesis 1:25

Answer 8

Look at all these verses containing the phrase, "after his kind." It simply means that there is no such thing as evolution - only genetic variation.

Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.


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Gen 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.


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Gen 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.


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Gen 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort] shall come unto thee, to keep [them] alive.


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Gen 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.


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Lev 11:14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;


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Lev 11:15 Every raven after his kind;


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Lev 11:16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,


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Lev 11:22 [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.


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Lev 11:29 These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,


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Deu 14:13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,


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Deu 14:14 And every raven after his kind,


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Deu 14:15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,