Re: Darwin: Was he a Nazi

In message <feWdnRVSirrs7DnenZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, wetboy
<asdfd@xxxxxxx> writes
>
>"nmp" <address@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:pan.2005.12.17.19.46.49.357341@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 17:32:51 +0000, bdbryant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bobby D.
>> Bryant) wrote:
>>
>>
>>> And what does Darwin's politics, or morals, or toilet habits, have to do
>>> with it? If we discover that he was a closet axe murderer, would that
>>> have any bearing on whether or not his explanation of evolution is
>>> correct?
>>
>> Right!
>>
>> Oh and wetboy, Darwin was not really an axe murderer. But you did
>> understand that, didn't you.
>>
>>> Unlike religion, science is based on evidence rather than on an
>>> authority figure.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Now wetboy has received several very good answers, I would like to know if
>> his opinion of Darwin has changed and if he has learned anything about the
>> theory of evolution not being connected to this so called Social
>> Darwinism.
>>
>>
>
>Thanks for considering my opinion.
>
>Yes, I've read these many responses, but I still find them rather
>ambivalent, in the aggregate. It seems as though some people aggreed with
>Darwin being a proto-facist, if you will, which does open a can of worms.
>
>
I count 18 people who responded, all who either told you the contrary,
or at most were silent on the issue instead pointing out that Darwin's
morals or the use to which his ideas were put does not effect their
validity. The can of worms seems to be your substitute for a conscience.

PS: I see you've now been outed as Logos. That explains your post above;
it's dishonesty, not stupidity.

What is your grudge against Christianity?
--
alias Ernest Major


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