Re: Social Darwinism; was: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ambrose searle) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

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> All of the insults, ad hominems, bashing, piling-on, etc., is really
> imbecilic. I think those who really care about the issues at hand look
> right past it.

Actually, it is *you* who is being imbecilic. All you do is put
forth ad hominem attacks on Darwin, claiming that his personal beliefs
would somehow invalidate his theory of evolution. Well, they don't,
since they are totally irrelevant for the validity of his scientific
ideas. Darwin could have been a racist bigot, a mysognist and generally
unpleasant to mankind... it still is of no importance when it comes to
his scientific findings. Heck, he could even have turned out to be
a terrible serial killer... which would pose some historical questions,
but still wouldn't diminish his scientific contributions one little
bit.

But as it stands, Darwin was actually quite a progressive and
humanitarian thinker for his time. Blaming him for not sharing our
modern cultural mindset is extremely naive.

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RS