tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post2327387630806810704..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Dennis Sewell and the Abuse of DarwinismJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-18036154212259368252010-05-24T07:45:53.467-04:002010-05-24T07:45:53.467-04:00Yes, Sewells idea is nonsense. You can't blam...Yes, Sewells idea is nonsense. You can't blame the inventors of mobile phones for terrorism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-91623467334750902502009-11-17T04:41:15.345-05:002009-11-17T04:41:15.345-05:00I did. But also the comment was a bit too abrasive...I did. But also the comment was a bit too abrasive and dismissive in a way that doesn't pay fitting respect to the other end. Not good material. I'm not very used to communicating via these wires, where the snarky comment can't necessarily be tempered by the comradely smile. Smileys aren't our, um, <i>evolved</i> means of communication, you see. ;-)<br /><br />If I were to type it again, I'd hope I treat it better this time. But I likely won't type it again.<br />(On the sheer profusion and indefatigability of the viagra ads, surely That Problem can't be <i>so</i> widespread!)The 27th Comradenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-91743227686899296962009-11-16T18:06:12.352-05:002009-11-16T18:06:12.352-05:00Charles Darwin, in the Descent of Man, claimed tha...Charles Darwin, in the Descent of Man, claimed that the Caucasian race was more highly evolved than the Negro or Aborigine (as he termed them). <br /><br />No-one before Darwin could have come up with this erroneous doctrine, as it was Darwin himself who came up with the idea of evolution by natural selection.<br /><br /><br />Today, genetics shows that the different races are not more (or less) evolved than one another. There is nothing superior genetically about whites.<br /><br />But the fact remains that Darwin made this error. The error was not corrected for many generations. <br />In the meantime, many scientists who had been misled by Darwin's mistake also preached this false science. It did much harm.<br /> So Darwin WAS responsible for scientific racism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-37287620190393413752009-11-16T15:17:49.238-05:002009-11-16T15:17:49.238-05:00You did? I think, by accident. I had to change w...You did? I think, by accident. I had to change who could leave comments. I got tired of the viagra ads.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-35023894552583873832009-11-16T13:24:39.764-05:002009-11-16T13:24:39.764-05:00I think it is important to note that Darwinism is ...I think it is important to note that Darwinism is prone to being abused because it is, in those respects, valid. Perhaps within all of us is the knowledge that we can select for our kind ("good") by killing or in some other way disabling the other kind.<br /><br />Indeed, these abuses of it, which, as you note, were there before Darwinism (with much the same justification, just a different language), are a <i>kind of</i> validation for Darwinism. (We instinctively know that this stuff works that way. Of course.) So, I find it strange that this is often presented as an argument against evolution.<br /><br />(In other news: I see that I ended up in the moderation bin for a previous comment on another entry. My apologies, sir. I should have slept and had breakfast before writing it.)The 27th Comradenoreply@blogger.com