Re: Evolution's Imperative (was Def'n of Science)
Susan B (susan-brassfield@ou.edu)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:55:09 -0600 (CST)>> >Vernon wrote:
>> >> > Anti-God and anti-biblical views in were, of course, in existence
>> >> > long before Darwin (as Henry Morris points out in 'The Long War
>> >> > Against God'). However, there can be no denying that both Marx and
>> >> > Hitler were particularly inspired by Darwinian ideas
>> >
>> >Susan wrote:
>> >> they were inspired by *what they thought* were Darwinian ideas.
>> >
>> >I believe they fully understood Darwinism and its implications. What did
>> >you have in mind here?
>>
>> as others have pointed out, Marx was not influenced by Darwin.
>
>I beg to differ. Quoting from Zircle's 'Evolution'(p85) and Barzun's
>'Darwin, Marx, Wagner'(p8), we have "Marx and Engels accepted evolution
>almost immediately after Darwin published 'The Origin..."...It is
>commonplace that Marx felt his own work to be the exact parallel of
>Darwin's. He even wished to dedicate a portion of 'Das Kapital' to...
>(Darwin - who declined the honour!)."
Marx was impressed with Darwin's work *after* his ideas were developed. A
lot of people (including Marx) were impressed with Darwin's work!
however that was one small side comment in a much longer post. I surprised
you had no comments or refutations about how using antibiotics without a
knowledge of Darwinian principles is dangerous or about Hitler's
misunderstanding of Darwinism.
>Henry Morris in 'The Long War Against God' states, "It is clear that
>Marx and Engels based their communistic philosophy squarely on the
>foundation of evolutionism.
and of course, they didn't (I have often found that the truth is a stranger
in Henry Morris's mouth) because they developed their ideas before Darwin
published. The fact that they admired Darwin later on, means nothing.
Susan
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