Charles Darwins Gifts To Humanity
Posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
by John Waddey
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Darwinian evolution has been with us since 1859 when Charles Darwin's famous book, The Origin of Species was published. But the origin of evolution can easily be traced back to the Greek philosophers of the 7th century B. C. H. F. Osborn wrote, "When I began the search for anticipations of the evolutionary theory...I was led back to the Greek natural philosophers and I was astonished to find how many of the pronounced and basic features of the Darwinian theory were anticipated even as far back as the seventh century B.C. (From The Greeks to Darwin, p. ix). Evolution even played an important role in the theology of ancient Buddhism and Taoism. Evolution is the common expression of rebellious, fallen men, past and present, who have rejected God as their Creator, Lord and Master.
While all young people are thoroughly indoctrinated in the theory of evolution, from kindergarten through the university, they are not told of the unsavory gifts the proponents of this theory have bequeathed to mankind.
First it gave us the Eugenics Movement. "Evolutionary models of natural selection and dysgenic (bad) hereditary practices in society also contributed to eugenic theory"( Scientific Origins of Eugenics). "The word eugenics' was coined by Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) to denote scientific endeavors to increase the proportion of persons with better than average genetic endowment through selective mating of marriage partners." Selective breeding is commonly used in animal husbandry where only the strong and healthy are allow to breed. The weak and defective are removed lest they multiply and weaken the whole of the herd or flock. The subtitle of Darwin's book, Origin of Species is "The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life."
"The practice of eugenics was first legally mandated in the United States in the state of Indiana, resulting in the forcible sterilization, incarceration, and occasionally euthanasia of the mentally or physically handicapped, the mentally ill, and ethnic minorities (particularly people of mixed racial heritage), and the adopting out of their children to non-disabled, Caucasian parents. Similar programs spread widely in the early part of the twentieth century, and still exist in some parts of the world..." ( Medicine Net. Com).
Among the champions of the eugenics movement was Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood. This unholy approach was widely accepted throughout America and Europe. Thousands were forcibly sterilized to keep them from reproducing. The Eugenics movement was based squarely on Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest. Its natural outgrowth was the idea of superior and inferior races. Which continued to flourish long after the Eugenics Movement was discredited.
The horrors of institutionalized eugenics was revealed in Nazi Germany during World War II where several million people, judged to be undesirable because of physical, mental or emotional problems, were executed and entire racial groups such as Jews and Gypsies were systematically exterminated. The Nazi program was built on the Darwinian model. Sir Arthur Keith wrote, "To see the evolutionary measure and tribal morality being applied rigorously to the affairs of a great modern nation, we must turn again to Germany of 1942. We see Hitler devoutly convinced that evolution produces the only real basis for national policy. ...The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has conscientiously sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory of evolution" (Sir Arthur Keith, Evolution and Ethics, p. 28).
Hitler's military ally was Benito Mussolini, Fascist dictator of Italy. "Mussolini's attitude was completely dominated by evolution. In public utterances, he repeatedly used the Darwinian catchwords while he mocked at perpetual peace, lest it should hinder the evolutionary process" (Robert. E. D. Clark, Darwin: Before and After, p. 115).
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the founders of Communism, "accepted evolution almost immediately after Darwin published The Origin of Species. Marx felt his own work to be the exact parallel of Darwin's. He even wished to dedicate a portion of Das Kapital to the author of The Origin of Species (Jacques Barzun, Darwin, Marx, Wagner, p. 8). As Communism spread it tentacles among the nations of the world it imposed its evolutionary views on all its subjects. Today, Marxism is very popular in America's world of secular academia and evolution is the great Zeitgeist to which one must subscribe or be rejected
The sexual revolution which has wrought so much damage to the moral fiber of millions of individuals and families is a natural extension of the evolutionary view that man is only a highly evolved animal and that morals and ethics themselves are constantly evolving. So also is the pro-abortion movement that encourages abortion for every pre-born child thought to have some defect. Abortion advocates are known to push their agenda among poor minority groups.
James Garfield said, "Ideas control the world." Victor Hugo concluded that "A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism. Solomon said, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death" (Prov. 14:12). We have seen the shameful, destructive record of Darwin's idea, his theory of evolution. Its influence on the human race has brought untold misery, death and ruin. The evidence is sufficient that any person with a modicum of conscience should be ashamed to promote and recommend it to students. JHW
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* For an in depth discussion of Evolution's destructive influence see The Long War Against God by Henry M. Morris, Baker Book House.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Eugenics is a form of artificial selection, and as such has nothing to do with Darwinian evolution, which is based primarily on natural selection. Artificial selection was well known centuries before Darwin, as you surely know since you mention animal husbandry in your article.Also, anyone who thinks Darwinian evolution tells us anything at all about right and wrong, what we should or should not do, is committing the naturalistic fallacy - wrongly equating "happens in nature" with "good". Darwinian natural selection is amoral, not immoral (or moral for that matter).Hitler made no reference to Darwinian evolution. He made numerous references to the Christian God, and had "Gott mit uns" embossed on the SS's belt buckles. It is frankly absurd to blame Darwinism for Hitler's attrocities. Much of the Nazi "justification" for the persecution of Jews came from the Bible.The sexual revolution is cannot reasonably be blamed on Darwinism - the sexual revolution was mainly due to the increased availability of cheap, effective contraception.When talking about the Nazis you mistakenly assumed that Darwinism tells us what we should (and should not) do. If you genuinely hold that belief about Darwinism, how can you blame Darwinism for the increase in sex with contraception, when contraception explicitly aims to reduce reproduction? How can you blame Darwinism for the pro-abortion movement?If you believe that Darwinism tells us what we should do, then you should expect Darwinists to be highly vocal critics of contraception and abortion, since use of these reduces the number of offspring an individual will produce in their lifetime, i.e. it reproduces their reproductive "fitness"!But as mentioned previously, Darwinism in fact tells us nothing about how we should or should not behave.You say "None in those fields can challenge Darwin's still unproven theories without penalty". This is wrong. None in those fields can challenge Darwin's still unproven theories without EVIDENCE.So far, no-one has come up with either a credible scientific alternative to the neo-Darwinian model, or compelling scientific evidence against the validity of the neo-Darwinian model.
If you have never read the Origin of Species you must. It could be thought of as (almost) on of the classics.
Dear Connor: You are correct that Darwin's Origin of Species has become a classic in the world's literature. It is the Bible of unbelievers. It provides them a possible theory for the origin of man without factoring in a Supernatural Creator. It provides an amoral basis for those who chose not to be directed by the moral standards set forth in the Holy Bible. Per Darwin's thery man is only a highly evolved animal thus his behavior is explained on the same basis as that of the beasts of the forest. There is no higher power to which he is amenable. It is a classic in the same sense that Adolph Hitler's Mein Kampf was a classic in Germany or that Chairman Mao's Book of Thoughts was a classic. They were best sellers, but there were extremely detrimental to mankind.John Waddey
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