"Darwin was the first to use data from nature to convince people that evolution is true, and his idea of natural selection was truly novel. It testifies to his genius that the concept of natural theology, accepted by most educated Westerners before 1859, was vanquished within only a few years by a single five-hundred-page book. On the Origin of Species turned the mysteries of life's diversity from mythology into genuine science." -- Jerry Coyne
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
One more time, the religious implications of evolution.
"When did God stop existing?"
The magic god fairy fantasy was thrown out in 1859 when Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species.
Not everyone got the memo but the god fairy is dead.
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