He was raised religious, he even studied theology, but he gradually lost his faith in God over the course of his life when faced with personal tragedy and the overwhelming body of scientific evidence uncovered by him that seemingly contradicted scripture.
There is such a great sadness in his eyes.
>>18055418What was his deal anyways? Did he worship science or Magna Britannia? Never heard anything about what he was like.
He obliterated Christianity, but at what cost?
>>18055433He was christian but became agnostic.
>>18055416>She was Charles Darwin and his wife Emma’s first child to survive infancy.>Annie suffered from tuberculosis (sometimes referred to as consumption at the time). She had been ill for some time, and despite the care of her family and doctors, she passed away after a prolonged illness. Her death was devastating for the family.>Darwin wrote poignantly about Annie in letters, describing her intelligence, sweetness, and the family's sorrow. He referred to her as a “blessed child” and struggled with the feeling that he couldn’t understand why such suffering should happen.
>>18055437>if God real why bad thing happen?>yes we could breed super smart people, but dont do that, not because God wouldnt want that, but because that would be really bad!>I'm gonna marry my cousin even though im a super smart rational evolutionary realist with my own health issues, hope my kids turn out ok and become super smart like meWow this Darwin was a fascinating guy.
>>18055488Satanic post.
>>18055459I was hoping there would be some more interesting political or social storys.
>>18055495Well, thats Darwin for you.
>>18055495>Why yes race and inheritability are quite real.>No Nazis, not like that!
>>18055416According to testimony from Thomas Carlyle, Darwin and his whole family were natural naturalists. I choose to believe that than this saccharine bs narrative that Darwin faced a "profound" disenchantment with Christianity after delving into evolution more. This isn't a vindication of Charles Darwin either.
>>18055499Darwin didn't comment on the subject. But society's aversion to eugenics is based on moral grounds. It would be dehumanising to breed people like animals even if it produces results.
>>18055502>In letters to friends and family, Darwin reflected on the “problem of suffering” and its tension with traditional religious views. For example, he wrote about the “horrible suffering of animals” and questioned how such suffering could be reconciled with a God who is all-powerful and all-good.
>>18055508But not because of God, look im thinking freely. Everyone will agree with me because I think so well!
>>18055513What does it have to do with God?
>>18055514Its all tied in to the free thinking movement of post Catholic Britainny. Atheism and science.
>>18055511>For example, he wrote about the “horrible suffering of animals” and questioned how such suffering could be reconciled with a God who is all-powerful and all-good.He did most of the suffering himself by capturing and torturing a bunch of animals for macabre experiments to reproduce results in the name of soience.
>>18055521One raindrop didn't create the ocean.
Gutentag, I am already bit of a free thinking atheist myself. Tell me more about the heritability of man.
>>18055416And now he's burning in hell for eternity.
He really did not intend to do as much damage to religion as he ended up doing. He just reported on what he observed during his studies.
>>18055476God that's so sad. Especially the headstone
>>18055508>It would be dehumanising
