It's well known that Darwin's Origin of
Species evolved from an irredeemably racist presupposition by
Darwin.
The original full title of the work is On the
Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of
Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.
Now, that's one title you won't learn
about in our government schools! :)
Dale
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:12
PM
Dear visionaries,
In response to Melynda's post, two
thoughts.
How about this? Would it be appropriate for a government
school to teach that one form of early Darwinism taught that blacks were one
of the intermediate steps between primates and full humans? Of course I
don't think that -- all of us are descended from Adam and Eve. But I am
curious -- if we all evolved out of the primordial goo, then was the process
of natural selection obligated to observe the strictures of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964? Any biological reason why every branch of the humanoid
fauna has to progress at exactly the same rate? What I am trying to get up
the nerve to ask (given the Chinese fire drill earlier about coming out in
the classroom) is this: is there any scientific reason anyone can
give me to show that Darwinism is not necessarily, irredeemably
racist?
And in response to the invitation, "knock yourself out," I
appreciate that very much. Just what we have been doing, and it is taking
its toll. In part it works so well because tax-funded schools can't really
understand how competition works.
P.S. is my use of "Chinese fire
drill" illegal yet? If so, I repent in dust and ashes, and promise to report
to my Purity of Thought Council meeting first thing.
Keeping the
fun in fundamentalist,
Douglas
Wilson