handofdave wrote:
Darwin was a creationist himself. He just came to the (very astute) observation that organisms undergo mutations.
I don't think he ever was a creationist insofar as his science or even private life goes (i.e. it never was a springboard for any of his theorizing). He was born into a religious background (not his choice of course) but although he denounced that he sort of remained 'agnostic'.
This site gives some lovely qoutes.
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/darwin.htm
**It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science**
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