Re: Darwin's influence on Stalin

On 7/25/05, George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:
>
> That all being said, I agree with Bob S. that this sort of argument - "X
> read Darwin and was a bad person so Darwinism is bad" - is pretty dubious.
>

Agreed. Otherwise one leaves oneself open to the counter-argument
that all the atrocities committed in the name of Christianity (e.g.
the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition) imply that Christianity is a
bad thing. The rallying cry of the Crusader was "Deus Vult" (God
wills it). I'm sure that's pretty much the rallying cry, or belief of
the modern suicide bomber.

Iain.
Received on Mon Jul 25 08:40:06 2005