Re: Darwin's influence on Stalin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Strachan" <igd.strachan@gmail.com>
To: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
Cc: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:39 AM
Subject: 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.

Yes, & in this includes not just things justified in the name of
Christianity in the abstract but the use of specific biblical texts -
Gen.9:25 to legitimate enslavement of Africans, Lk.14:23 to justify forced
conversions, &c.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Mon Jul 25 09:21:08 2005