Re: Darwin's influence on Stalin

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From: "James Mahaffy" <mahaffy@mtcnet.net>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Darwin's influence on Stalin
 
> It is possible that is what AIG is saying but that is NOT what Nancy
> Pearcy is saying in Total truth. She is using this as an illustration
> of someone whose worldview was changed away from a theistic world view
> by reading Darwin.

I would submit that any reading of Darwin that concludes
that atheism follows from descent with modificaion and
natural selection is incomplete, and that Pearcey is either
ignorant or dishonest when she does not include
Darwin's own statements about his theory and religion,
namely, he states some will call it irreligious, he thinks it
is no more irreligious than describing gestation and birth
in physical terms.

>
> Yes she is making a case that classical Darwinism is a world view and
> not just a scientific theory. I think she has some insight here. I was
> just trying to check with historians on Yaroslavsky's statement
> (footnoted by Nancy) on Stalin's reason for rejection of Christianity.
>
> If we are going to disagree with Nancy's argument, may I sugest we do it
> on the basis of knowing what she says in Total Truth. The book is quite
> readable and I suspect may have an impact on evangelicals.
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