Darwin rejected his own theory??

[glyndwr]

Howdy all. I rarely get into this Evolution/Creation debate because I don't like conflict much. However, I'd seen it posted somewhere that Darwin rejected his own theory before he died...

...is this a mis-representation of him refuting some parts of the claim, rather than the greater foundation??

... or is it fundie propaganda?

[RufusAtticus]

Fundie propaganda (http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hope.html)

[Senlatheil]

Damn, Rufus beat me to it. :)

[Oolon Colluphid]

Originally posted by Senlatheil
Damn, Rufus beat me to it. :)
And me... ;)

[Heathen Dawn]

Even AiG has disowned this story (http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/1315.asp).

[glyndwr]

Kind of what I thought.

Thanks, all!

[dayton]

Darwin did not renounce evolution on his deathbed, that is a myth.

[Gothic_J]

even if he did, the theory has stood up to a century of critique.

[Autonemesis]

Jesus said "My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" on the cross, or so the story goes. Isn't that the same thing?

[Late_Cretaceous]

The old "Darwin recanted" speil is only one step away from the utlimate in desperation "Darwin was a racist, communist, whatever". As though discrediting him means discrediting evolutionary theory. Usually it is an example of creationists who have run out of evidence which will demolish evolution once and for all.

I usually respond by telling them that I don't care if Darwin dismissed his own thoery, or even if he sodomized baby seals before clubbing them to death. THese things have no bearing on a scientific concept.