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Line 56: − − Charles Darwin is often considered a [[Proto-Nazi]] for his evolutionary paradigm's influence on [[eugenics]]. Eugenics is the concept of artificially 'evolving' humans by determining who can live, die, or reproduce. [[Adolf Hitler]] would later on use Darwin's theory of [[evolution]] to justify his eugenics programs, including the [[Holocaust]].
The phrase I deleted was false. Additionally, there was no citation to support the claim.
There exists in hostile Darwin literature a story about a Christian called Lady Hope who visited and spoke with a dying Charles Darwin. This appears to be merely a legend, and there is no evidence that Lady Hope ever converted or even visited Darwin on his deathbed. <ref>http://www.carm.org/evo_questions/deathbed.htm</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/03/31/darwins-deathbed-conversion-legend</ref>
There exists in hostile Darwin literature a story about a Christian called Lady Hope who visited and spoke with a dying Charles Darwin. This appears to be merely a legend, and there is no evidence that Lady Hope ever converted or even visited Darwin on his deathbed. <ref>http://www.carm.org/evo_questions/deathbed.htm</ref><ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/03/31/darwins-deathbed-conversion-legend</ref>
== Charles Darwin, Nazi ideology development and eugenics ==
== Charles Darwin and eugenics ==
In a [[Creation Ministries International]] article entitled ''Darwin and eugenics:
In a [[Creation Ministries International]] article entitled ''Darwin and eugenics:
In addition, Dennis Sewell declared cornering the Darwin family:
In addition, Dennis Sewell declared cornering the Darwin family:
{{cquote|[In the] years leading up to the First World War, the eugenics movement looked like a Darwin family business. … Darwin’s son Leonard replaced his cousin Galton as chairman of the national Eugenics Society in 1911. In the same year an offshoot of the society was formed in Cambridge. Among its leading members were three more of Charles Darwin’s sons, Horace, Francis and George.” <ref>[http://creation.com/eugenics-a-darwin-family-business Eugenics: “a Darwin family business”]</ref>}}
{{cquote|[In the] years leading up to the First World War, the eugenics movement looked like a Darwin family business. … Darwin’s son Leonard replaced his cousin Galton as chairman of the national Eugenics Society in 1911. In the same year an offshoot of the society was formed in Cambridge. Among its leading members were three more of Charles Darwin’s sons, Horace, Francis and George.” <ref>[http://creation.com/eugenics-a-darwin-family-business Eugenics: “a Darwin family business”]</ref>}}
== Darwin's obsessive preoccupation with his public persona and reactions to criticism ==
== Darwin's obsessive preoccupation with his public persona and reactions to criticism ==