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| − | '''Darwinism''' "is the doctrine that all living things are biological descendants of [[common ancestors]] that have been modified by unguided variations and [[natural selection]]." [http://www.evolutionnews.org/2009/01/art_as_lust015681.html] | + | '''Darwinism''' is the fanciful, [[materialism|materialistic]] belief that all living creatures are descended from one common ancestor, and improved genetically by random mutations and some vague form of [[natural selection]]. |
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| − | It is named for the nineteenth century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], who held that [[natural selection]] in combination with random [[mutation]] is the directive or creative force of [[evolution]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref> | + | It is named for the nineteenth century English naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], who held that [[natural selection]] in combination with random [[mutation]] is the force of [[evolution]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref> |
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| − | The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref>
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| | A popular documentary, ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'', aptly described how [[Adolf Hitler]] followed Darwin's ideas to their logical conclusion: the wholesale slaughter of millions of people. | | A popular documentary, ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'', aptly described how [[Adolf Hitler]] followed Darwin's ideas to their logical conclusion: the wholesale slaughter of millions of people. |
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| − | Watch a biology professor who grew up under communism share what it was like to live in a society based on Darwin’s theory of evolution. He also discusses some amazing evidence of intelligent design in our cells.<ref>Disinherit the Wind: Growing Up in a Darwinian State, Posted on September 18, 2017, Discovery Institute.[https://discovery.org/multimedia/audio/2017/09/disinherit-the-wind-growing-up-in-a-darwinian-state/]</ref> | + | Watch a biology professor who grew up under [[communism]] share what it was like to live in a society based on Darwin’s theory of evolution. He also discusses some amazing evidence of intelligent design in our cells.<ref>Disinherit the Wind: Growing Up in a Darwinian State, Posted on September 18, 2017, Discovery Institute.[https://discovery.org/multimedia/audio/2017/09/disinherit-the-wind-growing-up-in-a-darwinian-state/]</ref> |
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| | Science historian Michael Flannery tells us of his belated discovery of the Alpbach Symposium held in March 1968<ref>'''Beyond Reductionism: New Perspectives in the Life Sciences''' - The Alpbach Symposium, 1968. Hardcover – 1969, by Arthur Koestler (Editor), J. R. Smythies (Editor).</ref> where a number of leading thinkers ([[Hayek]]) openly doubted Darwinism and the neo-Darwinian synthesis.<ref>Alpbach Symposium: Another 1960s revolt by serious thinkers against Darwinism, Uncommon Descent, October 14, 2017.[https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/alpbach-symposium-another-1960s-revolt-by-serious-thinkers-against-darwinism/]</ref> Two years earlier the Wistar Institute gave mathematical reasons for their dissent from the neo-Darwinian synthesis.<ref>50th Anniversary of the 1966 Wistar Symposium! Mathematical Challenges to the Theory of Evolution [https://www.3dwebnow.com/Science2016/originalsymposium.html]</ref> | | Science historian Michael Flannery tells us of his belated discovery of the Alpbach Symposium held in March 1968<ref>'''Beyond Reductionism: New Perspectives in the Life Sciences''' - The Alpbach Symposium, 1968. Hardcover – 1969, by Arthur Koestler (Editor), J. R. Smythies (Editor).</ref> where a number of leading thinkers ([[Hayek]]) openly doubted Darwinism and the neo-Darwinian synthesis.<ref>Alpbach Symposium: Another 1960s revolt by serious thinkers against Darwinism, Uncommon Descent, October 14, 2017.[https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/alpbach-symposium-another-1960s-revolt-by-serious-thinkers-against-darwinism/]</ref> Two years earlier the Wistar Institute gave mathematical reasons for their dissent from the neo-Darwinian synthesis.<ref>50th Anniversary of the 1966 Wistar Symposium! Mathematical Challenges to the Theory of Evolution [https://www.3dwebnow.com/Science2016/originalsymposium.html]</ref> |
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| − | The modern version of the [[theory of evolution]], based on Darwin's original theory, is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]". | + | The modern version of the [[theory of evolution]], which tries to correct the more obvious errors in Darwin's original theory, is sometimes called "[[Neo-Darwinism]]". |
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| | + | The [[theory of natural selection]] is one of two major evolutionary theories advanced by Darwin, the other being the [[theory of descent with modification]].<ref>http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Darwinism</ref> |
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| | == References == | | == References == |