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[[File:Erasmus-darwin.jpg|200px|thumbnail|right|Erasmus Darwin]]

'''Erasmus Darwin''' was an English physician.  He was [[Charles Darwin]]'s grandfather and he is believed to have influenced Charles Darwin as far as the development of Charles Darwin's [[evolution]]ary beliefs.<ref>[http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref>  

'''Erasmus Darwin''' (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician.  He was [[Charles Darwin]]'s grandfather and he is believed to have influenced Charles Darwin as far as the development of Charles Darwin's [[evolution]]ary beliefs.<ref>[https://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref> He was also an [[agnosticism|agnostic]].<ref>[http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/8619 Darwin and religion]</ref>

Although Erasmus Darwin was a physician, he was overweight. An article entitled [http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family] declares concerning Erasmus Darwin:

Although Erasmus Darwin was a physician, he was overweight ([[Hippocrates]] was an early advocate of the health benefits of [[exercise]] and [[nutrition]].<ref>http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/pe/exs190web/exs190history.htm</ref>). An article entitled [https://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family] declares concerning Erasmus Darwin:

{{cquote|His love of food (particularly fruits, sugar, cream and butter) was matched by his dislike of exercise, and by the age of 46 he had grown so corpulent that a semi-circle had to be cut out of his dining table to accommodate his girth at meal times.<ref>[http://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref>}}

{{cquote|His love of food (particularly fruits, sugar, cream and butter) was matched by his dislike of exercise, and by the age of 46 he had grown so corpulent that a semi-circle had to be cut out of his dining table to accommodate his girth at meal times.<ref>[https://creation.com/darwinism-it-was-all-in-the-family Darwinism: it was all in the family]</ref>}}

 

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