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== Influence of the Theory of Evolution on Hitler==
 
== Influence of the Theory of Evolution on Hitler==
 
[[Image:Hitler_speech.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Adolph Hitler]]‎
 
[[Image:Hitler_speech.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Adolph Hitler]]‎
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George Stein wrote in the journal [[American Scientist]] the following:
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'''George Stein wrote in the journal [[American Scientist]] the following:'''
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{{cquote|Hitler's views are rather straightforward German [[social Darwinism]] of a type widely known and accepted throughout [[Germany]] and which, more importantly, was considered by most Germans, scientists included, to be scientifically true. More recent scholarship on [[national socialism]] and Hitler has begun to realize that... [Darwin's theory] was the specific characteristic of [[Nazism]]. National socialist "biopolicy," [was] a policy based on a mystical-biological belief in radical inequality, a [[monistic]], antitranscendent moral [[nihilism]] based on the eternal struggle for existence and the survival of the fittest as the law of nature, and the consequent use of state power for a public policy of natural selection.  - George Stein, "Biological Science and the Roots of Nazism." American Scientist, Vol. 76, No. 1, Jan-Feb., 1988, pp. 50-58. <ref>http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1992/PSCF6-92Bergman.html</ref>}}
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Hitler's views are rather straightforward German [[social Darwinism]] of a type widely known and accepted throughout [[Germany]] and which, more importantly, was considered by most Germans, scientists included, to be scientifically true. More recent scholarship on [[national socialism]] and Hitler has begun to realize that... [Darwin's theory] was the specific characteristic of [[Nazism]]. National socialist "biopolicy," [was] a policy based on a mystical-biological belief in radical inequality, a [[monistic]], antitranscendent moral [[nihilism]] based on the eternal struggle for existence and the survival of the fittest as the law of nature, and the consequent use of state power for a public policy of natural selection.  - George Stein, "Biological Science and the Roots of Nazism." American Scientist, Vol. 76, No. 1, Jan-Feb., 1988, pp. 50-58. <ref>http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1992/PSCF6-92Bergman.html</ref></blockquote>
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In regards to [[Adolph Hitler]] and the theory of evolution Richard Hickman wrote in his work ''Biocreation'' the following:
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'''In regards to [[Adolph Hitler]] and the theory of evolution Richard Hickman wrote in his work ''Biocreation'' the following:'''
 
{{cquote|It is perhaps no coincidence that Adolf Hitler was a firm believer in and preacher of evolutionism. Whatever the deeper, profound, complexities of his [[psychosis]], it is certain that [the concept of struggle was important for]. . . his book, [[Mein Kampf]] clearly set forth a number of evolutionary ideas, particularly those emphasizing struggle, survival of the fittest and extermination of the weak to produce a better society. <ref>http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v08n3p24.htm</ref>}}
 
{{cquote|It is perhaps no coincidence that Adolf Hitler was a firm believer in and preacher of evolutionism. Whatever the deeper, profound, complexities of his [[psychosis]], it is certain that [the concept of struggle was important for]. . . his book, [[Mein Kampf]] clearly set forth a number of evolutionary ideas, particularly those emphasizing struggle, survival of the fittest and extermination of the weak to produce a better society. <ref>http://www.creationism.org/csshs/v08n3p24.htm</ref>}}
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B. Wilder-Smith wrote:  
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'''B. Wilder-Smith wrote:'''
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{{cquote|One of the central planks in Nazi theory and doctrine was …evolutionary theory [and] … that all biology had evolved … upward, and that … less evolved types … should be actively eradicated [and] … that natural selection could and should be actively aided, and therefore [the Nazis] instituted political measures to eradicate … [[Jew]]s, and … [[Black race|blacks]], whom they considered as “underdeveloped”.’ <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v13/i2/nazi.asp</ref>}}
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One of the central planks in Nazi theory and doctrine was …evolutionary theory [and] … that all biology had evolved … upward, and that … less evolved types … should be actively eradicated [and] … that natural selection could and should be actively aided, and therefore [the Nazis] instituted political measures to eradicate … [[Jew]]s, and … [[Black race|blacks]], whom they considered as “underdeveloped”.’ <ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v13/i2/nazi.asp</ref>
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==[[Holocaust]]==
 
==[[Holocaust]]==
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