Difference between revisions of "Talk:Essay: Social Effects of the Theory of Evolution"
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Saying that the "theory" of evolution is why people like Hitler and Stalin exist or have existed is absolute trash and intellectually faulty.[[User:Jros83|Jros83]] 20:53, 7 September 2008 (EDT) | Saying that the "theory" of evolution is why people like Hitler and Stalin exist or have existed is absolute trash and intellectually faulty.[[User:Jros83|Jros83]] 20:53, 7 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | : Agreed - it's a very poor article indeed. If you believe the theory of evolution is wrong because it influenced Hitler, then you MUST believe that Christianity is wrong because it influenced Pope Innocent III (and various other, extremely unpleasant, so-called religious leaders). | ||
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| + | By the way, Stalin didn't believe in Darwinian evolution. That was precisely the problem with Trofim [[Lysenko]], who persuaded Stalin that Soviet plant breeding should be based on the pre-Darwinian idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics - with disastrous results.[[User:KennyMac|KennyMac]] 18:59, 11 September 2008 (EDT) | ||
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Article or Essay?
This is a great essay. However, it's not an encyclopedia article. Stryker 11:25, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
- What on Earth are you talking about? This is a great conservative encyclopedia article. Secular humanist suppression of the truth doesn't hold water here on CP. PerMoberg 19:10, 18 August 2007 (EDT)
This is a great article
Keep up the good work. DaiseyCutter 17:00, 18 August 2007 (EDT)
No, it is certainly NOT a great article...
Saying that the "theory" of evolution is why people like Hitler and Stalin exist or have existed is absolute trash and intellectually faulty.Jros83 20:53, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
- Agreed - it's a very poor article indeed. If you believe the theory of evolution is wrong because it influenced Hitler, then you MUST believe that Christianity is wrong because it influenced Pope Innocent III (and various other, extremely unpleasant, so-called religious leaders).
By the way, Stalin didn't believe in Darwinian evolution. That was precisely the problem with Trofim Lysenko, who persuaded Stalin that Soviet plant breeding should be based on the pre-Darwinian idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics - with disastrous results.KennyMac 18:59, 11 September 2008 (EDT)