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== Atheism ==

== Atheism ==

Lamarck was an avowed [[atheist]], and an active contributor to the atheist policies of the [[French Academy of Sciences]] during the [[French Revolution]], a fact which evolution-friendly theologians and historians, and Wikipedia have attempted to hide.{{fact}} 

Lamarck was an avowed [[atheist]], and an active contributor to the atheist policies of the [[French Academy of Sciences]] during the [[French Revolution]].  

He famously quipped "We have now moved beyond the cradle of such absurdities as god; nature produces life and life continues unheeded.  Just as the species of the earth improve, so too we improve, moving from religion to natural philosophy."<ref>Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr, "The spirit of system : Lamarck and evolutionary biology", Harvard University Press, 1977, p. 128.</ref>

He famously quipped "We have now moved beyond the cradle of such absurdities as god; nature produces life and life continues unheeded.  Just as the species of the earth improve, so too we improve, moving from religion to natural philosophy."<ref>Richard W. Burkhardt, Jr, "The spirit of system : Lamarck and evolutionary biology", Harvard University Press, 1977, p. 128.</ref>