Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Darwinism and Creationism




Darwinism
Darwinism, what is it? You can check the long describtion about darwinism or darwin theory at wikipedia.

There you would find out that Darwinism is a term used for various movements or concepts related to ideas of transmutation of species or evolution, including ideas with no connection to the work of Charles Darwin. The meaning of Darwinism has changed over time, and varies depending on who is using the term.

Then, The term Darwinism is often used is the United States by promotes of creationism, notably by leading members of intelligent design movement do describe evolution. n this usage, the term has connotations of atheism. For example, in Charles Hodge's book What Is Darwinism? what is darwin theory?, Hodge answers the question posed in the book's title by concluding: "It is Atheism." Creationists use the term Darwinism, often pejoratively, to imply that the theory has been held as true only by Darwin and a core group of his followers, whom they cast as dogmatic and inflexible in their belief. Casting evolution as a doctrine or belief bolsters religiously motivated political arguments to mandate equal time for the teaching of creationism in public schools.

source: wikipedia

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