Church apologizes to Darwin!!

Kang

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Another fantastic victory for evolution!! We are getting closer and closer to making people realize the true nature of things!

The church of England is to officially apologise to Charles Darwin for misunderstanding his theory of evolution - 126 years after
his death.

The church the will address its contrition directly to the Victorian scientist himself. It will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas, calling "anti-evolutionary fervour" an "indictment" on the church.

The apology has been written by the Rev Malcolm Brown, the church's director of mission and public affairs.

The statement says that Christians, in their response to Darwin's theory of natural selection, repeated the mistakes they made in doubting Galileo's astronomy in the 17th century, reports the British newspaper the Telegraph.

An article to be posted on the church's website will say: "Charles Darwin: 200 years from your birth, the church of England owes you an apology for misunderstanding you and, by getting our first reaction wrong, encouraging others to misunderstand you still. We try to practise the old virtues of 'faith seeking understanding' and hope that makes some amends".

Opposition to evolutionary theories is still 'a litmus test of faithfulness' for some Christian movements. The church says that such attitudes owe much to a fear of perceived threats to Christianity.

The apology is scheduled to be made on Monday. Darwin had in his 1859 book 'On the Origin of Species' established evolution by common descent as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature.

So lets soldier on fellow Atheists we have won a minor battle and we shall one day win the WAR!!
"He conquers who endures." ~Persius
 
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What is it that the church has seen today... kind of truth in the theory, any evidence?
 
next thing you know the Church will hijack evolution, and claim the account in genesis is not literal, and that it is in need of a more current interpretation, and that the lord works in mysterious way.

I tell you if you think Quantum Physics was confusing, try organized religion.
 
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