Comments on: The human Galapagos https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/09/the-human-galapagos/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff-Wash https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/09/the-human-galapagos/#comment-6992 Jeff-Wash Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:09:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4374#comment-6992 I think this is a good thread to post on what Charles Darwin believed in; What he didn't believe; what his biases were; and his interpretations (with their human limitations and flaws) of the data he received and viewed. Charles Darwin brought to science nothing really new, except his biases and his interpretations. But what did Charles Darwin really believe in? 1) Yes, he did believe in a god; a god to him that was abstract, impersonal, disconnected (limited in scope and ability) and unaware of humanity. 2) Yes, he did believe in survival of the fittest; a concept that nazis, fascists and communists later embraced. 3) Yes, he did believe that there are processes in nature that cause an animal like a dog to change (evolve) through natural selection; though with dogs, cats, horses, etc, those changes are really selective breeding; the DNA information for different breeds is/was already in the original specimen and its sex partner. It was already there to begin with. What did Charles Darwin NOT believe in? 1) He did NOT believe in an OMNIPOTENT God who can do anything He wished. 2) He did NOT believe in a OMNISCIENT God (aware of humanity, individuals and their activities, and everything else in the universe). 3) He did NOT believe in a God who was OMNIPRESENT (here, there and everywhere). 4) He refused to believe in hell; he was both terrified & repulsed by the concept of its claimed existence (a bias of his). So you see how Darwin exercised his biases and flawed, limited human interpretations of what he saw and studied to come to his theory. I think this is a good thread to post
on what Charles Darwin believed in; What he didn’t believe; what his biases were; and his interpretations (with their human limitations and flaws) of the data
he received and viewed.

Charles Darwin brought to science nothing really new, except his biases and his interpretations.

But what did Charles Darwin really believe in?
1) Yes, he did believe in a god; a god to him that was abstract, impersonal, disconnected (limited in scope and ability) and unaware of humanity.

2) Yes, he did believe in survival of the fittest; a concept that nazis, fascists and communists later embraced.

3) Yes, he did believe that there are processes in nature that cause an animal like a dog to change (evolve) through natural selection; though with dogs, cats, horses, etc, those changes are really selective breeding; the DNA information for different breeds is/was already in the original specimen and its sex partner. It was already there to begin with.

What did Charles Darwin NOT believe in?

1) He did NOT believe in an OMNIPOTENT God who can do anything He wished.

2) He did NOT believe in a
OMNISCIENT God (aware of humanity, individuals and their activities, and everything else in the universe).

3) He did NOT believe in a God who was OMNIPRESENT (here, there and everywhere).

4) He refused to believe in hell; he was both terrified & repulsed by the concept of its claimed existence (a bias of his).

So you see how Darwin exercised his biases and flawed, limited human interpretations of what he saw and studied to come to his theory.

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