Comments on: President Obama on Darwin’s Birthday

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:33:47 +0000

Ah. I had not made the connection.

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:01:38 +0000

Greg – Desmond is the author of the article I posted on my facebook (and asked you to read) on Darwin’s abolitionist roots. It’s a kind-of summary of the book. Here’s the link for those of you who are not yet my ‘friends’.
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10581

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:00:10 +0000

Greg – Here is an e mail I received. (Mike it mentions the same book):

“I haven’t seen any creationist employ such a tactic recently, but with the
publication of Desmond and Moore’s Darwin’s Sacred Cause, it may
emerge. Desmond and Moore are respected historians of science, and the
central argument of their book — that the anti-slavery beliefs in his
family motivated and inspired Darwin’s view of common descent in general
and of the common ancestry of humans in particular — is advanced and
defended in a scholarly responsible way. But by emphasizing
extrascientific influences on Darwin’s scientific work, they may open the
door to the creationists to argue that the scientific work is
corrupted. For information about the book, see:
http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781846140358,00.html

By: Mike Haubrich, FCD

Mike Haubrich, FCD — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:46:31 +0000

So, until the new book Darwin’s Sacred Cause came out, he was a racist and invented evolution to justify slavery. Then the book came out and he invented evolution because he hated slavery. If you are keeping score:

Darwinism = Slavery
Darwinism = Anti-Slavery

It’s all good, right?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:12:41 +0000

I’ll go try and find it for you Greg. I’m pretty sure it came from one of two places – either the FCS blog or an e mail that was sent out on the mailing list.
If it’s the latter, I may not have saved it.

By: Claude Rallins

Claude Rallins — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:05:41 +0000

The embodyment of Obama; the man, the mind… in itself, is a great testament to the evolution of species.

The speech itself, a powerful illustration of the ‘Ascent of Man’ in the Oval office [bush-man to mountain-top man].

Thanks for posting.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:48:57 +0000

Stacy… Seriously????? Really?????? Where did you hear that, I’d love to see (and whip-ass blog) that particular bit of drek!

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:01:43 +0000

I heard somewhere that the new argument against evolution from creationists will be that Darwin was terribly offended by slavery so therefore evolution must not be true – his opinions were tainted.

So my guess is -Darwin??!!