WHEN on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species — that mystery of mysteries, as it has been called by one of our greatest philosophers. On my return home, it occurred to me, in 1837, that something might perhaps be made out on this question by patiently accumulating and reflecting on all sorts of facts which could possibly have any bearing on it. After five years’ work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions, which then seemed to me probable: from that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.
Archive for the ‘Evolution’ Category
‘These facts seemed to me to throw some light on the origin of species’
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009You’ve killed God, Sir!
Monday, September 28th, 2009Clear evidence of transformation over millions of years. The Almighty can no longer claim to have authored every species in under a week. You’ve killed God, Sir!
Creation movie trailer
R.I.P. God
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Surely now, this is it, once and for all. God is dead.
God never existed. God doesn’t exist. God as a concept is dead. There was no Adam and Eve, no Garden of Eden. The was no Noah’s Ark. God is dead – may the idea of Gods finally be laid to rest and let the world live in peace.
150 years after Darwin’s On the Origin of Species which described his theory of evolution by means of natural selection, Richard Dawkins provides unequivocal evidence for evolution as a fact.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By Richard Dawkins
