Or are they considering Darwinism to be more encompassing in philosophies etc. which they think are inevitably brought about by the theory of evolution?
And does "Darwinism" have any meaning outside of Christian circles?
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When they refer to Darwinism, it is nothing more than the straw-man they believe evolution, or evolutionary theory, to be. It is far easier to attack positions that no one defends then to *gasp* actually learn something.
"You guys change definitions daily as the facts disprove your theory"
Like what? Are you referring to the fact that science is a self correcting process? Why don't you give me a solid definition for the word 'kind'? Creationists often seem to "move the goalposts" with that one.
Yes. However, theists are not competing with the scientific theory of evolution. They are competing with the straw man (of their own making) of "Darwinism", which is portrayed as a competing religion to Christianity, Judaism or Muslim religions. "Darwinism" implies a thoughtless devotion to the words and ideas of Darwin himself in their original form, with no consideration for the considerable strides that the biological sciences have made with respect to the evidence for evolution and our understanding of evolutionary processes.
Which I guess should not be surprising. Why would millennia old brought about synonymsuperstitions wish to compete with modern science? They can't so they don't, and the only way they can attempt to attack modern science is by casting modern science in the role of a competing religion.
Darwinism is the theory of Charles Darwin that species morph into new species by chance mutations that are well adapted to the new environment.
Here's Dictionary.com on Darwinism: the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
It is a theory that directly contradicts the Judaeo-Christian hypothesis that we are made by God in his image.
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Darwinism refers to those theories postulated by Charles Darwin, who first posed the idea of evolution in his book "The Origin of the Species." Darwin himself was not a Christian, but a scientist who did a little bit of field work and then extrapolated his findings into areas he could not possibly understand.
But yes... it's probably just a synonym for evolutionary theory.
Yes, this is part of the fundamentalist misunderstanding of evolution, they imagine it is like Marxism, a dogma which must be followed without alteration. Come to think of it, THAT sounds like they are confusing evolution with their OWN way of dealing with the world.
Evolution has moved far beyond Darwin's views, even finding some errors in Darwin's original ideas. But modern genetics and continued fossil finds have confirmed the general thrust of his arguments.
There's no such thing as "Darwinism", which only illuminates the abysmal, completely tragic ignorance of these people.
Think about it! Evolution, the GREATEST discovery, the most wonderful idea, even conceived by modern man-----and 42% of Americans refuse to believe it (we rank just above Turkey in this regard, and just below Latvia).
Gee don't you wish religion would "change its ideas" as their theories are disproven.
Obviously, religious people think that the ability of science to self-correct is a fault.
That would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
Yes, it's a sad efbrought about synonymfort to cast this area of biological science as some sort of philosophy or life view or even as an opposing religion. Totally absurd. Why don't they refer to genetics as "Mendelism"? Or for that matter, medicine as "Hippocratesism"??
Thomas Huxley coined the term back in the late 1800's - he died in 1895, so sometime before that. He was a Darwin disciple.
It's tied to transmutation of species.
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Vito 1964 - aren't you a Biologist of some sort? Even you don't know your history?
I guess they think "The Origin of Species" is the only work on evolutionary biology, which is akin to believing "Philosophi? Naturalis Principia Mathematica" is the only work on the subject of physics and calling the discipline "Newtonism".
For YEC's to even assail evolutionary theory they first have to take it out of the realm of non-understanding and call it a belief system, like a religion. They fail in their arguments because it isn't.
Can be used as a synonym for theory of evolution, but is mostly used to describe the idea of 'survival of the fittest species' which was used by the National Socialists (Nazis).
Evolution is a theory, NOT a fact. Theory and fact are two completely different things. Look them up.
They attempt to drag down science to their level of political ideology.
There is not a single creationist scientific model, and they try to sell it as legitimate science.
I know social darwinism as an excuse to be a fascist, but other than that... I think nowadays it means "the believe the strong will survive" in general.
You guys change definitions daily as the facts disprove your theory
We can't be expected to keep up with your lies.
Take it as implied
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@ Rene O
Perhaps it is you who should look it up before you come on here an embarrass yourself with stupid comments like "it's a theory, not a fact".
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