Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Charles Darwin: Evolution and Religion" video.

  1. 16:17 Also he was never able to come up with a mechanism by which organisms could evolve. The nature of genetics (and mutation) was not unravelled until later. Many at the time considered this a weakness in his argument.
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  2. 16:27 Well, considering that the Bible had at least two different, contradictory accounts of the Creation, this shouldn’t have come as a big surprise, should it?
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  3. If Christians did not fear the light, then why would they treat the name “light-bearer”⸸ as a label for hate and fear? ⸸“Lucifer”
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  4. Whatever god he worshipped had no problem with committing crimes against humanity like slavery.
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  5. I guess that means even Christians can be good people too.
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  6. I thought it was supposed to be the “word of God”. But clearly not...
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  7. 2:04 Because the Brits had abolished slavery by this time. Something a certain set of former colonies continued to cling desperately to.
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  8. 5:05 Beagle captain and also later a Governor of New Zealand. Which is we we have streets in various towns named after him.
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  9. 14:04 1858.
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  10. 5:39 Brother-in-law.
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  11. 3:38 Fun fact, three quarters of all animal species are beetles.
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