本帖最後由 beebeechan 於 2011/1/10 22:42 編輯
問你有無睇「沒有任何獨立的證據證明達爾文晚年回歸基督教」和「理論上的困難」呢兩段，你就引「Hop ...
他的自傳寫於 1776年，之後不斷增訂到他人生最後六年。那裡有不少批判基督教的言論，而沒有放棄進化論的說法。他學生 Aveling是無神論者，達爾文不同意，認為不可知論更恰當，他們的討論發生於 1881 年 8 月。 1882 年 1 月他還在處理 AugustWeismann 的「Studies in the theory of descent」。
抽刀斷水 發表於 2011/1/10 15:58
現代學者整理達爾文的書信, 縱合的意見是達爾文無固定的宗教立埸, 一時是無神論, 一時又變得有點有神論。
所以, 人不難從他書信中找到反神的言論。
同時, 也不難從他書信中找到支持神論的句字。
拿....我手上隨手有幾封, (（沒有氧化得很厲害，不用要很小心揭）
(一)
Darwin to Hooker, 8-10 September 1868, in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin. Vol. 16, 732
".......“I am not sure whether it would not be wisest for scientific men quite to ignore the whole subject of religion.”.....
(二)
Letter 2814 — Darwin, C. R. to Gray, Asa, 22 May [1860]
With respect to the theological view of the question; this is always painful to me.— I am bewildered.— I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see, as plainly as others do, & as I shd wish to do, evidence of design & beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world. I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent & omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidæ with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars, or that a cat should play with mice. Not believing this, I see no necessity in the belief that the eye was expressly designed. On the other hand I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe & especially the nature of man, & to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance. Not that this notion at all satisfies me. I feel most deeply that the whole subject is too profound for the human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton.— Let each man hope & believe what he can.—
Certainly I agree with you that my views are not at all necessarily atheistical. ….
字裡行間, 可有反影出達爾文的宗教立埸呢?
以我個人理解,
達爾文知Lady Hope 是基督徒, 來也是想傳教。
也特別將話題放到聖經上, 目的太明顯了。
禮貌上, 達爾文也會應酬幾句, 不會當客人面前狂踩聖經罷。
達爾文在書信中多次提不想在家中作出太強的反宗教言論, 不想使家人(老婆)不開心, 佢老婆是基基。
說話也許引起這位熱心傳導員誤會囉.
所以....大家也無講謊話。
人...好多時都是一廂情願, 眼中只到自己想看的東西 |
2011/1/5 22:49
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