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Haldane on Creationism

The plants generally compete by pushing, rather than biting. [...] If the world of Nature is God's plan, then attempts to banish pain are contrary to this plan. So are attempts to perfect human society by eliminating the various evils which men inflict on one another. [...] Darwin made it reasonable to reject the argument [...]

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Posted on August 21, 2005 at 17.46 by jns · Permalink · Leave a comment
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