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Darwin’s Influence Charles Darwin is thought to be a daring individual, who stood up against the norm of his society, by theorizing possible alternatives to evolution and creationism. Darwin created world-wide controversy with his 1859 publication of Origin of the Species and though many considered him to be offensive, and sacrilegious, people still accept his basic ideas. Darwin’s theory of evolution influenced practically every cultural field, including philosophy, literature, science, and religion. Before the Darwinian theory of evolution, the general belief was that God had created all life during the six days of creation, stated in the book of Genesis. According to creationism, biological similarities and differences originated at the creation (Kottak 86). What Darwin said was that the world is governed entirely by natural forces, including the struggle for existence in which the strongest of species survives, reproduces, and passes on their traits to the next generation (Graham, para.1). The idea of a natural world that changes without bearing from beyond or above proved to be quite disturbing to many Christians in the eighteenth century (Bowler 18). Darwin’s work had a profound impact on religious thought, and because of this many Christians took a second look at what exactly they believed in.
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