By: Ambrose Robitaille-Brown

DARWINISM

WHAT IS DARWINISM?

It is a theory of evolution: All species deprive from their ancestors Survival of the fittest

THEORIST

• 1809-1882• English Naturalist• Educated at The University of

Edinburg Medical School

• Anaximander (610-546 BC)

• Theory: “Animal came from moist environment, And man evolved from a fish”

DARWIN’S IDEAS

1. Animals and plants are sometimes born with features that are different from those their parents but that they can pass on to their own offspring (random- variations) known as mutations

2. Animals produce more offspring than can survive therefore creating a struggle for existence

***Variations can give a species a better chance of surviving

Evolution is not designed for purpose it is chance not purposeful

IDEOLOGY - IMPERIALISM

Imperialism: A policy of extending a countries power and influence through diplomacy or military force

Colonization

Ex. North America Africa India

IDEOLOGY - CAPITALISM

Winston Churchill: The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries

IDEOLOGIES- RACISM

SUPPORTERS OF DARWINISM

Adolf Hitler

John W. BoothConstantine

John D. Rockefeller

Henry Ford

THEORIST OPPOSITION

Stephen Jay Gould- Contemporary Biologist

George Mavrodes- Contemporary Philosopher

1. Naturalist “explicable entirely in terms of natural law without reference to a divine intention or intervention”

2. Theistic “a divine teleology in this process, a divine direction at each crucial stage in accordance with divine plan or intention”

1. Fossils do not support Darwin’s theory of evolution because there is such a large gap between records

2. The gaps show that evolution generally occurs by jumps

Henri Bergson- Philosopher

“The process of evolution is not blind and random but directed and purposeful”

Michael J. Behe- Biochemist

The complexity of human organism, including human beings cannot be explained by random processes but require the admission of “intelligent design”

CONCLUSION