How I came to believe (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, October 05, 2015, 13:55 (3336 days ago) @ dhw


> dhw: Agreed, but who says you must provide a theory for both? There is now a wide consensus that evolution took place, whereas there is no consensus on how the original mechanisms came into being. That would seem to justify Darwin's expressed intention to steer clear of that particular origin.-The point I am stressing is Darwin avoided recognizing first life had to contain the mechanisms for evolution to occur, but one cannot separate that fact from a current discussion.
> dhw: yet again here is Darwin's conclusion, taken from my edition of Origin: “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or one.” Please explain your objections to this.-Why do some of the editions contain the phrase you quote? Did Darwin vacillate in his opinion about God?