Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Peter:

Yes, evolution.

The pro-evolution propaganda presented would have us believe that Charles 
Darwin invented evolution. That is not true. All he did was to repackage 
existing theories in a form palatable to Victorian England. Charles' 
grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, did some work in evolution theory. So did many 
others going back to ancient Greece, if not before. Even Charles Darwin's 
most notable contribution, that of natural selection, was believed by 
Aristotle, among others.

Charles Lyell (spelling?) did his work on geological stratigraphy 
presupposing evolution: Charles Darwin had a copy of one of his books with 
him on the Beagle.

I read some quotes from this period in a book, Zur Datierung der Genesis 'P' 
Stücke, a doctoral dissertation by Dr. Samuel Külling, a book I borrowed and 
returned in 1970, and what stuck with me is the condenscending attitude 
towards the ancient Jews as being intellectually inferior, that is why they 
would believe such a book as the Tanakh. But modern people were more evolved, 
and knew better. I got the impression that they believed that Jews were 
lesser evolved than even their Canaanite neighbors.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>

> On 24/02/2004 03:41, Karl Randolph wrote:
> 
> >Is your work online or available?
> >
> >That was the time when Gesenius did his work and the precurser to the JEPD 
> >theory was developed. Even then it was firmly based on the philosophy 
> >(religion) of naturalism and the presupposition of evolution. What else 
> >was going on?
> >  
> >
> 
> Naturalism, maybe, but hardly evolution pre-1850!
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> http://www.qaya.org/
> 

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