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Originally Posted by gideongallery
Darwin theory came about by question the assumption that God exists and asking the question is there an explaination that allows us to come into being without divine intervention. It WAS a counter theory.
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Completely and utterly incorrect.
Darwin did not come up with evolution as a 'counter theory' to creation. It was the incredible diversity of life in the Galapagos Islands that planted the seed in his mind. It took him almost 30 years to put in on paper and get it published.
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At 26 years old, Darwin landed on San Cristobal. During his stay in the Galapagos Islands (Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, and Santiago), the same characteristic struck Darwin that strikes many visitors to date ?that the creatures that roam, fly and swim around these islands often were so unique from those elsewhere. Not only that many Galapagos species were distinct from those on the mainland, but that between islands many species of similar features were so perfectly adapted for their environment. Among those that struck Darwin so greatly were the finches, with such varying diets as cactus and seeds, fruits and blood that are now named in his honor. Darwin would later base some of his thought from the supposing that these finches were all descendents of the same lineage.
Having collected a great deal of wildlife and stacks of notes, it wouldn't be until 1859 that Darwin would consolidate all of his observations into his Origin of Species, drastically and controversially altering western thought on the nature of nature.
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