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skhemka's picture

Where the truth lies...

We have been looking at Origin of Species for a long time now and still categorizing is very difficult. The book has never just been part of a single category. The identification of the book solely rests with Charles Darwin. No one has made peace with Evolution completely as yet. There is a lot of confusion and controversy around still.

Calling On the Origin of Species just "another story" would mean diminishing the insight it has provided to the scientists. Observations are important whether we keep them or discard them.

Truth is supposed to knowable. We know some truths that make us believe in God and other truths that make us believe in evolution and some truths make us doubt both God and Evolution. No one has found a complete truth that makes it possible for us to believe one completely.

Before putting "On the Origin Of Specie"s in any category we need to look for the evidence for it. Many people predisposed to reject certain evidences and this increseas the tension between the two topics. I think that Darwin was recounting a scientific tale with good evidence and truths but the book is called into doubt because it didn't have the "complete truth".

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