Darwin and the Fuegians (R)
Readers’ comments
Curtis C., United States, 11 July 2012
Darwin seemed to just assume that everybody in the whole world would have English culture. Maybe he was just too sheltered. The irony is that as society has listened to his teaching that we're just apes, culture has gone down and probably would seem far more savage to him. Likely something similar happened in these natives' history; a rejection of God's way. Not that England followed the Bible perfectly either.
alister M., Australia, 12 July 2012
The Darwinian church is pleased to continue publishing his work(s) and living their lives inside his beliefs and teachings. That is the same for cultish churches down the ages and is still evident in 2012. No lie is of God, and the cult's doctrines never have and never will stand, when tested by Holy scripture.It's significant that all churches (congregations of believers) have as a primary doctrine "follow the leader". We delight and rejoice that the captain of our salvation is Jesus Christ, the one and only son of God who reigns his church from 'above' outside the thoughts, doctrines and dictates of mankind.
Will B., United Kingdom, 14 August 2012
What this interesting article fails to discuss is whether it was ethically sound to capture the natives and take them to England in the first place (at least one of them died), and what became of them when they were returned. I recommend readers do further research after reading this article.
Thank you - also for encouraging further research on this fascinating subject. I was richly rewarded by such an exercise while researching many aspects of race, racism, etc. for my book One Human Family: the Bible, science, race and culture (see www.OneHumanFamily.US). Of course, a brief article like this cannot discuss all aspects, such as whether the people concerned consented to their voyage or not. The New Testament specifically speaks against 'manstealing', and while in that time that generally referred to enslavement, it would cover any situation of forcible capture against someone's will, regardless of the intentions or motivation.
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Jack C., Australia, 11 July 2012
If one read the depiction of some other unknown person with the same details, one would rapidly come to the conclusion that person is either a fraud or a fool. Since it's the work of Darwin it appears it is fine for some to treat his work as some kind of great scientific and valuable work.