On Creationism

Creationists continue to accuse Darwin of racism. Their argument appears to be: Darwin was racist Racism is wrong Therefore all Darwin's ideas are wrong The logic is clearly flawed, but still they trot it out - I guess because they have nothing better on offer. But the sorry fact is that racism has been rife throughout Christianity. Is that reason to conclude Christianity is wrong? Here is a recent example by the Discovery Institute, though it is rather saying science is bad, rather than specifically Darwin. It is about Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy who made the "Cornerstone Speech" - so called because he quotes one of the Psalms. Yes, this racist and advocate of slavery was a Christian. No surprise there! An example from Ken Ham here , with the same lies and hypocrisy, very much targeting Darwin. The main reason for this page is so the next time someone on CARM pretends a link from Darwin to racism, I have a ready response. Anti-Semitism...

Evangelical Christians in the US are very strongly anti-abortion. However, it was not always so. As recently as 1970 the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) - the largest Protestant denomination in the US - advocated for legalising abortion. A Complete Reversal The landmark law case in the US was Roe v. Wade, in 1973, and abortion has been legal since that time. Jane Roe was the pseudonym of the woman wanting the abortion; Henry Wade the district attorney who stood for the state, prohibiting it. Roe was represented by two attorneys; one was Linda Coffee, a member of the SBC. The Baptist Press interviewed her after the successful conclusion of the trial. The decision of Roe v Wade was generally regarded as a good one by the SBC. To evangelicals of that time abortion was seen as a Catholic issue. You can find a list of abortion-related resolutions made by the SBC from 1971 onwards  here . It is clear that in 1971 they saw abortion - quite reasonably - as undesirable, but it ...