[Hac-announce] Correspondence with a Relative

[camsol at comcast.net]

I'd agree. I'd rather place my hand on the Constition or the Bill of Rights or some state document of laws. 

Camille Solbrig 

camsol at comcast.net 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Platt" <tplatt13 at gmail.com> 
To: "humanist mailing list" <hac-announce at cthumanist.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:37:42 AM 
Subject: [Hac-announce] Correspondence with a Relative 

Hi _____, 

I have to say I found this cartoon to be an objectionable 
distortion. It would be potent grist for an antidefamation league 
that doesn't exist, not only for secular humanists, but for many 
others who feel strongly about science and science education. No 
doubt I started this with my self-deprecating hymn/bullfrog 
comments. Thanks for calling it to my attention. 

As for Charles Darwin's personal beliefs, perhaps this very short 
quotation in his own words from "Religious Belief By Charles 
Darwin", an extract from "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" at 
http://www.update.uu.se/~fbendz/library/cd_relig.htm will do for the 
present on a complicated subject: 

"I cannot pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. 
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble to us; and I 
for one must be content to remain an Agnostic." 

Love, Tom 


On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:34 PM, _______ wrote: 

Hi Tom, 

We thought you might not see The Register. This could be for you. 
However--if I recall properly--although Darwin’s research stirred up 
a storm, he himself continued to believe in God. 

Love, 
_______ 

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