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Originally Posted by alferret
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Can i just point out that although many people think they know what Darwin was on about, not many actually do.
"Evolution" is another way of saying "changes over time". Orange carrots and large-breasted turkeys are examples of evolution, but in these cases man had a direct influence.
Darwin specifically wrote about "evolution by natural selection", that is the environment "selects" the "fittest" genes in a species, and if it goes on for long enough you end up with a new species. There is nothing intelligent about this process - it is mainly due to chance events.
You often hear misconceptions such as "evolution is about the origin of life", or "evolution means that species are getting better all the time". Not true.
Also, Darwin was not an atheist - he was agnostic.