Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

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Darwin’s Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection brought with it a lot of controversy when met with the strong religious feelings of Queen Victoria and Christianity. Darwin was praised for this theory by the science community but it was a massive challenge to convince the world about the theory of evolution by natural selection. After his slow release of thoughts his theory has become extremely important and with advancing technologies modern scientists are able to develop on his theory. Darwin’s discovery brought shock across the entire English speaking world. Many people in the 1800s were proud Christian believers and believed God created humans. Once his book, “The Origin of Species”, was published a great controversy shook the world because due to Darwin’s thinking, Christianity saw it that he believed there was no more need for God as a creator. One of the ways in which Victorian sensibilities was tested by Darwin’ theories could be his believed relation between man and apes. He explains that apes are our ancestors and that we evolved from them. This created a tremendous amount of dispute since the Christian Church and the Victorians believed Charles and his theory were making it seem like humanity was not made in the image of God, but instead referring us to animals. Therefore, Christianity was not ready to consider another way of life that they believed was as true as their own. These conflicts lead to the next dilemma in Charles Darwin releasing his thoughts to the wider community. In “the Origins of Life” he wrote, ‘I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of anyone’, however, he knew his theory would do exactly the opposite. It took Darwin so long to reveal his writings as he knew that his discoveries and theories would create anger within the
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