Why Wilberforce Was Right in Opposing?

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Samuel Wilberforce, born in London in 1805 was the third son William Wilberforce, the famous politician. Born in a religious family more emphasis was paid on Samuel’s spiritual and moral welfare. He never went to school and was taught by clerical teachers. He graduated from the Oxford University in 1826 and was ordained as an Anglican priest. He distinguished himself as an enthusiastic and capable clergyman. He was very active in promoting the church by introducing the Sunday schools and extra services. He was a prolific writer and wrote short stories and sermons, all with a moral message. He was known as “soapy sam”, the nickname is derived from a comment by Benjamin Disraeli that the behavior of the bishop was “unctuous, oleaginous, and saponaceous”. But despite his reputation for soapiness, Wilberforce’s talents accounted support for him. In 1845 he was appointed Bishop of Oxford. Wilberforce was a more accomplished speaker. There were only a few who were better than him in this trade. With his charm, attractive personality and great oratorical powers, he became one of the leading speakers of his time. He is even better known for his debate with Huxley on difference in opinion with respect to the Darwin’s theory of “On the origin of species”. The theory proposed by Darwin aroused great agitations from the church as the idea of transmutation was against the religious orthodoxy and a threat to the social order. This was against the religious view that men were created by God rather a transmutation from other species. Wilberforce was Bishop of Oxford at that time. He was firmly against the view that humans originate from the other species. His supported his view by both religious and scientific facts. He was very logical in his facts that the Darwin’s theory was hypothetical and most of the famous names in science opposed the theory thus the theory was not

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