What Charles Darwin thinks about religion

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British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.

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1 dated position, c. 1871–1874, in their own words. Our reading of what Charles Darwin has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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c. 1871–1874

Our readingThe idea of a universal beneficent Creator seems to arise only after long cultural development

Their wordsThe idea of a universal and beneficent Creator does not seem to arise in the mind of man, until he has been elevated by long-continued culture.

↗The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition, 1874)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book