Evolution is No More Irreligious Than Birth Through Biological Reproduction

I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is bound to shew why it is more irreligious to explain the origin of man as a distinct species by descent from some lower form, through the laws of variation and natural selection, than to explain the birth of the individual through the laws of ordinary reproduction [the pattern of development].

Notes:

Darwin challenges the religious to explain why being related to primates is any worse than being conceived through sexual intercourse.

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The Descent of Man

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Darwin , Charles (2010-01-14), The Descent of Man, Dover Publications, Retrieved on 2011-05-18

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