Charles Darwin changed his mind ???

[74christian]

Hi there my brothers and sisters in Christ.

I just received this fascinating e-mail about Charles Darwin from one of my elders in church, and I would like to share this to all.

Darwin rejected the lie of evolution


It may surprise many students of evolution to learn that in the closing days of his life, Charles Darwin rejected the deceptive theory of evolution and returned to his faith in the Bible, including the biblical account of Creation. ROM 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,

The following are the words of Lady Hope of Northfield, England, a wonderful Christian woman who was often at his bedside before he died:
‘It was one of those glorious autumn afternoons that we sometimes enjoy in England when I was asked to go in and sit with Charles Darwin. He was sitting up in bed, propped up by pillows, gazing out on a far stretching scene of woods and corn fields which glowed in the light of a marvelous sunset. His features lit up with pleasure as I entered the room. In his hand he held an open Bible, which he was always studying.


“What are you reading now,” I asked. “Hebrews,” he answered. “I call it the Royal Book.” Then as he placed his fingers on certain passages he commented on them. I made some allusion to the strong opinions expressed by many on the history of the Creation, and then their treatment of the earlier chapters of the book of Genesis. He seemed distressed, his fingers twitched nervously and a look of agony came over his face as he said, “I was a young man with unformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time about everything. To my astonishment the ideas took like wild-fire. People made a religion of them.”


Then he paused, and after a few more sentences on the holiness of God and the grandeur of the Book, looking tenderly at the Bible which he was holding all the time, he said, “I have a summer house in the garden which holds about thirty people. I want you very much to speak there. I know you read the Bible in the villages. Tomorrow afternoon I should like the servants on the place, some tenants, and a few neighbors to gather there. Will you speak to them?”
“What shall I speak about?” I asked. “Christ Jesus,” he replied in a clear, emphatic voice, “and His salvation. Is not that the best theme? Then I want you to sing some hymns with them. You lead on your small instrument, do you not?” The look of brightness on his face as he said this, I shall never forget; for he added, “If you make the meeting at three o’clock, this window will be open, and you will know that I am joining in with the singing.”


Dr. Oswald Smith commented as follows on this account: “Was there ever a more dramatic scene? The very soul of tragedy is here exposed to us! Darwin, enthusiast for the Bible, speaking about the grandeur of this Book, reminded of that modern evolutionary movement in theology which, linked with skeptical criticism, has destroyed Biblical faith in multitudes. Darwin, with a look of agony, deploring it all and declaring, ‘I was a young man with unformed ideas.’ What an overwhelming criticism! The ‘unformed ideas’ of the young man Darwin are the basis of modern theology!”
But Darwin escaped the darkness of spiritual deception when there was still time to repent!

1COR 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

 

[righteous oak]

No one is too far gone to return

Thank you for sharing that article. It encouraged me and reminded me that no person is so far away from the LORD, that they cannot be brought back-not me- not even Charles Darwin. Our Father is no respecter of persons. I feel personally challenged by God to continue praying for everyone under the sun-even the "worst of sinners". Hoohah~

 

[Chad]

I read a quote the other day in a Christian book that went something like this:

Realize the pearl in the mire, not the mire in the pearl

Basically, this means look past the behavior of a person and look instead at the value of that person, the way GOD sees him or her and what they were meant to be according to His creation.

 

[forgiven77x7]

Hi Could you please site the sources of this article, who wrote it, etc.?

 

[monkeys]

Hi 74Christian,

This information is amazing. I too would like to know the original source...could you please post that. I would like to do more research on the topic.

Thank you for posting this!


Many Blessings,
monkeys


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Okay, so I did some research and I found that this story is to be false. Not sure what to think. There is a mix in what people have said. I will do more research and post the updates.

 

[Prometheus]

Charles Darwin did not recant on his death bed. This is an unfortunate misrepresentation of the facts that persists to this day. In fact his sister maintained that Lady Hope never visited him once and there is nobody that I know of that can corroborate that she did. She should not have any reason to lie but every reason to establish the truth about his beliefs.

This does not mean he never changed his mind as there is always that chance even in his final moment of dying but there is certainly no reliable account of him recanting on his death bed. This is a story which should rather not be mentioned at all if we are to lead people to God instead of away from Him.

 

[MAJ52653]

I was about to point out its falsity when you beat me to it. There are at least half a dozen websites of an anti-evolution nature that beg people not to keep spreading this false rumor. You cannot use lies to help spread the Kingdom of God, it allways backfires when the person lied to finds out that it is a lie.