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4.21.08 @ 12:01AM

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THE UNMOVED HITLER
Re: Richard Weimar's Darwin and the Nazis:

Concerning that "Intelligent Design" debate, read somewhere that the " Big Bang" hypothesis states that, at some point of singularity in space, an extremely dense ball-of-matter exploded, and thus the universe was born. That prompts the question of where that matter came from -- to which there are two possible answers, right? It always existed -- or God created it.

Okay, but, are we supposed to believe that that ball of matter just simply exploded? Nope, that does not follow the Law of Physics. Isaac Newton's first law stated that "an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force." So, from whence did this external force come? Something known as God appears to be the most logical. In other words, in the absence of " spontaneous combustion" (in space?), God pushed the button.

Now, I have no real argument with those who push the evolution concept, just so long as they don't try to cram it down our collective throats (and those of our school children) to the exclusion of other options. Seems kind of narrow minded; we've heard 'most all the arguments and they don't require rehashing. By the same token, the "professional Christians" pushing the Creationist concept can be equally repugnant...
-- Jack Frost

Hitler had some interesting views on the Darwinian concept that man had evolved from other animals.

From Hitler's Tischgespraeche for 1942: "Woher nehmen wir das Recht zu glauben, der Mensch sei nicht von Uranfaengen das gewesen , was er heute ist? Der Blick in die Natur zeigt uns, dass im Bereich der Pflanzen und Tiere Veraenderungen und Weiterbildungen vorkommen. Aber nirgends zeigt sich innherhalb einer Gattung eine Entwicklung von der Weite des Sprungs, den der Mensch gemacht haben muesste, sollte er sich aus einem affenartigen Zustand zu dem, was er ist, fortgebildet haben."

I shall translate Hitler's words, as recorded by the stenographer.

"From where do we get the right to believe that man was not from the very beginning what he is today.

"A glance in Nature shows us that changes and developments happen in the realm of plants and animals. But nowhere do we see inside a kind, a development of the size of the leap that Man must have made, if he supposedly has advanced from an ape-like condition to what he is [now]."

And in the entry for 27 February 1942 , Hitler says "Das, was der Mensch von dem Tier voraushat, der veilleicht wunderbarste Beweis fuer die Ueberlegenheit des Menschen ist, dass er begriffen hat, dass es eine Schoepferkraft geben muss."

Hitler was influenced by the ideas of the Reverend Thomas Malthus, as was Darwin, and indeed as was everybody in the 20th century.
-- Steven Carr

GOBBLER'S NOD
As an avid wild turkey hunter (Washington's spring season began Tuesday), I miss seeing my favorite gamebird on the masthead of your online edition. Ben Franklin would undoubtedly agree with my plea to bring back the gobbler!

Thanks for your consideration of this important concern. Now, back to more trivial matters, such as the Presidential race.
-- Bob Vogler
Seattle, Washington

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