Darwin Day (Today, February 12th)


	Darwin Day (Today, February 12th)

Djiezes

2-12-2007 7:46 AM

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2-12-2007 8:15 PM

willhelm

Looks more and more like a religion as the days go by.

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darwin_Day&oldid=107485214"><H1 class="firstHeading">Darwin Day</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darwin_Day&oldid=107485214"><P><B>Darwin Day</B> is the <A title="Anniversary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anniversary">anniversary</A> of the <A title="Birthday" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday">birthday</A> of <A title="Charles%20Darwin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin">Charles Darwin</A> on <A title="February%2012" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12">February 12</A>, <A title="1809" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1809">1809</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darwin_Day&oldid=107485214"><P>While the involved parts of the <A title="Scientific%20community" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_community">scientific community</A> view the Darwin Day events as educational, and some in the secular humanist community view them as a celebration of the advance of <A title="Rationalism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism">rationality</A> and <A title="Science" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science">science</A>, some <A title="Creationism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creationism">creationists</A> have called them <A title="Veneration" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration">veneration</A> or even <A title="Worship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worship">worship</A> of Darwin.<A rel="nofollow" title="http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Esejones/PoE/pe03rlg2.html%23rlgnvlnhstswngdsdrwn" class="external%20autonumber" href="http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Esejones/PoE/pe03rlg2.html%23rlgnvlnhstswngdsdrwn">[1]</A> Adding further confusion, as a joke some scientists and Darwin Day supporters have attempted to add ritual, pseudo-religious elements to their Darwin Day celebrations.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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