"without "Darwinism" (whatever that is), Hitler and the Holocaust would never have happened."
Because, of course, the creationist Cossacks and Inquisitors and Crusaders and Almohads (etc., etc., etc.) were so very inefficient at murdering Jews. They really needed the infusion of fiery motivation and fierce passionate dogma provided by...a gentle rationalistic agnostic from a liberal abolitionist/feminist family, who never hurt a human soul in his life?
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Date: 2008-04-16 12:38 am (UTC)Because, of course, the creationist Cossacks and Inquisitors and Crusaders and Almohads (etc., etc., etc.) were so very inefficient at murdering Jews. They really needed the infusion of fiery motivation and fierce passionate dogma provided by...a gentle rationalistic agnostic from a liberal abolitionist/feminist family, who never hurt a human soul in his life?