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I don't have difficulty admitting that some evolutionists, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries used the idea of favored races (which, if you read Darwin, means favored members of a particular species) to foist their racist ideals upon the rest of the world. I will further agree that the X-club members probably used their influence within the scientific community to help the Theory of Evolution get accepted more rapidly. Ok, that's history that I can do nothing to change.
And precious little to prevent it's discovery, if you haven't noticed.
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What is CTD's purpose for bringing it up in the first place? A history lesson? Examples of what should not be done?
See this, LindaLou? My motive is being questioned. Please try to become familiar with this concept.

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In the first post CTD states:
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You may have heard that evolutionism was introduced, and it won the day on scientific merit. One by one, scientist after scientist became convinced.... blah blah baloney! Evolutionism had been plodding along for decades, convincing next to nobody who wasn't a borderline atheist. How'd they turn it around? It was politics. One by one, evolutionists were placed in all key positions - first in England, and later in other technologically advanced countries, as they continually praised Darwin for making it happen.
CTD basically says that the Theory of Evolution would not be accepted on its scientific merits and had to be forced on the scientific community through political influence. So, whether or not evolution is true has been part of this thread from the very first post.
Your speculation about what would have happened or not is your own. I'm trying to discuss what did happen. As long as motives are being questioned, why do you object to people attempting to discover what happened in the past?
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You brought up the eugenics crowd for some reason which you have kept to yourself.
Another instance of motive in the conversation.
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You have only named eugenicists and showed they use the Theory of Evolution to support their cockeyed beliefs. Without any further explanation from you as to why you mentioned them, I can only assume it was to smear all evolutionists with their taint by association.[quote] And another.
[quote]If you have another reason for bringing them up besides mudslinging then I wouldn't mind hearing it. However, all your comments since bringing it up (...because we choose to discuss issues with which you have difficulty admitting the truth of... for example) point to it being a guilt by association smear campaign.
And still another. Motive seems to be almost an obsession, eh? I hope LindaLou will have enough examples, and be able to obtain some understanding.

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