and have never since doubted for a single second that my conclusion was correct.” Still, Darwin continued to refer occasionally to the work of a “Creator,” or to a remote deity who created the universe and its general laws, but then pretty much left it on its own. Perhaps his beliefs can best be labelled “deistic.” Some religious people try to blunt the sharp edge of Darwin’s ideas by denying that evolution is really scientific. They claim that Darwin’s great
Page 13