1860 Oxford debate

[Tero]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_Oxfor ... ion_debate

I also have this bit from an e-book, something titled with Earth, that I am reading. Interesting scene description.


Kind of difficult to imagine the small group of elite and educated that would think to attend. I imagine mostly those still connected to a university.

I am not sure where I am going with this.

[Tero]

Interior view of museum

[charlou]

Just noticed this .. interesting to think about how long the debate has gone on ... particularly when some like to describe the current debaters on one side as new atheists ...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is that from Mr. Belloc Objects by H. G. Wells perhaps?

[charlou]

Kind of difficult to imagine the small group of elite and educated that would think to attend. I imagine mostly those still connected to a university.

From the article:

Word spread that Bishop Wilberforce, known as "Soapy Sam" (from a comment by Benjamin Disraeli that the Bishop's manner was "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous"), would speak against Darwin's theory at the meeting on Saturday 30 June 1860. Wilberforce was one of the greatest public speakers of his day[15] and, according to Bryson, "more than a thousand people crowded into the chamber; hundreds more were turned away."[16] Darwin himself was too sick to attend.[1]

[charlou]

Is that from Mr. Belloc Objects by H. G. Wells perhaps?

I didn't find it in the text ... http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701251h.html

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Is that from Mr. Belloc Objects by H. G. Wells perhaps?

I didn't find it in the text ... http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0701251h.html

I have a first edition of that book.

[charlou]

I have a first edition of that book.

Very


The text in the OP is from a book called Here on Earth - An Argument for Hope, by Tim Flannery.

[hackenslash]

Just noticed this .. interesting to think about how long the debate has gone on ... particularly when some like to describe the current debaters on one side as new atheists ...

Interestingly, it goes back even further. There's an article written by former creationist Glenn Morton, of Morton's Demon fame, that somebody linked to 'over there' a while back.

http://thewordofme.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... eationism/

Enjoy.

[charlou]

Descended from the Dog, eh? And capital D for Dog, no less .. tehehehe