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Wounded King · 04-08-2003, 01:08 AM

Come on DD, if he was going to die in five minutes he hardly had time to do any of those things, but theres always time for a deathbed conversion, its like drive thru fast food compared to a sumptuous four course meal.

Christianity: The McDonalds of Religions.

KC · 04-08-2003, 02:14 PM

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Originally posted by caravelair
"It has been claimed that Charles Darwin recanted on his deathbed. Supposedly Lady Hope visited him, and wrote about it, many years later.

Darwin's daughter Henrietta has stated that he didn't. Further, Lady Hope did not visit during Darwin's last month. And none of Darwin's friends (who did visit him) reported any conversion. Darwin's various biographers are agreed on this point."

these are not my own words. taken from:

http://www.cs.colorado.edu/%7Elindsa...in_recant.html

Yes. As I recall, Lady Hope claimed to have visited Darwin in the fall. He died in April, and was active up until a few days before his death. So even if she did visit him in the fall, he most certainly was not on his deathbed.

KC

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Wounded King Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,211	Come on DD, if he was going to die in five minutes he hardly had time to do any of those things, but theres always time for a deathbed conversion, its like drive thru fast food compared to a sumptuous four course meal. Christianity: The McDonalds of Religions.

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