Most people recognize today as being Abraham Lincoln's birthday. He deserves the recognition every year due to his history changing presidency; however, there is another individual worth acknowledging on this day. Charles Darwin shares a birthday with Lincoln. Darwin is one of the most important people in our written history. He challenged religion with his theory of evolution and controversial, yet important, book The Origin of Species. Most of the theories he created have now been solidified by fact, and his genius shines more now than ever. His willingness to separate himself from the brainwashing religious factions got him heavily scrutinized during his life, and all rationalists, atheists and agnostics alike, should be happy he did. He helped pave the road towards where we stand today. Without his observations and theories, atheists may still be persecuted for wanting to think for ourselves! Praise Darwin indeed.
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Unfortunately enough, still persecuted :-( Sigh. Only in America are there still staggering numbers of Religious people as compared to other well developed countries. I wonder how that happened. Oh well.
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