Some idiot didn't do his research
5/14/2008 | 3:50 PM | Evolved Rationalist
Benjamin Wiker, author of the glorified roll of toilet paper '10 Books That Screwed Up The World' has (almost) reached the annals of human stupidity. This pathetic joke of an author apparently had his head up his overlarge ass when he claimed that "Darwin's The Descent of Man proves he intended "survival of the fittest" to be applied to human society".
Yes, he said that Darwin intended "survival of the fittest" to be applied to human society. Seriously.
What the hell has "survival of the fittest", a description of nature, got to do with the false claim that Darwin advocated using it on human society is Wiker's ass anyone's guess. If Wiker had only read Darwin's book and actually understood it, he would have realized that Darwin said no such thing, and those claiming such nonsense have the burden of proof. Since Wiker shows no such proof, the only conclusion here is that he is an ignorant fool, an intellectually lazy dipshit or a common liar. Which is it?
By claiming that Darwin's book is one of the books that screwed up the world, I'll have to assume that Wiker is against all of the benefits that evolutionary theory has brought us, and is preparing to go back to his cave to live an anti-scientific life. Go away and rot in a cave - we won't miss you, asshole.
If you think that this blunder by Wiker was bad enough, look at his description of Mein Kampf on the inside flap:
Hitler's Mein Kampf was a kind of "spiritualized Darwinism" that accounts for his genocidal anti-Semitism*headdesk*
Did he even read Hitler's fucking book? There was not a single mention of 'Darwin' or 'Darwinism' (whatever that shit is supposed to mean) in the whole book! Evolutionary biology is not 'Darwinism', and I have no idea what this rambling goon means by 'spiritualized Darwinism'. Evolutionary biology has as much to say about spirituality as the theory of gravity; which is nothing at all.
However, here are some interesting quotes from Mein Kampf that shed some light on Hitler's motivations. It wasn't Darwin that led to Hitler's anti-Semitism. It was....
Human culture and civilization on this continent are inseparably bound up with the presence of the Aryan. If he dies out or declines, the dark veils of an age without culture will again descend on this globe. The undermining of the existence of human culture by the destruction of its bearer seems in the eyes of a folkish philosophy the most execrable crime. Anyone who dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege against the benevolent Creator of this miracle and contributes to the expulsion from paradise.It is abundantly clear that Wiker has not done his research. If only he had cared a little about what he was shooting out of his ass, he would have realized that his book was only fit to be used to wipe off his ass-droppings.
What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people, the sustenance of our children and the purity of our blood, the freedom and independence of the fatherland, so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the Creator of the universe.
Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord.
The result of all racial crossing is therefore in brief always the following: To bring about such a development is, then, nothing else but to sin against the will of the Eternal Creator.
Then, from the child's story-book to the last newspaper in the country, and every theatre and cinema, every pillar where placards are posted and every free space on the hoardings should be utilized in the service of this one great mission, until the faint-hearted cry, "Lord, deliver us," which our patriotic associations send up to Heaven to-day would be transformed into an ardent prayer: 'Almighty God, bless our arms when the hour comes. '
What a pity.
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Hitler was not a Christian!! He did it to fake and make people follow his lies.
Darwin's book was bad because now people think that we are animals and not a special creation of God. This is a LIE!!
I have made a blog to expose all the lies here.
Shalini Sehkar EXPOSED!!!!!!!!
http://evolvedrationalEXPOSED.blogspot.com
This author loses. Huge fail. What? who says? Godwin's law says.
Creationist,
Why don't you leave her alone?
He might have done that to try to soften his relationship with the Christian community.
Here is some evidence that he thought otherwise of Christianity in private http://answers.org/apologetics/hitquote.html
Another evidence is;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_religious_beliefs#private_statements
Does the Bible or Qu'ran happen to make that list of ten?
So Hitler made people think he was a christian to make them follow him.
Hmmmm. So christians will willingly follow a psychotic mass murderer so long as they think he's a christian.
You know, I think our friend creationist (probably Shalini) has a point.
Well obviously Hitler meant Darwin when he said Lord, God and Almighty Creator. Isn't it what we heathen atheist refer to Darwin as, LORD?
Come one everybody knows that!
When will this stupidity end? He praises the Lord and God, but he's not really serious?
On the other hand he does not mention Darwin at all, but he's a Darwinist?
Note to Creationist: You are an animal, a mammal to be specific. That is not a LIE. Rejecting that is stoooopid!
Wow. Now I see why ER is so jaded. You people are flipping retarded. Hitler was a Christian. The quotes often cited as evidence he really didn't believe that are from a terrible translation of Hitler's Table Talks of which no valid translation in English actually exists. The "translation" which does exist originates from an individual who felt it was okay to propagate historical fraud if it were "what Hitler might have said".
Such oft tossed around quotes as:
"But Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery."
Actually translate to:
"Christianity teaches 'transubstantiation,' which is the maddest thing ever concocted by a human mind in its delusions, a mockery of all that is godly."
Which is, needless to say, a profound difference.
http://ffrf.org/fttoday/2002/nov02/carrier.php
So, just so you folks know, when you toss around these "great arguments" for your side you're really tossing around fraud and lies. GO FIGURE!
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Tatarize is a liar who makes things up for Darwinist lies. G-d's judgment awaits, so repent!
christislord
are you insinuating that tatarize is lying about the poor quality of the translation of hitler's remarks? Would YOU be more qualified?
Du bist ein unglaubliches arschloch, kerl
A good German version of table talks has been out for a few years. It's not impossible to get the notes.
Further a good English version not translated from the French by somebody who translated things poorly biased and just wrong is dearly needed.
If you can do a good translation of them, do so, as such a translation is needed. A minimal amount of research would prove such detractors wrong.
Great post. It's sad the see that entire books (not just comments or websites) can be based on ideas and quotes taken out of context.
A few reactions to the commenters.
"..now people think that we are animals and not a special creation of God" from Creationist
- Well, yeah, we ARE animals. We have more than one book that proves our point of view. Do you?
Created Rationalist - Answers.org and Wikipedia are probably not the best sources of 'proof'. We can do better.
For the record, I don't believe Christianity is stupid or pointless, I just don't agree with it.