most likely 1879
No, Charles Darwin was a Christian. He went to a Christian Church all his life.
No, Charles Darwin was a Christian. He went to a Christian Church all his life.
Charles Darwin's religious beliefs evolved throughout his life. While he was raised in a religious family, his views gradually shifted towards agnosticism, which is reflected in his writings where he questions organized religions and the concept of a personal God. Darwin described himself as an agnostic later in his life.
Darwin's father, Robert Darwin, wanted him to become a physician. He sent Darwin to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but Darwin found the lectures on surgery to be particularly gruesome.
Charles Darwin
Yes.
To become a physician just like his father and grandfather had. Charles Darwin could not abide the operations preformed without anesthetic in the early 19th century.
Robert Darwin wanted his son to become a doctor, and even sent him to University of Edinburgh to study medicine.
His beliefs changed through his life; he trained as a C of E priest as a student, later in life - largely because of the death of his daughter, he lost his faith and died an agnostic. A lot of fuss has been made over Darwin's reconversion to Christianity on his death bed. See Link for an account of his last moments.
Darwin's loss of faith occurred gradually over several years, starting around the time of his famous voyage on the HMS Beagle from 1831 to 1836. He began to question traditional religious beliefs in light of his scientific observations and findings, eventually leading him to reject the notion of a personal god. By the time he published his groundbreaking work "On the Origin of Species" in 1859, Darwin considered himself an agnostic.
Darwin's religious beliefs changed through his life; as a young man (in common with virtually everyone in the 1830s) was a believer in God and he trained to be a priest. Later in his life he lost his belief, largely after the death of his daughter Anne at the age of 9.
He saw no future for his son as a naturalist.