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A:Evolution was already becoming established as a hypothesis when Charles Darwin was a young man. The captain of the Beaglehoped that by having a naturalist on board, he might obtain geological evidence to refute the theories that were already beginning to shock Christian believers in Europe. Charles Darwin, having begun to study for the priesthood, seemed to be a sound choice in this endeavour but, as it turned out, Darwin was too inquisitive and too rational a person. Using the data collected on this voyage and many years of painstaking study, he proposed the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.

The potential impact on Christian churches is demonstrated by the wife of the Bishop of Worcester, "Descended from the apes! My dear, let us hope that it is not true, but if it is, let us pray that it will not become generally known." The theory did become generally known and did have an effect on the churches, no more so than in the United States. It took more than a hundred years before major Christian denominations began to accept the reality of evolution and explain how Christian belief could coexist with evolutionary theory.

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