I have been a weak blogger. But I have been doing some more public writing.
The other day I can across a BS pile written by creationist Jerry Bergman.
Core Cause of WWII Was Darwinism Recognized in 1941
https://thevillagereporter.com/column-is-it-really-so-core-cause-of-wwii-was-darwinism-recognized-in-1941/?
My reply was posted;
Gary Hurd, PhD on April 14, 2026 2:48 pm
Jerry Bergman is a well known creationist author. As is commonly practiced, he has misrepresented the facts. I’ll mention two that illustrate his methods.
First, his source is popular-press 1941 article at the onset of WWII, and he offers it as proof that Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx were root causes of that war.
Das Kapital was published in three volumes, only the first was published in Marx’s lifetime (1867). The remaining two were completed from his notes and published by his collaborator Friedrich Engels in 1885 and 1894.
Hitler was inspired instead by “Foundations of the Nineteenth Century” by Houston Stewart Chamberlain, German publication 1911, English 1912.
There Stewart Chamberlain was a strong critic of Darwin. Adolf learned this well. “The National Government will regard it as its first and foremost duty to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation. It will preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built. It regards Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life….” [Adolf Hitler, Berlin, February 1, 1933].
Bergman also claimed that Darwin had difficulties in getting famed British publisher John Murray to publish On the Origin of Species. John Murray had already published several successful books written by Darwin. In a letter to Darwin from Murray, he wrote that on the strength of CD’s details about his work on species and his success with CD’s former publications, he offered to publish Origin without even seeing the MS. (See: National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive, Ms. 41913 p.32) And a last note in a 2 Nov 1859 letter from John Murray to Charles Darwin, he offered to reward Darwin with 2/3 of the sale profits (National Library of Scotland (John Murray Archive, Ms. 41913 pp. 53–4). Darwin replied in just one day thanking Murray, and even suggesting that the royalty payment was too high!
Perhaps Bergman could use his time to honestly report the facts.
