HonestJoe
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Darwin? Can you quote and (significantly) date that statement?The author has written that the Supernatural Creator has made 4 or 5 original beings (using the wonder of Creation), from which all the planet's life forms have come.
Darwin's beliefs on theology and creation were complex and changing, as would be expected given the combination the social environment he happened to be born in to, his life experiences and his intelligence. He also variously censored himself in life and had words put in to (or taken from) his mouth posthumously, for various reasons.
In itself though, The Origin of Species is an entirely secular book. It describes the processes of evolution and speciation of existing life, not the origins of it. Any surrounding speculation beyond is exactly that; speculation.
It's not quite that simple nor that definitive but the fact that Darwin didn't know everything about evolution and was mistaken in some of his conclusions shouldn't be surprising and nor does it impact the wider validity of his work. One of the key differences between religious and scientific approaches to this kind of question is that the religious ones are often based on definitive statements that can't be questioned or changed while scientific ones are specifically intended to be tested, challenged, improved and built upon.But today's Evolution Theory says there has been only one being whose appearance was random matter fluctuations.