Darwin's complex loss of faith ... Darwin's notebooks show him trying to accommodate an intellectually credible idea of God and his new theory – in many ways successfully. Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Darwin: a potted biography. His mother, Susannah Wedgwood, was the daughter of the famous potter. In the early 20th century, his contributions became a focus of the creation–evolution controversy in the United States. Charles Darwin's views on religion have been the subject of much interest and dispute. Small business owner Gaynor Beck, who runs a jewellery store near Darwin, has a familiar story. It’s because of the dogma of creationism. Darwin went to school at Shrewsbury before studying medicine at Edinburgh between 1825–1827.

His father was the financier and physician Robert Darwin. His pivotal work in the development of modern biology and evolution theory played a prominent part in debates about religion and science at the time. Creation stories give to believers a sense of purpose, place, and identity, no matter how fictional they are. Charles Darwin is hated only by religious idiots fundamentalists. And not if that genius is Charles Darwin, who's got lots to do and absolutely no desire to do it. Darwin is the ultimate example of this sort of thing: ask people what Darwin looked like and (of those who know who Darwin is) I reckon 99% or …