And yet, the 'fairy tail' discoveries of that 'lousy', 'fruit cake naturalist' sold more than the Bible at the time of publishing.
And that his remains are those of one of only five non-royalty persons buried & memorialised in Westminster Abbey, the central place of worship of the Church of England - the basis of modern Protestant Christianity.
Or this:
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is head of the Church of England; Defender of the Faith, no less. Whenever the Royal Mint come up with new designs of coins/notes, they present her with such, for her approval/opinions/ideas for improvements/changes to such, prior to them bringing them into circulation. As monarch, whose image appears on such, she has ultimate power of veto over any potential design.
Do you possibly think that she would have approved of Darwin's image on the back of our £10 note, if his paradigm-shifting, nay world-changing discoveries threatened the beliefs of her, and the church she leads & represents?
Yet she didn't 'dismiss' his image on such. She didn't veto it in any way, even though she has the 'higher power' to do so (PROTIP: Romans 13:1-5). She's secure in her faith.
I love the smell of annihilated arguments in the morning. Smells like... victory.
