Richard Dawkins: thumbs up to Hitler’s eugenics

April 12th, 2007

I’ve been thinking about the connection between Darwinian naturalism and Hitler’s attemts at perfecting a superior human race of supermen via eugenics and all of a sudden this article on that exact topic pops up.

Oxford professor, Richard Dawkins, author of the book, The God Delusion, thinks that Hitler’s eugenics program was not all bad. Here’s a revealing quote:

…if you can breed cattle for milk yield, horses for running speed, and dogs for herding skill, why on Earth should it be impossible to breed humans for mathematical, musical or athletic ability?

Click here to read the ICR article.

Entry Filed under: Darwinism, Worldviews

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