As mentioned before, someone else would have discovered the theory of evolution, but no one else could have done what Abe did.
Interesting. I see it exactly the other way around. Darwin was influenced by Charles Lyell's The Principles of Geology, which was a discovery of geological evidence that suggested that the Earth was much older than previously thought and had gradually changed over extremely long periods of time. Lyell was right. Darwin wondered if that concept could not be extended to include biological life, and he went in search of possible evidence. Of course he found massive amounts of it. No one else was out there as thoroughly and meticulously working on that as he. Now at SOME point someone was likely to discover it, but Darwin saved us time with his invaluable contribution.
On a scaled of 1 to 10, 1 being a creationist and 10 being an atheist, agnostics are around 7.5 or 8 or so. The point being, science uses the material world to explain the material world, not the supernatural / shadow world to explain the material world. In that sense evolution is not misused by atheists.
That's exactly what I was trying to say. Yes, the Civil War was bound to happen, but Abe's "Moderate Heroism" was the right thing to do, and being tougher on them wouldn't let the South re-join.
And I think you're only speaking for yorself, and not all Agnostics in that last part.
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