Re: Teilhard de Chardin - new documentary

On Sun, 19 May 2024 16:47:54 +0200, Athel Cornish-Bowden
<me@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 2024-05-19 07:45:14 +0000, Martin Harran said:
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If a documentary were to be made about Darwin and did not refer to the
fact that some people [1] claim that he was racist and eugenicist,
even an encouragement to Naziism, would you regard that as
hagiography?
 
[1] Some people NOT including me.

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When has anyone not ignorant of the reality claimed that? Or anyone
knowing the reality but lying about it? The creationist Denyse O'Leary
has claimed this on the basis that the full title of The Origin of
Species includes the words "favoured races". She claimed this despite
knowing perfectly well that Darwin was not talking about human races,
but about animal varieties. We wouldn't use "races" in that sense
today, but that's irrelevant.
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So, to answer your question, no, I don't think that a Darwin
documentary is obliged  to mention what idiots and liars have said.

I agree totally. I also think the same standard should apply to
Teilhard de Chardin.

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And no, I woudn't call it a hagiography.

My question about hagiography was addressed to Don Cates who suggested
it in regard to Teilhard.