Culturewatch.tv Creation with Tony Watkins and Nick Spencer

Creation:  Creation tells the story of Charles Darwin's struggles leading up to the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. It’s a complex story because of what was going on in Darwin’s life in the years leading up to it. As Darwin’s ideas about natural selection became ever clearer and firmer in his mind, his Christian faith became more muddled and weaker. This created tension with his wife, Emma, who was a committed Christian. Charles was devoted to his family, though, and close to his children in a way that was very unusual in the Victorian era. However, his oldest daughter, and favourite child, Annie died in 1851 at the age of ten. Darwin was with her, many miles from home, and cared for her while watching her die over several days. It had an enormous impact on him, extinguishing any faith in a God who was involved in the world. All these factors, and others which are not explored in Creation, combined to make him procrastinate and hold back from publishing his radical new ideas. Buy from Amazon.co.uk Other Damaris resources on Creation Downloadable resources produced on behalf of Icon Film Distribution 'Talking About . . . Darwin, article by Tony Watkins, first published in Idea magazine (Sept/Oct 2009) 'Discovering truth or disregarding it?', article by Tony Watkins, first published in Evangelicals Now (Sept. 2009) Culturewatch podcast - Tony Watkins talks to Paul Hammond on UCB UK radio (17 August 2009) To view: click on the flash player above. To download: a high resolution version of this video can be downloaded FREE (to download right-click the link and select 'save link as' or 'save target as'): wmv format (best for Windows)      mov format (best for Mac) (other episodes like this one may be downloaded from Tools For Talks - make sure you always have access to new resources by obtaining immediate access To republish: place this code in your website or blog: <embed src="http://www.damaris.org/cmd/flash/videoplayer.swf" flashvars="vid=1E7144" width="384" height="236" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed>

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