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The implementation in the 19 th
century of Malthus's thesis of
the necessity of the struggle
for life brought misery to the
helpless and poor children in
England. Religion, however,
ensures the protection of chil-
dren. A life of goodness and
virtue, without any misery and
suffering, is only possible if
the moral teachings of religion
are practiced.

Influenced by these wild ideas, Darwin applied this concept of
conflict to all of nature, and proposed that the strong and the fittest

emerged victorious from this war of existence. Moreover, he claimed
that the so-called struggle for survival was a justified and unchange-
able law of nature. On the other hand, he invited people to abandon
their religious beliefs by denying the creation, and thus undermined all
ethical values that might prove to be obstacles to the ruthlessness of
the struggle for survival.

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Humanity has paid a heavy price in the 20 century for the dis-
semination of these callous views which led people to ruthlessness and
cruelty.