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Charles Darwin, son of a wealthy English family or Trinitarian protestants, initially planning a life of leisure or entering the religious ministry, chose instead to pursue his fascination for nature. His social standing enabled him to board the HMS Beagle on a cartographic world tour. He barely suffered witnessing the harsh flogging regime of his hard-line Tory host, captain Fitzroy, but stumbled upon evidence for his theory of evolution. Despite initial scientific acclaim, realizing the theological implication Genesis isn't literally true made him wait 20 years, after the loss of a daughter which made him question his Christian faith, when another could have beaten him to the post, to publish his On the Origin of Species. It started an unprecedented controversy which lasts till today, denied by so-called Creationists. Thus the impeccable scientist is sometimes considered a heretical icon.

Episode credited cast:
Matthias Glaubrecht Matthias Glaubrecht - Himself
Gert Heidenreich Gert Heidenreich - Narrator
Jonas von Lingen Jonas von Lingen - Charles Darwin
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