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Wells  \nStudent  \nHandouts  \nHistory Workbook Series  \nEffects of Darwinism  \nHow Darwinism Affected Religious and Political Ideas  \nThe following text is adapted from H.G. Wells’ Outline of World History (1920) . Although Wells’ career is overshadowed by his science fiction writing, he was also a notable historian. Wells wrote his Outline as a criticism of the more conservative historical writing being published at the time. The Outline was equally popular and controversial. Read the text and thoughtfully answer the questions.  \nThe mechanical revolution, which the growth of physical science had brought about, was destroying the ancient social classification of the civilized state which had been evolved through thousands of years. It was producing new possibilities and new ideals of a righteous human community and a righteous world order, a change at least as great and novel was going on in the field of religious thought. That same growth of scientific knowledge from which sprang the mechanical revolution was the moving cause of these religious disturbances.  \n1. According to Wells, what was  \ndestroying the ancient social classes?  \n___________________________________  \n__________________________________  \n___________________________________  \nBefore the end of the eighteenth century, the enormous prospect of the past as existing for billions of years, which fills a modern mind with humility and illimitable hope, was hidden from human knowledge. It was veiled by the curtain of legends. The heavens were no more than a stage background to a little drama of kings.  \nPeople learnt their true position in space long before they placed themselves in time. We know how Galileo was made to recant his assertion that the earth moved round the sun. He was made to do so by the church. The church was stirred to make him do so because any doubt that the world was the center of the universe seemed to strike fatally atthe authority of Christianity.  \nNow, upon that matter the teller of modern history is obliged to be at  \nonce cautious and bold. One has to pick one’s way between cowardly evasion on the one hand, and partisanship on the other. As far as possible one must confine oneself to facts and restrain one’s opinions. Yet, it is well to remember, that no opinions can be altogether restrained. The writer has his or her own very strong and definite persuasions, and the reader must bear that in mind.  \n2. Do you agree with Wells, that no  \nhistorian can ever be truly unbiased? Why or why not?  \n\n| __________________________________ |\n| --- |\n|  |\n| __________________________________ |\n|  |\n| __________________________________ |\n|  |\n| __________________________________ |\n|  |\n| __________________________________ |\n|  |\n| __________________________________ |\n|  |\n|  |\n\nIt is a fact in history that the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth had in them something profoundly new and creative. He preached a new Kingdom of Heaven in the hearts and in the world of men. There was nothing in his teaching, so far as we can judge it at this distance of time, to clash or interfere with any discovery or expansion of the history of the world and mankind. But it is equally a fact in history that St. Paul and his successors, added to or completed or imposed upon or substituted another doctrine for “as you may prefer to think” the plain and profoundly revolutionary teachings of Jesus by expounding a subtle and complex theory of salvation. This was a salvation which could be attained very largely by belief and formalities without any serious disturbance of the believer's ordinary habits and occupations. This Pauline teaching did involve very definite beliefs about the history of the world and man.  \n3. According to Wells, what Christian  \nsaint was responsible for moving Christian theology away from the more plain teachings of Jesus of Nazareth?  \n___________________________________  \n__________________________________  \n___________","cbCair5mGXlQABO5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair5mGXlQABO5","pdf",293951,14,"English","# Read and Answer Questions\n## Social classes and ancient destruction\n## Historical bias and unbiased historians\n## Christian theology shift away from Jesus\n## Near Eastern creation stories similar to the Bible","[{\"question\":\"According to Wells, what was destroying the ancient social classes?\",\"answer\":\"The passage links the destruction of ancient social classification to the growth of physical science and the mechanical revolution it produced.\"},{\"question\":\"Does Wells think historians can ever be truly unbiased, and why?\",\"answer\":\"The text emphasizes that while historians should restrain opinions and focus on facts, no opinions can be altogether restrained because writers and readers bring strong persuasions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which figure did Wells say moved Christian theology away from Jesus’ plain teachings?\",\"answer\":\"The passage states that St. Paul and his successors imposed and developed a different doctrine, turning theology away from Jesus of Nazareth’s teachings.\"}]","Effects of Darwinism - How Darwinism Affected Religious and Political Ideas | PDF",1792387291,35]