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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt
So why did Darwin, who was so conscious that his work itself would be controversial that he waited years to publish it, chose to leave the Creator out of the first version and to only seem to hint at Him?
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It seems clear that in his later life, by the time he wrote Origin, Darwin had lost what ever faith he once had; I do not think he believed in a supernatural creator. So it seems natural to me that he would not mention a creator when he wrote the first edition, without any undue outside influences. Only later did he backtrack, once he had a public to worry about.