"I am interested in your comment that natural selection is consistent with creationism . It was Darwin who first proposed that natural selection can be the major force driving the evolution of species . I thought that it was a creationist who first talked about natural selection and saw it as a way of slowing down the effects of the Curse that God placed on His whole creation ( i.e . by getting rid of mutations - beneficial mutations however are n't as readily removed from a population as they help a creature survive in a particular environment ) , after Adam and Eve sinned and rebelled against God ."
"Nope . It was Darwin . There are letters in which Darwin proposed his theory to friends as early as 1844 . Several of the leading scientists of Darwin 's day were aware of his theory ."
"I thought that it was a creationist who first talked about natural selection"
"Nope . It was Darwin ."