# Charles Darwin's deathbed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410 "2001-03-10T04:35:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Jeni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Jeni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeni)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410/1 "2001-03-10T04:35:14Z")

</div>

I’ve heard several Creationists bring up the fact that Charles Darwin, on his deathbed, said he was wrong about evolution and accepted Christ. Is this true at all?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410/2 "2001-03-10T04:41:50Z")

</div>

No. [It’s a lie.](http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hope.html)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![choosybeggar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@choosybeggar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choosybeggar)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410/3 "2001-03-10T04:43:39Z")

</div>

Here’s a [link](http://www.ediacara.org/hope.html) that gives a short history of the suppossed conversion.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-darwins-deathbed/57410/4 "2001-03-11T01:10:47Z")

</div>

Of course, even if the story was true, it doesn’t put even a minor dent in the validity of evolution.