Dear Mr. Charles Darwin,

It has been nearly 150 years since you published The Origin of Species. What can I say, other than “Thank You”. In one brilliant, elegant book you lifted us from the intellectual darkness and created the theoretical foundation on which all modern biology is based.

You’ll be glad to know that your reputation has become better and better through the years. In fact compared to the other leading minds of your era - such as Marx and Freud - only your theories have stood the test of time and become reinforced through growing human knowledge.

Ok, now for the bad news. While the theories of evolution are uncontested within the mainstream scientific community, many people still don’t believe them. Regrettably, some will never believe in evolution despite the overwhelming evidence. As was the case in 1859, some people find your theories so disruptive that they cannot accept them.

I’d like to tell you that we’re only talking about a handful of ignorant zealots, but unfortunately some people running for political office in the United States openly dispute the theory that species evolve. Witness this video of Sam Brownback, Tom Tancredo, and Mike Huckabee - three candidates for the Presidency of the United States - who have gone on public record in this video regarding their beliefs.

I imagine this comes as quite a shock to you. Given the growing body of scientific knowledge supporting evolution I’m sure you never would have anticipated that educated people would still be debating this topic.

Thank you Stephen for passing this along and best of luck at Google…