Nineteenth century Christian responses

• Many in the Church of England ridiculed the theory. For example, in a debate in Oxford, Bishop Wilberforce asked T.H. Huxley (who supported the theory) whether his descent from a monkey came through his grandmother or his grandfather
• Fundamentalist Christians simply dismissed the theory as human error since it conflicted with the word of God to be found in the Bible
• Many lost their Christian faith altogether because of the challenge posed b evolutionary theory t traditional views about Genesis and particularly about the concept of humans as created separately in the image of God
• Most liberal Christians welcomes the theory; they had long rejected any literalist interpretation of the Genesis creation stories.