Anyway, it was Aveling, and when they met, Darwin challenged Aveling. "Why do you call yourselves atheists?" "'Agnostic,'" retorted Aveling, "was simply 'atheist' writ respectable, and 'atheist' was simply 'agnostic' writ aggressive." Darwin complained, "But why should you be so aggressive?" Darwin thought that atheism might be
De todas formas, fue Aveling y cuando se conocieron, Darwin reto a Aveling: “¿Por qué se hacen llamar 'ateos'?" Agnóstico ", replicó Aveling," sólo era ateo dicho respetablemente, y ateo sólo era agnóstico dicho agresivamente ". Darwin se