Re: Does Evolution teach that might makes right?

catshark made the point that Darwin himself distinquished his views
from the moral dimension. Obviously if there is a distinction, we ought
to keep in mind that even where science merely tries to observe
accurately, then explain, there can nevertheless be another side, that
as Dawkins noted, we can rebel against our genes, and create a
responsible and moral human society.

Dawkins' point was to combat over-population, but does not all of
religion, or much of it, perform the role of a super ego, a moral
force, in rebellion against the ruthless drives or even the random
ones (of a world jete la, as Sartre said), that we find in so much of
science's explanatory role.

I may have "bashed" my own faith or persuasion, as an evangelical, when
(so many times) have have said Open your eyes, Open your minds, shame
on the Hardline attitudes, shame on the narrow mindedness. But to have
any credibility with the ones I have "attacked" (I think mostly I have
tried to nudge), I feel I have to be just as "nitpicky" on the other
side.

I can't just gloss over errors of Darwinians, if I see them. (Although
I get accused by my fellow Christians of being a bit evolutionist
myself). It is refreshing to read John Wilkins piece, I think it is at

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolphil/social.html


I happen to think that ethics (or Justice, in MLK's idiom) is perhaps
the most important part of faith, perhaps more important than the
mystical side. Certainly Jefferson felt that.

As far as the Bible, isn't the largest proportion of both the Bible (in
hebrew) and the Testament (in greek) essentially a message of ethics,
and moral treatment of our fellow man? I think it is.
Interestingly, the Bible certainly never rules out some very humble
origins for the human race. The Bible, in fact, says that we are
beasts. Time and again, whether Hebrew or Greek the scriptures call for
the humbling of the proud, and the lifting of the lowly.

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