That is social darwinism which is not, in general, maintained by evolutionists in modern society as we no longer live like animals. According to evolutionary theory by natural selection (disregarding for now factors other than natural selection) the strongest in the population live longer and reproduce more and therefore their genes are the ones that most often get passed along. That is, those genetic traits that allowed them to be better fit for survival within their environment (be it based on phenotype within the existing gene pool, or from a random mutation) are passed to future generations, and weaker genotype individuals eventually die off in the population. You’ll note that this clearly does not happen in modern society considering the fact that we are always trying to protect the weak. E.g. We have healthcare to heal the sick who would have died in nature. or.. Children born with genetic diseases can be treated, and later allowed to reproduce, thus perpetuating those genes in the gene pool where otherwise they would have diminished. etc.

Applied to social/political/economic arenas as you have, the ‘survival of the fittest’ approach of evolution you speak against is clearly most representative of the market free-for-all of a capitalist society. Are you against capitalism and in favour of socialist policies protecting the weak such as welfare, and nationalized health care by taking money from the rich (e.g. progressive income taxes with considerably higher rates for high income people)? I know nothing about your politics other than from this article, so I am simply pointing this out.

Anyway, the point is, the above quote from you is misleading and misguided in the way it portrays a typical Darwin supporter (excluding social Darwinists).

All the best.

Zechariah 4:6

http://www.c3.hu/~bocs/chp/pam99nov-e.htm

But we can’t understand Him. No one can. He is the ocean. We are only soda cans.

I will not be surprised by any twists I learn once I get to heaven. I find God’s mystery exciting.

I do agree about the drastic consequences we might face if we take everything “literal” in the scriptures. I still remember my mother coming up to me in my teens to announce that if my hand offends me, I better cut it off because that’s what the Bible says. I looked at her not knowing where this line of talk was going (she was an alcoholic in more ways than one and had stopped drinking for a few years by that time). I looked at her, she looked at me. “Did your hand offend you?” she asked. I just froze until she walked away. Thank goodness she’s out of my life and I still have both of my hands to be able to work to feed my little daughter.

About the age of the earth, etc., that involves with “carbon dating”, I remember this group I hung around with some years ago “The Institute Of Creation Research” and they had lots of information about the validity of how conclusions are reached concerning creation as one such example of the validity of carbon dating and the myths http://www.icr.org/article/myths-regarding-radiocarbon-dating/ .

I liked the way you ended the article in so many words we don’t have all the answers and that we don’t profess to know everything.

I think about “life happens” and take it in stride.

And about the “Big Bang” talk, I did find myself saying, “okay scientists, you have the big bang theory that everything came from nowhere to its exact parameters so that everything can function perfectly. Keep digging, scientist, keep digging, and find the source!” And maybe they’ll realize there is a higher power greater than us.

I grew up reading the story of having two parts, one was like an outline of what had happened, and the second was what happened in detail.

I do know the bottom line about what’s important, the plan of salvation for each one of us.

Someday, in Heaven, speaking with Jesus and God, we’ll have our answers.

Many times when folks say they feel better after “being still” or they find something special about “being still” and helps them to focus, etc. I say to myself the Bible said it first about “being still” and know we have God in Heaven.