[philman_36]

...and the "vasomotor" aspect raises a "bone of contention" that I've never gotten a really good answer for either. Many mammals...or it's "brother" terms "some" or "most" when speaking of mammals.
The mind of man is an amazing thing. The mind of an animal is still just that, the mind of an animal.

As A. J. Heschel (1965) said, whereas a theory about the stars never becomes part of the being of the stars, a theory about human beings "enters our consciousness, determines our self-image, and modifies our very existence. The image of man affects the nature of man...We become what we think of ourselves."

Are you just "an evolved animal" or a man?

[gore3000]

The image of man affects the nature of man...We become what we think of ourselves." -A.J. Heschel-

It is a very telling point and a very true one and it shows quite well the importance of this debate. If evolution is true, then life has no purpose. The lowest and basest instincts are therefore excusable. Eugenics, mercy killing and even abortion become legitimatized. Even mass murder as a form of 'helping' natural selection becomes viable.

One must doubt if any society can survive under such terms. One must doubt if any species can survive which acts in such a way. For the above is a prescription for destruction not for creation. What man needs is hope, not despair in order to better himself and evolution only provides despair.