[tpaine]

betty boop:
"The doctrine of survival of the fittest has had enormous cultural consequences. It has fed every species of racism and eugenics; and, making struggle and conflict the basic norms of human life, justifies force and brutality."

Yes, exactly, this is the rub. And this doctrine would be only barely tolerable even if it was science.
388 -phaedrus-


No the 'rub' is that you believe the theory is somehow a threat to you. -- Why?
No one here seems able to answer with logic.

[Phaedrus]

No the 'rub' is that you believe the theory is somehow a threat to you. -- Why?

How can a theory that has been refuted by both fact and logic be a threat to me? And it is the Darwinists who behave as though threatened (name calling, jeering, Creationist-bashing etc.). I was in fact a naive believer (of sorts, I suppose) in Evolution for some 3 decades before looking into its claims. When I "woke up", I was quite angry at being lied to by "society". Beyond those who without much thought feel they must defend "the scientific mainstream", there is an Atheist agenda at work AND, as shown by the 20th Century, Nihilism and Atheism kill. I thus oppose the "theory".

[Phaedrus]

Let me back away from the blanket statement that Nihilism and Atheism kill. These structures of belief open the door to mass murder. And "survival of the fittest" leads to "might makes right".

Athists are not natural born killers. I don't think anyone is. But atheists are, at minimum, glaringly wrong. Nonetheless an apology is given herewith if anyone feels one is needed.