To: DittoJed2
If the theory of evolution is a 'worldview', what political system does it tell us we should adopt? Logically, that would be a democracy that would eventually degenerate into anarchy or totalitarianism
Could you briefly sketch how a theory that species arose from mutation followed by natural selection tells us we should govern ourselves by means of an unstable democracy?
What does it tell us about the proper penalty for murder?
Whatever the village decides.
Again, could you briefly sketch how the above theory leads to the precept that we should do whatever the village decides? After all, Adolf Hitler, whom you claim was guided by Darwinism, thought it should be whatever he decided.
What foods does it say we should or should not eat?
Whatever one would prefer.
It's not much a world view if it doesn't tell us what food to eat or how to spend our free time, is it? And I'm really hazy on why you think it tells us to govern ourselves democratically. After all, there are many many kinds of social organization in nature, and I can't think of one species that organizes itself democratically.
To: Right Wing Professor
If the theory of evolution is a 'worldview', what political system does it tell us we should adopt?
Logically, that would be a democracy that would eventually degenerate into anarchy or totalitarianism
Could you briefly sketch how a theory that species arose from mutation followed by natural selection tells us we should govern ourselves by means of an unstable democracy?
If man arose by means of chance random mutation followed by natural selection, then there is no more value in human beings than in any other creature. There is no universal law, only the preference of the man or the community. What is acceptable here in America, for whatever reason, may not be acceptable in Saudi Arabia, or China. It is whatever the community decides, and communities mores change from community to community and from house to house. Homosexuality is applauded in San Francisco, but disdained in parts of Alabama. The 10 commandments are applauded by Roy Moore and many of his constituents, but disdained by the ACLU and its constituents. And, without a moral law from above, the result is an unstable democracy.
What does it tell us about the proper penalty for murder?
It's not much a world view if it doesn't tell us what food to eat or how to spend our free time, is it? And I'm really hazy on why you think it tells us to govern ourselves democratically. After all, there are many many kinds of social organization in nature, and I can't think of one species that organizes itself democratically.
See above. And having something to tell you "what to eat" has an unnecessarily restrictive view of "WORLD VIEW". Christianity doesn't necessarily say what to eat, but I don't think you would deny that there is a Christian worldview.
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