I just want to know from those who support evolution if it is reasonable to argue that one race of people is superior to another race of people in any way.
2006-12-13 03:48:13 · 14 answers · asked by Chad H 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So, all living things are equal in every way? Humans and dogs are equal in every way?
2006-12-13 04:04:56 · update #1
We are all the same species just marginally better adapted to different environments. None is any better than the other in anything that makes a difference.
Oooh, black people are better adapted to tropical climates so they are superior.... Ooooh.
2006-12-13 03:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Racially superiority is not a premise of evolution. Some people have interpreted it that way but this is incorrect. Evolution is completely devoid of racism; it is not even possible to be both a racist and an evolutionist. Since all races are currently surviving and reproducing, they are currently well-suited for survival on this planet.
I would also point out that most racists today are racists for religious reasons rather than through misunderstandings of evolution. In fact, most racist groups in the United States (including the KKK) are explicitly creationists. I don't know of any credible scientists today who are saying evolution equates racial superiority in a group. Although there were some in the past it was more the culture of the time when such ideas were prevalent. The same could be said for religious people in those times who often back then evoked certain Bible passages to justify their ideas as well.
2006-12-13 03:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before the human population migrated from africa about 75,000 years or so ago the population of humans was extremely small possibly in the hundreds, certainly less than ten thousand. Because of this, and the fact humans migrated so recently, humans are all very very closely related. Man has not had much time to produce much differentiation. There is much more variation within races than between them. Furthermore superiority is not absolute but dependent on the particular environmental pressures at work.
2006-12-13 03:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because different racial characteristics are also products of evolution. Darker skin evolved so that people who lived in warm climates wouldn't get too much skin damage from the sun; lighter skin helps people retain warmth, which helped the Scandinavians. We're all scattered around the world now, and change is coming again as there are more interracial couples and multiracial children. Why shun people for natural adaptations that they personally didn't choose? It's like asking if a panda bear and a polar bear should hate each other because one's fur helps it blend into trees in a decidous forest and the other's helps it blend in with snow and retain warmth.
2006-12-13 03:53:34 · answer #4 · answered by GreenEyedLilo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Evolution has got nothing to do with "superiority" in any way, shape or form.
It is about fitting - not fittest - to an environment. Once you understand evolution, you can clearly see that all our differences literally are "skin deep" adaptations. It also clearly shows that the "races" of humans are no such thing, they simply cease to exist.
2006-12-13 03:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Evolution shows that we are all discrete units of a chemical reaction that started 3.5 billion to 4.5 billion years ago. You aren't a new creation, you are a continuation. You came from a sperm and an egg, but those came from your parents. There is an unbroken chain of life all the way back to the first protocells of which you are just one small part.
How can one part of a chemical reaction be superior to another part?
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Yes, all life is morally equivalent.
2006-12-13 03:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are all equal because we are made up of the same materials as the person next to us. We are all deserving of the same rights because not one person is more special than the next. I believe in evolution.
2006-12-13 03:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by Existence 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not explain "equal", "superior" or any other form of hierarchy. It simply shows how we came to be biologically.
2006-12-13 05:17:32 · answer #8 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Superior only refers to a test comparison. Humans have more than genes -- we have culture that shapes our traits. Once you sort out cultural and environmental factors (such as Kenyans and marathon running), most racial differences appear insignificant.
2006-12-13 04:53:26 · answer #9 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are confusing two entirely seperate issues. Evolution does not, nor ever has, concerned itself with the beginnings of life on this planet only on how life has evolved once it did begin. Therefore, I am not sure how to answer your question.
2006-12-13 03:52:17 · answer #10 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋