Can you accept the fact that evolution is a retrograde process?
It is apparent that modern intelligence is no match for some of your own ancestors and that evolution is retrograde. Could we contend that the only thing advancing is the human ego?
Your evolution teaches that discrimination (natural selection) is the central means of life and change. At the same time many, if not all of you, preach that discrimination (which is the perfect synonym for natural selection) is morally wrong and a violation of human rights. Should people who hold such a mismatched, and socially damaging, thought pattern be considered intelligent?
2007-01-30 01:01:55 · 15 answers · asked by Tommy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sho-Nuff: What makes you think that human prejudice is not a function of natural selection as it functions to discriminate? Are you not just splitting hairs?
2007-01-30 04:26:03 · update #1
Good question...I have wondered it myself sometimes...but not in the same religious context or that evolution is working backwards.
I think part of human natural selection was based on discrimination....a good example of that (in the past and also currently in some societies) is how male and female babies are treated differently. Or the way in which disabled babies used to be euthanised and probably still are in some countries (for reasons of necessity not barbarism).
I think we have the luxury in modern society of having the option to not discriminate. Discrimination was necessary in bygone times.
If you saw someone who looked different...you knew he wasn't from your tribe. You had to make a decision... be friendly and risk being killed or attack them first. We still do that to a certain extent when we cross the street when we see someone we judge as unsavory. It is a remnant survival skill.
I don't agree that intelligence has regressed..is there any evidence of that ?
Did building the pyramids require more intelligence that going to the moon ?
The guys who built the pyramids obviously had amazing abilities to conceptualise, plan, organise etc but so did the Apollo team.
Different physical tool and skill sets I guess.
Anyway...I agree discrimination was part of evolution but not that it is retro-grading.
Lastly I believe being simultaneously aware of two different and opposing points of view is a sign of intelligence not stupidity.
2007-01-30 01:59:03 · answer #1 · answered by yepwellmaybe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because evolution is based on discrimination it doesn't mean that those that believe it are more inclined to discriminate. And besides, discrimination through natural selection is hugely different to discrimination of others based on prejudice.
To be honest, I don't see your point, we no longer live in a "survival of the fit" world - we've shed that in favour of a "nobody gets left behind" policy (or similar) where we help the unfit and unwell.
I think you're just trying to hit a nerve.
2007-01-30 01:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
....uh, yeah. Ok.
Choosing one group of people over another is not the same thing as evolution, dude. Discrimination is not the same as natural selection. Even if it was, allowing your personal emotions about an issue cloud your judgement is the mark of people I don't consider intelligent.
2007-01-30 02:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're using the word discrimination with the wrong definition.
I take a shorter route to work every day, discriminating against another road...does this make me a bad person?
Natural selection is not discrimination in thought...
2007-01-30 01:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by Gwydyon 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's just idiotic. HUMAN discrimination is bad. We aren't trying to fight for NATURE's civil rights. Natural selection deals with picking favorable traits to continue and eliminating unfavorable/useless traits. That isn't discrimination. It's reality and nature.Next time, pick an analogy that makes some sense.
Oh, and before you attack atheists contradiction of discrimination, answer me this: Why do Christians hate discrimination, yet they discriminate against gays? (No gay marriage, no gay adoptions, etc.)
2007-01-30 01:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by eastchic2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can also discriminate between different colors. Is this discrimination a violation of the will of God?? Talk about mixing metaphors!
2007-01-30 01:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Discrimination based on prejudice is wrong. Discrimination based on ability to perform said function is correct and akin to natural selection.
2007-01-30 01:07:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
your reasoning is illogical
discriminating consciously is different than natural selection
and if the reality of a world where survival of the fittest is what matters most is too much for you, it doesn't mean it's not possible
look around, it is survival of the fittest, but with humans, it's more than that now, but you could see survival of the fittest even in the corporate world, life is harsh, get over it and stop coming up with illogical arguements
2007-01-30 01:09:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A lion discriminates his food, he chooses the fat one to eat, because it's easier to catch.
Are you going to tell the lion what he's doing is wrong?
2007-01-30 01:12:06 · answer #9 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally dont believe in evolution as much as most people consider it to be, but there is proof of something. We are changing psychically, its been proven and even i have been able to notice it.
2007-01-30 01:07:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋