July 22, 2013
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Why Evolution appeals to man
I have been pondering this only for a short time, but there seems to be three chief reasons why Evolution appeals to man, and they all stem from one to the other. When I generalize this down to three reasons, I do so with the understanding that I am doing so… this is a broad generalization. But when you factor these three together, it’s not hard to understand the logic behind why Evolution has become the dominant “religion” of our planet.
#1 Evolution eliminates the need of God.
This may sound over-abused…. but it is a truism, something that is absolutely true. The first starting point for evolutionary theory is that there is no outside factors playing “God” with any form of personal agenda. Creation stands and falls on it’s own… we all got here by chance, and thus there is no creator above us.
If there is no creator, and we are but variations of the animals beneath us, then there is nothing for which we can or will be judged for… this flows into point #2
#2 Evolution eliminates moral restrictions.
If there is no God over us, then we create the rules. Morality is as we see it, and can change to our whims or societies desires. Morality is flexible, and not fixed…. because there is no God to sit over us in judgment.
If any one issue hits this point home today with the force of a jack-hammer on cement…. it would be the issue of whether or not homosexuality is a sin… or merely a evolutionary fluke that paired up two people in such a way so as they could not replicate their dispositions. (A man and a man does not produce anything to further the evolutionary process…. it would seem that it is the dead end of the progress, not a furtherance of it.) If there is a God, and if He declares what is or isn’t moral (by His own holy standard) — then mankind is not free to do as he pleases….. without the threat of judgment hanging over our heads. Evolution gives us the freedom to pronounce ourselves the master’s of morality.
#3 Evolution gives man (false) hope for the future.
With the elimination of God, and the elimination of judgment for moral sins, we find that the future is bleak. If there is no God, then this life is all we have. There is no “Heaven” to look forward to. All the death we succumb to makes our lives pointless — all our strivings amount to nothing, because in the end they don’t gain us one more minute of life. Nothing stops the decay of time.
Evolution introduces the idea of genetic progress — things will get better, despite the fact that they seemingly are getting worse. (and in defiance of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics which states that everything tends towards entropy, not progress.) Evolution promises us that our children are not bad, they are on climb that will allow them to evolve past our mistakes, and that they have the potential to become far more than we dare hope. It gives us a (false) hope for a future…. if only for our children’s sake.
Look at modern Television and you’ll see this play out. Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (by it and Gene’s own admission) attempted to show us a future wherein Evolution had moved men past the need for money, past the restrictions of class (Wealthy or poor) and past the need of religion (not understanding that Evolution is, itself, a religion requiring faith to believe it’s premise). More contemporary, the TV show Heroes shows us the same thing… wherein mankind has hope for the future because Evolution is moving us forward in possible directions we can’t fathom and giving us abilities to overcome our circumstances.
Three premises that Evolution gives men to grab ahold of as they deny the existence of God and look for something to replace him with. No God, No morals, No judgment for sins, and no bad future for having denied all that.
Is it any wonder why Evolution is so popular?
Comments (4)
I recently read that from a jewish standpoint, discussing creation is off limits unless you are extremely learned. they consider it to be a topic that is so mystical, so above our thought process, that you would easily become entangled in it. it’s rather to be read about, and taken for what it says, and left alone. this made me think of all that Christians and evolutionists have made of the origin of the world… and I have the feeling that this line of thought might just be the best way to handle it.
@ehrinn_l - Erin, it all comes down to this: Did God write the Bible or not? Every word, perfectly, intentionally, and directly? If so… then the creation story is accurate, and Evolution is not… it’s merely grasping at straws to eliminate that which we do not wish to face. As Christians, we tell the world that God’s word about things is true…. if it is not, then we cannot tell them that any part of the story, from the beginning to the end is true. The creation story tells us how sin entered things… corrupted things… The story of Christ tells us of how God’s plan to redeem men from this fall to sin played out…. and the story of Revelation tells of how God ultimately undoes all that was done, and brings those redeemed into an eternal kingdom. Dare we rip apart or remain silent on any of this story merely because it becomes unpopular? Truth has always been the dividing line that separates those who trust and those who do not. Let us do all that we can to be found standing on the truth, all of it… for His Glory.
Good post!
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