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Which world would be better; one filled with perfect Christians or one filled with perfect evolutionists?
By perfect I mean Christians who perfectly follow what Jesus taught...or evolutionists who perfectly follow and live by the implications of evolution. Yes, I realize the word "better" can be interpreted different ways. Please feel free to elaborate.
I would say "survival of the fittest" certainly carries implications.
Does allowing a down's syndrome child come to full term make any sense from an evolutionary standpoint? Does it make sense from a Christian viewpoint? As you can see, which perspective you adopt certainly carries implications.
@Pyriform, as far as how we live, I would humbly submit that the ethos of what is considered civilized culture today more closely conforms to a Christian code that one that would be derived from evolutionary principles.
@Egophile...evolutionists seem perfectly fine with referring to genetic engineering as ushering in the next stage of evolution saying that man has now reached a point where technology is able to exponentially increase the rate at which we evolve; that we can now be active participants in this process. I would say these would disagree with your statement that evolution is "just how life works" as if we would never try to help the process. If we would consider altering evolution's course by improving our genome through engineering, then the same principle is in play when determining when to allow genetically flawed specimen survive and potentially pass its DNA on. Its the same principle; two different extremes. In this vein, I would say there is, indeed, a place where evolution and ethics meet. Btw, why so emotional? You really should calm down.
@Don...Before you start tossing words around like "imbecilic" perhaps you should read the question more carefully and not answer with your emotions. I defined the term "perfect Christian" as someone who, hypothetically, perfectly followed Jesus' teachings. That qualification is, intentionally, subjective to the reader; whatever YOU think entails perfectly following what Jesus taught.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Evolutionists. Then medical science would make leaps and bounds over our current system.
For example: the stem cell issue would not have been covered by red tape for years because of religious zealots complaining about abortions (even after it was discovered stem cells could be extracted from umbilical chords).
- EgophileLv 58 years ago
The implications of evolution? I have a feeling you think that means something that it doesn't.
Jesus wasn't a bad guy though, so perfect Christians (by your given definition only) wouldn't be so bad. I'd prefer just having good people, regardless of religion, though.
"I would say "survival of the fittest" certainly carries implications."
Yes, well, you don't really know what you're talking about. Natural selection implies NOTHING about morality, or how we ought to behave. Don't throw around naturalistic fallacies here. The only "implications" that natural selection carries is that the fittest organisms spread their genes the most. Survival of the fittest isn't really a great phrase to describe natural selection, but it doesn't mean what you think it means.
"Does allowing a down's syndrome child come to full term make any sense from an evolutionary standpoint?"
Down's syndrome has nothing to do with evolution, and an "evolutionary standpoint" has nothing to say on this matter. Evolution isn't a moral guide, and it isn't intended to be. It can't be. Evolution is just the way the world works, nothing more.
Don't confuse social darwinism with evolution. Two vastly different things. Do your goddamn research.
- PyriformLv 78 years ago
We already do live in a world which is the result of the implications of evolution. Evolution is a practical reality, and its implications are ones of practical reality and not of ethics.
Christians have different ideas about what Jesus meant by what he taught, so I doubt that it is possible to live by that perfectly.
- 8 years ago
The world of evolutionists because they would make a lot more scientific discoveries and be able to save people through medicine and not letting them die because they think prayer will save them. We will also be a lot further advanced in technology as religion has held that back.
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- lainiebskyLv 78 years ago
There are no behavioral "implications of evolution." Whoever told you there were lied to you.
Nothing unusual about that; creationists are fed a steady stream of lies.
Since there don't seem to be any Christians around today who can manage to perfectly follow what Jesus taught, that doesn't seem to be a possibility anyway.
- 8 years ago
We are not "better" than any other animal, there will be ''rats in the subway'' long after we have departed
- 8 years ago
There is neither a perfect Christian nor a perfect Evolutionist. And far as I'm concerned, Evolution is a farce.
- b0rnbadLv 68 years ago
No one, no THING is perfect.
The Earth would be better off without humans. We all suck.
- Ford PrefectLv 78 years ago
if Jesus actually exists, I would say a world of perfect Christians....but he doesn't so you gotta toss that one
