Darwinism's Dilemma (part I: Cave Man)

Darwinian Fairytales (Avebury Series in Philosophy, 1996) | 1996 | D. C. Stove

[Aracelis]

That's a pretty silly statement. Even evolutionists admit that we are at the top of the 'evolutionary tree'. We are the masters of the beasts - as the Bible said many millenia ago. BTW - who is this *jury*?????

To answer your question, the "jury" in this instance is Natural Selection.

Humans (as Homo sapiens) have only been around for about 300,000-400,000 years, barely a blip in time compared to dinosaurs, who reigned between 140-180 million years...or even cycads, which have existed for over 200 million years and still decorate landscapes today.

As far as being on the top-rung of the evolutionary ladder, just look around you at the greed, perversion, murder, child abuse, etc., etc. that pervades our society. I hardly think those traits qualify us for any sort of honor.

[gore3000]

As far as being on the top-rung of the evolutionary ladder, just look around you at the greed, perversion, murder, child abuse, etc., etc. that pervades our society.

What a sad life you must lead, always looking at the worst in life and putting yourself and your fellow human beings down as worse than beasts of burden.

[Aracelis]

What a sad life you must lead, always looking at the worst in life and putting yourself and your fellow human beings down as worse than beasts of burden.

Just a realist...I was, after all, a paramedic in Chicago for 10 years. I've seen the best and worst of human behavior...and from my experience, evil outnumbers good at least 10:1.

[AntiGuv]

Let's note that the black death, one of the worst illnesses known, killed between 1/4 and 1/3 of Europe's population by all accounts, yet there was no 'immunity' to it in this fashion.

This statement is false. The CCR5 Delta-32 mutation confers immunity to bubonic plague, and moreover has the fortuitous side-benefit of conferring immunity to HIV. Research has established that the alleles emerged around the time of the Black Death in 14th century Europe. That's why Caucasian populations have a notably higher resistance to HIV than do Africans, by the way.

Unlike a creationist, I won't use this error as a comprehensive rebuttal to your various unrelated points. Not least because those easily collapse on their own demerits...

[homeopath]

Actually Darwin studied to become a clergyman, he was a deist and therefor believed evolution was pre-planned by god. Some of what Darwin wrote in origin of species was incorrect as he was under the false impression that traits were passed down by blending. Also man didn't adapt due to war, we adapted because as bipeds, though we had the advantage of seeing over the grass in the savanna we could not move as fast and so there was an advantage in being able to outthink predators. Also as meat eaters our bodies had enough protein that a bigger brain was not cumbersome, and therefor there was no disadvantage to increasing brain size.