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This is a short article (of which I posted about a fourth since I do not have any connection to the website nor permission to copy their whole articles).

It is a recent message that I think is one of the best philosophical or faith-based arguments against evolution (as an explanation of the origins of human life).

1 posted on 07/13/2017 4:47:56 PM PDT by unlearner
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To: unlearner

I went to an EXTREMELY rich-kid school.

You don’t need generations to see TToE in action.

At my college, the beautiful and brilliant people found the beautiful and brilliant people who had beautiful kids who went to the same schools and ran in the same social circles who married and had brilliant and beautiful kids who go together and had brilliant and beautiful kids.

And that is observable in my lifetime. Look at Trump. His kids are brilliant and beautiful because he chose brilliant and beautiful mates.

This article really doesn’t say much. People fall in love for all kinds of reasons. But probabilities are they will find attractive pro-survival traits which will enhance the species. Strength, intelligence, power.

Attraction precedes love for the most part.

Darwin wins this particular argument.


2 posted on 07/13/2017 4:58:47 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The Civil Rights movement compared content of their character to skin color and chose the latter)
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To: unlearner

My purpose in life is to be of maximum service to God and my fellows


3 posted on 07/13/2017 5:02:14 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: unlearner

Bookmark


5 posted on 07/13/2017 5:13:30 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: unlearner
If Darwinian theorists are right, then all forms of love and virtue are essentially genetic illusions. They don’t exist outside the human psyche. Which means they don’t really exist. Love is fundamentally a utilitarian mirage created by our genes that natural selection determined as among the most effective means to ensure of our genetic survival.

Guys like Descartes and Hume thought that we can just do well enough with a utilitarian life. In other words, we don't need God and we don't really need any manifestation of Him like love and virtue.

Problem is that we are more than our utilitarian part. It's like saying we only need a brain and the heart and soul we can just ignore. That is tantamount to becoming schizophrenic and without our hearts and the ability to love we can not operate as humans.

Good article.

6 posted on 07/13/2017 6:00:22 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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