Christianity
has historically opposed science and never more so than the works of Charles Darwin.
Darwin’s
master work On the Origin of Species is unrefutable. The fossil record supported by DNA is obvious
to all but the most ignorantly entrenched.
However,
Darwin’s The Decent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex is proving
to no longer apply to the evolution of species.
Natural
selection infers the survival of the fittest, and one could argue that
includes the most adaptable to change.
Mankind has superseded
evolution. Nature once controlled
animal populations, and that includes mankind.
When populations became too large, they were controlled by predation,
starvation, and in extreme cases pandemics.
Disease would rip through populations and cull the old, the sick and the
stupid, improving the gene pool of the population.
Now mankind
has taken control of thinning the herd.
We have medicines to counter blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and diseases;
and surgeries to correct failing body functions, thereby extend age and life. These same medical procedures can cure or
sustain the sickly, the deformed and the retarded. Mankind now has the ability to feed the world
with genetically produced food, but hasn’t found the profit motive to do so. As far as the stupid, society protects and
supports them, often against their own will. At present we have people refusing lifesaving
vaccinations to protect against a deadly pandemic, and the government will
probably have to require a vaccination mandate to finally protect the
stupid.
And it is
not only the human race that mankind has taken control of. As an alpha species we have brought most
other animal species to the brink of extinction, and have taken management of
those animals we wish to preserve. Throughout
the United States we have hunting seasons to control animal population. We feed deer and other species during extreme
weather conditions. In Alaska they kill
the wolves to protect the moose so people can kill the moose.
The only
question is: Will Nature eventually win out?
I really don't think the anti-vax, anti-science and/or tRumpers are retarded. After all, our differences are a part of our "natural selection" and upbringing. BUT, I truly feel a lot people do not have an inherent ability to disseminate information for themselves and fall prey to beliefs and ideas that good disseminators find very bizarre.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if roughly 50% of the humans on our planet believe they will die and go to a wonderful, amazing, forever afterlife - why should they worry about earth or the suffering of its creatures and non-believers? It will take more than 50% of us working together to help save our earth and ourselves from our actions. Perhaps only suffering on a massive scale might possibly get humans to agree on anything, political or otherwise.
I know the earth can eventually recover from anything we humans do to it. But, what a horrible suffering to the creatures who cannot escape our actions. That really hurts my insides.
I know some antivaxxers and Trump supporters. They are not bad people, but they live in that bubble of Fox news and Facebook - they don't understand, or want to understand, that their actions are endangering everyone during this time of pandemic. We are, and have been for a while, in a position to end this pandemic. From now out, these people should be deemed responsible for every death (unnecessary) due to Covid and it's variants.
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It is inevitable that humans will wipe themselves off the earth likely along with many other species. It will not be pleasant what ever the means. But yes, the earth will recover in time as it has from other disasters. The time may be in millions of years. Other species will evolve and in time they too may die off. Earth herself is eternal. Until the sun no longer shines as it now does.
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