--- SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com wrote: > Hi Roger,
> ROGER:
> 'I just finished reading "Monad to Man" by Michael
> Ruse. This book tracks the
>
> history of evolutionary thought and its connections
> to the philosophy of
> Progress.
>
>
> The creationists insist in a literal view of
> Genesis.
> Now, how's this for irony:
>
> Evolution is Hobbsian; it is completely ruthless and
> some might say evil?
> But society moves away from this ruthlessness and we
> identify this move by
> comparing the state of societies with biological
> striving for resources.
> Therefore, the evolution of society is towards a
> better level regardless of
> religious beliefs because it is empirical.
>
> But the creationists wish to argue that God created
> the dreadful soup from
> which society emerged and celebrate his glory in
> doing so?
> Therefore, creationists suffer a value conflict
> between an intuitive fear of
> biological rampage confirmed by a scientific theory
> of evolution, and knowing
> that society is better but cannot find a description
> of why this should be so
> in science because science cannot deal with values.
> The fear creationists experience is driving them
> toward the very description
> evolution that society has evolved to save them
> from. This could be the
> future of America.
>
Squonk,
This is excellent essay material, or a novella parody
- a la Pirsig.
André
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