Moral reasons why evolution and survival of the fittest is wrong:
10. You get into a car accident and it's your fault. The car you hit is totalled. You don't have to pay damages because your car was more fit to survive.
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Moral reasons why religion is wrong:
Huffers covered everything pretty well, but I'd just like to point out (for the umpteenth time) to Wander, the "Fundie-of-the-day," that facts are neither moral nor immoral, facts are simply things which are true. Similarly, survival of the fittest is amoral. Survival of the fittest applies to species, not individuals.
Why oh why can't they think rationally. 10 and 9 Even if you are the fittest and most likely to survive, a freak accident can kill anyone (try and run from a tidal wave as soon as it hits the beach).
1. Partly right - the concepts of "right and wrong" are largely societal in nature.
NotMe,
This is idiotic.
ez-c: Evolution contradicts the literal-Bible god they believe in. They have no knowledge of morality, and refrain from stealing simply out of fear. If that fear were removed, they would steal. They can't comprehend that something could be "wrong" and not merely "not in my self-interest," so they figure everyone thinks that way. Therefore, they figure that people who don't believe in their god must steal, since there's no threat of devine punishment.theory , not a moral principle . The former is a description of facts that forms them together into a coherent picture of how things are . The latter describes how we ought to act. "Survival of the fittest" means that those with beneficial characteristics are more likely to survive and pass on those characteristics, not that we should deem sick people "unfit" and let them die. Again, you're conflating "is" and "ought." (Not to mention that caring for the sick is in and of itself a beneficial trait!)
Afterthought: This is sort of three seperate comments, but they're all on the same subject, so I might as well leave them in one comment box.
#42588 5/25/2006 7:46:16 AM
WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS THEORY BECAUSE SOME OF THE BULLSHIT I MAKE UP BASED ON IT IS WRONG!!
10. Yeah, and that person is not likely to buy that brand again. But in order to keep society working, you pay that guy, because natural selection favors nice people [more or less]
9. Same as above.
The rest are just obviously bullshit.
Social Darwinism doesn't make any sense, but it doesn't discredit evolution as an explanation for the formation of life.
Here's a thought.
People live with other people.
Get it?
10. Cars can't reproduce and don't have offspring, hence evolution is not applicable.
Moral reasons why evolution and survival of the fittest is wrong:
This where the creationists get confused. Survival of the fittest, means survival within an environment. It doesn't mean the survival of the strongest and most violent. We are a social animal. We cooperate and have empathy for others. That list can and does get you landed in prison.
"Moral reasons why evolution and survival of the fittest is wrong:
10. You get into a car accident and it's your fault. The car you hit is totalled. You don't have to pay damages because your car was more fit to survive.
Yes, that's nice dear.
(*Performs 'Patronise You no Jutsu': pats Wander on head *)
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