Re: [asa] AiG Ad in the Nov Christianity Today

I think that their misuse of the phrase "survival of the
fittest" just correlates with their misunderstanding of
evolution.

They would say that without a Creator God (and they equate
evolution with that) then the only reality is
materialistic, so its "every man for himself." So to
speak.

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:38:25 -0600
  "Jon Tandy" <tandyland@earthlink.net> wrote:
> == "mere players in the game of survival of the fittest"
>
>
> It seems to me that the term "survival of the fittest"
>has been hijacked,
> for sake of polemic argument. When YEC speak of
>"survival of the fittest",
> as this article illustrates, they are talking about the
>violent destruction
> of my life (as one "less fit") by someone who is
>stronger, so that their
> vile and violent progeny may eventually become the
>dominant species of
> mankind. It is a caricature of evolution, not the real
>thing.
>
> When evolutionists speak of "survival of the fittest,"
>there is something
> involved with this I think, as certain species become
>vulnerable to death by
> others (such as in the peppered moth study), and other
>species adapt in
> order to preserve their lives against predators. But in
>a larger scale, it
> is not mostly about violent death of a species in a
>single generation by
> those "more fit" (i.e. powerful).
>
> Someone correct me if I'm off base here, but I think the
>term "survival of
> the fittest" refers mostly to cycles of many
>generations, often in the
> context of environmental adaptation for the preservation
>of species.
> Temperatures grow cold, and mammals grow thicker fur
>while dinosaurs die
> because they can't adapt. Fitness means ability to
>thrive in one's
> surroundings. And, evolution doesn't even necessarily
>depend on "survival
> of the fittest"; that is just one manifestation of
>adaptation over time.
> Others might include small adaptations based on genetic
>modification and
> isolated replication, adaptive behavior in a positive
>sense of being able to
> better cope with changing environment or food supplies,
>etc.
>
>For those involved in relevant disciplines, is "survival
>of the fittest"
> even talked about much these days in
>scientific/evolutionary circles? Is
> this argument becoming irrelevant except among lay
>members of creationist
> circles?
>
> Jon Tandy
>
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> You have got to see it to get the full impact of this
>*Answers in
> Genesis* two page spread. on about page 6. (The coool
>magazines like the
> New Yorker do not use page numbers
> early on.)
>For those in the provinces or the motherland who do
>without, the
> following description will have to do.
> ___________________________________________________
> The left hand page has a guy pointing a gun right in
>your face.
>
> The right hand page has the text:
>
> If you don't matter to God,
> you (in red) don't matter to anyone.
>
> As a society, we reap the consequences of the
>unquestioned acceptance of the
> belief in evolution every day. It diminishes our worth
>and reduces human
> beings from being "made in the image of God" (also in
>red) to being mere
> players in the
> game of survival of the fittest. Find Hope. Find truth.
>Find answers today.
>
> www.answersin genesis.org
>
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Received on Tue Oct 31 01:42:57 2006