Re: [asa] An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong

It's remarkable how much inroad atheists are making. Seems to me that
the evangelical right may have demoralized some of its followers?

This also may help me understand why creationists like Dembski are
spending so much time fascinating over Dawkins.
It may be a form of religious doubt or insecurity...
As to the argument that morality is an evolutionary outcome, I find
it quite a compelling position.

And it does little to address the issue of the existence of a God.
http://www.evolutionaryethics.com/

A review of the book by Katz can be found here: http://human-
nature.com/nibbs/02/levy.html

Quote mining alert:

<quote>On the face of it, and as Darwin himself seems to have
noticed, evolution appears to be incompatible with morality. Natural
selection inevitably favors organisms which behave in self-serving
manners, for it will be these organisms who leave the most
descendants. In contrast, altruistic organisms, animals (for
instance) which behave in ways which benefit others at some cost to
themselves, will leave fewer offspring. Eventually, we might expect,
such altruism will go extinct.</quote>

Rather than rejecting evolutionary origins, we as Christians should
embrace what science is revealing to us.

On Oct 31, 2006, at 7:48 AM, Janice Matchett wrote:

> Referencing NY Times article. ~ Janice
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> October 31, 2006
> Religion Not Source of 'Moral Codes'
> http://tinyurl.com/ymk5jd
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> One comment [hot link]:
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> 11 You might want to check out the current issue of WIRED
> magazine. The cover article is about "The New Atheists" who
> emphatically and enthusiastically* reject any connection with any
> type of religious ideas. Not sure how the two groups will get along
> as I haven't really digested either article completely yet. ... Of
> course none of them would consider reading Romans 1:18 and
> following. *Just remembered that the root of "enthusiasm" means
> "in God" (as in ecstatically entranced).
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Received on Tue Oct 31 19:05:04 2006