Disproving Darwin
The theory of evolution is a hot topic these days. As school boards and members of government wrestle with the issue of its importance, many are finding that reality just doesn’t support its claims.
For example, check out today’s BreakPoint commentary:
From the Depths to the Heights - Reconciling Human Behavior
Watching the news last week, I was transfixed seeing Coast Guardsmen risk their lives, descending on cables with baskets to lift people off the housetops.
Thousands were saved. We saw planes carrying the sick out of hospitals, flying them to other cities. We saw towns across the country opening their arms to them, welcoming the dirty, exhausted masses coming out of New Orleans.So, in watching this, we saw altruism at its best. Altruism is the one characteristic of human behavior that destroys a key element of Darwin’s theory of evolution: that is, natural selection. According to natural selection, we would allow a disaster to weed out the unfit, the weak, and the poor — anyone who could not contribute to society. But Americans, because of our Christian heritage — a heritage that remains strong no matter how secular the nation becomes — do not behave this way. We carry our wounded off the field of battle.
We risk our lives to rescue strangers. We offer food and shelter to the stranger’s child — even to prisoners. And when we do, Darwin is disproved.In the aftermath of one of the worst disasters in American history, we ought to remind our neighbors that only the Christian worldview explains the otherwise bewildering events we have watched on television: We saw the depravity — exactly what happens when governing restraints are withdrawn. And we saw human compassion at its glorious best.
Related links:
Pascal and Apologetics
G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
Tags: Theology
