From AiG:“The secrets of evolution are time and death. Time for the
slow accumulations of favorable mutations, and death to make room for
new species.”
Carl Sagan, Cosmos, program entitled “One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue.”
Evolution
requires death. At its core, Darwin’s postulate appeals to the power of
death to remove those less able to survive so that the “more fit” can
take their place. Natural selection, in this Darwinian sense, toils
mindlessly on, removing individuals, populations, and even entire
species. Whether something—or someone—lives or suffers, Darwinism
offers only the cold machinations of time and death. Anything more
would require existential purpose, after all, and that cannot be
allowed.
Evolution, in an atheistic worldview, is morally
neutral. When tragedies strike, evolution cannot tell us something is
detrimental. Death, after all, can neither be untimely or tragic, since
death is the means by which “progress” is made. Continue reading
Joseph: Excellent article. Thank you for posting it.X
yaeh that’s one of the big issues with Christian compromising and joining the two perspectives together…. it has death entering the world apart from sin… which in essence nullifies the atonement of Christ, making it worthless… Creationism is foundational to our faith, the two are incompatible and in opposition to one another… co-existence is denial of the Scriptures and the atonement of Christ…Gods Blessings!!
Ditto to the post below! X
The excellent comment below prompts me to give a blatant plug to a page from my website:http://www.x-evolutionist.com/jesus-creationist.htmlJesus taught creation. How can somebody accept Jesus as their Lord and not believe what he teaches?X
Thanks, Moak and X, for your thoughts. I think this is extremely important to the Gospel, as well. Also, for the person who has never been presented with the idea that death cannot be tragic or untimely in a Godless universe, there is a lot of power to open people’s eyes in this article. People know that death is an enemy and ‘somehow "out of place"’, as the author says.Blessings…