Re:Billy Graham, charismatic evangelist with worldwide follo...
by pixl97 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @11:44AM
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Eh, you are both too inclusive and exclusive with your thinking.
Darwin said "survival of it fittest", but it's closer to "survival of the fit enough", which means not one, but a plethora of options are available for survival. Some of the options that allow survival are considered evil by a portion of society, some of the options that allow survival are considered good by portions of society.
We like to think of evil and good as ideas that can be erased or gotten rid of, but that is just unrealistic idealisms. Evil and good are just the outcome of acts. We, as a society can reduce the potential for some kinds of acts, but we cannot get rid of said acts we consider evil simply because they can be spontaneously discovered.
Humans do have a propensity towards evil.
Humans also have a propensity towards good.
This is because humans are the most able being in our known universe. Our potential is almost unlimited.
Darwin said "survival of it fittest", but it's closer to "survival of the fit enough", which means not one, but a plethora of options are available for survival. Some of the options that allow survival are considered evil by a portion of society, some of the options that allow survival are considered good by portions of society.
We like to think of evil and good as ideas that can be erased or gotten rid of, but that is just unrealistic idealisms. Evil and good are just the outcome of acts. We, as a society can reduce the potential for some kinds of acts, but we cannot get rid of said acts we consider evil simply because they can be spontaneously discovered.
Humans do have a propensity towards evil.
Humans also have a propensity towards good.
This is because humans are the most able being in our known universe. Our potential is almost unlimited.