Thursday, July 5, 2007

Evolution and playing god

I remember hearing a scholar claim that Darwinism led to the 'cult of the artificial...' He referred to Gordon Childe's book 'Man makes himself'
- I think I finally understand this. ie. as long as god made the world... and controlled it, man couldn't do anything about it..... he just had to accept his situation. But; if man was Not created... if it was just some physical process.... then man could take ahold of that process... and use it as a tool to make his every dream come true. (Or such at least is the hope.)
- that a theory about biology should lead to the 'cult of the artificial' is a major irony.
- when evolutionists rhapsodize about 'evolution' what they are really excited about is this conrol over reality. What they fear about creationism is that they might lose this control over biological reality. They fear creationists will say; ''no; creation is from god... so you can't touch it... you can't tamper with it... you can't change it... it's holy...."
- I think I finally see the source of the wild emotion; the wild hatred... the passion.... the will to tyranny and suppression. The modern humanist (inside and outside the church) wants control over reality.... they want the power to play god. Their fear of creationists is the fear c's will take this power away from them... or hamper its exercise.
- so what do the evolutionists want? This is the question I'm only beginning to explore. They want increased life spans; they want increased health. Some want increased intelligence; increased power. Some want to create man/robot beings.
- Few among the humanist elite want these things for all people; but want them for the elite... they invisage the creation of super people.... a super elite... that will rule the masses.... They envision an elite that is truly superior; not just superior in name... an elite that will live longer, be more intelligent, more powerful, more talented, healthier, immune from disease, etc.
- this is what the creation evolution debate is really all about; or this is at the core of it for its elite proponents. The defenders of evolution imagine there are huge amounts of money and power at stake in this struggle.
- People invovled with drug companies are major supporters of the attempt to destroy creationism; as our the political elite. The hopes and dreams involved with genetic engineering are at the heart of this battle. No amount of intellectual refutation will make evolutionism go away. The theory is utterly without warrant; the dumbest idea man has ever had; but this doesn't matter to the evolutionist elite. This isn't about truth... it's about power.
- In conclusion I'll say that I think the evolutionist elite are worrried about nothing. I don't think there are more than a handful of christians who have any desire to stop genetic engineering. (I think they're wrong, but I understand I'm in a tiny minority.)