What exactly is evolution?
evo·lu·tion
noun
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an unfolding, opening out, or working out; process of development, as from a simple to a complex form, or of gradual, progressive change, as in a social and economic structure
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a result or product of this; thing evolved
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a movement that is part of a series or pattern
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a pattern produced, or seemingly produced, by such a series of movements the evolutions of a fancy skater
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a setting free or giving off, as of gas in a chemical reaction
Biol.
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the development of a species, organism, or organ from its original or primitive state to its present or specialized state; phylogeny or ontogeny
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Darwinian theory
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Math. the extracting of a root of a given number
Etymology: Fr évolution
Mil. any of various movements or maneuvers by which troops, ships, etc. change formation
Etymology: L evolutio, an unrolling or opening < evolutus, pp. of evolvere: see evolve
Darwinian theory
noun
Darwin’s theory of evolution, which holds that all species of plants and animals developed from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations, and that natural selection determines which forms will survive
So I am to understand that evolution is simply the progression of development of a species. I am also to understand that the forms of life that are in existence now are the ones that had the most favorable traits to survive.
If all this is true, why are we so concerned with actively preserving the environment? If countless creatures have died off over the millennia then why does it matter if more do so? Is that not the natural course of things under Darwinian Evolution?
I, for one, believe in Creation. If God created all the creatures and made us humans stewards of the creation He made, then it would make sense for us to take care of the environment. Under these conditions it is also our responsibility to care for other people. This includes the unborn.
The question becomes how we go about being good stewards of the environment and how we go about caring for other people.
Recycling, picking up after ourselves, not leaving lights on in rooms no one is in are all perfectly reasonable things to do. Hybrid vehicles can be helpful if the manufacturing practices are not even more detrimental to the environment.
Ethanol is a bad idea. All it is doing is driving up food prices. That is not a helpful thing to be doing. Is it not already hard enough for poor people to afford healthy food? Why make it worse?
It is also a little considered fact that the water cycle has a lot to do with what is happening with the weather. If the air ends up being scrubbed so clean that it is devoid of fine particulates, what is the evaporated water going to condense on? If the water has nothing to condense on, what you end up with is a drought. This does not sound like a good thing for the environment.
The next question is what to do about caring for other people. We are often told that we need an abundance of government funded programs to tend to the poor. Why? What is it that makes the government so qualified? If every individual made an effort to do what they could where they are, how many people could be helped? If churches cared more about making a difference in their community than in how many pew warmers they had how many could be helped? If communities got serious about cleaning up their own streets, how much less crime and blight would we have? What we need is for people to stop playing the victim and start doing something about their own life.
Affirmative Action has the same problem. While Affirmative Action is not officially in effect, unofficially, you still hear a lot about diversity being paramount. This is insulting no matter what color you happen to be. What they are saying is that minorities can’t get anywhere on their own merits; they need a government sanctioned hand-out. Is that not insulting?
Then we have the whole abortion issue. Why is a life only a life when the woman wants the life to be a life? If a pregnant woman is hit by a drunk driver, the report says she and her unborn child were killed. If she kills the same child it is her choice. How does that work? Why is it murder when the drunk driver kills the child, but not when the mother kills the child?
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