QUOTE - Survival of the Fittest
Posted Friday, April 14th, 2006 at 10:35 am
“The problem of evolution is not that it claims that it took God so many billions of years to bring the world to its present state… The problem with the theory of evolution, at least in its most popular versions, is that it asserts that the ultimate rule of creation is the survival of the fittest.This is indeed antibiblical. The ultimate rule of creations is the victory of love…
To claim that the ultimate rule of the universe is the survival of the fittest is the assert that the process whereby the powerful and the successful oppress and destroy the powerless is part of the evoltionary process by which a better world is created.”
Justo Gonzalez - author, theologian
Manana: Chrstian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective
Manana: Chrstian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective
April 26th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
I actually disagree with Justo Gonzalez on this point. From my perspective a natural order that rewards the survival of the fittest is a very compelling argument for the outcast or downtrodden in society to seek a loving God who promises good things both in this world and the hereafter. I think in many (or most) society mimics nature in the sense that it favors those in a position of strength and privilege. In these ways the theory of Evolution is not antibiblical, but serves to strengthen the ideas behind Liberation Theology.
April 26th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
I think Gonzalez would agree with you about how the false promise of the “survival of the fittest” value is clearest for the outcast & downtrodden. I believe his point, which I agree with, is that the love, not strength, is the ruling force for humanity. And that has probably more to do with social darwinism per se, than the theory of evolution.