Saturday, November 29, 2008

Darwinism vs Intelligent Design: Part 1

doesn't Darwinism ultimately lead to anarchy?  If my only goal is to ensure my own survival, and everybody else has the same goal, then whose right is to tell me that I can't steal from my brother, or kill my neighbor, if I do it with the intent of saving my life or maybe just making it easier?  Isn't that what Darwinism is?  Survival of the fittest.  The weak die, thus the weak genes do not continue to corrupt the descendants  of the species.  If by brute strength, superior intelligence, I have the advantage over another, why not take it?  Like a mature lion kills and eats adolescent male lions to ensure more food and more breeding rights, does Darwinism not endow me with the right to steal a competitor's tools or earnings, or get rid of the competition by killing him if I can benefit in some way?  

Raccoons don't have a Raccoon president or legislature defining which methods are right and wrong for them to be using for survival.  Neither Do Pythons have a Python king telling the peasant pythons where to work or how much they will earn.  Each individual takes what he can get however he can get it.  Anarchy.

Yes but Brad, many species do have a hierarchy that determines roles of individuals, such as their duty in the group, how much of the food supply they are allotted, and their privilege to procreate.  Also some species band together in defense of an enemy to protect their food or their young ones.

I will refer to definition 3 of "anarchy"  as found on Dictionary.com.  "a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society."

So let's not confuse anarchy with chaos in this setting.  I might add that no sub-human species ever did anything charitable, or out of the kindness of it's heart.  Every action was taken with the purpose of fulfilling a need, whether physical or emotional.   Something has to be gained or at least sought after in order for the animal, or any organism for that matter, to justify expenditure of energy and time.  That is Darwinism.  Anarchy.