I've been thinking about what I said earlier about Evolution, about God still creating and still perfecting his creation. In the case of humans, physical evolution has stopped. Due to our advances in technology, medicine, agriculture, etc., the mechanism of Natural Selection has effectively been wiped out in developed countries. There is no advantage in today's developed world if you are naturally strong, resilient to disease, and healthy - you'll just maybe live a little longer when you can't reproduce anyway.
Some could argue (and I probably count myself among them) that a "reverse eugenics" is actually occuring, where basically stupid and irresponsible people are reproducing like rabbits and being supported financially in their efforts, and intelligent and responsible people are waiting to have kids when they can afford it (because so much of their paycheck is being used to support the irresponsible baby machines out there). This case not only can be made locally, but also globally - birth rates are down in developed countries, while birth rates continue to climb in developing countries - it is a tragedy that so many poor children die in developing countries, because it's not their fault that their parents are stupid, irresponsible, and ignorant, but developed countries do send tons and tons of aid to support these starving populations. We feed children who, in some cases, will grow up and want to blow themselves up in the middle of our supermarkets. In some cases, we are feeding the enemy and they hate us anyway - there is no doubt about it. Talk to any soldier who served in Somalia.
Jesus said the poor will always exist. That shouldn't be viewed as an excuse not to do anything, but he believed it was more important for people to live right, than eat right. People like Bono who think we can "Make Poverty History" by wearing white wrist bands are kidding themselves at best - at worst they are just making themselves feel better by believing they are doing something, and that they are more compassionate than everyone else. Sing your songs and shut up, please. This wristband craze is a joke - they don't do anything but make your wrist smell. If you want to "bring awareness" to a problem, give the homeless drunk/drug addict on the corner a sandwich instead of your change. Instead of "Make Poverty History" I think we should say "Make Enabling Poverty History."
In Auckland I had a young, perfectly healthy dirtball come up to me and my pregnant wife and ask if he could have some of my kabob (which is like a Muslim burrito - they're really good). This was my dinner. I offered him some of my fries instead, and he made a face and said, "No, I don't like chips." To get the dirtball to leave me and my pregant wife alone, I tore off a piece of the kabob and sent the dirtball on his way, probably to bother someone else. Fries weren't good enough for this dirtball. There is no reason why this dirtball couldn't get to work and make something of himself, but why work when he can berate people into getting what he wants? And he's viewed as a victim by "compassionate" and "progressive" elitists among us, who love to steal our money via taxes to give to these people via inefficient progressive society government programs.
Overwatering a plant kills it, after all, and these people have been killed inside by people promoting ideas of "social justice."
The War on Poverty is the real quagmire - it will never end, and its weapons of entitlement programs have drained our economy and destroyed our incentive to succeed. One of the many reasons it will never end is that the War on Poverty has mutated into the War of Envy. Poverty itself has become a relative term, hasn't it? Poor people in the US have more electronic toys and gizmos than I do - that is not poor. Who would've thought we'd have fat poor people! I'll say that again: fat poor people (image on left from John Edwards' Poverty Tour)! If you've got a free roof over your head, and clothes on your back, and food in your ample tummy, and heat and running water and free television and internet access and cell phones and free medical care - YOU ARE NOT LIVING IN POVERTY! You are living on the government gravy train, filled by the hard working people who never get a single thank you, but demanded to allow the government to steal more and more.
Whew - I got a little side-tracked there, but what I'm getting at in general is that the process of Natural Selection in humans has been stalled due to our compassion for our brothers and sisters and the scientific advancements that have kept us fed, fixed our health problems both environmental and genetic, and allowed us to reproduce even if by Biblical standards we would be "barren." Unless a superbug pops up and wipes out a bunch of us, or entire economic and social systems collapse, or maybe an asteroid hits and screws everything up, I don't see Natural Selection coming back into play. We are a compassionate and innovative people, and we desire to leave the world better than we found it - it gives us purpose and makes us feel as though we will be remembered. And thank God for that. But let us not get carried away - let us remember what got us here.
On a lighter note: Not only is Natural Selection null and void, and may well be reversed, the idea of Sexual Selection is well on its way to be eliminated as well. Another feature of Darwinism is the idea that health and beauty mates with health and beauty, and so health and beauty continues. The good genes are protected, in effect, and the gene pool isn't spoiled over time by the ugly/unhealthy genes.
In light of this, does anyone else think that plastic surgery amounts to false advertising? A guy meets a beautiful girl - with perfect eyes, nose and teeth, as well as a slim, healthy figure - and they very well might have a bunch of hideous, fat kids! That guy was cheated. Same goes for the reverse case, although it probably is less prevalent. False advertising!
Some could argue (and I probably count myself among them) that a "reverse eugenics" is actually occuring, where basically stupid and irresponsible people are reproducing like rabbits and being supported financially in their efforts, and intelligent and responsible people are waiting to have kids when they can afford it (because so much of their paycheck is being used to support the irresponsible baby machines out there). This case not only can be made locally, but also globally - birth rates are down in developed countries, while birth rates continue to climb in developing countries - it is a tragedy that so many poor children die in developing countries, because it's not their fault that their parents are stupid, irresponsible, and ignorant, but developed countries do send tons and tons of aid to support these starving populations. We feed children who, in some cases, will grow up and want to blow themselves up in the middle of our supermarkets. In some cases, we are feeding the enemy and they hate us anyway - there is no doubt about it. Talk to any soldier who served in Somalia.
Jesus said the poor will always exist. That shouldn't be viewed as an excuse not to do anything, but he believed it was more important for people to live right, than eat right. People like Bono who think we can "Make Poverty History" by wearing white wrist bands are kidding themselves at best - at worst they are just making themselves feel better by believing they are doing something, and that they are more compassionate than everyone else. Sing your songs and shut up, please. This wristband craze is a joke - they don't do anything but make your wrist smell. If you want to "bring awareness" to a problem, give the homeless drunk/drug addict on the corner a sandwich instead of your change. Instead of "Make Poverty History" I think we should say "Make Enabling Poverty History."
In Auckland I had a young, perfectly healthy dirtball come up to me and my pregnant wife and ask if he could have some of my kabob (which is like a Muslim burrito - they're really good). This was my dinner. I offered him some of my fries instead, and he made a face and said, "No, I don't like chips." To get the dirtball to leave me and my pregant wife alone, I tore off a piece of the kabob and sent the dirtball on his way, probably to bother someone else. Fries weren't good enough for this dirtball. There is no reason why this dirtball couldn't get to work and make something of himself, but why work when he can berate people into getting what he wants? And he's viewed as a victim by "compassionate" and "progressive" elitists among us, who love to steal our money via taxes to give to these people via inefficient progressive society government programs.
Overwatering a plant kills it, after all, and these people have been killed inside by people promoting ideas of "social justice."
The War on Poverty is the real quagmire - it will never end, and its weapons of entitlement programs have drained our economy and destroyed our incentive to succeed. One of the many reasons it will never end is that the War on Poverty has mutated into the War of Envy. Poverty itself has become a relative term, hasn't it? Poor people in the US have more electronic toys and gizmos than I do - that is not poor. Who would've thought we'd have fat poor people! I'll say that again: fat poor people (image on left from John Edwards' Poverty Tour)! If you've got a free roof over your head, and clothes on your back, and food in your ample tummy, and heat and running water and free television and internet access and cell phones and free medical care - YOU ARE NOT LIVING IN POVERTY! You are living on the government gravy train, filled by the hard working people who never get a single thank you, but demanded to allow the government to steal more and more.Whew - I got a little side-tracked there, but what I'm getting at in general is that the process of Natural Selection in humans has been stalled due to our compassion for our brothers and sisters and the scientific advancements that have kept us fed, fixed our health problems both environmental and genetic, and allowed us to reproduce even if by Biblical standards we would be "barren." Unless a superbug pops up and wipes out a bunch of us, or entire economic and social systems collapse, or maybe an asteroid hits and screws everything up, I don't see Natural Selection coming back into play. We are a compassionate and innovative people, and we desire to leave the world better than we found it - it gives us purpose and makes us feel as though we will be remembered. And thank God for that. But let us not get carried away - let us remember what got us here.
On a lighter note: Not only is Natural Selection null and void, and may well be reversed, the idea of Sexual Selection is well on its way to be eliminated as well. Another feature of Darwinism is the idea that health and beauty mates with health and beauty, and so health and beauty continues. The good genes are protected, in effect, and the gene pool isn't spoiled over time by the ugly/unhealthy genes.
In light of this, does anyone else think that plastic surgery amounts to false advertising? A guy meets a beautiful girl - with perfect eyes, nose and teeth, as well as a slim, healthy figure - and they very well might have a bunch of hideous, fat kids! That guy was cheated. Same goes for the reverse case, although it probably is less prevalent. False advertising!
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