Feb 06 2006
De-Evolution in Action
Do we need more evidence of the fallacy of human evolution? As I’ve chewed over the situation surrounding the Great Cartoon Riots, it’s become clear to me that there’s no evidence of moral or social progress apart from that imparted by God. From the whiny petulance of Danish newspaperists to the immature “kill them all” response of the islamists around the globe, there is just no evolving happening here. It’s not a free speech issue, it’s a respect issue.
Perhaps I could understand if the Jyllands-Posten was acting in response to Islamic treatment of Jews or women or minorities, but it’s not. It’s simply mockery of religion, in this case Islam. The editor of France Soir (later sacked over the issue) said he had republished the images in full to show “religious dogma” had no place in a secular society.
Now there’s a healthy, evolved attitude.
On the other side, people have died in protests from Afghanistan and Indonesia to the Sudan and Somalia. Buildings and numerous flags have been burned. (By the way, where did the muslim world come up with so many Danish flags to burn so quickly?)
All of it points to a picture of natural man as described by Thomas Hobbes, “worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
The antithesis of this mess is clearly spelled out by Christ, who said, “I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
Now that’s an evolution.
