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Entry: The Right's Science Problem Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_rights_science_problem#17448 Post contents: Kari: You fail to make the distinction between the facts of the case and the conclusions certain people extract from it. Facts are true or false, and all you can argue is the proof for one or the other. The conclusions that some people draw from them is a whole different story. As a rule, people draw their conclusions beforehand and then look for facts to bolster them. As Burke said, it is their passions, their vices that lead them, not the theoretical constructs that they embrace only in the way they flatter their passions. So it is with Darwinism. Yes, he observed natural selection, which is a fact to be evaluated, but the conclusions, those he made according to his - and his society's preferences. In fact, natural selection in humans favors the care of the weak, since most humans spend an inordinate amount of time being helpless and in the care of others when young. It is rare in the natural world for an orphan to be cared for by a female not its mother, and so most of them die, while in the human world, care of orphans is an established custom. But that is rambling, I just wanted to point out that the natural selection theory can be made to support any position you want it to, and then say that it is a logical consequence of it. As for race and the rest, I go with the statement of Saint Peter Claver, each one of us, whatever race we might be, has been redeemed by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and that is the first thing we need to remember about others, whatever their race, that if Our Lord thought them worthy of his precious blood, we have no call to despise them. that preserves good genes until Sent at: 2008 07 24