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Entry: What's So Scary About Evolution?--For Both Left and Right, a Lot Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/whats_so_scarry_about_evolution#26940 Post contents: "Only one view of human nature can be correct. Either we are the ensouled favorites of an omniscient deity; or we are biology and nothing else; or we are biological vehicles for a perfectly plastic uniform essence whose every trait is a consequence of the world immediately around us. The first option, in current American society, is largely the property of the political Right; the third, of the political Left. The middle option has no true political home, any more than Pythagoras’ Theorem has. Like Pythagoras’ Theorem, it is much the most useful of the three, and very likely true. Unlike the theorem, though, it tells us things about ourselves we cannot bear to hear. For that reason, it will probably never have wide acceptance." This is a brilliant point, that man can take only so much reality. However, while I believe in the existence of genetics and in the usefulness of tradition-bound, mild eugenics, I cannot embrace the "and nothing else" part. It's perplexing to me why parts one and two cannot coexist. Why can we not be both biological beings influenced by DNA and with soul? Yet, most who embrace eugenics are atheists. And most who embrace Christianity are terrified of the concept of genetics, and seem ready to remove it from their sight as some demonic lie created to test their faith. A true believer, it would seem, would embrace both the reality of Creation and its origin and purpose. Sent at: 2008 12 01