tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392120705695015443.post5158021685704647085..comments2023-11-19T00:22:17.331-08:00Comments on DAILY BBG: ExpelledKevinBBGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00564925623767566081noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392120705695015443.post-46480422868644942662008-04-23T10:48:00.000-07:002008-04-23T10:48:00.000-07:00vjack: I'm glad to help spread the word, especial...vjack: I'm glad to help spread the word, especially since people really do seem to be equating atheism to Nazism because of the message in the film. This is not only completely in error but is actually dangerous. I wouldn't be surprised to if we start hearing about hate crimes against atheist, or perceived Darwinists (Darwinist is a term I absolutely loathe).KevinBBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564925623767566081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392120705695015443.post-30170391266427162452008-04-23T10:45:00.000-07:002008-04-23T10:45:00.000-07:00Secular Dignity: Social Darwinism is not a part o...Secular Dignity: Social Darwinism is not a part of evolution, it's just an excuse some people use to justify the bad things they want to do. Those who choose to believe in it do so for extremely selfish and self-serving reasons and they are always people with some kind of power and don't want anything to change and take away even a little bit of their power.<BR/><BR/>So they are out for themselves and not much interested in the welfare of others. Saying those that need help don't deserve help precisely because they need it is just to make the Social Darwinist feel better. That was Reagan's big appeal, he made people feel good about being selfish.<BR/><BR/>As far as a biological Darwinist I'm not sure who you mean by that, but if you mean the people, not just the scientists, who accept evolution then I think these are people who merely wish to look at the facts and make decisions based on that. Contrary to what the Creationists say believing evolution is not ideology nor does it require faith, it merely takes looking at the facts that have accumulated over the past 150 years. The evidence is so unequivocal that science can't even come up with a competing theory. The only disagreement among the scientists are in specific details of how evolution works, not in IF it works.KevinBBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564925623767566081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392120705695015443.post-3298035420196163672008-04-23T03:43:00.000-07:002008-04-23T03:43:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link and for contributing to this i...Thanks for the link and for contributing to this important discussion. The crap about Darwinism leading to the Holocaust is so unfortunate because I am confident a great many who see the film will end up believing this. There are already so many misconceptions about science (e.g., evolution is only a theory) that this won't help.vjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868095335395368227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392120705695015443.post-83838934247337067682008-04-21T21:41:00.000-07:002008-04-21T21:41:00.000-07:00Richard Dawkins has also pointed out that the biol...Richard Dawkins has also pointed out that the biological Darwinists (to make up a term) usually back more compassionate social policies than the Social Darwinists. Yet the Social Darwinists are the ones fighting the theory of evolution.<BR/><BR/>It is an interesting paradox. Do you have any theories as to why this is?<BR/><BR/>Secular DignityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com