Roger, you say again and again that ‘survival of the fittest’ and ‘selfish genes’ have NOT been proven to be true. What proof do you require? It is fairly common for a male lion to kill all the cubs in a pride he has taken over so he can impregnate the females and thus insure that his genes will be passed on to further generations To me, that is the epitome of ‘selfishness’ in the genes that drive his behavior. Same for the firstborn bird who fights for survival when food is scarce by murdering his younger sibling so his parents will have fewer mouths to feed. Perhaps the term ‘selfish’ can, technically, be applied only to conscious creatures, but what better way is there to describe how genes drive the behavior that we humans see as ‘selfish’? And should the human mind decide what is good and what is evil when it comes to creativity on a Universal scale? I see beauty (and therefore goodness) in an iridescent humming bird that feeds by my breakfast room window, and I marvel at the ferocity of the angry lion that snarls at me from my TV screen. I thank God for creating both of them, regardless of the way he chose to do so.
Al Leo
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