The Sorrows and Joys of Teaching Evolution at an Evangelical Christian University

[pevaquark (Matthew Pevarnik)]

@Doug_Bodde

Evolutionary thinking as such—whether you consider it a part of the theory or a moral-philosophical add-on—must be addressed to those who think they are selecting more fit offspring. It goes without saying that right thinking on the most physical workings of evolution is an excellent starting point.

I think that is an important point- that is to do any or all of the following:
a) separate a potential form of social darwinism that you described from the scientific theory of evolution
b) discuss limits of science to provide moral judgments
c) come up with a better way to apply the mechanisms behind the theory in a way that isn’t the evil eugenics/eliminate the weak understanding - perhaps like this report by the Evolution Institute: https://evolution-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2Social-Darwinism_Publication.pdf

In other words, in a similar sense to how the audience reacted to Peter preaching in Acts 2 more Christian voices need to come in and answer ‘what then shall we do now?’ (that is in the light of the scientific theory of evolution)