On Creationism

Evolution I do not know how morality arose in mankind, but I offer this as a possibility. Firstly, evolution gave us the basics. Our morality is based on empathy and a sense of fairness. We want the best for ourselves, but we can appreciate that others want - and deserve - the same. That empathy and sense of fairness is something we have got from evolution. Man is a social animal; he survives best by co-operating in a group or tribe. And co-operation is going to work best if members of the group get on with each. If in one tribe the members empathise with each other, and so share food fairly, they will co-operate better than in a tribe who do not share food fairly, but are constantly fighting each other for the better share. Thus, if empathy and a sense of fairness are inherited, they will be selected for. Is there a reason to think this is true? Absolutely! Chimpazees, our closest relatives, have empathy and a sense of fairness, as these links show. http://www.onekind.org/ed...

I stumbled across something today that I felt was worth noting. Most Christians are, of course, good people, and even when you meet them on line, they are usually pretty decent. A notable exception is JP Holding. He is the least Christian Christian apologist I have ever come across, and a lot of his interactions with non-Christians come down to bullying and intimidation. Unfortunately, he has a bunch of cronies on TheologyWeb who love to emulate him, calling their behaviour " riposte" . He seems to work a lot with someone called Nick Peters, also on TheologyWeb, who in contrast seems a really nice guy. So I was interested to learn that someone who used to post at TheologyWeb is suing JP Holding. A couple of interesting web pages: http://lawsuitagainstjamespatrickholding.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/thanks-for-stopping-by-ill-get-right-to.html https://lawsuitagainstjamespatrickholding.wordpress.com/2016/04/ This from the other side, with some discussion: http://vridar.org/2...