"For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another..." (Romans 2:14-15).
Sociologists are treading more boldly on ground that once was the sacred domain of Christianity. In recent years sociologists have tried to explain why certain universals exist among human beings. They are puzzled, for example, by the fact that a smile or a look of grief looks the same in every culture in the world.
Despite their inability to explain these basic features about people, sociologists are talking ever more seriously about social engineering -- changing society according to what they feel are proper principles for evolved creatures. Harvard's Edward Wilson warns that if society continues to live by conscience and what it considers to be God's will, there is little chance of creating what he views as a benevolent world. In other words, belief in God and doing His will among other humans is dangerous to society.
This shows us that what people believe about where they came from isn't simply a dry philosophical question. History is filled with people who used evolution to justify their attempts to do away with God's natural order among human beings. And every one has been a failure.
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I think that what the good professor might be getting at is the fact that living by conscience doesn't give society any fixed rules or maxims by which to live. Religions of the world at base may agree on certain principals, however disagree on the details.
What else might have been his desire to come up with a fixed maxim is the fact that there are 8,000 some odd denominations of Christianity who all say different things regarding ethics. If you were going to base morality off of religious principals, you would have to decide which religion, then which denomination of that religion.
I think the main reason why this professor might be asking for a "secular" set of rules might be because countries cannot be set up as theocracies; you need a secular law that all people of all faiths and creeds could agree on while at the same time protecting the freedoms of those other religions or people who have no faith at all.
Starting from Christianity or any other religion and backforming their their reasons as to why their morality should take precedence uses inductive reasoning; here, I think there is an attempt to use deductive reasoning.
Evolution is a theory about how life diversified and rose on the planet earth. Third rock from the star called Sol. It just explains what happens everyday in biology! Changing allele frequencies in DNA which once enough changes occur gives rise to new species(might have butchered that)!!! For the love of all that is holy, it is not an athiestic secular communistic conspiracy! Its just something that bacteria and other organisms do everyday in response to changing environmental conditions.
LEAVE THE BACTERIA ALONE. They did nothing to incur your scorn.
Also step into a sociology class, as all you seem to know about it appears to be garnered from that article.
Sociology analysis human behavior through the scientific method and it is actually quite a useful tool in understanding how our society works. Like how the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich, though thats conflict theory.
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Evolution doesn't falsify the idea of God as Creator. You might be able to establish that evolution is true; but there's no way to prove God isn't behind it. Many moderate and liberal Christians are theistic evolutionists.
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What nations are known for "all evolution all the time" and what is the state of the Christian church in those nations?
Answer - Communist nations, Europe, Canada - etc.
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Europe and Canada aren't Communist nations.
Your phrasing also seems to be somewhat critical of communism. I can't see how a classless society that gives to the community, not just certain individuals, can be seen as a bad thing. Certainly has nothing to do with religion, either. It may have been discouraged in Soviet Russia, but that's not to say that one can't be religious and a communist. There is a difference between institutionalized religion and personal faith. I know several Christian communists, and several Jewish communists. The main reason that religion was discouraged, was that Marx and others saw religion as a repressive tool in society; the rich use it to keep the poor in place. If you look at that country's history, then you can see exactly why they would have rebelled against anything to be deemed remotely oppressive. However, we are not living in Soviet Russia, and so long as it is not overtly used to repress a society, or harm individuals, there is no reason why one cannot be a religious communist.
Yeah, I know Marxism-Leninism isn't real communism, not the kind that Marx had in mind, and not the kind John Lennon had in mind either. But it's what a lot of people understand when they see "Communism" with a capital "C". And yeah, it's not real Christian-friendly. Totalitarian utopian systems tend not to be. Luckily, it's almost extinct.
But I got no beef with voluntary communal living. The 1st century church in Jerusalem practiced it. I might even be willing to try it myself. But anything that's not voluntary, that I have a problem with.
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Evolution opens minds and encourages rational thinking ...and it in intself "evolves"...
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Evolution does not in any way diminish God's greatness or moral authority; on the contrary, it is simply the process whereby He chose to bring about diversity of life, including homo sapiens.
Throughout the Bible, God chose people at various times for sundry purposes. Just as he chose Israel to be His people, He chose homo sapiens several thousand years prior and instilled them with His image in order that they would give Him glory. If anything, looking at it from this perspective has given me an even greater sense of awe at the creator.
and encourages rational thinking ...and it in intself "evolves"... 
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