Without a telos there is actually no standard for a living creature to fulfil, no potential to reach. A telos is important to giving structure and direction to a living creature. Perhaps that is why evolutionists, although not compelled to, often describe evolution as having the purpose of "selfishly" perpetuating the genetic structure of any given organism in question.
Unfortunately, if we do take the purpose of evolution to see a given organism perpetuate its genes, two central problems arise. First, even if perpetuation is the purpose of evolution why should that perpetuate any particular organism: to perpetuate oneself is an insufficient grounds to be motivated (it only relates to one small aspect of life).
Second of the two problems that arise if evolution is supposed to give the purpose of perpetuation is how evolution is supposed to perpetuate a given organism. It is all very well to tout evolution as some phallic progentitor of procreation, but short of being an excuse to sing very well the lines "let's do it like they do on the discovery channel" what actual appeal does evolution give one who believes in it? On purely evolutionary grounds evolution itself lacks the appeal and therefore the justification it needs to survive...
These two problems compound with all the other problems associated with evolution: being unable to remember having evolved, no one choosing to evolve clones from parents and parents not reappearing as descendents despite terrific "evolutionary" advantages. In all the picture does not look good for evolution and the vast gaping whole of meaning left unaddressed can only be overcome through God.
Unfortunately, if we do take the purpose of evolution to see a given organism perpetuate its genes, two central problems arise. First, even if perpetuation is the purpose of evolution why should that perpetuate any particular organism: to perpetuate oneself is an insufficient grounds to be motivated (it only relates to one small aspect of life).
Second of the two problems that arise if evolution is supposed to give the purpose of perpetuation is how evolution is supposed to perpetuate a given organism. It is all very well to tout evolution as some phallic progentitor of procreation, but short of being an excuse to sing very well the lines "let's do it like they do on the discovery channel" what actual appeal does evolution give one who believes in it? On purely evolutionary grounds evolution itself lacks the appeal and therefore the justification it needs to survive...
These two problems compound with all the other problems associated with evolution: being unable to remember having evolved, no one choosing to evolve clones from parents and parents not reappearing as descendents despite terrific "evolutionary" advantages. In all the picture does not look good for evolution and the vast gaping whole of meaning left unaddressed can only be overcome through God.
