If I develop a meme, that every individual should restrain themselves, from presuming their evolution, to be better than all but its leader (Darwin) and every subsequent generation is taught this meme:
Will the restraint against proving better, mean "evolution" ceases to 'evolve' its own vanity and if it does, does this mean that it will be more "evolved" - since vanity is detrimental to a response to selection pressure, in general?
I guess what I am asking is: does sin evolve?
The Bible teaches "no temptation has seized you, but that which is common to man" (2 Cor 10:13), so in a sense sin evolves, but only predictably - there is no sin, that somehow surprises other men. Evolution, without surprise then, is also predictable, since we cannot escape the fear that we will be caught in our sin. This is different, to the notion of complete surprise or great surprise - which suggests that because you have defined surprise as relevant, Evolution is able to increase it (the surprise). There is a saving grace in this, because you are able to grasp the way Evolution works, between what surprises and what surprises more.
What surprised me about Evolution, was that you didn't need to do anything about it, to receive the benefit of supposedly gaining momentum in the direction of saving species from destruction, where they did not know what it was, that was going to eliminate them. The more Evolution keeps from being eliminated, the greater Evolution appears to resurrect, even from the need to evolve (not to forget the term, but to be under no compunction to engage with it more than necessary). Just to take a step back, for a minute: what I meant when I said "you didn't need to do anything" is that you don't need to tell people "this specifically will be necessary, or we will not evolve", the same way you don't need to tell someone who has sinned "you have sinned" for their conscience tells them this. So it surprised me, in the sense that, it seemed as if people were aware that they could do greater, as they were - thinking that somehow the edge of space had been reached, with the discovery of Evolution. This power, is the power of the resurrection: not Evolution. Evolution is piggy-backing on the phenomena of what Christ created, in obedience to His Father.
I thought this through and I realised that consistently speaking of Evolution, was no safe-guard against sin and there is sin that leads to death - so you are not guaranteed that a mutation will serve as you imagine it will, when you say "I have mutated and will attempt to adapt regardless". If I did not point this out, I would be lying, because Christ has saved me from my sins; even my egregious sins, that have carried on a long time, Christ saved me from, because God accepted the sacrifice being as for as long enough, that even extensive sins be washed away. The phrase in the Bible is "though your sins be as scarlet, you shall be white as snow"; the phrase in Evolution is "though your mutation be intense, you shall be strong as a monkey", it doesn't quite translate, but you can see where Evolution is going, from the comparison.
So when we say "can sin evolve?" the answer depends entirely on the context, you give that sin. Some sin is punished even when it wasn't known that something was wrong - but this is a good thing: because it means that you are given no incentive to drop your guard, to leave your conscience out of conviction. There may be something that leads to sin, there may be nothing - you really don't know. The point is no one waits on a crashing plane, for the right moment to jump: once they have their parachute, they're gone! Thinking you will evolve sin the right way: is madness. This is a real problem, because there is a selection pressure on sin: the Devil. If the Devil gets wind, that you don't know what to do and can't or won't help, he will make a short work of you and cut you off from God. The ultimate question then, becomes more of a question of "how much can I make of Evolution, I already have?"
This is not a foolish direction to go, questioning how much you can make of what you have, because it is something that will bring you in contact with the righteousness Jesus intended you to have - not because of Him, but because of His God. It creates a sense of awe, at what God is able to do within you, the difference and conviction of the practice of contemplating the relationship between Evolution and God mounts high the expectation that something good will come of keeping back at a point, where God is able to continue to express the greater.
I leave it to you, to see that you wait for God's expression.
