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1 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | kristi4252725 | 65900 | ||
I am in an English 101 class and for our final grade we are doing a research paper in a group of 5 women. THe topic that was actually chosen by one of our group members is "creating a perfect race". The paper so far seem to be centered around natural selection, Darwinism, cloning, and gene alteration to make "perfect people". I do not agree with most of the things we are writing about, but I am trying to remember this is just learning, knowing doesn't mean you have to believe. Today we were discussing what we need to research and I brought up the topic of looking for areas where natural selection might be in the Bible so we can look at it from a religious point of view as well. Another girl in my group is not religious and told me that there is no natural selection in religion. she says the religious believe God does everything and He keeps what He wants and doesn't want. This is true, but has He also put in animals the desire to leave behind their weak and their sick? Most of them do. Another arguement is that humans are the only species that nurse their weak instead of letting them die. I do not believe this to be true either and I told her and she says okay- it is your job to find proof that there are humans that do not nurse their weak and which animals do not leave their weak behind. I don't want my research to be about proving her wrong, but I do want to know these things for the paper. I know this explanation is LONG, I apologize, but any opinions of suggestions on anything I a have mentioned of any place to look up things would be GREAT!! I am having a hard time standing firm in what I believe and working with another person who is firm in their non-belief. Thank You. | ||||||
2 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 65901 | ||
Hello, Kristi. So this is what English 101 has come to? It's been a long time since I was in English 101 (and loved it so much that I decided to major in English Lit). But it seems to me the topic is more appropriate to biology, anthropology or philosophy than English 101, but that parcel of homespun sagacity doesn't address your question. If it were I, I as a Christian would work as hard as I possibly could to research and write a paper designed expressly to debunk at its very core the idea of man's "creating a perfect race". In the first place, man never has "created" any race. God alone creates in the primal sense of creation. I would not hesitate to take the biblical view of creation and there is more purely scientific "proof" of creationism than evolution -- and the reason I put proof in quotes is that there is no absolute proof of creationism or evolution, although the scales of scientific thought are tilting more and more in favor of creationism. So that's what I'd do -- I'd work extra hard and write the best paper I could as a Chrisitan apologist for what the Bible teaches about men and sin, and propose that the only way to be free from the human condition of sin is not through genetics but through Christ. If your paper is a well-researched and well-written one, you should make a high mark, unless your professor happens to be a full-blown evolutionist crackpot who punishes with low marks students who oppose his views. I trust this is not the case with your professor, and extend best wishes for your success with your enterprise. By the way, icr.org might prove helpful to you as a research tool. --Hank | ||||||
3 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | kristi4252725 | 65923 | ||
Thank You for the answer, it is good, but this is a group paper. I will not be writing my own and the paper cannot have opinions in it so I need help with religious proof if you have any more suggestions, I would appriciate it. Thanks | ||||||
4 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 65936 | ||
In that case, quote the biblical story of creation, found in Genesis 1 and 2. If your colleages challenge that as opinion, point out to them who may wish to quote Darwin or any other disciple of secular humanism that their views are no less "opinion" than biblical views. The Bible does state clearly that God created the heavens and the earth and everything therein, but the problem is this: Are your colleagues in this joint effort prepared to accept the premise that the Bible is the inerrant word of God? Essay by committee is a new wrinkle since I sat in an English class! But the King James Bible, which has been called the noblest monument to English prose, was written (translated into English) by committee and it's done quite well for itself. So I wish the quintet of you English 101 students do as well! If you want scriptural references on God's creation in addition to the Genesis 1 and 2 account, use a good concordance, topical preferred, or consult a decent Bible dictionary, such as Harper's or Holman's, or ask of the forum. --Hank | ||||||
5 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | kristi4252725 | 65948 | ||
THANK YOU! I think I have decided that since this is an informative essay, the Darwinism and other creation theories must be left out as well. My very good friend brought it up to me, that as I see it, Darwinism is antoher person's opinion just as Christianity (to them) is also an opinion. Opinions must be left out of this paper because it will end up with bitterness and no conclusion in the end. If that happens we will all suffer a bad grade, so I have decided to drop it. Thank You for answering my question. | ||||||
6 | help with a group paper on nat.selection | Bible general Archive 1 | Emmaus | 65953 | ||
Get the book, Darwin's Black Box, by Michael Behe, a professor of Biochemisty. He discusses the problem presented by the irreducible complexities of some parts of nature, e.g.the eye, to the concept of batural selection. You should be able to get it at a library. If not you can get it online. Emmaus |
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