Bible Question (short): help with a group paper on nat.selection |
Question (full): 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. |