Bible Question: 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. |
Bible Answer: URGENT! Examples of humans not nursing weak: Abortion. An unborn child is about as weak as it gets, and still people try to pass laws making it okay to create an infanticide holocaust. Euthanasia. If someone decides to give up on life, in some states doctors are legally allowed to give lethal injections. Giving children up to adoption. If a child is born with cerebral palsy or a birth defect, it may end up on the list of children to adopt. If not, the parents may have a hard time finding enough money to pay for medications this child needs to stay alive. Glorifying suicide. Stopping life support. The next day, a cure for whatever this person's affliction is may be invented, and when you pull the respirator away you're literally committing murder. Examples of animals nursing weak: Elephants. If an elephant is wounded, the entire herd stays to protect the wounded one. In fact, if you lead an elephant to the skeleton of an elephant it has known (a parent, sibling or child) then the living elephant will carress the bones, almost mournfully. Baboons. Wonder why baboons pick the flies out of each others' fur? Wolves. Wolves always fight as a pack, bringing back meat for their pups instead of forcing the cubs to hunt. Along that line, birds. Is this some 'Natural instinct'? |