Monday, January 26, 2015

Evolution is a Bad Philosophy

If the unimpeded progress of evolution were our chief concern, why should we care for the senile, the imbecile, the hardened criminal, the psychopath, the chronically sick, or the starving?  Would it not be more prudent to put them to sleep like a well-loved dog, lest they hinder the evolutionary process?  Compulsory euthanasia, not compassionate service, would be the logical deduction from the humanists' premise.  The fact that they draw back from this abyss indicates that their heart is better than their head, and their philanthropy than their philosophy.

John Stott, Decisive Issues Facing Christians Today, p.18

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