Natural selection (NS) is the cutting edge of Darwinian evolution . NS is death by many cruel & unpleasant means -- predation , starvation , climate change , etc etc . How could such a system be put in place by a benign & loving God ?

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Natural selection (NS) is the cutting edge of Darwinian evolution . NS is death by many cruel & unpleasant means -- predation , starvation , climate change , etc etc . How could such a system be put in place by a benign & loving God ?

 

 

This is totally a strawman argument and belongs in the religious forum not chemistry. NS is not necessarily those things, often cooperation and and simply adapting to change is a big part of NS but I agree that a kind loving benevolent god would have thought of a different system but again as god is demonstrably not a benign loving God or at least the one portrayed in the bible is not then i see no reason to assert God is such a being. Also how is any death not cruel and unpleasant? I don't see anything in your assertion to assume that either Evolution by NS or even creation by a God is in any way kinder than any other system.

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Seeing as the originator does not have enough posts to discuss this in religion, this is closed