My agenda was to see what the responses would be. Only spidey and Asguard many any attempts, the rest were too bust looking for hidden meanings.
I'm not. I'm asking how atheists view it and what it means to them, considering that Darwin himself used it as a metaphor for his theory of natural selection.Enmos said:So which one are you referring to ? Economics or biology ?
I just wanted to see if anyone would notice I was NOT talking about evolution, hence the poll. Guess not. Talk about prejudice.
So starting over, what does survival of the fittest mean to atheists? And do they believe in it?
Ok. It is a quick and rather incomplete description of how evolution works.
I still don't get of what relevance the poll is.
if a white supremacist theist can propose a theory that is accepted by rational people, including athiests, inspite of his "misunderstood social Darwinism",
So starting over, what does survival of the fittest mean to atheists? And do they believe in it?
Who are we talking about? - Social Darwinism is not an invention of Charles Darwin.
I don't fully agree that Darwin was a racist per se, his views while pretty reprehensible by modern standards were a reflection of the views of his time, indeed he was pretty liberal in comparison to some of his compatriots.
Certainly there's nothing in the theory of natural selection that is prescriptive towards racism or eugenics - so CD's personal views are irrelevant and separate from his scientific theories anyway.
You may as well - for example - say that all of the great humanitarian acheivments of Ghandi are completely invalid because he had at one time in his life spouted some racist anti-black rhetoric - I'm not defending the latter, merely pointing out that it doesn't invalidate the former.
No problem, we're not discussing Darwin, though I fail to see how the fact that he quite idly proposed the genocide of "savages" by "the Caucasian" as an indication of liberality.
And you need not participate if you need someone else to define what you think about a concept.
*************So starting over, what does survival of the fittest mean to atheists? And do they believe in it?
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M*W: Being atheist has nothing to do with the natural progression of life forms.
One could argue that destiny is not one of the paradigms of atheism.
So there are atheists who believe in fate, al-qadr, karma, bhagya?
*************One could argue that destiny is not one of the paradigms of atheism.
So there are atheists who believe in fate, al-qadr, karma, bhagya?
Look into the atheist religions, sure they do. Some of them.