Order, Darwin and Religion

It is our mission to leave the world a better place.

This means improving the healthy order of the world, at the various levels, from the simple physical to the higher conceptual and spiritual.

This properly includes attending to our own well being, physically, financially, emotionally and spiritually, so that we may have the strength, capacity and insight to make a greater impact.

The Darwin vs. religion debate is being in stated in terms that miss the point and fail to communicate to either side.

The scientific aspects of Darwin's Theory of Evolution have, I presume, useful application. But the unspoken message on another plane is that this is a zero sum game, each man and species for himself, may the best man win. This message justifies proving ones superiority by culling the weaker. That is a poisonous message.

The KumBaYa crowd doesn't get it much better. They still tend to think of this as a zero sum game, only instead of the strong stealing from the weak, rather we should all share. They distinguish only order and harmony at limited levels, and refuse to invoke destructive violence at one level in order to obtain a greater gain in order at another level.

The struggle is for a healthy order, locally and universally, at the several levels. A healthy order is one that contributes more order at the focal point than it extracts from elsewhere.

Order can increase, and the forces of disorder must be fought, sometimes with all the violence one can muster.

(The above was written after spending a couple of weeks attending to my late mothers affairs. My studies in economics have been put on hold. Now I must attend to my sister Jeans affairs, as she needs some assistance in her living arrangements.)