catguy00 wrote:
The trans-Atlantic slave trade and the genocide of Native Americans occurred well before Darwinism. Looks like racism already existed.
Darwin published the "Origin of Species" in 1859 which was at the very height of the African slavery in the USA, and it was in the midst of the same era of the mass murder of Native American Indians, so Darwinism was a product of his times and certainly fit into that mentality.
Later the same racist mentality became known as "Social Darwinism" which was a polite way of saying racist.
The same old racism still exist today but it takes a new modernized form, as in the scientific version of evolution along with the immoral stance of Atheists.
That does not mean that all Atheist are immoral or are racist, but the claim of being an Atheist does strongly imply that they reject the moral doctrines of religion, and so an Atheist really needs to put a qualifier to that title, as like saying = they are Atheist but they still uphold high standards of decency.
An Atheist who pushes evolution would thereby reject any notion of sin, and so to them it is not a sin to lie or cheat, to adultery or steal, to murder or rape, as they do not accept sinning as a reality so how can such a person be trusted?
As such any person claiming to be an Atheist needs to also declare that they will comply to the high moral standards - because otherwise we can expect that they will not.
Evolution is a controversial science because it tells people that there are no sins and no moral standard and the highest survival is for the bullies.
