Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a chapter in the recent book from South African publisher AOSIS, Science and Faith in Dialogue, which is free to download. Find more information about the book here. “We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Dawkins meant that the purpose of human beings is nothing more than to survive and reproduce. We evolved, and we did so in order to pass on our genes — nothing more and nothing less. It is difficult to imagine a more materialistic message. However, rather than our being mere “survival machines,” humans in fact have many special behaviors that far exceed the requirements for survival Read More ›
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