The Problem with Christians

[AJW333]

I didn't say it was a good thing, I was suggesting that for those who follow evolution and natural selection, that it logically follows that a species should reproduce as when it was physically able to.  

"It follows logically"??? How do you figure? Who told you that?

Evolution is a theory (or model, if you prefer) explaining why species are observed to change with each generation, while traits that help individuals survive better than others tend to be better-preserved in the gene pool of that species, and that the pools have been observed to split into sub-populations and eventually new species. That's it. People who tell you "evolution says we must _____" are generally full of shit.

Now, we can draw certain inferences from the theory about why we act certain ways, based on our observation that Natural Selection favors certain behaviors (for instance, our tribalism led to religion, a coalescing factor which seems to help tribes survive by giving a stronger sense of belonging to the "group effort", so to speak), but there is nothing, repeat nothing, which says that "____ trait evolved over the course of our previous _____ generations as Hunter-Gatherer tribes, therefore we must continue to act that way". Continuing to act as we always have is the opposite of evolution. We are an intelligent, social species, capable of innovating and learning.

OK so far.

One example is that it was an evolutionary survival factor for us to prefer fat, sugar, salt, and carbohydrates because food was hard to acquire in the H-G tribal days;

Call me a cynic but are you sure this was evolutionary? Seems to me we eat crap because of slick marketing and the food companies know how to get us addicted.

But xenophobia keeps the earth's population down to manageable levels. All those wars and starvation has to be good for the overall survival of the planet right? I mean, if the earth's population levels keep rising, there will be nothing left for anyone.

What!?!

While I agree that our population is expanding too quickly for the health of ourselves or our planet, I find it sick that you could even entertain the thought (even if you're just fantasizing that that's how we think!) that our hatred/fear of one another has a good purpose.

I was extrapolating the cold hard logic of natural selection. You might be shocked to find just how many of the "elite" are depopulationists, eg Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton, Prince Phillip etc. Here's a list of interesting quotes to consider. Yes it is ugly but it's how a bunch of world leaders are thinking.

As for me, my wife and I sponsor 4 kids in Africa and have done for over 20 years. So no, I'm not a genocidal maniac