(August 19, 2011 at 6:32 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: It was kind of a 'shot', but meant playfully... honest. I think you are mistaken about "us" using the fact of evolution through natural selection the same way believers use 'God did it". I can understand why you might perceive it that way, as it fits your preferred vision of things, but I do not think it is a correct perception.
Not all animals live in societies (although, many do), because living in a society, in that particular animal species' particular circumstances, did not necessarily enhance the chances of survival of the species. In fact, in many cases, the species never reached that point in its evolution, as it survived just fine without it.
I think that your belief in God and your desire that he be real... limits your ability to perceive things fully. That's why you come up with questions like that.
These sound more like your opinions and story telling than anything having to do with science. Did someone directly observe this? I remember sitting in Advanced Evolutionary Biology in university and listening to the Professor talk about how one day a dinosaur that had developed feathers for warmth ran with its arms outstretched to capture food and accidentally learned how to fly. I rejected that form of story telling just as much as I reject yours here.
“Why do some animals live in groups?” “Evolution did it.”
“Why do some animals not live in groups?” “Evolution did it”
