(December 13, 2012 at 11:55 am)Brian37 Wrote: Still not a label, race, political party, or worldview. We are products of evolution, nothing more. We use what we consciously or subconsciously accept as an excuse to justify an attempt to gain status or stability or resources, or a combo thereof.
Life is not a complicated philosophy of any kind. It is nature, our predilections are mere constructs we set up to gain that "safety in numbers" evolution can give an advantage to, it does not matter if the belief that mass of people buys into is true or not.
Now you are just blabbering nonsense. We've grown so far beyond what evolution could've made us into. It may have caused us to develop intellect and reasoning skills, but we are the ones who have taken those to a whole new level and grown so far beyond mere cycle of survival and reproduction. Any status, stability and resources we've gained, we've done so on basis of our intellect, which we developed to its current level.
You are not a mindless animal driven simply by instincts and emotions. If you have the capacity to reason, if your actions and choices can be guided by rationality, then the philosophy you consciously or subconsciously choose is what guides your life. Clearly, this community itself is evidence that we can go beyond our instinctual constructs and predilections.
