by jimwalton » Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:52 am
There's a maple tree in my front yard that dispenses thousands upon thousands of "helicopters" in the spring. There is no suggestion of the valuelessness of the tree or its reproductive pattern.
Nature seems designed for successful reproduction against all odds. Nature seems designed for prolific possibilities across an environment possibly antagonistic to reproductive success.
Homo sapiens are part of this ecosystem. Males share a characteristic we see in abundance in flora and fauna: abundance to result in success. This doesn't seem to be a design flaw.
So now your real question is about monogamy. If survival as a species is the goal, some rules to quell wars and violence might be the path of wisdom. If males are truly dimorphic and violent, then social constructs such as monogamy lead to survival as communities and clans.
And if God is the source of morality, as the Bible implies, then God is interested in our wellbeing, peace-making, and ultimately our survival. Creating us with the sex drive leads to reproduction, but creating us with a conscience leads us to understand and experience noble character traits like love, faithfulness, and tolerance, and to eschew traits like envy, pride, greed, and treating each other like animals.
There's a maple tree in my front yard that dispenses thousands upon thousands of "helicopters" in the spring. There is no suggestion of the valuelessness of the tree or its reproductive pattern.
Nature seems designed for successful reproduction against all odds. Nature seems designed for prolific possibilities across an environment possibly antagonistic to reproductive success.
Homo sapiens are part of this ecosystem. Males share a characteristic we see in abundance in flora and fauna: abundance to result in success. This doesn't seem to be a design flaw.
So now your real question is about monogamy. If survival as a species is the goal, some rules to quell wars and violence might be the path of wisdom. If males are truly dimorphic and violent, then social constructs such as monogamy lead to survival as communities and clans.
And if God is the source of morality, as the Bible implies, then God is interested in our wellbeing, peace-making, and ultimately our survival. Creating us with the sex drive leads to reproduction, but creating us with a conscience leads us to understand and experience noble character traits like love, faithfulness, and tolerance, and to eschew traits like envy, pride, greed, and treating each other like animals.