Hi Russell,

I can understand this. This is inbuilt for genetic preservation. Since nature usually responds to a healthy, fit and attractive prospect for procreation and healthy offspring. Animals will sometimes kill or let their weaker/sicklier offspring die also.

However, this doesn't really describe humans completely does it? and if it did, nobody with obvious weaknesses would have any hope in finding a mate and reproducing, let alone surviving. But funnily enough they do. And certainly, babies born with defects would probably be killed off also if this "suvival of the fittest and preservation of genetics" was absolute and we were run by instincts. How interesting that we have laws regarding human beings because we are well aware of what separates us from animals....yet evolution tells us we ARE animals. Can you please explain why this is so and how it fits in with a process, rather than a purpose?

Do you agree with survival of the fittest and presevation of genetics? If so, do you consider the weak, handicapped, deformed and diseased a hinderance in our evolution and what do you consider should be done about it, since a medical answer is not always available or feasible. Should they be allowed to reproduce in your opinion? Or should they be made sterile or perhaps even killed off, to allow the so-called evolution of mankind to reach it's full potential? Because if it's a crime to do this in your opinion, how do you reconcile that with survival of the fittest, gene preservation and the evolutionary belief system? See for me, as a believer in God, I already have my explanation for why all human beings are equal in dignity and importance.

Consider those who are handicapped in some way, many do marry and have children. What about the sick? The maimed, deformed etc? Surely you would have to consider this a violation of evolution and nature? At the least a contradiction and hinderance to the evolution of mankind? Surely, as an evolutionist, you must have some opinion about people with these unfortunate disorders (myself included, since I'm one of the weakned and sick).

Thank goodness humans are not just a set of instincts, but also much deeper than that. As spiritual beings, we know this. Every human being knows this and a conscience we all have too. How interesting....but I guess that to is a product of an apparent process?

Can you explain to me where evolution fits into this in the respect of actually explaining it from our origins? Rather than starting in the middle and assuming this as being an acceptable explanation. I realise that to an evolutionist, everything is attributed to evolution. But if in fact it's true, then it should easily be able to prove itself, instead of giving more question marks than answers.

Since everything has a purpose and begins with information and has an ending. Can you provide evidence to the contrary? And if it did begin with information, but from an evolutionary persepective, then from whence or from 'whom' did this information arise? Because chance does not contain purpose. And information is purposeful.

Sorry for all the questions, but I guess I'm rather curious as to how an evolutionist explains the human spirit, love, emotions and choosing a mate from love, rather than physical attributes for presevation and perfecting genetics. Though there are people who really don't see beyond this, most people eventually do.