Created Equal
Philip E. Johnson makes a good point about the connection between creationism and equality. In his article “The Creationist and the Sociobiologist,” Johnson observes that the contemporary secular university is immersed in the flux state of post-Modernism. In such environments, the “nature and even the very existence of objective knowledge is in question.”
He then notes that our national reverence for the Declaration of Independence is well-deserved, and reminds us that it speaks out on behalf of our Creator early on, crediting Him with a “self-evident” truth. (The very idea of self-evident truth throws post-Moderns into spasms). And the truth is that we are all created equal.
Johnson then asks: “Suppose men and women are not created, and instead evolved… that dogmas exist no more… and all persons must now decide for themselves what they will believe. On what foundation, then, can human equality rest?”
Good question!
I call upon my Darwinist friends to provide a better basis for equality than that offered in the Declaration of Independence.
For more on Darwinism here at JimBlog:
the cult of evolution
a fresh look at the creation evolution debate
intelligent design