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Originally Posted by peter12
When people are viewed simply as material organisms, instead of say... being made in the image of God, then socially, people are less valued. Now, I'm not being so ridiculous as to say that Darwinism is responsible for moral decay, merely to say that it should stay within the realm of science and not be allowed to venture outwards.
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I've seen this before and I must say this non-sequitur is absolutely baffling to me. Why would humans be considered intrinsically worthless if they weren't created by some all powerful creature?
I think perhaps the source is the spirit-body dichotomy that is posited in most deistic religions (the spirit, or intangible force that infuses and directs the being, is pure and naturally holy while the body is just the material vessel for the spirit and is the source of vices and "impure" impulses). I guess, therefore, if there is no "spirit" (no soul imbued by "God"), then there is only "body" - which is still considered the dirty half of the equation.
That's just my quick thoughts on the issue. It all strikes me as absurd though.