Page 35 - Devotion Among Animals Revealing the Work of God

Awareness in Animals

Animals' Devotion Belies
Darwin's Thesis that
Only the Fittest Survive
As we have examined over the
last few pages, the natural selection
process that Darwin proposed sug-
gests that those animals that are

strongest and best adapted to their
geography's living conditions can
survive and continue their species,
whereas those that have not adapted
well and are weak in comparison
perish. According to Darwinism's
natural selection scenario, nature is
an arena in which all creatures are
engaged with one another in a fierce
struggle for survival, and where
weak individuals succumb to the
stronger, leading to the extinction of
their species.
For months, penguins carry their
According to this claim, every
young on their feet to protect
being needs to be stronger, fitter than them from the cold.
its counterparts, and must fight to
survive. Such an environment leaves
no room for devotion, selflessness or
cooperation, because any of these
traits could work against the animal
in question. For this reason, each in-
dividual must be as selfish as possi-
ble and consider only its own
needs—its food, personal safety, and
A protective female crocodile car-
defending its nest. ries her young in her jaws.

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