Page 677 - Atlas of Creation Volume 3

Harun Yahya

... no species, ours included, possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by its own genetic history
(i.e., evolution)... The species lacks any goal external to its own biological nature. 185

According to this materialistic belief with no scientific foundation, if the continuation of genes is the
only aim, then the human beings responsible for protecting them must be as selfish and ruthless as pos-
sible in the interests of their genes. According to Dawkins and his supporters, "selfish" genes will be vic-
torious in that competition. In The Selfish Gene, Dawkins summarizes this perverted Darwinist view-

point:

We, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes. Like successful Chicago gangsters, our genes
have survived, in some cases for millions of years, in a highly competitive world. This entitles us to expect
certain qualities in our genes. I shall argue that a predominant quality to be expected in a successful gene is
ruthless selfishness. This gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behavior.

However, as we shall see, there are special circumstances in which a gene can achieve its own selfish goals
best by fostering a limited form of altruism at the level of individual animals. "Special" and "limited" are im-
portant words in the last sentence. Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the wel-

fare of the species as a whole are concepts that simply do not make evolutionary sense. 186
According to Dawkins' ignorance, since the genes borne by human beings are selfish, man must be

selfish, too. That being so, "selfish robots" can be expected to resort to any measures in order to protect
and preserve their genes. There is no longer any reason not to commit murder, theft or rape. One cannot
expect "selfish machines" to obey any moral law, or to behave in a conscientious, ethical way. Under

Violence and aggression are not a legacy inherited from man's alleged animal ancestors and encoded in our genes.
Rather, they are results of the poor moral values stemming from irreligiousness and lack of conscience.

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