Chapter (8: DARWIN GETS RELIGION I. jonral Irae chases nding inthe mis of the grandeur of « Basan foe," net pose to gi an segue de of he igh feng of wonder, aration, and {hae Tam ea anche lr id When the HDS Beale et England, Darwin ma an orton tamnest Christin, He woul tr rc “beg er aed st Uy sever ofthe offers (though themsees eros) fr quoting Buc he wa begining eo babor quiet Jot He wa oud by she OW Testament’ mnie abe history of he worl and se epson of God at" evga rant” He wonder bow the New Tester oo; though fod the moral echings of frat beau, he sw tha hi "precsion dependen part oh prcaion which we now pu on metaphor and alegre Darin longed to rfsin cersimy. He dayreamed abous the ancathing of ancient manuscripts hat would orate Gos pel tide’ hep. “Dbl crepe ove mes very slow ate Hing lost his Chistian hth, Darwin ld for ny yours 10 a vague team, He bbe na ie Cane” a dvinetligence tha ad ser ntl seecton nmin with md Ba then be began so wonder "(Can the mind of man, which Bs, 381 Fly belie, been developed from a ind a Jw ae hat ponrcaed bythe owen ania be uted when it draws sch rand He mighnupbest moment eteain theistic seariobuforloas, tide of i i, upbest moments werent ormon Inne sense, however, Darwin alwys remained Chitin ike cer of hi time ad place be was eed inthe SF Been, He led by she tenet that school in Engl an ound secular enresson nS Smile’ Sel He thats man, by enrages faction and sl ‘tay “anmad gant the enpron of Tow indulgence” Thy 3b wove wen, wat or Dawn the highest sage in moral clare Sognizing "tha we ough 0 conol our thought, ad ote ‘Bovif Darwin wasn hissene an Evangel Chitin, he oad sithimose equal accu, belle Hinds or Bast or Moi The theme of src sl goverance, ze como of ail apes, {pps gan and gan nthe words gre regions. Abo wie ‘pred ibs less nh dot of roel Joes Darwin found so beni ‘au had aie the way of the Tao 40 rsompeteijry with hanes” Bodden call for "anal embracing lov for ll te wi Is he doctrine of "shimsy” te sbence fal harmful ment ‘What does a Darwinian make of thin sing ‘hemes? Thar vrous mea varios nes ave been py othe fever iver ths? Nov ety spina dcourse nach The Darin the Dae neon moral cours People end 037 aad bebe ings Thar ae in tht evasion ingame nro Th d that harboring thee Healy gets i ore spread. Some reothe. The expectation, athe Inchon to wilkaves kind a om har devgnd. "Harmony, " edly, w+ prey term. These docrnes ay, onthe one and suk ese dag pp holo bl nan ater rates the wil to sures or they may, onthe other hang, suppres seme thot x saab oe to be a ures (a or example) Bat ane see bales people sascribeto shoul explain terms te ercoed human mind. Thar when diene pes manage themes the thane teachings hae some sort of Smee value as voles to ve by? Donald. Canpbely neo frst prchologiss wo et enthuse sbout ders Darwin he suggested as much Ina addres 10 the Ameren Poche Association, he spoke of "the posible youre of alii eens ving tha ave been ever, tse, ad mnmowed thong andes of generations of mano hizoy. On ply eee round thse recipes fr Iving igh be rege ws Boer ed ver shouldbe Ie ‘Campbel dis in 1975, ut ais he publication f Wikon's iobology and bere Darwinian eye ha fly eyelid ogy a psyehiny'sspeclacions how Today many Darwinians would be le sanguine. Se ve need ha whee mst by definson haves kind of harmany ith che bras hy sa int, dat dos't mean hee god fr inthe long run, Some ides indeed seem to parsing baie hy are "viruses" a Kchard Dawkins pts The ides thar nc erin fan keps infecting peop by appealing a myopic rng ‘alto che ultmat advange of ose people Bese, ven an es dos pen by serting people longtem maybe thse of sll, ots buyers, ov lees ted 0 he igh stats ad ao beyond the pale tose thr preaching at form of exlatation, sb bead of theinene' wll othe speaker's Cncily Jou teehnga and the Bohs aching, and La-' teachings ath le ua and Lao amplifying he power of Jes ther mare wishin» growing rou of pope Stil snot ath lpi doctrines wer always freed on pple. Granted, he Ten Commands hal x sri altar ushoiy conveyed by the palicalendeship and eating Ga wn sgatre Jens Yo, eo aking poll fie rx Invoked Gas endorsement. Bu the Bald, frome ln ss seperate authority. Ard, though bor noble stan, he Sst have abandoned he rapping of atu o roam he word teach: hr movement tar apparent row sah, tsgjous doctrines under ao yrs tral coercion, Press, ‘here was soe pychologie pay. The ret lions ae tome level ideologies of ell woul indeed be ws Cap ic fev The sages ay have ee singe he ha ec inthe pa fn nthe Bible andthe Korn thre Stn Bo are acid: lowly but sory. For empl, natura ston sex witha en sre of wr size this goal with» sabes of lres chat [powerful and uimaely inexorable, Do ba ober “Jessa "Whowevet look ster her hah commit sry with her hn beauee he unde thatthe Racin of the ‘haveIk isn coincidence tat demons ad dg er fen we the same opening ie (Jus ty a ites ew el god) ota re sed set or over, sny—i ely an aisive proces, rowing ‘Ependence onthe loi che tht make tee hangs pat ving. The more power you bat, the more you neck. And any ‘Sppase will ake you fl bad, even fit eves you at evel that to encourage was drug alison uel This mice of chology is {i unancpatd biochemilinerventon, x subversion of the roe System, Werte ean to ger this he aioe way rom Thad days works eng copaiieg,wedeminng eva ad 9 ‘Demonic temptation connects almost eames wth he esc mcon of i Boh en malign big, and align ce lend cmon power to spiral owned. When the Bada all us tog up the root of tira” so tha "Mar, the rempey, ay not Crush you again and api” we ae supponed to sel ousle or ‘ren ora beligeretdicaor ae “vl” bing ch te vee The oncepeofei” hough ee metaphyseal pme han, Si, pope soem to Gnd it way ad the eon that i meta noe bring lng tem apnea to ad may bring res ering More cone, you cold el t xe gees ome of 0m genes Ie I wil eps aula the word ee terran ‘When the Hoddhs urges digg vp he “oot of thi" best ‘Sone way to shot cei the addctvenes of vice: Bathe Buda na generally autre sade, a ukinaed indierece wo matr reward anderson lene: “Cut dowa the oe forest of esis, This fondamenal defiance of human ators sncouragedin sme Lay nt up for yoursees teres upon coh and "Take ‘hough for you ies wht yell ex, or what ye hl ins oe ev lor you boy, what ye shall ton" The Hind i Ike the’ Badin, del 3 more Leth exp, om iho frm the ws of plese The pil # sone ao “abandons deren! wh “has lowe dene fray” ho es ib om lide, alma dpc the haga jects of eme"* Hee the Gita: man ol siping who a wit ingabout the eae more by acct od by This we the image ht intl Ga “Tas Hinduon dB ag, The Baha nas born 2 Hino, Bo he cated te here of Linen sound 0 mach kes at shock mgand placing io he tery centro i pllsophy I ou sep the inernt min of ya Follow the teachings of ie Buddha, then you a, cdl enough hopin. Inall thee aus onde sues thee a gree wdom—+ oa soot the nisinene of pleas bl i ephemer Maer al hae plese to sy forme. The ea ht Sy. The enence ofa Jnpat an leave the mind agate jsmone'nere dlr, onemoredlance, one more rong wil eve ur elng aed vets a mianderanng we ate dnd el ht the net ree os wl ing bls, ura sleion has mlcou seve of uo: ee ln Sith tri of promise aa then keep ying "Jen bling” AS ie Bible prs "Alte our of man i forbs moat, and yet the apse nile" Remarably, we pour wholes with suc ever ely cing 08“The advice of he sges—that we rfc lay thi i Seoul plessurs ae the whip naa selection es, {o kee inthe trl oft warped aber system. To cleat soe indirence to them i one pawl oe eration. Whe few ‘har can cto have rel fom hs route the pro hs sera adie sagt tha ee aloe me dsanee "Three als + more yi explanation fr that proliferation, ‘One way to scot poor pope plight sto convince hem indulene could be simply ap inarumens of acl control of opp Son Soto wth Jn staan that in the aie the "See eal beast and the it sh it sounds bt ike may of gary, 3 erie ome titer aw expen, hey cen to sage for wendy soe ‘et Religion in thi view bs lay een he pit of he mses ‘Maye wo. Busitsemain ue ht lene ephemera hat ts onan part tno 4 rele sure of happies(8 001 Simo Ses but slo Jon Sane Ml td); ha we eb to ew pas har and ht he revsons forall hi ae cere tn light ofthe new Darwin paradigm Thote ae scared hin the aon acripeares of a9 unde sanding het human sving--aer plus afer weld fer carn yoked w sleepin. The Bkagved Gita exces hat men devoted vo enjoyment and power” ate "robbed of imight" To pore the fits of aton one na ange of dein. "» The dha sid hat the bes of vir [is] prone the beso nen he wo has yer ose In Estes ween "Beer ithe sight ofthe eyes than the wandering of he dese "™ ro doubn bout te cary wih which sags bave en Fan dean: tes «parcel ral bas wad sl The eres in Joss veaching "Fe that without sin ao you et im St fea stone"; "Tho of hie hypocin ecnt out the be ‘en ej and then shal thou sey ca tthe mote ou of hy brothers eyes" The Buddha pr iin plainer langage "The uk of wes easly pene, ba tat of one's sl deat © “The Baba sam, npr, th muck deaion rows out of rene Sopmatic quebling bes td works i thal bits ak This gp of on aural shew perspectives bound up with ‘shoratine iowa brother lve. Far 2 premise of these exhor sions tn wear deeply clin not iw everyone with the “ary me ented our kin ad ccs lepine we a's utes hinclnation wath all the otal ‘he renuncnion of sensory leur abo edo brother love. Acing with enero ad conderason i ik unless You some aw esape the human preosupation wth feeding the ep Taken 22" whole, some Boks of eis thought are fay eaberent "he gueston seman How did shen bodies get sated? Why has The doing of Brother love so ried Leave efor the momen igen pursue may nage eo le hi sel lse oly shy tha oguized rlipans have sfen be vies for niin the lecring on aspect ak. The mee fs shat he is lies 0 ith spies cru, Ligh of Darwinian hry vyingshore power ofthe tr brote. Andhis ale surely hs tothe ily inpring tthe more mapting end of he pci 5 1 icoy by the philsopber Pac Singer, His book The Expand ‘inde aks ow th range of human compas prime boas th ly, on perp the and Singer oes a Fran ware, andthe rire of man scl lg fo Poplin heb of pully jing ther cons objective ers, When we ange espe! foro interes, well i we ae Singc bln shat once hs babi enabled By the evo [Freipocl als ong other thing) the “autonomy of ex soning” takes rer the hes a= dine delete of one's ee "bu in he hog of “Thisewemson ae gown impresslySingeceecount how Po rgd is fellow Aenans to adope what athe ine wa me oval advance, "He aged hat Gres shuld notin Wa he Grek ay war their lands ore tei howe they abou (do thew tings only co on Greck"” The row be ound ofthe nao Aner. Pot lope wl have brvgh us ry in touch with he STeveryone Out compason wil shou pend realy a8 Fomany, Darwin shared his hope, He wrote im Tbe Devent of pl enon would lech i te te menbrof the ume han hgh personal error i fe his sy ‘of all pations and by Inf, They lang. ago began cloaking rw slishne in he ty langage of moray wig io explo the various ora npc tutu selection eeted, Now this rsd pe Tage impel the bans shy bust behave icles, Natal ‘seston designed two things for narow elite tnd warm moralimpuberandsomehow, when cb Enough ipo, The ios cya empl nny oes bs vgel en expended moral compan is the on ook tea the binning hi chapel tke sages doing she uring The Ten Co on hing, teling sed mare, made Mone eck 0 seeible. And the Bud's warigs about dogmatic sgt hy Seppoting this nici ste fast dha he omnes ow Unira: The desu ellen inthe Bhagavad Git omer ivoniconte: Lod Reins sputing the wir Aina toward seli-dciplie 20 tat he wil more elev And in Pras Epil to the Galatians fer singing se pases of love pss, geenen, ad gondoeh he sy [Leu de god tino al mem cay ta tha mo ae of the ho Tah" The are wie words inded, coming fr howe. The eave ha ben made tat even Js preach univer love tha hi injancins t love your “ee hen appre cacy, ar sen apply only 0 Jewish ne ‘hislighe, Singers “expanding sl" ser x moral oie than of beyond the level of be huneatherer bar Scale i feeble, So sages tbe the opporansy to expand the ls for bers low a compara appens may have ede spscram. Yes, thal the Ten Comm Mone Bock more manage. Bu preunbly many of the sheep ence toy since masa ein and consdereon ig zero bene In aer words rls leader, however salt ing einen on the aes ‘They've ben finding overlap betwee heir inseren andthe masses Sac he sel-itres of people bas ‘ininal decency towed lage and larger numberof people. Re Tintaion ba ga, td wih ee on of ‘ebaving wih et ‘Bows leaders are move than happy to hve ei sate ie "Thve hasbeen 2 change ot ast in the xope of rasare Thema seimente mere desig purser environment, more resi for parca seir of iment inca hunter athere wiles td tbe, be, otis htt los inthe mint of pebimiry eae oy Da sce dl hve an esborte jaca ste an ge pale foes Indeed, ee eng Eine one who # you dia stand Aa some point hinge began 0h nn energy nding our indignation. We eal tet {trl drvery we spend aday working wth pice oad 3 purse Shuey eventhough the pare costed what we ern in sre four works cahing he this onchange the ods of Being ‘tinned in the frures we amlde tthe frcane of profesional Tal even though we ae perso brag thn mistorune and ng, andthe ae of thse we mate gre quantics of ‘Wien cxel in human history se of the orl sient ep to obslescefhard wo uy. Bests word pondering Donald ‘Compbelsinsgh thatthe lions ofthe ance arb linone—"indepenentl developed in Chi, Ti, Mes yp: Mesicoy sod Pera”—that ral prodaced the fi pre of teen gon: the ebing of any apes of bas inca “sels, pide, ered te rath ‘Campbelietees shi curbing ws sid for “optimal sca sinaton™ Whee be mean tinal for the aero opimal foe there he doc say Bar ne Cane heat inte fc thay ‘hough the ow are sometnes tothe arent mally encase ‘What's more, the sel eon” in ueson tay een yond the scope of any singe ration. by tw tr oy that the peoples of the world ae more interdependent than ever Ta be uc: Mei progress hae rey espe so rales protein. There may have en ine ear tose the pool's “The Hind scrpars teach hat single universal oe eden _ es pilonphial rhe equal scene (ead tin wor) of every bumin pore of consumers teachings profound. And athe bs for praca al of Hig ‘hat he wit man refrains fon harming obers 4 that "he ee ce bimelf—this teaching pretee, The ancient set tis rj al, and vale, bat deine to grow i rating the “para conan” of Victorian England; Waker who wrote down al hi “sins ad ero biel detected "elfshnens io every flor and se The iden goes back a esa far Marin Lhe, ‘a a it somone who vdertnds tht eveything he doe wa chute trance: "Ba what» hilly stale4m wring; La seta noting shot ofthe plese imal ‘vay writing about on owe dear ef wou Have (Nendo sy thi sone followed + page he would se few people today ar epttia, Head een woking sey, not confdense, about how hs work aboard the Beale would be tec. ‘Whether oF aot Darwin, by Lathe cur fly ules a a aime ts crely estat Darwin, by thst ca lp Taide selishness more actly than the new Darwin a ‘you undentand the dawrine, bey the doce, and apply the ‘Congatlins Tasik i step toward costing he in hl oo by outro. ‘Te second ep 1 hep tls: to pair bashness toward sel with leniency toward others ‘Sey indferent so, fn bale woh weles eal beraly the mph tha dots sg tht oper bin is nrdantely scent might vlna person who ker the lar of others markedly, bu st at nt su ls se oul then hit ow, Darwin did resonable job of hit. Though aly anand to, and dns people's varity, hi gene etude wovard ther war one get toa etsunes; Be rnerved mont of i ry for henelt Even when be colt hel ut hae people ewido hep his atin perspective Rearing archenemy Richard (Gnenshe wits isfrend Hooker, “Tam become gote demos about Owen Trnean oy eget more angela my fing. The pin’ ther he sexede (He dig.) The pin at sal jokingly apy the word “deri” to on hatred io Show more moral elf-ny ander sel ts wnulyanage (Tis ial the move imposes Darin ings were barely scent; Owen, though part he 6 Da row of hi dbl in naturel section, wa a0 4 {pl and widely si man Darwin came fay lone t the ray impowible snd high commendable: a deaced, thoroughly sme ( mot pontine css vowed sly pred wth ‘ooter thing Maan Lite ds has chroaic moa omen isa of Ges race so, Darin wae swing grace reponiony Hee nats an who could epi awake a ight beau he id ye answered some Bose pice of fan al ‘We mighe ak what So gracious shou ig someone th tv Lather should have id haa roall ormened person ned for God's yrase, And ti (metaphorical spething tbe magic of noreenesumnean be trae tte people's major in By spending afew mites wringer Ie could murky brighten the ay. Anka woul Tis men atte comncince wat driged thse people were nul i no poson to recrocas, tod mend ‘Some people worry ta ihe new Darwinian paradig wil ip ther ves ofall ably. Iflove of chen fm dee of DNA, i bling» fiend js payment for svi senders compassion or the dawnrodde ju ara buting then what thew be proud of? One answer Darwin ike Sebo ‘hove nd beyond the call os smouhly functioning cones help ‘hote who aren kel 1 hip you in eum, and do v0 when no tandy's watching This one way to bea ly moral nial, Ne inthe light of he new prigm, we can se how ha ih !moralgneranc, linen aie the Another a woaion oly enough grind, sie the akeraive, Given the way oa ‘ere only two posible che dawn af von that evewuly thre woud be pin wih conscience and sympathy ‘Se foveal rounded tinatl in ont elitr (0) tha 0 spots posesing thee thing would ever ext, Well happened. ‘We do havea foundation of decency to bul on. An aia ike Devs a sped oof ne mong about other anamae—2ot jhe a wile, ten, and gett fend, inane saves, known fans, even ures al sborp. Given that aanerest was ‘heonerriding terion four design, wears estonabyconierate {ou of organs, Ines i y0u ponder he we ues ‘elotionay log lang enough, yOu may a0 Bind our moral sock i cely mieaoae Darwin himself would ive Ben rang the list wo see Gods grace Tirana or anything he, He reported, pear the nd fis ite thai pil fame of ind 3 agro. When he delred, ie day before de, "Van the eae aad of det” Sos suey in station fel from hi eat sullen, mo in hope of anything be Darwin hal pondered the messing of fe for “s man who bas no sre an eer present bl inthe exitence of personal God ora a future enscne with retibaion ad reward He believed Sich a man would find vin asorance with the vedic fall the enain implies, arly te scien fhe act for the good others he wl eer he sppebaton of his fllow men 0d gain thelove thon with whom he ives; and hiner gin uoubtey the higher plese on ths nth.” Sil hi reason may occ nal tl hi tat in opposion to the opinion of obey whore Spprobstion he wl then ao eve; bu be wil sll ave the old ‘Esco of rowing tha he a fallow his anemone ie or ‘Maybe this sence ma loophole desigaed or aman who tad spe sie bling hooey tht hs the iver "apro son af i ellow men” theory ht, ough rs, ight ot end tomar the god foes.” Cnty tia theory with which our ‘pose fas yet to make is pece Having cahed moral measuring isk, Darwin gave hi ile 3 pasinggrie "I bere tha Thane actel gly in ea following Td deing my eto sence.” Sil he feign remorse raving commited ny rest sin” he ad ofc reed that ym cenues My le Tve oot done more dict good 10 my fl heh a my etal conan, which inley i exwemel if fore oem fo ‘pon fo anrhe. Tan imagine wih igh satan ing oP ‘ay nhc ie so plilentvopy, but nota potion of fi though shi {Toul bve bec ar beer ie of cond.” ‘sue thar Darwin ave the opal tain ie, No ome cver hassle propared odie could gly avec escd ont fe deny ad compatsoney Ted, asin of Stes fhahly nha painful sony paral, eopae opis the ‘Stren of sshnes howe source he was the Bs man wo eI ‘Shove pore es bat human bigs ae agble of wos,