(Note: the blue horizontal menu bar directly above lists the subsections of "Evil, Ethics, and Human Values in an Evolving World." Beginning with "Selfish Behavior of Primates and Other Animals," be sure to read each of these subsections before moving on to the next primary section, "Original Sin in the Bible as Read Today.")

Evil, Ethics, and Human Values in an Evolving World: Discussion Questions

• Do you find it hard to conceive of life, "design," complexity, or intelligence arising in the universe by purely natural processes, not guided in detail by God? If so, can you put your finger precisely on what bothers you about this?



• If we were intended to behave as Jesus taught us (unselfishly), is it illogical to think that God would have made us selfish through the kind of evolutionary process that Darwin described?



• Do you think Darwinian evolution could ever lead us to perfect altruism in the absence of some supernatural revelation?