If evolutionary theory explains human existence, then Good Friday is not any better than any other Friday in which an evolved human died naturally according to the principles of natural selection.
Do you know what is normal in evolutionary biology? Normal is one organism surviving at another’s expense: survival of the fittest. Evolutionists often downplay this notion because it offends our modern sensibilities. But make no mistake. Natural selection is explicitly the idea that in nature the more vulnerable living things are “selected” to die and less vulnerable get to live at their expense.
And the selection process is driven by might, not right. Those “selected” to live often do so by killing their competition, either directly or by competing better for limited food and water or by better evasion of predators. The survivors survive by being a little bit smarter, a little bit faster, a little bit stronger. They are a little bit more adapted for survival than the dumber, slower, weaker, less fit others.
So what are we to make of the story of a man who died willingly for the exact opposite reason: so that vulnerable humans on earth—the weak, the poor, the vulnerable—can live, and live more abundantly? What if this story alleges that the man died at the hands of other men not as an example of the survival of the fittest at the expense of the weakest, but death to the fittest to facilitate the survival of the weakest?
If evolution is true, the story of a man dying for the benefit of everyone else is only a story. This man and his followers may have thought he was dying for all of humanity, but these thoughts do not change the facts of reality on the ground: evolution does not work that way. His death may have benefited a few by freeing up a little more food and water, but that’s the extent of his good will on earth.
If evolution is true, Jesus was merely another evolved human in a long line of descent that (in animals) started with a sea sponge. Natural selection is no respecter of persons. As such, Jesus’ death was merely an example of natural selection: the strong and powerful killing the meek and humble.
But what if evolution is not true? What if it is evolution that does not change the facts on the ground?
What if Jesus was God who came to earth as a man to facilitate the eternal survival of all who believe? Including the weak, the slow, and the dumb.
If evolution is not true, then Good Friday is, indeed, good.
Which is it?
Think about it.
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