"Evolutionism".....Well shim, I've started to use it, tho' I haven't given the issue much thought before.

I find Pete's contributions interesting and thought provoking, he certainly has an arguable position and he never calls other members "ignorant oafs"......I think most of those have been pointed in the direction of the door.

For the last few hundred years society has been encouraged that the most important thing in life is the acquisition of wealth and the promotion of self.
I think we are moving into a phase where materialism will be impossible to sustain....we need a stronger spiritual dimension for humanity to survive.
Science has produced procedures which look good in the short term but have turned out to be a curse on humanity.....typical examples being nuclear power, antibiotics etc ......proposed as ways of making life better, but containing the threat of the extermination of human life