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Bartolome_Casas
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Charles Darwin described biological nature as being a natural System in which the individual creatures which are most “fit” for their environment are the ones that survive and reproduce, and the individuals who are not the most “fit” are eaten by other creatures, or die from starvation, fatigue, disease, cold, heat, etc. Nature in this sense can be called “merciless.” Herbert Spenser coined the term “survival of the fittest” to describe this System, and Darwin in the last edition of his famous book “The Origin of Species” gave his approval of that term, calling it very apt.
The “economy of salvation” says that those who respond to the Graces from God will gain eternal happiness in Heaven. Thus, these are the ones of are “fit” for Heaven. Those who don’t respond to God’s Graces are sentenced to eternal misery in Hell. These are the ones NOT “fit” for Heaven.
To me, the “economy of salvation” System is similar to Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” System in that both are “sorting out” processes. Both end up throwing in the dust heap of history a great many of the individual creatures who have been created. Both Systems have in common that only a few end up surviving. God does not save everyone, does not even save most people, as the New Testament clearly says. And, likewise, Nature does not save every creature, but cruelly destroys most of them even before they are mature enough to reproduce. A bird lays 8 eggs, and maybe 1 will survive into adulthood.
The “economy of salvation” says that those who respond to the Graces from God will gain eternal happiness in Heaven. Thus, these are the ones of are “fit” for Heaven. Those who don’t respond to God’s Graces are sentenced to eternal misery in Hell. These are the ones NOT “fit” for Heaven.
To me, the “economy of salvation” System is similar to Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” System in that both are “sorting out” processes. Both end up throwing in the dust heap of history a great many of the individual creatures who have been created. Both Systems have in common that only a few end up surviving. God does not save everyone, does not even save most people, as the New Testament clearly says. And, likewise, Nature does not save every creature, but cruelly destroys most of them even before they are mature enough to reproduce. A bird lays 8 eggs, and maybe 1 will survive into adulthood.