My Thoughts on Science and Sin

If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me Psalm 66:18
Darwin's theory of natural selection is a theological response to natural evil. He could not attribute the loss of his beloved daughter and malevolent animal behaviors to a loving creator. Instead, he evoked natural processes that would, by chance, produce such sadness and devastation. Darwin extrapolated current natural processes to account for the origin of life. He offered no empirical evidence whatsoever, but appealed to man’s imagination. He trained his readers to visualize transitions between animals even though they are found nowhere in the fossil record. Why would man go along with this theory that is only true in our imagination? Natural selection was readily received by a condition that was already corrupting the hearts of man. Philosophers call it naturalism or scientific materialism. The Bible calls it foolishness. It states that we are only matter. We are not souls accountable to God. Our thoughts are simply chemical reactions.Sociobiology is a "science" born from Darwinism. The great sociobiologists, like E.O. Wilson, offered explanations of human behavior by applying Darwin's theories of natural selection. We behave and think certain ways because these ways were once advantageous for survival. This branch of Darwinian thought eventually infiltrated how we counsel one another. The Bible appoints fellow believers to counsel one another. Someone is qualified to counsel if he has submitted himself to God's authority and bears good fruit in his own life. However, with the advent of sociobiology, one became "wise" to counsel if he earned a PhD in psychology under the submission of an academic advisor. Popular psychologists now inform us how to raise our children, treat our spouses, and express our emotions.What Darwinism, therefore popular psychology, lacks is the recognition of sin. Darwin abolished evil as he attempted to account for it. However, moral and natural evil are a product of sin, man’s rebellion against God. Darwin’s theory has allowed us to no longer be sinners, but victims of our brain chemistry. Psychologists tell us our depression and anxieties are not our fault, they are simply chemical imbalances. This would be true if we were only matter. Yet the Bible, and current neuroscience research, teaches that we are souls in a body. You have a mind that effects your brain. Our bodies' ailments are usually products of spiritual ailments. David said "Oh my soul, why are you downcast? Hope in God!" He did not say "Oh my body, why are you chemically imbalanced? Take your Prozac!" Prozac would have helped David by fixing his brain, but his spirit would have continued to not hope in God. As Christians, we often identify sin as certain behavior. But sinful behavior stems from sin which is unbelief. It is not believing God's word which leads to sinful emotions like anxiety, depression, anger, coveteousness, etc. Thankfully, these sinful emotions are not only manifestations of an unbalanced brain! We are souls, created to know our creator! He has not left us in our unbelief, but took the consequences of sin upon Himself through Jesus Christ. And He has given us His Holy Spirit to open our eyes to the reality of God's word. Those of us who are found in Jesus, must not harbor sin in our hearts, but draw near to God. Darwin would not face the fact that he was accountable to a loving and JUST God. There are consequences for sin. Jesus bore our consequences; do not continue in them as you grow cold to the love of your father. Science is a tool, it is not reality. Don't let man's denial of sin lead you to regard sin in your heart.