hey Ian,
evolutionists believe all men are equal seeing that we all came from a common ancestor. That being the case, would it not serve man to believe in evolution?
the philosophical implications of evolutionary biology are indeed that all living ORGANISMS on this planet are inherintly, and technically equal. evolution does not teach that humans are a special pinnacle of this evolutionary process. after all, in addition to sharing common ancestors with all other living things, they ALL have also survived to this point in time, meaning that they all have gone through the same bottle necks and whatnot through time. i think this is just as important as remembering that all homo sapiens are equal. but herein is a bit of a paradox. i would like to say: "look here, be careful what you destroy on this planet. trees, animals etc." but in order to survive, we must live off of other living things. we do not survive off of dirt and rock and air. we survive off of other organisms. cows, tomatos, etc. so, while we are all technically equal, we have some responsibility as the sentient, top-o-the-foodchain organisms to find the middle road, the balanced and sustainable road to our existence on this planet with all other organisms, including other apes. and of course, the abrahamic faiths are not going to help us find this balance because they teach that humans are special creation, made in their God's image, and that their God will come and make everything better, or that he will reward their credulity in the next world. which then leaves this world to do as they please to, a la george dubya, osama bin laden, isreal, hezbollah. you get the picture. the most dangerous apes on the planet are hands down the abrahamic ones generally, as world events seem to indicate. whic makes sense. they don't believe in evolution anyways. wasn't it bill hicks would remarked: "in some places people are yelling 'REVOLUTION!', and in other places: 'EVOLUTION.'" one in the same, imo. evolution is a revolution. ts