Darwin’s Arch Collapses

[502 words] So the headlines read when a massive stone bridge in the Galapagos islands named after the famous biologist broke in the middle and left two towers of solid rock jutting out of the ocean. But the recent fall of this monument was not merely the loss of a reminder of the work of the father of modern evolutionary theory. It may also be a symbol of where that theory is headed. Anyone who has studied Charles Darwin knows that his theory of natural selection is racist. Evolution teaches the survival of the fittest—the strong survive and the weak perish. According to Darwin, all races are not equal. As species evolve, some attain a higher life form while others naturally decline and eventually die. In the end his thought is at odds with both the republican idea that all men are created equal and the communist goal to make…