Maybe if science were presented in a more compassionate and humble way, it could help fill the void many of us feel inside. Well, I think that competition for survival is just one of many self perpetuating processes. Look at music. Its everywhere, in all human societies. The same is true of love.
Love is a trust that breeds more trust.
It perpetuates itself. Survivability is not necessarily the sole determinant of genes. The author, a molecular biologist argues that Darwinian selection cannot explain the incredible complexity that occurs on a molecular level. The argument of irreducible complexity is a very old one, and it's one that Darwin himself faced when talking about things like the eye. Without any backup, this argument states that something, some X, is irreducibly complicated, and therefore it can't have evolved gradually and God must have made it.