He explains that nature's contemporary call is more compelling than that of religion, which tends to focus on the past and the future. This helps us understand why some people, while professing to be religious, modify religious tradition to accommodate current popular indulgences such as homosexuality and abortion. It also explains why a popular news weekly recently announced that infidelity was genetic. The only question is whether we should build our social and moral rules upon that observation of nature, or not. Religious Jews and Christians would say that since it violates our spiritual schematic, infidelity should be avoided.
Scientific naturalists say that anything natural is normal.
The widespread acceptance of social Darwinism had profound impact on the lives of all Americans. For instance, it was only in that atmosphere that the sometimes wacky educational ideas of John Dewey could have gained ground. However, should Darwinism and its social implications ever be rejected, the way will finally become clear for the repair of our public education system. Now listen to the high priests of the secular faith of Darwinism. Even more revealing is Cornell University's Professor William Provine who assures us that modern science directly implies that free will as it is traditionally conceived, simply does not exist.