Evolution is fake and ghey πŸ‘Œ

They told us in school that nature is ruled by "survival of the fittest." But this is not the teaching of the Church.

In truth, creation is fallen. It was made good β€” "And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Genesis 1:31) β€” but it now groans under the weight of corruption:

"For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope… For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now." (+Romans 8:20–22)

Look at this ram. His horns, given to him by God as a natural glory and a sign of strength, now turn against him. This is not merely "natural selection" β€” it is a manifestation of the fallen order of the world, which is distorted by sin and mortality.

In a fallen world, even the good gifts of God can become burdens. As the Holy Fathers teach, sin curves us inward β€” where even strength becomes pride, beauty becomes vanity, and natural desire becomes disordered passion.

"The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." (+1 Corinthians 3:19)

"He that loveth his life shall lose it." (+John 12:25)

We must not envy the strength of the powerful or the success of the worldly. These things pass away. True life is not found in competition or reproduction, but in Christ, Who is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life." (+John 14:6)

In Orthodoxy, we see nature through the Cross and Resurrection. What has been corrupted may be healed. What is curved inward can be lifted upward through repentance, humility, and divine grace.

This ram is a living parable of our condition. Let us not mock him or turn away β€” let us learn

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"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." (+Matthew 5:5)

"The last shall be first, and the first last." (+Matthew 20:16

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Let us offer even our strength to God β€” lest it destroy us. For in Christ, weakness becomes strength, and death is trampled by death.

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