A New Atheistical Argument

(1) Our bodies are adapted for the performance of acts that are morally wrong. [Premise]

(2) If God existed and we are the result of special creation, then our bodies would not be adapted for the performance of acts that are morally wrong. [Premise]

(3) Therefore, either God does not exist or we are not the result of special creation. [from Lines 1 and 2]


Consider Line 1: what this means is not just that our aptitude for the performance of acts that are morally wrong is the side-effect of our being adapted for the performance of morally neutral types of action. Are we adapted for making atomic weapons? Well... not really. Rather we are endowed with general aptitudes for science and tool-making. By contrast, it is plausible that we are adapted for non-monogamy -- primarily, serial monogamy and cheating. Some evidence for this is that rates of non-monogamy are much higher among those who have the highest reproductive potential.

Consider Line 2: Special creation requires that our biological nature be fixed by design. Thus, if a particular aptitude is an adaptation, then its existence is the result of God's design. Things are going according to plan, insofar as we possess that adaptation.