Today on Unapologetic, we're going to discuss the inconsistency of many people who are using terms like, "black lives matter" "all lives matter" or "blue lives matter."

You can't go on social media today or watch the news or go to a news site online and not see something about the racial tension in America. Often, this is accompanied by #blacklivesmatter or someone holding a sign saying, "blue lives matter," or someone might reply, "all lives matter."

My goal today isn't really to talk too much about the racial tension in America, though I think one comment might be helpful. The people saying "black lives matter" or "blue lives matter," they're not saying that those are the only lives that matter. There is an implicit "too" at the end. They're saying black lives matter, too. As in, "Of course other lives matter, but we think this type of life is being devalued, so black lives matter too." They're not saying that all life doesn't matter, or that all lives don’t matter as much. In fact, what they are saying from a certain perspective is, "all life matters and we feel like these black lives, which are part of the all lives have not been valued as much."

If you're someone who might reply, "Well yeah, all lives matter." Think about it from the perspective of the person making the black lives or blue lives matter claim. They're probably feeling like they're not valued as much.

They're not looking for a right that no one has. They just want to be respected with the same amount of dignity that they feel that everyone else has. Even if you disagree with that, I would hope that we all could at least agree on the sentiment behind it, and where it's coming from: everyone wants to be viewed and treated equally. All lives, black lives, blue lives, white lives, all lives matter.

You know what's interesting to me is this actual sentiment that life matters, that black lives matter, that any life matters. It often doesn't fit in the worldview of the person making the statement. Here's what I mean by that. I think this impulse people have to react very strongly when someone is killed, especially in an unjust manner (if that is the case in a certain instance), is a good reaction. It is a true reaction. Of course, it can be taken to a negative extreme, where we go and murder other people or riot, and things like that, instead of peacefully protest. However, the reaction we have when we see injustice done to another human being, is a God-given reaction.

But saying that all life matters, or even black lives matter, or anything like that, doesn't fit if you believe that we are simply the products of random mutation and natural selection and a whole lot of time. If evolutionary theory is true, life does not matter. All lives don't matter. No lives matter. Black lives don't matter. Blue lives don't matter, if evolutionary theory is true. They matter no more than the life of a centipede. Me, you, any of us, if evolutionary theory is true, we do not have inherent worth. We are not all worthy of respect. We do not have an innate dignity if evolutionary theory is true, if you are simply the result of random mutation, natural selection, and a whole lot of time.

We have a great opportunity in America today because people are saying viscerally, strongly, with great conviction that life matters, that it's valuable, that it shouldn't be taken in an unjust manner. Many of these people, not all of them, but many of these people do not have a worldview where any of those statements make sense. If you believe in evolution, then what would be wrong with someone who's more fit killing someone who's less fit, regardless of the color of their skin. Nothing would be wrong with it if evolution is true, if survival of the …