In the Image of God or Survival of the Fittest?

We live in a world where people care more about themselves than others. It is, in a real sense, survival of the fittest. If man evolved from ape-like creatures by strength and aggression, and we're just part of the line in this evolutionary progression, then the logical conclusion is that I only need you in order that I may make myself stronger. And if you get in my way, good bye. I won't let you stop me from evolving to my higher state. But the Bible tells us that God created man more special than the animals. For plants and animals, God merely spoke them into existence. But man was formed out of the dust of the ground. The process was unique to the rest of creation. Scripture records little or no divine forethought to the creation of plants and animals. But before man was created, God decided to make man in His own image and likeness (Genesis 1:26-27). We were also fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). None of the other life was created in this manner. And in Genesis 1:26, God preplanned that man will be in dominion over the rest of creation. To be in such a position would mean a uniqueness above the rest. In the detailed description of Day 6, Genesis 2:7 records a phrase that applies only to man and never to the animals—"... and man became a living being." The distinction between man and animals is quite obvious in Scripture. So what does this mean? It means that God values us more than the rest of His creation. In fact, God loves us, which is recorded throughout the Bible. And God never shows such emotion for anything else in His creation. Jesus said in John 13:34. "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another." Because God created us specials and loves us, we should also love each other—unconditionally. Such a heart of love for one another is totally contrary to "survival of the fittest." Because true love may even involve sacrificing my own survival to allow someone weaker to live (John 15:13). But if we're all animals in an aggressive struggle for survival and the next evolutionary step, then it doesn't matter how you use or abuse those weaker than yourself.