Christian Human History, Evolutionist Human History, Economics

According to a predominating Christian concept of Human History, the species is originally in a divinely-created Edenic condition which entails no need to reproduce and no need to work to satisfy basic needs.  Thus, the punishment for succumbing to sexual temptation is the revoking of the second privilege.  Hence, in that History, Economics is a science of a what is initially a Fallen condition, which may be the ultimate reason why it has been characterized as "dismal".  Eventually, Economics becomes the medium of the sequel in that History, the theme of which is the Salvation of members, individually, from the punishment of the species.  Thus, Capitalism, in which an Invisible Hand dispenses rewards to self-interested individual members of society, is an event in a Christian concept of Human History even prior to the Protestant appropriation of it that Weber describes, and even where the practice of it is apparently 'secular'.  Now, from the outset, Evolutionism immediately diverges from that History, in three ways.  For, insofar as, first, the Human species originates not as a divine creation, but as an evolution from apes, it, second, also inherently reproduces, and, third, must exert itself in order to satisfy vital needs.  Furthermore, Knowledge-seeking, i. e. discovering how to use its unique physiological characteristics, e. g. its versatile thumb, is essential to that exertion.  And, since this phase of Human History is not a punishment, Salvation from it is not a subsequent phase, so, nor is the isolation of its members a main theme in it.  In other words, an Evolutionist concept of Economics is radically distinct from that entailed in the predominating Christian Human History--it is not Individualistic, it is not a medium of Reward and Punishment, Techne is an asset, and it is not "dismal".