Yeah, I tend to vilify both groups.

I think one could argue that creating children, albeit somewhat instinctive even for us humans, is our highest form of art.

Saying that natural selection is an essential mechanism of evolution is about as helpful as saying that natural forces are the essential mechanisms in the evolution of our galaxy/solar system, without defining/quantifying the various natural forces. Unlike gravity, electromagnetism, etc., natural selection isn’t quantified nor clearly defined—best I can tell, it’s not much more than a circular teleology, a just so story. (Interestingly, all the natural forces that have been discovered/quantified so far are deterministic, the only exception being the apparent randomness at the quantum level when a measurement is made.)