[First and foremost, I have to say that I did not realize Darwin was not all about the monkey to human thing. Not him...that was just us apparently, using IDEAS of his and making them into the truth.]
Maybe it's because I attended a Catholic school my entire life until college, but I'm still for the theory of creation...in a way. I may not be the most devout Catholic student ever, but I at least hold strong to a few of the main points here, creation obviously included. My IAH professor, though makes an extremely interesting lecture, he kind of pisses me off a bit. He is really all for Darwinism and the ideals of evolution. Which is fine, but when anyone makes a comment about religion he sure as hell has his science book answer ready. And an article he just made us read actually included the phrase..."we call our ignorance God."
Wow. Talk about bold.
For me, it is a struggle on what to believe. You want to be considered intelligent on the topic but it's hard. Faith or science...is it distinguishable? The debate now of course, is that of Intelligent Design. The theory makes it clear not to ever mention God or a supreme being, but rather an, well, intelligent designer. But in a world so fast and full of discoveries and so-called facts, it's hard to stay true to your kindergarten religion classes.
Take this picture for example. This is Lucy. "Evolution's daughter." This is the oldest skeleton of a person yet to be found, dating back to some 3.6 million years ago. Darwin-lovers debate...if the Book of Genesis stands true, humans were only created around 8-10,000 years ago. So how is this skeleton possible? Right.
I suppose it is hard to argue with such FACTS. I was getting pretty irritated in one particular IAH class when students were laughing about the entire Noah's Ark deal, bread and wine, etc. So, I raised my hand and told the class that there were two different types of Christians. Those that took the Bible literally (God DID create the world in 7 days, etc) and those that take it symbolically. (Props to sophomore religion class). Isn't it possible, that Genesis is a symbolically created story, projecting the idea of evolution through this so-called intelligent designer?
I like to think that God created evolution. This way, God is still involved...but certain "facts" of science are not ignored.
Then this answer also makes me feel a little guilty, maybe just setting and example for those atheists who think God is only there for Christians to set a conscience, or to make us feel better about our lives. That something is actually greater and a heaven is waiting, ie. God as a convenience.
I hope that's not what my conclusion of the topic sounded like. Wherever you stand, let's not debate that this Great Debate will last for a very long time. Perhaps until the next Charles Darwin comes along, or until perhaps God himself makes an appearance and sets all questions aside.
2 comments:
hey....i like reading your blog. i just took a study break in the library to read it!
nice post, solid points. The main flaw with intelligent design is that certain people try and pass it off as a scientific theory, despite the fact that it breaks every rule that a scientific theory must follow. I like what you said though.
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