ThatOwlWoman (08-29-2021)
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ThatOwlWoman (08-29-2021)
The point of the thread is that over the years on this message board and others like it, religious conservatives have routinely expressed skepticism, incredulity, even outright disbelief in the evidence for biological evolution.
Anyone who has posted on this board for more than three years knows exactly what I am talking about.
A prehistoric whale with legs is exactly the kind of transitional fossil that provides direct evidence of evolution.
Doc Dutch (08-29-2021)
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Cypress (08-29-2021)
Since evolution is based in large part on random genetic mutation, I have always had a hard time reconciling that with intelligent, purposeful design. Randomess and purposeful design are hard to rationalize together.
On the flip side, I am perfectly comfortable with a metaphorical reading of Genesis, and with the understanding that there is mystery in the creation of the universe which may forever remain beyond our limited comprehension
Doc Dutch (08-29-2021), ThatOwlWoman (08-29-2021)
IF the Universe was random, I’d agree, but it isn’t. Given the laws of this universe were set at the moment of the Big Bang, then all matter would have to abide by those laws which means the actions of all matter would be predictable.
Not a problem for an all powerful, all knowing entity. A little harder puzzle for us naked apes to figure out.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
pretty much traditional Christian doctrine
I think it was crystal clear by both thread title and context that my post was speaking to conservative biblical literalists.
Not to Quakers, Unitarians, transcendentalists, Christian humanists, or anyone who thinks Genesis is either allegorical, or that Genesis is referring to the evolution of Homo Erectus on the African plain.
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Cypress (08-29-2021)
Thanks.
My guess goes to an ancient question: What is the purpose of life? Is there a purpose? If God exists, why did God create the Universe?
Humans are egocentric enough to think it’s all about them, but this is a far bigger Universe than mankind could ever use before the Universe ends in about 22B years…which tells me humans aren’t the main focus.
If there’s a purpose, maybe it’s just a puzzle. School kids don’t learn very much if they are given all of the answers. They need to figure out the answers for themselves if they are meant to learn and grow. Teachers help guide them, but it’s like the old maxim about leading a horse to water; it’s still up to the student to learn, not for the teacher to learn for them.
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"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Cypress (08-29-2021)
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