Hairless Apes!
As most of you know by now, we are currently in the midst of the 80th anniversary of the Scopes Trial. Well, NPR had a little story about the event and its ramifications yesterday and I feel that it is imperative that I chime in on the subject myself.
In the NPR story, there were folks interviewed from both sides of the Evolution vs. Creationism debate...er, battle.
You may not be surprised to hear that I fall squarely on the side of empirical evidence; in this case, evolution is the obvious winner. I do not have enough evidence to definitively refute the evolution theory, but there is ample evidence to suggest that such a theory is sound.
Is there really no room for evolution in the Christian faith? Can you call yourself a Christian if you think you know the nature of God? Are you fool enough to think that one of God's days is even remotely similar to one of our days. We haven't even scratched the surface of knowledge of our own world. What makes you think that you can ever hope to understand God's?!?
I don't have time right now for a long theological discourse, so here are my problems with those who support the abolishment/amendment of any curriculum dealing with evolution in our schools:
Most irritating is the "choice" that is presented, namely Evolution Theory or Christian creationism. This is tantamount to the non-choice between Democrats and Republicans. This is not a choice, this is an ultimatum!!! What of the Buddhist creation story? What of the myriad creation stories on the continent of Africa?!? What of the creation stories still told to generations of indigenous North and South Americans?!? You remember them, don't you? Those folks that were here first, before your "Christian" asses landed here with your "Divine Providence" phallus and your syphillis?!? If you are a "moderate" in this thing and desire that the Christian creation story be taught alongside evolution, you'd better include the rest of the "theories." One of those interviewed on the NPR spot stated that it was easier to believe that we were created by God than evolved from "monkeys." Would that be because only 99.x% of our DNA is identical to that of chimpanzees?
If there is anyplace in the Bible that says that evolution is definitely NOT the way God does things, please let me know. I haven't found it.
Lastly, I don't see where God, in the person of Jesus the Christ, points to this as being one of the important things to worry about. The shape of my faith in God and how God wants me to live my life is based on the words of Jesus as recorded in the four gospels, not on the interpretation of some puritanical, fundamentalist, in-bred fool (sorry to drag you into this Mr. President) who lives a thoroughly unexamined life, blind to all of God's overt signs.
More on this later..........
In the NPR story, there were folks interviewed from both sides of the Evolution vs. Creationism debate...er, battle.
You may not be surprised to hear that I fall squarely on the side of empirical evidence; in this case, evolution is the obvious winner. I do not have enough evidence to definitively refute the evolution theory, but there is ample evidence to suggest that such a theory is sound.
Is there really no room for evolution in the Christian faith? Can you call yourself a Christian if you think you know the nature of God? Are you fool enough to think that one of God's days is even remotely similar to one of our days. We haven't even scratched the surface of knowledge of our own world. What makes you think that you can ever hope to understand God's?!?
I don't have time right now for a long theological discourse, so here are my problems with those who support the abolishment/amendment of any curriculum dealing with evolution in our schools:
Most irritating is the "choice" that is presented, namely Evolution Theory or Christian creationism. This is tantamount to the non-choice between Democrats and Republicans. This is not a choice, this is an ultimatum!!! What of the Buddhist creation story? What of the myriad creation stories on the continent of Africa?!? What of the creation stories still told to generations of indigenous North and South Americans?!? You remember them, don't you? Those folks that were here first, before your "Christian" asses landed here with your "Divine Providence" phallus and your syphillis?!? If you are a "moderate" in this thing and desire that the Christian creation story be taught alongside evolution, you'd better include the rest of the "theories." One of those interviewed on the NPR spot stated that it was easier to believe that we were created by God than evolved from "monkeys." Would that be because only 99.x% of our DNA is identical to that of chimpanzees?
If there is anyplace in the Bible that says that evolution is definitely NOT the way God does things, please let me know. I haven't found it.
Lastly, I don't see where God, in the person of Jesus the Christ, points to this as being one of the important things to worry about. The shape of my faith in God and how God wants me to live my life is based on the words of Jesus as recorded in the four gospels, not on the interpretation of some puritanical, fundamentalist, in-bred fool (sorry to drag you into this Mr. President) who lives a thoroughly unexamined life, blind to all of God's overt signs.
More on this later..........
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