First and foremost, this blog was not meant to offend or insult anyone. I do not mean to over generalize the population and its beliefs. This is just the mental meanderings of an insomniac who is deeply in need of a shower:
I find it odd that the people who try to disprove the theory of evolution include (but is not limited to) the religious. Most Christians for example, believe in "intelligent design". Leading advocates at the Discovery Institute claim intelligent design, which is essentially an argument for the existence of God, is a scientific theory standing on equal footing or is in fact, superior to current theories supporting evolution, such as natural selection. So what makes these Christian endeavors so odd you may ask? Simply that these Christians base their belief system on a book which is supposed to oh and aw you, not to mention strike the fear of God into you by the telling of events that are "all-awesome" and yet inexplicable at best…miracles you might say. You would think that Christians, seeing as how they glean their beliefs, would accept, not reject the ambiguousness (miraculousness) of the evolutionary theory.
I do not assume I know and understand everything; these are just the crumbs of the evolutionary debate I have gathered. I would greatly appreciate anyone willing to share their views, or any corrections to my ramblings. Danka.
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i too am an insomniac that could stand to shower. hello, friend! =P
i frankly don't get creationism or ID (which is just thinly veiled creationism)...it's so obviously faith-based, and in a secular society how can anyone think it's okay to teach that stuff in a science classroom? *shrug*
i liked your title, by the way.
--stacie
Yeah, I grew up in the Church of the Latter Day Saints or mormons if you will and I still don't understand creationism, intelligent design, adam or eve, genesis, anything really...I clutch science to my chest like a well-loved blanky though. Scientific evidence has a calming effect on me because I can understand it
Pray for Peace
-Crissy
heh, yeah, i grew up with parents who weren't necessarily atheists (well my dad is, i'm not sure about my mom) but definitely weren't religious...at a certain point i looked into a lot of religions to see if i could find something to believe in, and while some of the eastern philosophy-religions definitely held appeal (taoism!) i just don't think religion is for everyone....
--stacie
I have yet to meet someone with black and white beliefs when it comes to any religion, so I don't know if anyone can say that their religion of choice is exactly for them. Faith is a beautiful thing, but its a shame that people are willing to kill, die or hate for it. I apologize for making little to no sense.
Pray for Peace
-Crissy
hehe, don't be silly, that made perfect sense. i too agree that for the people that are able to have faith, it can be a huge comfort when needed. a classmate of mine from high school lost her mother senior year, but was a pretty devout christian, and her faith really helped her get through the loss...having a religious community to turn to for support as well must be comforting.
it is when it becomes a hateful and malignant force instead of something loving and comforting that we run into problems.
--stacie
So it was my understanding growing up, that the bible was writen by God speaking to prophets. So lets say hypothetically that it is true. Is it at all possible that the middle man, the prophet blurred the edges and inserted some of his own beliefs? Such as homosexuality being a sin. Same sex couples have been a taboo since early days, way before christianity, could a man biased by his environment infringe upon God's teaching to state his own?
Pray for Peace
-Crissy
oh of course...not to mention the following:
1)before the printing press, any time a new bible was written, it had to be recopied from another version, by hand. it would be so easy to throw in your own thoughts, or just to write a word down wrong, or leave something out...which a lot of people don't seem to realize.
2)the bible has been translated so many times....and often, it has been mistranslated...one of the leading arguments against jesus's immaculate conception, for instance, is that in one version of the bible, the word used for the virgin mary doesn't even mean virgin, but in fact means young woman, but was translated as virgin when it was being recopied in another language. i'm certainly not an authority, but that's what i've read.
--stacie
I never really considered the fact that the bible could be 'mistranslated' because in the LDS faith, you are to pray every night, thanking God for the correct translation. And then I read the Poisonwood Bible. It easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Strangely enough the word for camel can also be translated as "a thick thread". But a thick thread passing through the eye of a needle isn't nearly as impressive, is it?
Pray for Peace
-Crissy
hahahaha, no, you're right, not too impressive at all.
--stacie
I believe in the Bible and I am a christian, and i take no offense to anything people say about my religeon because it cannot be proven. I have faith in what i believe and that is the only "evidence" that i can give to myself. there are also things like that some stuff in the bible was mentioned even before anybody new about it. like in the bible it says that life flows through the veins. No one knew bac then that you could not survive without blood. That is why people did things like leeches and stuff. Theres things like that that show that parts of the bible are true, but no, there isnt any proof that things havent been rewritten. I have faith that it hasnt, but thats all it is. faith. also, i believe that all you have to do is admit you are a sinner, believe that jesus died on the cross and rose again, and confess that he did that for you. anything else other than that doesnt push you either way. as long as you do that, ur good. so stuff like homosexuality isnt a determining thing. And also, im saying this just cuz i wanted to let u know, not cuz i was offended by what u wrote. :)
Thank you for your post. What makes things like religion and evolution so facinating to me is not being able to understand them, and as Mary Catherine Bateson once said "Insight, I believe, refers to the depth of understanding that comes by setting experiences, yours and mine, familiar and exotic, new and old, side by side, learning by letting them speak to one another."
Pray for Peace
-Crissy
with anyone who wants to even 'dip their toes' into a topic like this. I don't understand a lick of it. I too hold science close to my heart and always am looking for the solid proof. I was brought up Catholic however, now I do not practice any one religion... I just meditate.
I must admit that I do find those shows about the Virgin Mary and Jesus and all those codes that are still being deciphered to this day, fascinating. If anyone has ever taken an Art History class, those really intrigued me with all the ineuindo's (sp) behind so many famous pieces of art.
JM