Darwin vs Gould: Is Nature Talking to us?
A secular being looks at nature and hopes to observe a sign of Divine inspiration. Many find a moral message from their deity in everything created. They humanize every situation as they seek out each nuance of His subsistence within the circle of life. Conversely, each religious conviction has a different opinion concerning how our world came into existence and how it has changed since. Charles Darwin attempted to answer the question of how we came to be as we are today. Although Darwin was educated as a minister, he made his attempt by looking at the facts through the process of observation. In his mind, there was no divergence between his theological education and his scientific curiosity. He proposed that there was a gradual change of species through adaptation of each variety by natural and sexual selection. Darwin was talking about evolution. Since more offspring are produced than can survive, those most adapted for their environment would be able to compete more competently for scarce resources. Species whose individuals are less adapted would eventually become extinct. In North America, there are three broad-spectrum categories of belief concerning evolution assuming an individual believes in a supernatural be
The question remains, ‘Is there a moral message from God in everything created.’ This question cannot and will not be definitively answered as long as there is a great divide between science and religion. One cannot comprehend complicated mathematical equations when he has not yet learned the art of multiplication. Further, theologists do not even agree about who or what “God” is. In China, many believe that, ing: creation science, theistic evolution, and naturalistic evolution. Those who believe in creation science say that God created the universe during six consecutive 24-hour days less than 10,000 years ago, exactly as it depicts in the book of Genesis in the Bible. “All of the various species of animals that currently exist (and that once existed) on earth are descendants of the animals that God created during the single week of creation.”(Robinson, Evolution, 1995) While this is the most popular belief among the public, it is the least popular belief among scientists. “Theistic evolution states that the universe is about 14 billion years old. The earth's crust developed about 4.5 billion years ago. God created the first cell, and then used evolution as a tool to guide the development of each new species.” (Robinson, Evolution, 1995) This is an interesting concept, but does not signify that the progression of nature has a moral message from God to humans. Naturalistic evolution is the same as theistic evolution, but proposes that God had no hand in it. (Robinson, Evolution, 1995) Creation began with a cosmic egg. Inside the egg was a chaotic mixture of yin/yang, male/female, cold/heat etc. From the egg was born a giant by the name of Phan Ku. He separated the earth and sky. He grew in stature by ten feet a day, raising the sky above the earth by that distance. He also created the heavenly bodies, and carved out the mountains and valleys with a huge chisel and mallet. When he died,
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