And I'm fine with that. I really am. However there are those out there who are afraid that people will stop caring about the why and will assume that science is the only answer.
It is important for us to ask why, and have an opinion as to what our place is in the universe as opposed to a group of cells that do something for no reason other than to survive. It seems that there must be something more, some reason why man is more capable than any of the other animals. I don't want that question taken out of schools. Philosophy and theology are just as important as science and math to young people. If we stop asking why then all we are doing is regurgitating learned information. It takes the why to move forward. > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In creationist terms, this explanation leaves a huge and obvious gap- > why? > Why did it happen? The "why" that geneticists theorize is that the > process > of random mutation during replication arose from an inborn biological > imperative of species to perpetuate themselves, and that random > mutation has > ended up being the way that works best to ensure that some members of a > given species survive. And it doesn't always work. Sometimes a species > ends > up at an evolutionary dead-end. That still doesn't answer the > creationist > "why", which leads to larger philosophical and metaphysical questions > about > the meaning of life, etc. Science is not intended to answer those > questions. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234184 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
