HERETIC! On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote:
> > <on soapbox> > I've never gotten the concept that religion and science can't work very > well together. Why wouldn't God have the foresight to create beings that > can evolve and adapt as the planet changes. Why wouldn't God plant a > seed (Australopithecus) and allow it to grow and change as it's > circumstances did (Homo-Sapiens). > > I'm a firm believer in the big bang, and the expanding universe theory, > but that initial mass had to get there somehow. > > We have the intelligence we have for a reason, there's a plan for our > species and a plan to the universe, we're meant to discover that > plan..(science) > > </off soapbox> > > Gruss Gott wrote: > >> Sam wrote: > >> I don't think it does and that might be a cute little trick they use > >> to paint the US as fools. > >> Ask people if they believe humans can evolve and you might get a > >> different answer. Ask them if evolution clearly explains creation and > >> you'll get a different answer. > >> > > > > But there's a difference between "origins" and "creation". > > > > For example, maybe God created the Big Bang and let things go from > > there. In that case, He's responsible for "creation" AND evolution > > explains Man's origins. > > > > Or maybe God was created with the Big Bang and influenced > > systems/laws/forces to enable life. Both TOE and God would apply here > > as well. > > > > What there is no doubt of is that Man as is today evolved from a > > different species, many in fact, starting with proto-humans such Lucy > > and it doesn't take much extrapolation to see that Lucy evolved from > > something else. > > > > You can read about it all here, including big glossy pictures: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Lucy-Language-Revised-Updated-Expanded/dp/0743280644/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234544374&sr=8-1 > > > > If anyone has ANY interest in this subject this book KICKS ARSE. Not > > only is it textually dense but the picture are amazing. > > > > If you want to know where you come from, read this book. It's the > > ultimate family tree. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288369 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
