Dear All, I was recently reading Gerald Schroeder's book, *The Science of God,* which seeks to reconcile science with some religions and takes its claims from various scientific bio/paleo findings as well as from the Bible and Kabalists' teachings.
Previous opinions of God aside, I found the book to be a fascinating read, but that is perhaps because my background with some of this information is deficient. One of his claims that God is supported by science is the evidence of the Burgess Shale fossils, and I am wondering if there are any opinions of this? I had never heard of these fossils, and it is my current understanding that they represent a wide diversity of invertebrates that sprang forth in the Cambrian period. Schroeder claims that according to theories of natural selection and random mutation, such a diversity could not have arisen in such a brief time period without a little design. Obviously there are various places on Earth where we can currently watch and test various processes of evolution, but I am wondering, what are the current opinions concerning the fossil record, and the Burgess Shale fossils in particular? Does anyone have any good sources concerning this subject? Thanks for your help, Danielle citation: Schroeder, Gerald. The Science of God. The Free Press. New York: 1997. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
