Having long believed that Creationism was generally a strange US American phenomenon, I found the following article interesting: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,609712,00.html
In my personal history, during the long period of my life in which I described myself as a Christian, I never had any problem with accepting the idea of evolution. Many believers, however, seem to have problems and, apparently, not all of these are fundamentalists. Francis On 12 Feb., 23:20, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles Darwin is 200 years old today. He published "On the Origin of > Species" 150 years ago. > > Darwin was a genial thinker and, on of the things I find most > impressive about him, an honest intellect. Apart from his insights > into evolution and natural selection, one of the most fascinating > things about him was his spiritual journey, leading him from intended > study of theology in preparation for ordination as an Anglican > clergyman to a painful, honest acknowledgement of personal agnosticism > and a repudiation of Christian theological models. And this in > Victorian England. > > St. Charles the Evolved, my suggestion as a patron saint for Minds > Eye :-) > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
