tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388558870650514383.post661999587378442972..comments2024-03-23T19:22:36.665-05:00Comments on Circling My Head: Intelligent EvolutionReneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11785932958464359112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388558870650514383.post-87280681925688912042009-02-12T18:53:00.000-06:002009-02-12T18:53:00.000-06:00Hi again...Oddly enough tonight on BBC America the...Hi again...<BR/>Oddly enough tonight on BBC America the scientist Francis Collins was on to discuss Darwin and Evolution. He is also a believer, an evangelical, who wrote The Language of God. Some information on it is at http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2192678. In the interview he said some of the same things about there being no conflict in his mind between evolution and God. Of course he said them more eloquently than I. I found it amazing & fascinating that he feels this way. He said he became a believer at age 27 and was already a scientist. I hope the BBC puts the interview online. I would love to hear it again.<BR/>Evidently Darwin's birthday is the same as Lincoln's.Cheryl Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294358830518520566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388558870650514383.post-1873961419328865022009-02-12T15:53:00.000-06:002009-02-12T15:53:00.000-06:00Renee, you have stated this so well. To me Intelli...Renee, you have stated this so well. To me Intelligent Design and Creationism are one in the same. In my opinion ID is cloaked to teach the narrow view of the Christian religion to all. I don't think religion or spirituality can be set within such narrow guidelines. Our country and the world are made up of many different systems of beliefs. To explore a variety of beliefs and compare them would be an eye-opening subject. Perhaps there would be more tolerance amongst people within our own countries & with the world if we had a better understanding of all religions and cultures. <BR/>Unlike many people in the US I don't think "God" created us to demand that other people live like us. And what is "us"? There is no singular "us" as far as spiritual beliefs and cultures are concerned in this country, but a "melting pot" which is the way this country was formed. We exercise freedom of religion which does not say we are solely a Christian country. We exercise the separation of Church and State in our public schools which precludes any one religion being taught.<BR/>If a “God” in all it’s wisdom & power created this world, then it would not surprise me to think that this “God” is the “God” of all religions and is perfectly capable of creating a beginning that was meant to evolve. Who is to say what the length of a “day” is with a “God”. Could a day be 100 years, 1000 years, 10,000 years?<BR/>It will be interesting to see what Rosaria writes… I think I’ve seen her say she was reared Catholic. I was reared in the Methodist Church, but am an Episcopalian now. And Renee, perhaps you are a spiritual being. I don’t necessarily believe everything or even much of what has been written in the King James Version of the Bible (which Gerald tells me was directed by King James to be written so the Protestants and Catholics would stop fighting each other). As G says we have records of religious history based on what culture was able to produce a written history; otherwise, stories passed down orally are prehistoric (meaning before the written word).<BR/>You may be interested in looking at a blog I follow by Bishop Greg Rickel (you can find a link to his blog on my blog page). He is an Episcopal Bishop in the Seattle area (Diocese of Olympia) and used to be the priest at my church in Austin (St. James). He is proposing a read with online discussion of a book by Phyllis Tickle called The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. The book can be previewed at the website www.thegreatemergence.com & there is a 3 minute video introduction. <BR/>The reason I mention the above book is that in the video Ms. Tickle states that there is a change in Christianity every 500 years and we are in the midst of one of those changes right now. It seems to me there are many changes taking place that deal with the things we were talking about earlier and I wonder what this “great emergence” is going to be. <BR/>Personally, I am not so happy with what I see from what I shall refer to as the “religious right”. It seems to me there is no room for any religion but one. There is no room even for tolerance of other religions or cultures. I worry that this may bring about a resurgence of the crusades, but of course in some sort of different form. It doesn’t seem that people are becoming wiser with all the knowledge at hand, but are becoming more demanding and less tolerant.<BR/>Wow… I’m sorry if I got too carried away and that both you and Rosaria are still speaking to me after this read.<BR/>xxxooo CherylCheryl Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294358830518520566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388558870650514383.post-83629853034755890292009-02-12T12:02:00.000-06:002009-02-12T12:02:00.000-06:00Hi Renee... got your request and am working on it....Hi Renee... got your request and am working on it. Will get back to you later today.<BR/>xxx ooo CherylCheryl Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294358830518520566noreply@blogger.com