OK, so I know it has been awhile, so I apologize. I recently signed up for a little test run with the National Geographic magazine. I wanted to see if I could stomach them, after all, it had been a while since I read one of their magazines.Well, the first issue to arrive had a title article of "Darwin's First Clues." They make no mention of the fact the Darwin put forth a theory. It was almost like reading one of David's Psalms of praise to God. But I got past that and really was curious to see how Darwin started his theory. Was he out to disprove God or was he just curious about life (I mean, he was studying to be a priest/pastor before his famous exploration of South America)? I really want to understand Darwin and not all the "science" that has followed his theory of evolution. So i guess I need to go and pick up "The Origin of Species" and see for myself - hoping that I don't get stoned by people in my church.
Aside from Darwin's reasons and aim, we know that he postulated Natural Selection as the explanation of changes within species. Evolutionists choose to have faith (oops, I mean that they know) in Natural Selection rather than a God or guiding intelligence in nature's changes. The only thing I don't get is this: how does nature choose? Wouldn't nature have to be somewhat intelligent in order to orchestrate life on this planet to where we are today? How could randomness create the complexities of life? To call it "Natural Selection" means that something has to select one thing over another, right? How has randomness managed to get us this far? How did nature know that opposable thumbs would get us this far? It seems to me that there has to be some guiding intelligence to life.
The problem with the theory of evolution (should I be using the singular "problem"?) is that it raises way more questions than it answers. Intelligent Design provides answers. And it isn't a cop-out, to me. The more we dig, the more we see intelligence in who we are as a species.
One last issue I take up with the theory of evolution is directed at Richard Dawkins, atheist, ardent evolutionist, and author of "The God Delusion." I watched Ben Stein interview Dawkins in the movie "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". Stein kept pushing the question, "But how did life begin?" Finally, Dawkins spews out something along these lines, "Well, I suppose some alien being could have come along and spread its seed on the earth, starting life." So, Mr. Dawkins, let me get this right: There is no God. There is no Intelligent Design to life. However, aliens came to earth and started life. Hmmm. It seems to me that one theory leads to more (crazy) theories. And also, isn't that some form of intelligent design? An intelligent being starting life?
Why believe in theories?
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People in church always look at me like i've gone psychotic when I say Darwin started out just trying to explain something and he didn't have advanced scientific resources to disprove his own theory. It should have been kind of obvious, but I totally see his point of view too. What I don't get is, if he actually renounced his theory on his deathbed, why are scientists everywhere still hung up on evolution? the very inventor of it said it wasn't for real so it seems like the followers should kind of get a clue. In a nice way. (I'm not saying they're dumb, I'm saying it's weird. Please no one hate me.)
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