Although I agree that evolutionary theory doesn't (technically) threaten the "notion" of God, it does provide evidence that most (if not all) creation myths are just plain wrong. And other scientific disciplines have provided evidence that many of the other "stories" written in various sacred texts are wrong. So why continue to believe in God at all? I just don't get it. Everything we know about the way the world works runs counter to the idea that there's a god (or "gods"...monotheistic or not), yet people insist on continuing to believe it. Perhaps that's yet another sign that we humans are not perfect. But then again, as Gene Roddenberry said (yes, I'm quoting Gene Roddenberry: "We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:20:33 -0700, Ashwani Vasishth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 12:46 PM -0800 8/28/07, Tessler, David F (DFG) wrote: >>The theory of evolution does not threaten the notion of God... >> > >These are good points. But if we make a distinction between pantheistic and atheistic spiritual religions and monotheistic institutional religion, the problem lies with the latter. These all require a relatively unmediated, and somewhat direct relationship between Man and God. Institutional religions all need humans to be privileged within God's schema. That's the nub of it, it seems to me. A story that tells of creation as millennia removed from the emergence of humans just would not hack it, within any of the institutional religions. > >Cheers, >- > Ashwani > Vasishth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (818) 677-6137 > http://www.csun.edu/~vasishth/ > http://www.myspace.com/ashwanivasishth
