Interesting article. However, one should realize that human beings are both body and spirit. One cannot neglect one facet at the expense of the other. This reasoning can be traced to the findings documented by attendees of the Council of Nicea. They have concluded that Christ was both God and Man. As such, the rest of humanity has the same capability since Christ took on the body of a human being.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Master's article for > Share International magazine, > December 2008 Evolution versus creationism > by the Master , through Benjamin Creme, 9 November 2008 > > Many people believe, or affect to believe, that this world as it stands > today is not more than 5,000 years old; that Man and all the creatures > of the animal kingdom and the rocks of the mineral kingdom were created > in a few days, fully fledged and finished in all aspects. > > They hold that evolution is a myth, that the Christian Bible account of > creation is literally true and correct. To accept such a theory it is > necessary to close one's eyes to science in general and to the > sciences of geology, anthropology, palaeontology and archaeology in > particular. > > It is indeed true to say that there was a time when men did not walk the > Earth, when dinosaurs, gigantic in size, roamed and ruled instead. It is > also true that, according to Our reckoning, Man's history is > infinitely older than today's science believes. By today's > reckoning, humanity is approximately five or six million years old at > the most. By Our science and tradition, however, early animal-man had > reached the point when individualization became possible, and the > `Sons of mind' began their long journey of evolution. It has > taken Man 18-and-a-half million years to reach the level of today. How > then is it possible for intelligent, educated `creationists' to > hold, against the evidence of science, what seems to be a ludicrous > concept? > > > > Cross-purposes > > The answer lies in the fact that the evolutionists and the creationists > are really arguing at cross-purposes; both, in their limited way are > right. Modern scientists, looking objectively at the findings of Darwin, > have accumulated a wealth of evidence for the case of evolution, a long, > slow development of men from animal ancestors, in particular by the > development of mind. > > The creationists look to the Christian Bible as their guide, ignoring > the fact that the Bible was written by hundreds of people over hundreds > of years; that it is written in symbolic language, and is meant to be > symbolic rather than factual. The creationist is at pains to emphasise > that `Man' was made by God, in `God's own image', > and so owes nothing to evolution. To such, Darwin and those who follow > him are missing the point about Man: that he is a spiritual being, of > divine heritage, and if he does not always behave as God's creation > he has been corrupted by Satan. > > > > Bridged > Can these two diametrically opposed views be bridged and expanded at the > same time? From Our point of understanding the scientists of today, the > evolutionists, are undoubtedly correct in their analysis of Man's > development from the animal kingdom. We owe our physical bodies to the > animal kingdom. That, however, does not make us animals. Darwin, and > those who correctly followed his thought, describes only the outer, > physical development of Man, largely ignoring that we are all engaged in > the development of consciousness. The human body has all but reached its > completeness: there remains little further to be achieved. From the > standpoint of consciousness, however, man has scarcely taken the first > steps towards a flowering which will prove that man is indeed divine, a > Soul in incarnation. One day, the fact of the Soul will be proved by > science and so become generally accepted, and the old dichotomy will be > healed. > (Read more articles by the Master) > <http://shareintl.org/master/master.htm> >
