What strikes me as most important about the Creation story in Genesis 1 is that it occupies only a fraction of the Biblical record. It seems to indicate that there is a break, in humanity, with the processes that ruled evolution for billions of years. Indeed, this is the impact of the cerebral cortex. The … Continue reading Why Humanity?
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When Jesus cited the Jewish book of prayer, "Love God...and your neighbor," he was excluding selfishness. When the biologist Richard Dawkins wrote a book titled "The Selfish Gene," he was testifying that Darwinian evolution is the opposite of Christianity. In satisfying the goals of selfishness, living creatures are chained to two primary drives: survival and … Continue reading Driven Toward Love – Naturally
When I was still looking for a church home, the Pastor at the Catholic Church offered me an interesting bargain. “Do you want to die, or live forever?” I wonder how he interpreted my bafflement. People have a fascination with death. We are designed that way. When it arrives, it is prefaced with pain, weakness, … Continue reading Choose Life
Were you taught that Evolution and the Bible are incompatible teachings? Well, once we accept the existence of the soul, there is a strong evolutionary argument that Unconditional Love must become reality's most powerful force: Every personality desires love, for to be loved is to be offered power.Love seeks to illuminate marvelous possibilities among its … Continue reading Love is the Endpoint of Evolution
Having celebrated the Sacred Mother in Revelation 12, John is shown in Revelation 17 how selfish woman have participated in corrupting life. As is to be expected, their men will show her no loyalty. The Pregnant Earth image is made available by Gideon Wright under the WikiCommons License. The American revolutionary and statesman Ben Franklin, worrying … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast
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