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jillithian) wrote2008-04-17 01:25 pm
jillithian) wrote2008-04-17 01:25 pm
Intelligent Design - or lack thereof
While we were down in Florida visiting the parents for Christmas, there was an article in the St. Petersburg Times about how Intelligent Design was approved to be taught in public schools. You'll have to forgive me, but I cannot find the exact story I was reading. Here is the closest article I could find: On Evolution, Case Closed.
I have to admit I was shocked. The Tampa/St. Petersburg community is no small hick town back of beyond. This is a large metropolitan area!
One often hears of Christians denying evolution exists - claiming Creationism and Intelligent Design being the only options. I am not a Christian, but my mother is. She was raised Catholic up until the churches stopped having mass in Latin. She and Dad still go at least on Christmas and Easter. She's a firm believer in evolution. And she believes in God. To her, those two beliefs don't contradict each other. Why can't one assume that God would be able to create beings such that they would evolve and change as their surroundings changed? I would think that if a god wanted it's subjects to survive, it would create them such that they could evolve.
I have to admit I was shocked. The Tampa/St. Petersburg community is no small hick town back of beyond. This is a large metropolitan area!
One often hears of Christians denying evolution exists - claiming Creationism and Intelligent Design being the only options. I am not a Christian, but my mother is. She was raised Catholic up until the churches stopped having mass in Latin. She and Dad still go at least on Christmas and Easter. She's a firm believer in evolution. And she believes in God. To her, those two beliefs don't contradict each other. Why can't one assume that God would be able to create beings such that they would evolve and change as their surroundings changed? I would think that if a god wanted it's subjects to survive, it would create them such that they could evolve.