Reply #19: As a scientist, sepcifically a biologist, and a [View All]

[DemBones DemBones]

Christian, specifically a Catholic, I've never understood the big hoo-ha about evolution being anti-religion.

When my students who'd been taught that science was ee-vill raised the issue with me, I defused them by asking them if they didn't believe that God was powerful enough to set things up however He chose -- in other words, why would they think God Himself didn't "do" evolution?

In other words, I tend to agree with sexybomber, who described himself/herself as a scientist and Buddhist and said:

"Intelligent Design does not apply to humans specifically. In my opinion, it applies to the big picture. Waaaaay back when, when life on Earth was just getting started, a group of amino acids came together. Then the Creator snapped Her fingers and they came to life. The rest is history!

So yes, technically, life on Earth was created, but only in that instant of the Cosmic Kickstart did the Creator take an active role in manipulating it."


On edit: Oh, yeah, God is not really male or female, though Jesus was male (and so was Gautama, the Buddha) so you can call God He, as I did, or She, as sexybomber did. Either way, you're missing the mark and proving language has its limitations. The Bible consistently refers to God as Father but we Catholics have books in our Bibles that were thrown out of the Protestant Bibles. Interestingly enough, our Book of Wisdom, also called Sirach, tells about Sophia (Wisdom) who was present with God at the Creation, sort of advising Him. We also have great stories about Jewish women like Judith (who tricked and beheaded the Assyrian general Holofernes, saving her people) and Susanna (who was raped by men who lied about the incident but was vindicated.)