Oh my....
I just really don't know what to say!
(no, this is NOT NSFW)
"Kinky" - Headly Lamarr, Blazing Saddles
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I just really don't know what to say!
(no, this is NOT NSFW)
"Kinky" - Headly Lamarr, Blazing Saddles
I've been thinking about the whole science vs. creation and as a Christian what I truly believe. I think, without an accurate historical record, one cannot truly say what did or did not happen at the "beginning of time" or if there ever really was a "beginning of time". Just because our brains are limited and we have to set finite levels to the possibly infinite being that is this reality, we've created limits for ourselves by way of the "big bang" etc...
Now, I think there is room for both creationism and science, if you think about the terms in which we live, it all had a start, at some point. Our creation story that we use, was clearly a vehicle for man to put "limits" or boundaries around something that he did not fully understand. At the time our story was created, man did not even realize we rotated around the sun, or that ours was one of millions of planets in the "universe" (which is again, a finite boundary).
Putting blind faith in either, but not both, without examining the way both science and creationism link together is just asinine. Because of our ancient limitations man made many assumptions, such as...we're all there is in the universe and that surely God made us in his image. Clearly, these are egocentric concepts that were created to assuage our fears about what is "out there" and what is "after this". But, science cannot blindly say the primordial soup happened and we rolled out of it. Well, what was before that? How about before that? on and on into infinite time, if infinite time really exists. Again, our finite brains at work.
Do I have the answer? No. Now to our current day situation, should religion be allowed in school, and is creationism a vehicle for religion? Yes, and no to both. I don't think you can honestly force someone to believe something they do not, and until we have a "universal" religion, it just makes sense to keep religion out of school. But, by nature of being religious, how can you keep your faith out of all aspects of your life? Do you limit a child's ability to pray in school if they feel they need help or guidance? No. You simply don't enforce a prayer time. Nor should you force a secular opinion on someone. Creationism is not necessarily a vehicle for religion. We all think something had to have "created" this, because if that's not the case, then how did the primordial soup come into being? Again, our brains at work, forcing us to put limitations on being. Creationism can be "cleaned up" as much as marketing people have done with Christmas. ALL religions have some sort of creation story and it all deals with something made us out of something. Can't we just say our creation was guiding by something that made us walk on two legs, have hands, be mostly hairless, use tools, create a language? Isn't that just evolution? We will readily admit as Christians that God created us, then later gave us free will... Are we talking about something may have molded us from the primitive beings into what we currently are today? Why doesn't that fit?
I just cannot believe that this is a topic of discussion in the places of government and that people have come to blows over something this simple. We all "sort of" believe in the same thing. I simply think it gives people a reason to act against or argue about something, really...I understand that faith is generally "blind faith" to most and that you simply believe as you've been taught. I think that there is room for both ideas, but that we should not force those children that do NOT believe in the same things to sit through a class, it's completely "un-American".