1) Evolution? Well, duh.
2) Don't get me started on Biblical inconsistency.
3) Don't get me started on scientific inconsistency.
4) Evolution is an undeniable fact of existence. But there have been dramatic leaps of evolution over time, that seem to confound the notion that it hapens slowly and gradually.
Of course it
does happen slowly and gradually, but those leaps - frequently occuring after mass extinctions - might lead one to believe that there is a logical and sentient force behind it.
I choose to believe that Whatever created the universe set up an order to things. There are rules of nature that must be followed, and within this framework, we have evolved just as Whatever it was intended.
Sometimes I think that it's a kind of game, or experiment. Like "I wonder what will happen if I smash a huge asteroid into this planet? ... Oh... Well, dinosaurs were boring anyway."
I am also one of those who, while aware that humans have somehow managed to step outside the evolutionary chain (we adapt our environment, rather than adapting
to it, thus negating the effect of random mutation) I am not so arrogant as to assume that we are the "last step" in the chain. All we need is a catalyst, to facilitate the nest huge evolutionary leap. Unfortunately, the catalyst typically seems to be global catastrophe, so - while I'm curious to know what it might be like to witness the next step in human evolution - I don't really want to be around for whatever brings it about.
Of course, I'm willing to listen to and consider any rational, reasonable theories anyone else might have, as well.
Toodles!
(fixed a screwy vB tag...messy, messy)
[Edited by Chaos Turtle on July 27th, 2000 at 07:30 AM]
