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To: George Coyne who wrote (422)	4/24/2001 3:21:28 PM
From: cAPSLOCK	Read Replies (2) of 1112

That is a position held by many folks I think... I even have held it to some extent. But in the end the greater question becomes: What is the motive force behind the creation and evolution of life on Earth? Here is a statement made by a man named David Hull in the scientific journal "Nature": What kind of God can one infer from the sort of phenomena epitomized by the species on Darwin's Galapagos Islands? The evolutionary process is rife with happenstance, contingency, incredible waste, death, pain and horror.... The God of the Galapagos is careless, wasteful, indifferent, almost diabolical. He is certainly not the sort of God to whom anyone would be inclined to pray. So there are those on both sides of the argument who see the evolution point as being about more than the simple mechanics of creation, but evidence of its motive force. Of course your question is as sensible when asked to mister Hull as to a theologian arguing for creation... Something that has perplexed me for many years is why evolution and theology pose any contradiction at all. If there be a god, who are we to decide the way creation SHOULD have occurred or developed?

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