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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: briskit who wrote (15566)	6/14/2003 9:30:43 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

sounds like an interesting take....one certainly see's something even more in evoution than just intelligent design too , but one would expect no less from the intricacies of the atomic/molecular matrix coming together in organized fashion, and being held together by all that comlexity in such delicate balance both macro and micro. It's no wonder that the phrase of "poetry in motion " found it's expression early on in civilization's flowering ...and other metaphors of beauty , the developement of poetry and prose as our own language evolved etc. We first had to have our own vocal cords develope more , i think around 300,000yrs ago this happened. as DOG is my co-pilot , it would be nice if we learned to leave less of a "stamp" on things though , and appreciate more , while wasting less of it . Leave nothing but your footprints behind... In any case one thing I've always noticed that differentiates man from the less evolved creatures of the earth ...is he is the one who "looks up " ....or off to the horizons and to the heavens more . very few other species are noted doing this with any regularity. Maybe Dolphins some Orcas and Apes ...perhaps monkeys do too, and an occasional wolf or coyote, just ever so briefly. Sad when we stop marveling at all that vastness above and take it all for granted , or to consumed with worry. I'll always thank heaven for the heavens though , and free spaces. (Of course there is that tendency of some to claim the heavens all for themselves ....that's one of man's other less evolved characteristics) ;-) PS Why do moths drift towards a flame ?

To: briskit who wrote (15566)	6/14/2003 2:09:38 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I have not read it. ""The more closely we examine the drift of biological evolution and, especially, the drift of human history, the more there seems to be a point to it all. Because in neither case is "drift" really the right word. Both of these processes have a direction, an arrow" There may indeed be a direction, Mike. I am not sure that it follows that there is necessarily a point. If the direction is purely a derivative of Natural Law, then the question of a "point" in the sense of Consciousness or Will is beyond our capacity to judge. Please let us know any interesting or provocative ideas Wright brings up.