Creation vs Evolution
Why does it have to be either/or. The Universe is made up of certain stuff and everything in it, including humans are made of the same stuff. The Universe is so absolutely huge, infinite actually, and there is no possibility for our finite minds to imagine or comprehend it. It just is. Is it intelligent, does it have consciousness? Well, to find that answer we just have to look at what we do know, what we can see and understand. There is a certain symmetry and grace to all the chaos we witness.
If we are made of star dust and everything on this planet is made of star dust (the same stuff the Universe is made of) and that the Universe itself is consciously aware of itself, and we are consciously aware of ourselves, then, to me, it stands to reason that somehow there is a connection between all parts of the whole. In other words, we are connected to all there is. The Universe is made of creative energy and is creative consciousness. We are also creative consciousness.
As someone put it, we are the Universe having a human experience. It is my contention that this creative consciousness, our finite awareness is just a microcosm of the infinite awareness of the Universe. That seems to be where some get confused: the Universe is what some refer to as god. It does not judge or punish us for thinking or believing anything. It is indifferent. To think that it cares about you personally would be a colossal act of narcissistic egotism.
Something as infinite as the Universe and its infinite consciousness would be impossible to comprehend and things would evolve within the parameters of infinity. Creation/evolution are beyond our capacity to even imagine so it is a futile debate that distracts us from what is really important - living life to its fullest, being present and not distracted by trivialities.
Aboriginal peoples world wide sensed a connection to all life on this planet because they were not distracted by sillyphosical mental masturbation over topics that were beyond comprehension. They had time to develop a working relationship with life around them, to be part of the cycles of life. We, in the west, have separated ourselves from those cycles, put ourselves above them with our egotistical self importance, thinking that the Earth was created for our needs and exploitation.
It wasn't. We are part of one gigantic living being we call the biosphere. We are not separate but just a strand in the web of life. Until we understand that whatever happens to the web happens to us, we will keep going down this road, arguing over nonsense while our life support system degenerates around us.
Does it really matter if life was created or evolved? Not really. Are we putting all life on this planet in jeopardy with our egotistical beliefs in our own self importance? Yes. Time to awaken from the drunken stupor of religion and smell the roses before we all go the route of the Dodo. - Cliffy
Why does it have to be either/or. The Universe is made up of certain stuff and everything in it, including humans are made of the same stuff. The Universe is so absolutely huge, infinite actually, and there is no possibility for our finite minds to imagine or comprehend it. It just is. Is it intelligent, does it have consciousness? Well, to find that answer we just have to look at what we do know, what we can see and understand. There is a certain symmetry and grace to all the chaos we witness.
If we are made of star dust and everything on this planet is made of star dust (the same stuff the Universe is made of) and that the Universe itself is consciously aware of itself, and we are consciously aware of ourselves, then, to me, it stands to reason that somehow there is a connection between all parts of the whole. In other words, we are connected to all there is. The Universe is made of creative energy and is creative consciousness. We are also creative consciousness.
As someone put it, we are the Universe having a human experience. It is my contention that this creative consciousness, our finite awareness is just a microcosm of the infinite awareness of the Universe. That seems to be where some get confused: the Universe is what some refer to as god. It does not judge or punish us for thinking or believing anything. It is indifferent. To think that it cares about you personally would be a colossal act of narcissistic egotism.
Something as infinite as the Universe and its infinite consciousness would be impossible to comprehend and things would evolve within the parameters of infinity. Creation/evolution are beyond our capacity to even imagine so it is a futile debate that distracts us from what is really important - living life to its fullest, being present and not distracted by trivialities.
Aboriginal peoples world wide sensed a connection to all life on this planet because they were not distracted by sillyphosical mental masturbation over topics that were beyond comprehension. They had time to develop a working relationship with life around them, to be part of the cycles of life. We, in the west, have separated ourselves from those cycles, put ourselves above them with our egotistical self importance, thinking that the Earth was created for our needs and exploitation.
It wasn't. We are part of one gigantic living being we call the biosphere. We are not separate but just a strand in the web of life. Until we understand that whatever happens to the web happens to us, we will keep going down this road, arguing over nonsense while our life support system degenerates around us.
Does it really matter if life was created or evolved? Not really. Are we putting all life on this planet in jeopardy with our egotistical beliefs in our own self importance? Yes. Time to awaken from the drunken stupor of religion and smell the roses before we all go the route of the Dodo. - Cliffy
