The Heart of Matter: Science of Evolution
Tuesday, July 26th
‘Despite the remarkable achievements in research science in the twentieth century, the majority of Americans do not know much about the science of evolution, nor do they know the difference between evolution, intelligent design and creationism.”
—Ilia Delio, “The Emergent Christ”
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“A pesar de los avances extraordinarios de la investigación científica en el siglo XX, la mayoría de los estadounidenses no saben mucho sobre la ciencia de la evolución ni reconocen tampoco la diferencia que hay entre evolución, diseño inteligente y creacionismo.”
—Ilia Delio, “The Emergent Christ”
What is being revealed? What is being moved?
Read more in Ilia’s book The Emergent Christ.
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Amelia Carreira – EVOLUTION is a strong continuous movement with SCIENCE in the understanding of evolution itself. I feel involved in the whole process to attain fhe fullness of BEING A HUMAN PERSON.
Thank you Theresa, your answer is poetic and true.
As for creativity and imagination in taking an unknown quantity from a relatively narrow field to a wider one, consider Teilhard. The average person never heard of him, knows not his genius or what synthesis means, and could care less. Besides, his books are tough sledding, even for the synthesis hungry intelligentsia (Ilia & Co.). The majority need something everybody can relate to in conveying his message. Anyone for a song? Everyone knows Harry Chapin’s # 1 hit song, ‘Cat’s in the Cradle.’ Suppose some daringly imaginative person (wonder who?) wrote a song about Teilhard, using the same tune, but changing the lyrics, starting with: / “A child arrived in France one day, / he came to the world in a curious way / And there were fossils to find, and rocks to assay; / nature had so much to say. / And he was praying before you knew it, and as he grew, he said, / ‘I wanna see like you, Lord, you know I wanna see like you . . . etc. Anyone have a guitar out there? ‘Tis the season, after all, to lay aside the books, and sit ‘round the campfire. Lest we forget, to sing is to pray twice.
I love your watercolor metaphor…it really works. Would that more people could appreciate the beauty of the mixed reality that you describe. Until they do, they are missing out on some of the potential richness of the ways we can experience , embrace and express our faith.
I don’t know how Catholics can wrap their minds around evolution when so many sermons have a way of bringing in the Adam and Eve story to prove or illustrate so much in our faith. It’s the cause of so many truths in the religion, like original sin, the reason for baptism, the reason for the Incarnation and redemption. Where do Adam and Eve fit into the scheme of Evolution? How can we believe in both?