Happily Haphazard

 Dave posted a blog in the Religion section of his blogspace, about the entire works of Darwin being published.  I love philosophy, religion, and debate, so I checked it out.It's difficult to read some of Darwin's works for the average person.  I know what his basic idea is, that man evolved, but I don’t know what he believes life was originally created from. (Is his theory similar to "Big Bang"?) I would like to hear more about Darwin's core theories, but am having trouble sifting through this site.

The following, is not intended to prove anyone right or wrong, just purely written to hear various viewpoints and gain information so that we can each make our own knowledgeable choices. (you wouldnt pick door #2, without wanting to know what #1 and #3 are..would you?)

So here are some thoughts that I would like to hear responses on.

If someone (or yourself) does not believe in creationism...do you (or they) believe in ghosts or other supernatural encounters?  Do you believe that all ghosts or such spirits are evil, or are there some good? 

What do you believe is the driving force that makes some people inheritantly 'evil' (serial murders, terrorists, etc.) and others good?  If you believe in evil, supernatural or not, then you would have to have some sort of counterpart to it would you not?  And if you believe in spirits, WHERE did they evolve from? 

I did a research paper for a theology class a few years ago, and one of the topics was how ancient theologians tried to write out theorems to prove the existence of God or other spiritual deities.  Some were pages and pages long.  The logic behind some were cloudy and relied on the reader to accept parts of the beliefs as truth to get to the next stage.  But the one that was written to prove the existence of a Christian God was as basic as they could be. I cannot recall it or which Theologian wrote it now, but I do remember that it was very simplistic in nature.  I found that in itself interesting for this reason; If a God created you, wouldn’t he know the limitations of your mind (“your” being the average mind of the entire species) and wouldn't it make sense that it should be easily understandable to the average person to know that he exists? This is all aside, of course, from the principals of faith, which according to the Christian scripture- asks it's followers to believe despite all else. 

I find it interesting too, that historical evidence to prove a dinosaur bone is what it is, can be so widely believed, and yet historical accounts written, documented, and well known throughout nearly all races of man...are still doubted among some.  I am not judging, I am just thoroughly interested in what people base their decision on, emotional or physical findings?  Dave makes a comment I find funny and true... that some “monkeys have better sense than some of the people I have met that believe in creationism.”   I think I have met these same people Dave! However- to say that about an entire group is of course unfair, being that you are basing it on the misinformed, ignorant and generally weaker members of the group.  So too, every group has some. (Lawyers, Teachers,  Muslims, Darwinists..  ;o)   

Finally, an interesting point in the article from the site on creationism, that Dave gave, says this: "...Maybe scientists, though smart in some ways, could be generally weak in other areas, like spiritual perception (...like a "nerd" who's brilliant with computers, but who has trouble dealing with humans.)  You wouldn't want a brilliant lawyer to perform open heart surgery on you even though he or she is smart, or a jet mechanic to do your taxes, right? So (why should we) trust scientists when it comes to what are really ancient history and spiritual matters - our origins and the purpose of life?