Thanks, Eric. You jogged my memory. Richard Dawkins, it was. Ursula Ursula Stange wrote: >The best analogy I've ever heard to explain this comes from ***** (can't >remember...). >It points to the amazing fact that not a single one of your millions of >ancestors died childless. >That's it. That's all. >Ursula (almostgoodenough) > >Mike Geary wrote: > > > >>What has always bothered me about evolution is how organs of perception with >>all their specificity to purpose could have ever evolved through the blind >>chance of genetic mutation? It's not just the incredible >>structural-functional specificity of an eye or ear, but their integration >>with the brain and the brain's ability to construct meaning from the >>neuronal input from those organs. How can that all come together without an >>architect? >> >>Five or so years ago I came across a book -- an extended essay, really -- >>_The Sacred Depths Of Nature_ by Ursula Goodenough, a cell biologist at >>Washington University. It's a popularized look by a cell biologist at how >>evolution happens at the cellular level, which, she says, is not as a >>willy-nilly happenstance, but a physics-determined outcome of biochemistry. >>The book is a wonderful mix of biology, poetry and reverence for existence. >>A reverence beyond God. Reverence born out of our human love for existence. >>I recommend the book strongly to anyone who wrestles with these questions. >> >>Mike Geary >>Memphis >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >>To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >>digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >> >> >> >> >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html