[lit-ideas] Re: small addendum to Matrix as philosophy
- From: Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:48:38 EST
In a message dated 11/26/2004 12:17:59 PM Central Standard Time,
andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Two dozen types of eyes, thousands of different kinds of sea plankton that
all
do the same thing, an Earth that has been bombarded by massive asteroids and
all life forms
nearly wiped out some six times: that's not design in any meaningful sense.
Hi,
Well, I don't know. Supposedly we were created in the image of the Creator.
Think what that means: Creator...creative...who said anything about
'intelligent'.
I'm not too sure that People are all that intelligent. Creative, yes.
Bright, yes. Thoughtful, yes. Complexity in the simple, yes. The simple in
the
complex, yes. Just because we don't understand the design does not mean
that there is no plan or purpose. I can look at wires in a created-by-human
medical tool and marvel at the creativity--but it sure does not look like it
was
planned out very well. Even an automobile engine does not look all that
meaningfully designed. But, it does work (usually) for what it was created
for...maybe the bombardment was designed to see how the life forms would grow
and
develop and learn. Maybe that was the design. Personal growth and
development is not something we usually do unless forced, you know. <g> SO,
maybe as a
species (and other species as well?), such a design was necessary.
But, I do wonder, as well. Especially with the word: "Intelligent". I
look around and have my doubts... But, we were created in the Creator's
image.
Not the "Intelligent One's" image. So why would we think Our Creator was
all that intelligent? Creative, yes. Practical, hm. Don't know.
Intelligent? What is intelligence, anyway? (I think of one of our neighbors
while
growing up who would come over and help us out on the farm--he would tell us
kids "You dad, we love him here. He's smart enough to put a man on the moon
and
half the time we don't understand him. Still, he means well. But it sure is
a good thing that he has us nearby. Your farm would never make it
otherwise.")
Of course, there are lots of theories on Creation in so many religions.
I would like, actually, to make a compilation of them. (If one already
exists, would someone point me to to it?) I also do agree that if we are
going
to be teaching Creationism in schools that we ought to be teaching ALL
Creationist theories. So, maybe we need to add that as an added bonus to the
Texas
textbooks (and people thought those in Kansas were bad--at least they were
not insisted it be in the textbooks--only that Creationism be taught in
schools and evolution be taught as 'theory'.)
So, does the fundamentalist Islamic viewpoint of Creation differ from that
of the fundamentalist Christian? What about the other more moderate Islamic
viewpoints? Any differences in the sects of either Islam or Christianity?
What is the Hindu viewpoint of Creationism? Buddhist? Different sects
within either of them? Who else ought I be asking? Native Americans, I
suppose, have some.
How well thought out are they or are they simply myths and legends? Do any
of them have such Creationist Societies which look for the scientific
underpinning of Creationism?
Luck in the shadows, great blessings in the light,
Marlena in Missouri
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