Hi there,
So I know what I have been looking for all this time, all the reasoning, all the wrangling - about Evolution. But you know what? I'm not going to tell you. Jesus, specifically said "don't throw what is holy to the dogs, lest they turn on you and tear you in pieces" (Matthew 7:6).
My question is, once this becomes the norm for the species (not telling), what selection pressure will there be on that restraint and the individuals that have it? Is there an end to selection pressure, or something added to try and cope with it?
You might say, "the silence will make sensitivity to other things in its place, grow greater" or you might say "the silence will overlap with what is known about Evolution, and force Evolution to accomodate the possibility that it is not as needed, as before"?
This is serious. If gravity stops being communicated, gravity doesn't stop - but then gravity is not a colloquial expression for an appreciation of a species, but a force. That said, even gravity waxes and wanes and communicating the same way at different points in its cycle, affects communication in a way, that relates to (the communication's) agreement with it (the gravity). Just as a resonant frequency can force structures to collapse, so syncopation with gravity can create additional mass.
The point is, interpretation matters, and it behoves someone presenting a theory, to also suggest a particular interpretation among others - if only to secure a defence against bias, by declaring a position, that might be able to shed light on biases, between different interpretations. Churches are all people, uniting together, but there are many flavours, which help bring the point of uniting in Christ into view. So far Evolution has elected to call itself a science, with strong biological roots, but no word as to what lives or dies in Evolution, done one way or another.
I warn you that it will matter, what you say about Evolution - just as Jesus said "he that rejects me, will be judged by the word I have spoken to him" (John 12:48). If you continue to be "Evolved" and you reject Jesus, the fact that Jesus said you will be judged, will vex you indefinitely. That is stronger, than any mutation, that Evolution could point at. In essence, your refusal to share Evolution, what it means to you - in a practical sense - will rob you of what it means, in the end. You don't want this; it is something you have to discipline yourself in: not taking advantage of the obscurity surrounding "Evolution".
I've been told I am not focussing on the science, many times, so suffice it to say that meaning is stored in DNA and Evolution if it is anything, must be a specific kind of meaning. I am interested, in what happens to that DNA, when it attenuates syncopation with an object that gives it survival - that is, what happens to my DNA the more I become like "Jesus". I fully do not expect, Evolution to remain unchanged, in the face of the overawing revelation of Jesus Christ. There is a way out here, as relates specifically to what confidence we have in Jesus successively changing us, to His Father's end (Lord, make it alive, in Your Name Amen).
What I am not doing, is presenting a case, that Jesus has no effect on DNA and that Evolution alters it all completely randomly. Thanks for taking that as a foundation, in this discussion - not leaving it to the end (what you think of it).
