"God and gorillas"

[Mallon]

Someone just posted this thought-provoking article to the ASA list:
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/01/31/king/index.html
An interesting piece that discusses the evolution of spirituality in man's ancestors -- something that some will no doubt object to. Regardless, I would encourage all to read it. There are some interesting bits about theology near the end. One part that stood out to me:

I'm part of the camp of people who thinks it's perfectly possible to see religion and science as compatible areas of thought and inquiry. In my book, I lay out three choices. You can say you've got to choose one. You can believe in science or you can have faith in God -- the Richard Dawkins school of thought. Or you can say there are "non-overlapping magisteria" -- the famous Stephen Jay Gould answer that religion will help us with meaning, and science will tell us about other things. I'm actually in a third place. If you can avoid being a biblical literalist, and if you can avoid being an arrogant scientist who tells everyone else what to think, you can think on multiple levels at once. There's a lot of beauty in seeing that religion and science are really about the same things. They can be perfectly compatible.

What parts do you find most interesting?

 

[gluadys]

I love her last sentence. "Being spiritual and having evolved go hand in hand."