Hi there,
So look, this might not be news to you, but I have actually worked out that its quite possible to be humble and still believe in Evolution. You might be thinking "well, of course, anyone can be humble" but you see, I had never considered that it was actually the right thing to do. It's quite simple really, you just say "I am less evolved than everyone else" and true to Jesus word that the humble will be exalted, you realize that you are not going to fail to survive, just because you are not as advanced as the next guy. Great huh?
It gets better. You can see mutations as dormant, adaptations as Christ-like, and you can live for the principle "growth of the most cooperative" meaning the more you cooperate, the more likely it is that you will grow the most. It took me ages to crack the kernel of "Evolution" because I kept unconsciously seeing it as "the best thing that can happen to someone" when in fact its more like "the thing people inevitably say it is, regardless of what happens" meaning "the thing you can contradict if you know how to do it smartly". It just took ages to clue contradicting evolution with just being humble.
From here its just a matter of pointing out that there are a number of principles to choose from, when it comes to survival - like strength of the most protective, greed of the most paid, etc. - and that survival of the fittest actually has to compete with principles first, before competing with competition can even be said to begin. I guess its what you'd call a conquer and divide strategy, since the humbling yourself comes first.
Then there's the icing on the cake, the part of Evolution you actually want, where you say "God! Cause me to adapt for you" and live it out in the Christian way, according to the word He gives you in response to your cry.
I don't think I've left anything out, except perhaps "only species evolve" but that never made sense anyway, since species are made up of individuals. So there you go, Evolution made to point to Jesus! It was always going to happen, I'm just glad I finally worked it out in a way that makes sense to me (see, not even asking for you to critique it, really...) I knew there had to be a dynamic element to faith in Evolution and do you know what, the inspiration basically came from God: I asked Evolutionists what it meant to be hated for Evolution, knowing that we are hated for believing in Christ, from there it was just a matter of working out how I would want to be hated if I had no choice but to believe in Evolution.
So, I hope you found that interesting, anyway. Coming from monkeys is rubbish (yes, there is even an Evolutionary reason for that being rubbish), but everything else is basically Evolution onwards. Progress ho!
lol
So look, this might not be news to you, but I have actually worked out that its quite possible to be humble and still believe in Evolution. You might be thinking "well, of course, anyone can be humble" but you see, I had never considered that it was actually the right thing to do. It's quite simple really, you just say "I am less evolved than everyone else" and true to Jesus word that the humble will be exalted, you realize that you are not going to fail to survive, just because you are not as advanced as the next guy. Great huh?
It gets better. You can see mutations as dormant, adaptations as Christ-like, and you can live for the principle "growth of the most cooperative" meaning the more you cooperate, the more likely it is that you will grow the most. It took me ages to crack the kernel of "Evolution" because I kept unconsciously seeing it as "the best thing that can happen to someone" when in fact its more like "the thing people inevitably say it is, regardless of what happens" meaning "the thing you can contradict if you know how to do it smartly". It just took ages to clue contradicting evolution with just being humble.
From here its just a matter of pointing out that there are a number of principles to choose from, when it comes to survival - like strength of the most protective, greed of the most paid, etc. - and that survival of the fittest actually has to compete with principles first, before competing with competition can even be said to begin. I guess its what you'd call a conquer and divide strategy, since the humbling yourself comes first.
Then there's the icing on the cake, the part of Evolution you actually want, where you say "God! Cause me to adapt for you" and live it out in the Christian way, according to the word He gives you in response to your cry.
I don't think I've left anything out, except perhaps "only species evolve" but that never made sense anyway, since species are made up of individuals. So there you go, Evolution made to point to Jesus! It was always going to happen, I'm just glad I finally worked it out in a way that makes sense to me (see, not even asking for you to critique it, really...) I knew there had to be a dynamic element to faith in Evolution and do you know what, the inspiration basically came from God: I asked Evolutionists what it meant to be hated for Evolution, knowing that we are hated for believing in Christ, from there it was just a matter of working out how I would want to be hated if I had no choice but to believe in Evolution.
So, I hope you found that interesting, anyway. Coming from monkeys is rubbish (yes, there is even an Evolutionary reason for that being rubbish), but everything else is basically Evolution onwards. Progress ho!
lol
