Thursday, January 27, 2005

some evolution/creation thoughts

"I am always amazed by the diversity of lifeforms that evolution generates. I am particularly interested in the kinds of solutions life finds to the challenges of life in the open ocean." -- thegordongouldweblog

Although the story of the tsunami washing deep-sea creatures up on land that Gould was referring to in that quotation was patently false, those creatures are still pretty awesome, and you can find more photos of them at Creature Feature.

I find it interesting that we interpret curiosities and beauty according to our worldview. As a Christian, I could look at billions of stars and think, "Wow, God is so cool." Now, when I get the chance to look at stars at all (stupid light pollution!), I think "Wow, the universe is fascinating... I'm looking at things millions of light years away, that blows my mind," and God doesn't enter it at all. I did a lot of research on evolution this past summer, and if anything, it's utterly fascinating and beautiful.

Talk Origins
Understanding Evolution (Berkeley)
Becoming Human (nice site design, excerpts of the documentary on site)
Things Creationists Hate (ignore the title, there are some neat things in here)

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