Thursday, March 14, 2013
Darwin v Genesis
The text of the Bible's creation story is far more simplistic than the scientific writing of Charles Darwin. Genesis contains clear, choppy statements illustrating a vivd image of all of G-d's commands. It's as if Genesis was written so every being could fully understand G-d's work and His creation of animals. "And G-d said, "Let"" begins every paragraph to establish G-d's supreme power. In addition, "And it was so" confirms G-d's authority in the world. Furthermore, not only does Genesis reveal the evolution of G-d's creation of the world, but it also affirms the reason behind G-d's will: "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years (14-15). It is extremely straightforward and an easy read. On the other hand, Darwin's scientific writing is more complex and includes plenty of scientific vocabulary that seems to reject religious. However, Darwin capitalizes the 'c' in Creator out of respect to the Church and religion. It is evident in his writing that he becomes defensive with some of the counter arguments being made against his theories. Darwin refers to natural selection as an example to support his claim that evolution is the foundation of the creation of animals: "The theory of natural selection, even if we looked no further than this, seems to me to be in itself probable. I have already recapitulated, as fairly as I could, the opposed difficulties and objections: now let us turn to the special facts and arguments in favour of the theory." Moreover, Darwin refers to modified descendants and their diversified habits and structures which constructed the evolution of humanity.
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