Similar to intelligent design, and more academically deemed "biologos" by Francis Collins, author of "The Language of God", theistic evolution is a scientific approach which allows for both God and the process of evolution to find complement over contradiction. Biologos refring to DNA as the alphabet of God's design. Biologos, when considered from its root forms is Bio: meaning life and Logos: meaning word; thus, DNA is the code from which God's alphabet makes the words of life possible. Thus, Biologos literally means "life-words". Thomas aquinas (Catholic preist 1225 - 1274), not the bibl...e, gave us the "biblical calander" which conflicts with everything we know through observation and reason. It is entireably reasonable that God created throughout time and in ways beyond our imagination; God could still be creating as a continual process of growth rather than a static unmoving state; hence, creation is a happening which continually grows into a greater state. This is kind of like the transformation of our previous (secular) selves, and the movement toward and transformation into our new selves through the spirit of Christ. There is no need for the conflict of interests between science and faith. This world, this universe is amazing in all of its complexity: from the quantum; to the cell; to the body and spirit; to the trillions of stars; and things unknown... I have a mind created for observation and wonder, I will utilize it, and I will give credit to God for this wonderful creation in every aspect. Science does not compete with theology, it reflects a deeper consideration of it. With that said, there is some rather interesting news on the fossil front these days: ScienceDaily (Apr. 8, 2010):Australopithecus sediba:New Hominid Shares Traits With Homo Species: Fossil Find Sheds Light on the Transition to Homo Genus from Earlier Hominids. The fossils are between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old. Australopithecus sediba, was an upright walker that shared many physical traits with the earliest known Homo speciesThe emerging picture is one of a hominid with a bone structure similar to the earliest Homo species however, represent a hominid that appeared approximately one million years later than Lucy, implying a slow transition.
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New Hominid Shares Traits With Homo Species: Fossil Find Sheds Light on the Transition to Homo Genus from Earlier HominidsScienceDaily (Apr. 8, 2010) — Two partial skeletons unearthed from a cave in South Africa belong to a previously unclassified species of hominid that is now shedding new light on the evolution of ou...r own species, Homo sapiens, researchers say. The newly documented species, called Australopithecus sediba, was an upright walker that shared many physical traits with the earliest known Homo species -- and its introduction into the fossil record might answer some key questions about what it means to be human. The fossils are between 1.95 and 1.78 million years old, and in this week's issue of Science, the peer-reviewed journal published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society, two reports describe both the physical characteristics of this new Australopithecus species as well as the ancient environment in which it lived and died. The emerging picture is one of a hominid with a bone structure similar to the earliest Homo species, but who employed it more as an Australopithecus, like the famed "Lucy," would have.These new fossils, however, represent a hominid that appeared approximately one million years later than Lucy, and their features imply that the transition from earlier hominids to the Homo genus occurred in very slow stages, with various Homo-like species emerging first.Go to sciencedaily .com to find out more.
"Always be amazed, understand reasonably; Always give the glory to God". This is the complementary balance between the scientific nature of our perception and our faith in creation.
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