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Evolution’s beautiful God

Evolution’s beautiful God

Having studied molecular sciences including the intricacies of evolutionary biology over the last twenty odd years of my adult life it never ceases to amaze me how arrogant people have become in assuming one’s religious frame of mind. Most people trained in science that I have come across are deeply respectful of spirituality and are often individuals who find strength in the presence of God in our day to day lives. In the words of the worlds original prominent scientist who expressed his respect for God   "God is subtle but he is not malicious.”. I must admit though, “coming out” about your love for God and the beautiful things He has created through Evolution when you study science or work in a commercial modern day setting regardless of your profession is not an easy thing. You see, main stream religion dominate South African society with aggression, reviling and oppression like no other regime known to me.

Let me explain

I was only but a young impressionable lad when I came home from University one day brimming with excitement about having discovered the scientific explanations of how God does his beautiful evolutionary work. And totally unsuspecting as I was, I made the mistake of sharing my excitement with my farther [who read the Huisgenoot and the Bible interchangeably for his broad science knowledge]. Needless to say, that was the day that I knew I was now with God, and would have no emotional backing from friend, family or foe who instantly declared themselves as  antagonists because I’d dare speak such drivel when declaring my love for God and all things created through a process we call evolution. It took another 15 years after that incident to start to confront the overwhelming wall of abuse from main stream religions and their prosperity mongering ways.

Brace yourself, here comes the aggression

I browsed through a magazine of a religious group the other day because the headlines seemed to discuss all the current topics and goings on in evolutionary sciences and molecular biology. Then I realized that every article is written in order to discredit these sciences and deride and belittle the scientist that do the work and publish their findings. With gay abandon the authors took to verbal machinegun their opinions, violently threatening and aggressively oppressing the existence of everyone who dared participate in these practices of science. Do these religions actually turn down the medical treatment that has been developed on the back of evolutionary science? Do they say no to modern medicine that has been developed through molecular biology? Do they refute forensic evidence in court because evolutionary biology was used? Does this aggression seem like the way of the God that silently gives us life?

Subtle is my Beautiful God

Nowhere is there any evidence of aggression when God is busy with his life-giving ways. Atoms vibrate, molecules aggregate and energy flux in systems make them tend to the greatest disorder. Then suddenly, they start to harness the energy in their environment, defying the laws of Entropy and they arrange themselves into greater order…and then they are alive, magnificent, awesome and without any aggression, until they are complete creatures, even of higher intelligence. [Apologies to the trained scientists for my liberal use of poetic license here]

Destroying the environment and killing in the name of religion

Where do we see aggression like this? We see it in politics, in capitalism, materialism and in all money oriented religions. And it’s always linked with incompetence, lies and abuse to maintain social status and power. Does your religion disappear if they have to take responsibility for the actions of their congregation or religious leaders? Collapsing buildings on people, shooting with gay abandon through closed doors! Is mass murder, child abuse, inequality, capitalism and aggression part of your religion’s history and practice? What does your congregation do to protect the environment? Do they advocate that we should all live smaller, with smaller cars and houses or do they give you the right to destroy God’s stuff in the name of money, greed and salvation? Does “Give and you’ll receive” refer to money in your religion?

How’s this for evolution  

If God participated in materialism, we could give up our insurance policies and just go on faith. We could take down the security fences, and cancel that expensive health policy. Yes sir/madam, your body is made up of matter, which makes it material. And that makes your health your responsibility, not God’s. So lay of the cigarettes and skaaptjops, you can’t pray for your arteries to miraculously stay open against the better knowledge of medical science. And yes, praying for a handsome, rich husband that do everything on your command is also materialistic.

Thanks to the Atheists, agonists and all the other friendly religions

It always gives me great pleasure in reading the scribblings of atheists, especially the angry ones, or agonists or just humans that recognize that something is not quite right with teachings of the “force-fed” religions. The reassurance that comes from the knowledge of how my Beautiful God operates makes me smile, as I also often grapple with unexplained questions. And it’s particularly good to know that aggression doesn’t form any part of it [God’s operations]. So thanks to the very many friendly and considerate religious people also, that writes their ideas down in a public domain for others to explore and to find their own solutions.

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