“Eucharistic Prayer C could also readily allow, though, for a position that God created humans through some sort of guided evolutionary process where the “primal elements” were those comprising the first microorganisms that reproduced and kick-started the evolutionary process that eventually resulted in the evolution of homo sapiens.”
Tag: evolution
Language and our perception of reality: reflections on the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis
I recently finished The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains by Joseph LeDoux. This is another in the
Christian Universalism and God’s radical acceptance, presence, and love for all, “to the ends of the earth”
“These passages teach that God’s acceptance, presence, love, and salvation are openly and freely given to all on a radically equal basis, no exceptions. While our social psychology makes it difficult (if not ultimately impossible) for us to do the same, it seems an ideal worth striving for with all our might as disciples of God.”
Daily office commentary, Acts 10:27-29: scandalous inclusion across racial categories
“My hunch is that when Peter was invited to visit Cornelius, he may have had a strong initial repulsion to the idea, his subconscious brain saying ‘Gentile out-group = bad!’ But to his credit, the account said that he responded to this by remembering ‘God has just shown me that no race is better than any other.'”
Fairy tales as a method of divine communication
Albert Einstein is credited with having said: “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be
Reflections on the 50th anniversary of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought” [archive]
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2016. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. A conference and galaevent are
Hazelnut Notes 