Monkey see Monkey do
Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2012
by David Tanguay
“South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu walked by a construction site on a temporary sidewalk the width of one person. A white man appeared at the other end, recognized Tutu, and said, "I don't make way for gorillas." At which Tutu stepped aside, made a deep sweeping gesture, and said, "Ah, yes, but I do." Walter Wink
Although I personally do not believe in the biblical teachings of creation, I do believe in God. I do not accept Darwin’s theory of evolution i.e., the idea we derived from monkeys. I do believe in an evolutionary process of some sort however to leave God out of the equation is not acceptable in my way of reasoning.
Some who study evolution believe we all as human beings are primates whom originated from apes or monkeys. Actually, primates also refer to all human life. Although biologically we as human beings do have similarities to apes we were by our God created with a soul, which primates in the animal family do not have.
The biblical teachings of Adam and Eve do not satisfy the scientific mind. However if we relate to the theory that God created man from earth we can perhaps find scientific reasoning within our philosophy of the creation of man.
Some scientists believe all life originated from the ocean through electrical impulses. Then found its way to become inhabitants of land as land animals. I do not believe we originated from monkeys or apes but rather are unique in our own domain as human beings.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)I like this article David. None of us knows for sure how we came to be, but it's something we will always wonder.
I once went to the Rhode Island School of Design to view some artwork by a local artist. In one of her renderings the woman had painted a war scene whereas plans, bombs, humans, and guns were numerous and ugly. In the foreground upon a hill was a frightened ape embracing and protecting it's young from the human viciousness. In other words, the ape had much more sense than the humans did, and found it's life to be something unique and important to embrace and salvage.Please log in to respond to this comment.yes Kenny,sometimes animal life does seem to be more sane than human life. Thanks for commenting.Please log in to respond to this comment.
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