Part 3:
Co-Existence
I once wrote in an essay:
“Centuries later [after Darwin
published On the Origin of Species],
we still find ourselves in a state of confusion; we know not whether we should
side with the supernatural being and creationism; nor do we know if we should
remove ourselves of this faith and side by science, which continually
experiments and, after years of work, attempts to release the light of truth
that God conceals.
How
can we ignore the unstoppable evidence that science throws before us, when all
we have is a religious book that does not explain many mysteries of Earth?
How can we delude ourselves by believing the earth is barely 10,000 years old
when authentic proof shows the reign of the dinosaurs collapsed under a mass
extinction 65 million years ago? This is the state of the human beings:
unwilling to believe and unwilling not to believe. This is what has been
causing confusion; our denial to both sides."
I’m afraid that at the time I
had written the essay, I was almost entirely pro-evolutionist, and I apologize
for any confusion it may have caused. However, the main underlying point of my
writing remains the same: the indecision of the common man on whether he should
remain devoted to his respective deity, or support the increasingly powerful
motivated scientists.
Many adults across the world,
when confronted with the question of if they believe in Evolution or God,
attempt to sidetrack such a demanding query and reply that they believe in God,
but say that He did not create life. I do not condemn such people for their
inability to make a clear choice; I often find myself in such doubt.
However, once again, the
question of if both God and Evolution can exist simultaneously can no doubt be
rising to the mind of a reader. This question has been pondered upon by many great
thinkers; in this essay, I merely mention certain events that I found both
important and intriguing.
