Terratheism: Looking At God and Evolution in A New Way – June 21st, 2009
Today I want to share with all of you some of my own religious views, which I call terratheism. This religion will argue that matter is not dead and passive, but alive and full of feeling. This religion will suggest that science discovers the facts for our religious inspiration, but it will also argue that religion tells science what, in general, a fact is. This religion will accept Darwin’s theory of evolution as true as any scientific theory can be. But this new religion will teach that, without God, Darwin’s theory of evolution cannot fully explain biological life.
Finally, this new religion foresees a whole new member of the arts and sciences: the study of God’s own life, God’s own motives, intentions, sufferings, and failures. My goal this morning is to be interesting; it’s a satisfying hot summer day, the Boston Red Sox are in first place. Let’s go!
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