Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Evolution
Just read an interesting psychology article that was both intriguing and disturbing. Check it out here.
The entire article rests on the notion of evolution and its place in our existence today. It postulates that our minds evolve just as our physical traits evolve to cope with the daily stress that we face in our world. The article further suggests that as humans grow up (in chronological age), their brain evolves to enable us to question our own existence and therefore give us the propensity to search for a higher being (i.e. God) to give us the meaning of life (note that writer does not define which god, and I'll leave it as that).
If we accept this argument (i.e. the evolutionary perspective made famous by Freud), then we are in danger of trivialising who God is and the extent of Him being omnipotent and the Alpha and Omega. If we accept this argument, we then discount the Bible, which opens with the Book of Genesis and explains how our world came to be with God being in charge and in control of everything else.
And the worrying thing comes when I'm a psychology student as well. Am I being fed with theories and studies that trivialises the existence of God? How am I to guard against such thoughts and 'half-truths' (as Tommy would put it)?
I have to pray fervently that He would guide me and bless me with wisdom to discern.
Take it easy, Keep it real...
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