Comments on: Darwin and His Century http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/ Books, Silver, Slide Shows Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: susanwbailey http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5161 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:36:24 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5161 Great answer!

]]> By: Lorraine Watkins http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5144 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 15:00:50 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5144 The mid and late 19th century was an amazing time of remarkable men and women of science.who, especially in the biological sciences developed knowledge that we continue to enhance the quality of life as we develop the technology to exploit that knowledge. Their stories and those of there work have been for me emotionally and spiritually satisfying as well as educational.

]]> By: SilverSeason http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5124 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 23:31:25 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5124 Maimonides said that the Bible is written in the language of man so that man may understand it. I conclude that the universe is written in the language of the universe and nature in the language of nature. We interpret as best we can.

I have been asked how I can worship God or some spirit when I admit I don’t know what that spirit is. The answer is that of course I don’t know, and that is why I worship the mystery.

]]> By: susanwbailey http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5119 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:19:28 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5119 Darwin’s work exposed something about people they perhaps didn’t want to know – that the average person’s thinking was extremely narrow-minded and rigid. It was easier just to accept what was taught to you rather than question and explore. It took a lot of guts for people like Darwin to go where they went, knowing the backlash it would create.

IMHO, it is the height of arrogance to assume we understand the thinking of God. It states clearly in the scriptures that His thoughts and ways are high above our thoughts and ways. There’s an Orthodox biblical teacher who does wonderful podcasts on the Bible and she maintains the Bible is the equivalent of a child’s storybook, meaning again that we can’t begin to understand God’s pure thought. Look how much trouble we have with this “child’s storybook!”

There is no need for science and religion to be opposed to one another. We were given minds as well as souls and are meant to use them. We are meant to explore and think and probe. The danger comes with pride and arrogance, when we think we have figured everything out. When that happens, the mind and the heart close. If we approach learning with humility, that’s when new and wondrous things keep unfolding in front of us because we remain open.

]]> By: SilverSeason http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5117 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:45:27 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5117 As a teenager I read Scientific American every month and developed a great respect for science. I enjoy the content of scientific discoveries, but more important than the specifics is the belief that we should use our minds to try to make sense of the world. It may not be easy and often we will be wrong, but we should keep trying.

]]> By: Lorraine Watkins http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5114 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:36:56 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5114 Well. You have dropped into my bailiwick. I first read Origin of Species at about the age of 14 yr and from the reading knew science. I am not certain of having read this book you are reviewing but I met Loren Eiseley almost as soon as I did Mr. Darwin. I do find the history of all of science and the men who practiced and speculated of that era fascinating. Of course the reverberations continue.

As we know evolution theory is the bulls eye, the excuse, for the current assault on all the biological sciences. Anyone who experiences science as dry and unrewarding in comparison with the various religious offerings has never read much of this story. It is a shame so many children are today being deprived of that experience; I think even dangerous.

There are so many good and not so good other books on Darwin but I would like to be presumptuous and suggest Stephen Jay Gould’s Wonderful Life or any other he has written on the subject and also Darwin, his daughter by Randall Keynes (Yes. that Keynes family)

]]> By: What I Read in May 2012 « Silver Threads http://silverseason.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/darwin-and-his-century/#comment-5113 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:52:49 +0000 http://silverseason.wordpress.com/?p=6368#comment-5113 [...] Eiseley, Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It. It was not a quick trip from the Galapagos Islands to The [...]

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