Over the last millenia, religion,Christianity particularly has had to rethink their scripture interpretations as science progressed.Galileo was charged with heresy when he presented proof that the earth was NOT the center of the universe and that celestial bodies were not crytaline perfection but gas and mud worlds like our earth.This flew in the face of religious thought because it suggested that not only was man NOT the center of God's focus but that the heavens were also not heavenly crystaline perfection.
Evolution chips further at this thought as it shows man as just another animal,crawling out of primordial soup with no apparent spark of divinty but merely an accident of happenstance.Under this scenario there is no fall of man,therefore no need for salvation and therefore renders religion impotent.
I realize there are schools of thought that attempt to reconcile evolution and creation,such as the metaphorical interpretation of scripture and a belief in "divine evolution".One of the most interesting attempts I've read was from Lloyd Pye,who hypothesized that man was genetically engineered by ET's for slave labor and once the project was complete,we were abandoned.
Opinions?Who here reconciles evolution with their religion and if so,how do you do this?Can religion adapt once again?
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