One Leg at a Time
Choosing Reality over Creation is a difficult leap. Not because it lacks validity, but because people lack courage. Humankind, in general, is afraid to step away from the portrait they have painted of themselves and rejoin the rest of world in the random miracle of life. Human beings have developed something that other animals have not yet had the ability to invent...vanity. I believe that the creation of vanity which in turned created God (man's desire to be more than he truly is, for God is in fact a reflection of each wo/man's reflection on a perfect self) now fuels the creationist debate. The reason why man developed vanitiy is ironically attributed (in my opinion) to evolution. A confident stride and an heir of importance is apt to attract more sexual companionship and therefore create more opportunities for reproduction. This behavior was passed down from parent to child and the attitude eventually developed into an ego, a psycological counterpart to physical manerisms. This ego made man value himself and his unique identy...it destroyed his abiltiy to respect that his genes were his legacy and not his ever-lasting soul. The idea that his self could fade into oblivion was at first an offense to wo/man's pride and then a very fearful prospect. We are born with the genetics to practice vanity, and we learn the rest from our parents. Those who are able to accept the idea of evolution instead of creation, are those who have become educated and unmasked.