God Guided Evolution
God Guided EvolutionFor centuries man has questioned his origins. Arguments have been made, men have been persecuted, and wars have even been fought involving the beliefs on the creation of the universe. In the modern day two theories have been concocted and have become the basis for debate on the spoken subject. On the far left side is Evolutionism. This is the belief that the universe was created by a series of random occurrences, that there is no supreme being, and that we exist purely by accident. On the far right side is the far older belief of Creationism. Creationism explains that a supreme deity, usually the Christian God, created all the inhabitants of this universe on his will alone. The middle ground is the theory that a supreme being guided the evolutionary path of all organisms to their current status. Through reading the Holy Bible, and studying numerous science authorities, logical deductions can be made that would help one form his own opinion on the matter. One might go so far to say as science and the Bible are God�s most basic forms of communication with the human; thus scientific deduction of the Bible should allow us to solve the mystery of man�s and the universe�s origins.
A very highly debated topic within the bigger argument is, �What started it all?� Creationists believe that God merely spoke all that we know into existence, but evolutionists prefer to believe a massive, random explosion spawned the cosmos. Obviously, a middle-grounder could find both preposterous. The very first line of the Holy Bible states, �In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.� For such a massive, random occurrence on the evolution side is quite hard for one to fathom, but for a massive, controlled occurrence to take place would be quite another thing all together. So, it would be very possible that God created this �origin spec� and provided the catalyst for it to explode into the wonders of the universe.
Several times within the bible declares that �God created all things�. The laws of nature and science in general fit into the category of �all things�. Thus, God created the spec, and caused it to explode with under his complete supervision. Then, he let nature, the nature that he created, takes its course. Planets, stars, and solar systems were created. The earth came to be, and nature gradually took it from where it was, to how we know it today. Thus God created nature, and through nature God did his first five days of work, as mentioned in the book of Genesis. Eventually, God�s laws of nature allowed amino acids, the building blocks of life, to originate within the vast oceans of the earth, and life began.
Life is, of course, the most highly debated point of this essay, and of the argument of origins. The opinion of this essay on how life came to be has already been clearly acknowledged. It has been stated that God set up the creation of the universe, and carried it out based on laws that he wrote before hand. It has also been stated that the arrangement and the laws lead to the first forms of life on the planet. This is when God begins to guide evolution for the sole purpose of accommodating his most glorious creation: man. First, microbes are created. Later these microbes will help man keep clean, fight off infection, and digest food. Next, plants begin to evolve. In millions of years these plants will provide man with a steady source of food, medicine, and entertainment. Finally, animals make their appearance onto the planet. These creatures also provide food, medicine, as well as companionship, and most importantly, an entrance for man into the world. Eventually, the believed ancestor of man, Australopithecus arrived. This would be the final evolution of species before God would intervene in his creation since the time that he started it all.
God said, �Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.� God created man. God used similar traits from different species that had evolved on the planet, and used new traits. God then placed a soul into this man, and thus he was in God�s own image. This is how the bible tells it, and it is the opinion of this essay that most of it is true. The first man was named Adam. This essay�s opinion is that Adam is a symbol for an entire species of the genus Homo known as Habilis. H. Habilis spread out into the world, and eventually was separated into another species. Just as God took Adam�s rib to make Eve, God spawned changes in H. Habilis to form H. Erectus. Simply put, Adam symbolizes H. Habilis and Eve symbolizes H. Erectus. Eventually, these two species encounter one another. Fierce competition takes place over food. The apple caused Adam and Eve to separate from God, and food forced H. Erectus to eliminate/breed out H. Habilis from existence. H. Erectus then spread out into the world and once again God guided the evolution of a species in two different directions. As Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel, H. Erectus evolved into the Cro-Magnon and the Neanderthal.
�Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.� Cain then proceeded to kill Abel out of jealousy. These entire events can help to plot the course of evolution between the Cro-Magnons and the Neanderthal. Obviously this is at the time of the first Agricultural Revolution. The events that the Bible described were quite literal. The Cro-Magnon, having been separated from the Neanderthal for sometime eventually learns how to farm. At the same time the Neanderthal is learning to herd livestock. As their paths begin to cross again, competition ensues. Magnons destroy herds, kill Neanderthals and begin to breed them away. Eventually Cain kills Abel, and the Magnons eradicate the Neanderthals. Man then becomes his present day form, and the Bible turns to the literal with the story of Cain after Abel�s death.
It can be said that the inventor is always more complex then the invention. Thus, we will never fully understand God, because we will probably never fully understand how we came to be. The preceding essay was the opinion of the writer, and that alone. Simple logic and deduction where used based on knowledge from the book of Genesis and the HBJ Biology book. It is also the belief of this essay that no one will ever fully understand how we came to be. It is also the opinion of this essay that man has gained such a command for himself and his environment that he will never evolve into another species. This essay also believes that man evolved separately from the all other species. God created him from nothing, and he continued on his own, relatively short evolutionary path to where he is today. Species evolve to survive their environment; man changes his environment to suit his needs. Man no longer requires further evolution. God created the laws of nature, and made science to show how he works. He made the science perfect, so that everything would have a purpose, and everything would work on a system. God set up the track, and started the ball rolling. It rolled on its own, but exactly as God wanted had planned it to. God is responsible for the existence of all things.