ppar3566
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With religion and science seemingly at the cross roads with groups continuing to become increasingly polarized I picked up Christian and Cambridge Professor Simon Conway Morris' book "Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe". In this book Morris attempts to develop a "theology of evolution" centering around the idea of evolutionary convergence (the idea that evolution from divergent sources tends to converge on similar solutions to similar problems e.g. human eyes and octopuses eyes). Essentially Morris provides the theory that God is the divine spark plug that gives rise to life (in replacement of autobiogenesis EDIT: having serious mental lapses at the moment try abiogenesis) with a design element behind evolution that inevitable lead to humans.
The book is not for the faint hearted as it is quite technical in places. It is also "quite openly" not a book that will support or even engage with YEC or intelligent design as the author states in the preface that evolution is true in similar style to Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution is True" that was released recently.
I have just begun the book (and will provide details on it as I progress). I am however somewhat skeptical as attempts at integration have been somewhat twee in the past (e.g. God of the gaps, punctuated equilibrium, etc.) but Morris is very well respected so i look forward to learning his point of view at the very least. Will update as I read.
The book is not for the faint hearted as it is quite technical in places. It is also "quite openly" not a book that will support or even engage with YEC or intelligent design as the author states in the preface that evolution is true in similar style to Jerry Coyne's "Why Evolution is True" that was released recently.
I have just begun the book (and will provide details on it as I progress). I am however somewhat skeptical as attempts at integration have been somewhat twee in the past (e.g. God of the gaps, punctuated equilibrium, etc.) but Morris is very well respected so i look forward to learning his point of view at the very least. Will update as I read.
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