Cardinal Schonborn recognizes that many stubborn debates occur
because two sides do not take the time to fully understand the facts and logic
of the other’s position. As a result,
they often come to assume the other person is stupid (we see that today in
Congress). This book lays out the facts
and logic of the creation vs evolution debate, and Schonborn shows that
neither
side is stupid, and that the heart of the debate rests on whether you believe
all material existence is just chance, or is imbued with purpose. Put another way: Does your life matter?
While the
good Cardinal does spend considerable time explaining the origins and
philosophies of the science of evolution, he spends most of the book explaining
what is meant by creation --- it is a unique term in the Bible, since
everything science measures consists of changes in existing things, but there
are no clear measures for anything that is non-material, including creation
from nothing, and such things as beauty and virtue. Schonborn cites many scientists, philosophers
and theologians to explain how faith and science SHOULD readily co-exist.
For anyone who is a deist, who believes there is some type of
God, Schonborn offers a wonderful concluding point: “Contrary to reason, to view this grandiose
pieta of life up to man as being an exclusively random process (implies that)
God himself could not know for certain that man would be the product of
evolution --- nonsense!”
This is a good book for college students, and for thinking
minds. (Oh well, I guess that DOES exclude
some college students).
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