by Stuart Kauffman

We are discussing Creationism versus Evolution. More deeply we are discussing the God of the U.S. Christian Right with respect to the spirituality of the world. We must engage with this world. How will we do so, so full of discord?

I simply present two views, one by Elizabethan poet John Donne, one by Tom DeLay (R-TX), formerly U.S. Congress.

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn and make me new.
I, like an ursurpt town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but Oh, to no end,
Reason your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am bethroth'd unto your enemy;
Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

Quoting from Ursula's last post:

Former representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) famously noted that the Columbine massacres were a result of exposure to evolutionary theory, that "our school systems teach the children that they are nothing but glorified apes who are evolutionized [sic] out of some primordial soup."

You choose.