If evolution is to work smoothly, consciousness in some shape must have been present at the very origin of things. (religion-online.org)
In its intuitive, poetic way, saga communicates truths about the ultimate origins of things, just as the narrative history in the Bible presents truth in a different way, stories with a moral lesson like the good Samaritan in another, and the poetry of the Psalms in yet another. (religion-online.org)
Although responsibility is a relation between persons, Bonhoeffer speaks of pertinence, the relation that man has with the world of things.40 First, one must keep in mind the divine origin of things. (religion-online.org)