Obviously there are alternative answers that have prevailed for a very long time, but evolution has replaced a supernatural explanation
of human origins with a naturalistic one.
Evolution and the Fall is a collection of essays from a multi-disciplinary and ecumenical group of authors, which sets out to address «a set of problems that arise from the encounter of traditional biblical views
of human origins with contemporary scientific theories» (p. xv)-- not, one might add, in general, to answer them.
Not exact matches
Brand New New fossils bringing «Hobbit
humans» to life New bones attributed to Ho - mo floresiensis — aka the «Hobbit
Human» — along
with other recent findings, are helping to reveal what members
of this species looked like, how they behaved and their
origins.
842 The Church's bond
with non-Christian religions is in the first place the common
origin and end
of the
human race: All nations form but one community.
As long as it was assumed that the world that originally came into being was much like our present world,
with human beings coming into existence abruptly in their present form, it was hard to think
of origins in terms
of chance and necessity.
to Jake, in every era or times in the past,
humans have different perception
of reality, because our knowledge improves or changes toward sophistication, For example during the times
of Jesus, there was no science yet as what we have today, since the religion in the past corresponds to their needs, it is true for them in the past, but today we already knew many new ideas and facts, so what is applicable in the past is no longer today, like religion, we have also to change to conform
with todays knowledge.The creation or our
origin for example is now explained beyond doubt by science as the big bang and evolution is the reason we become
humans, is in contrast to creation in the bibles genesis,.
Whatever its
origin — and I myself agree
with Wellhausen and others in attributing the identification to the primitive Christian community, as their least inadequate and only possible term for one who was thus both
human and divine and yet not God (which would have been unthinkable in their realm
of ideas)-- whatever its
origin, this first great step in the advance
of Christology was
of endless significance for the later development
of Christian doctrine, and it was
of paramount importance for the Gospel
of Mark.
Start
with them destroying
human kind, then travel back to their
origin through out the GN, until you finally reach the most evil, zombie - generator
of all.
In other words, the earthly, matter - bound
origin of human nature calls forth God's greatest act
of loving care and humility — the Incarnation
of God the Word through which humanity is united to Godhead in a union more intimate than
with any other creature and gradually raised to immortality.
«In CV, however, you will never find a statement
of religious
origin without an accompanying
human and rational justification, upon the condition, quite naturally, that reason complies in full
with its duty and that the sciences do not let themselves be guided by ideologies.
One can not discuss
human origins without dealing
with the question
of what it is to be
human, which empirical science alone can not answer.
Thus, for reasons quite different from those associated
with the
origin and meaning
of the western calendar, the year 2000 appears to mark a significant turning point in
human history.
For those
of us who are comfortable
with a theory
of evolution that acknowledges the common
origin of the
human and animal kingdoms, the scientific evidence that corroborates this syndrome
of dominance in the mythic Genesis accounts is
of special interest.
That all
of it is opinion based on the social evolution
of humans for the last 100,000 years as we have attempted to decipher our
origins with only our physical senses coupled
with our internal emotions to go on.
But
with insight into retrospective aetiology based on the present situation, much could be cleared up in the vivid representation
of the inferred state
of man which causes difficulties in view
of the way we inevitably think today about
human origins.
But what the other implications
of Scripture's «God - breathedness» are, and how its divine
origin correlates
with its
human dimension, are nowhere delineated.
Moreover, it is foundational to Catholic orthodoxy that God, the
origin and end
of all things, «can be known
with certainty by the natural light
of human reason from the things that he created».
I would have to agree
with the above post that Christianity is the only faith that offers something so «other», as in not
of human origin, as grace.
Against this it is not possible to point
with the same plausibility to the
origin of a single infra -
human organism even if we assumed like the Vitalists an intrinsically non-spatial substantial living principle.
The term moderate evolution might therefore be applied to a theory which simply inquires into the biological reality
of man in accordance
with the formal object
of the biological sciences as defined by their methods and which affirms a real genetic connection between that
human biological reality and the animal kingdom, but which also in accordance
with the fundamental methodological principles
of those sciences, can not and does not attempt to assert that it has made a statement adequate to the whole reality
of man and to the
origin of this whole reality.
Trying to explain the
origin of human freedom, the Russian philosopher says that
humans resemble God
with respect to the autonomy
of their actions; they are free as parts
of the unlimited universal unity.
Of course, it is possible to reply that the alleged stumbling block occurs every day according to Christian teaching, because what here in the case of the first human being is felt to be contrary to the fundamental conceptions of metaphysics and the methodological basis of natural science, happens continually at the origin of every individual human soul, at the genesis of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
Of course, it is possible to reply that the alleged stumbling block occurs every day according to Christian teaching, because what here in the case
of the first human being is felt to be contrary to the fundamental conceptions of metaphysics and the methodological basis of natural science, happens continually at the origin of every individual human soul, at the genesis of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of the first
human being is felt to be contrary to the fundamental conceptions
of metaphysics and the methodological basis of natural science, happens continually at the origin of every individual human soul, at the genesis of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of metaphysics and the methodological basis
of natural science, happens continually at the origin of every individual human soul, at the genesis of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of natural science, happens continually at the
origin of every individual human soul, at the genesis of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of every individual
human soul, at the genesis
of every single human being, for such souls equally with those of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of every single
human being, for such souls equally
with those
of the first human beings, are created by God directly out of nothin
of the first
human beings, are created by God directly out
of nothin
of nothing.
In Miscellany she wrote: «I should blush to write
of Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures as I have, were it
of human origin, and were I, apart from God, its author» (p. 115).
With great emphasis he reminded all
human beings
of their brotherly love, their common
origin, their equality without distinction except by means
of virtue.
The living community which has once made a corporate response to the divine revelation does so
with an ideology
of its own, and it approaches each new revelatory event
with an ideology which is as
human in its
origin and nature as any body
of human thought can be.
Here Jacques Monod (1971) would appear to agree
with Popper in that he calls the problem
of the
human central nervous system «the second frontier,» comparing its difficulty
with the «first frontier,» the problem
of the
origin of life itself.
The differences in citizens» beliefs about the
origin and destiny
of human life may keep them from coming to politics
with the kind
of shared enthusiasm and exuberant rivalry that they bring to sporting events.
Yours faithfully, Christopher Keeffe 155 Butler Road West Harrow Middlesex EVOLUTION AND THE
ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN BODY Dear Fr Editor, In your comment on Fr Kevin O'Donnell's letter, in your November - December issue, you use the words «emergence», «progress» and «evolution» in connection with the origins of the human bod
OF THE
HUMAN BODY Dear Fr Editor, In your comment on Fr Kevin O'Donnell's letter, in your November - December issue, you use the words «emergence», «progress» and «evolution» in connection with the origins of the human
HUMAN BODY Dear Fr Editor, In your comment on Fr Kevin O'Donnell's letter, in your November - December issue, you use the words «emergence», «progress» and «evolution» in connection
with the
origins of the human bod
of the
human human body.
Generis: «For these reasons the Teaching Authority
of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity
with the present state
of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part
of men experienced in both fields, take place
with regard to the doctrine
of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the
origin of the
human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter - for the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God» [italics added].
Creationist «well, what about the
origin of the universe, the fact that the universe obeys laws, the
origins of life on this earth, the fact that the largest «gaps» in the fossil record correspond exactly
with the organisms identified in the bible as being created by God, namely fish, birds, land animals and
humans»
Cherubim, perhaps
of Mesopotamian
origin, were images
with winged animal bodies and
human heads.
The fact that the Christian passion for humanity may resemble other forms
of humanism which appear to owe nothing to specific Christian
origin or inspiration, and that humanists outside the Christian tradition can make a common commitment
with Christians to enlarge and enhance the
human and humane, does not mean that these individuals» differing sources
of humanism are to be treated deprecatingly or indifferently; Christians will see in those sources evidence
of the radical freedom and the unpredictable activity
of the Logos, to which the Fourth Gospel first gave witness.
Questions about the
origin of the family and
of human society are not yet answered, and may never be, but they are serious I questions now being dealt
with enthusiastically in several disciplines.
Pope Pius XII declared that «the teaching authority
of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity
with the present state
of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions... take place
with regard to the doctrine
of evolution, in as far as it inquires into the
origin of the
human body as coming from pre-existent and living matter --[but] the Catholic faith obliges us to hold that souls are immediately created by God» (Pius XII, Humani Generis 36)»
The author, and perhaps Jewish thought in general at that time, recognized the intimate relationship
of the age - old speculation
of the Orient to that
of Greece; both had come to express in differing terms but in essential unity the conviction that
human life is infused
with a pervasive entity which is more than
human, finding its ultimate
origin and nature in the being
of the universe.
why don't you start
with why
humans invented religion in the first place, the
origins of the books
of the bible, the multiple «christ» (copied) stories throughout the history
of time, fossil evidence
of evolution
of man and all species, all the discrepancies in the bible, knowledge
of all the gods that
humans have believed in through recorded history, the political uses
of christianity in the time
of it's
origin, the fact that every other religion has followers who believe just as strongly in their own god / book, that fact that if you had been born in another part
of the world you would be a different religion and going to «hell», and that a good, kind, omniscient god wouldn't allow all the suffering and evil to happen, and wouldn't need «help» as christians like to tout... and then we'll get to all these ridiculous fools.
I've read material on one site (the site has 5K + pages,
of which I read less than 100) that uses Velikosky as part
of the starting point for a theory
of the
origin of the universe, and subsequently
humans, that is congruent
with Genesis, but also both explains and predicts things not found in that account.
Look at asylum seekers» countries
of origin and they follow a predictable pattern: where there is war, brutal repression and large scale
human rights abuses
with impunity, people will inevitably flee.
One difference
with Palestinians is that other refugees are generally citizens
of their country
of origin so their right to live there is already enshrined in general
human rights texts (cf. article 13
of the UDHR).
Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share
of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number
of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK
origin UK
human geography is radically interdisciplinary and
with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter
of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in
human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges
of the current impact agenda
The swelling circles represent the amount
of human -
origin influenza in swine population, «
with the viral populations increasing first in Oklahoma and then in Minnesota and Iowa,» as pigs move from the south - central to the Midwest.
Studies on the
origins of BSE — a fatal disease marked in the early stages by loss
of balance — gained urgency
with the 1996 emergence in
humans of the BSE - like new variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (nvCJD).
Nelson and her colleagues found that flu in pigs «follows long - distance swine movements from the southern U.S. to the Midwest,»
with most
of the
human -
origin H1N1 arriving at Midwest hog farms coming from the Southeast, and most
of the swine -
origin H1N2 coming from the south - central U.S. And that means the Midwest, as the final destination for many
of these pigs, is «likely to provide a reservoir for multiple genetically distinct variants to co-circulate and exchange segments via re-assortment because
of the continual importation
of swine influenza viruses from other regions,» the researchers noted.
The circular wheel
with a long rod or axle protruding from its center is the archetypal
human invention: though its precise
origins are lost in time, it has contributed to any number
of technological advances since being deployed more than 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamian potters» wheels.
«Thus, both palaeo - anthropological and genetic evidence increasingly points to multiregional
origins of anatomically modern
humans in Africa, i.e. Homo sapiens did not originate in one place in Africa, but might have evolved from older forms in several places on the continent
with gene flow between groups from different places,» says Carina Schlebusch.
Intermixing does not surprise paleoanthropologists who have long argued on the basis
of fossils that archaic
humans, such as the Neandertals in Eurasia and Homo erectus in East Asia, mated
with early moderns and can be counted among our ancestors — the so - called multiregional evolution theory
of modern
human origins.
Previous genetic comparisons
of present - day
humans with Neandertals and their close Stone Age relatives, the Denisovans, had placed
human origins at 400,000 years ago or more.
Conversely, the treatment
of the ever - popular debate on the
Origin of Modern
Humans — that is, Out
of Africa - versus - the Multiregional Model — is admirably balanced,
with proponents Alan Thorne and Chris Stringer being interviewed at length.
This evidence indicates that LB1 is not a modern
human with an undiagnosed pathology or growth defect; rather, it represents a species descended from a hominin ancestor that branched off before the
origin of the clade that includes modern
humans, Neandertals, and their last common ancestor.
It begins
with the story
of Johanson's discoveries, then presents an account
of human origins within the framework
of the people and places he visited while making the television programmes.