Re: OOL: was [asa] Quoting Evolution [was Darwin] out of context

In a message dated 8/21/2006 5:21:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
d.nield@auckland.ac.nz writes:
In his paper, Rich asks: 'What do scientists say about 'the
> beginning?' I wonder about this also. Could anyone out there suggest a
> guess about how many scientists (i.e. what percentage) actually
> pronounce on ‘the beginning’ of life or human existence?
I'm not ready to reply to Gregory, however, you're quoting me out of context
and going off on a tangent as a result. Here it is in context.

If Adam and Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil is the pivotal event that marks the Biblical transition
from one consciousness to another and we are to apply a Darwinian perspective to
the text, we must ask: what is the corresponding pivotal event that marks the
scientific evolution from one consciousness to another? What do scientists say
about “the beginning?”

It is the beginning of human life, not all life, not the OOL.

rich faussette

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Received on Mon Aug 21 17:31:45 2006