[asa] guns, germs, & steel

Jared Diamond, in his book: "Guns, Germs, & Steel" (1997) offers some
broad analytical strokes regarding the history of human societies, and
discusses compellingly the evolutionary natures of the rise & fall of
various civilizations. Even though this isn't his most recent work, and
I'm only half through it, I'm curious if others here have read or
discussed Diamond's observations?

It would be interesting to hear an evolutionary Creationist apply
Biblical criticism and interaction with Diamond's analysis. & how sin &
fall are understood within such an understanding.

Diamond doesn't write from an explicitly Christian point of view, but he
doesn't go out of his way to mock or denigrate religion either. His
perspective in this work has been level-headed and has made for
enlightening reading thus far! Anybody else interested in discussing
this? Unless, of course, bickering among ourselves proves to be more
fun...

--Merv

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Received on Fri Aug 1 19:05:35 2008