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LIFE: God's theater of the absurd

A new take on the classic evolution vs creationism debate

What's the difference between your appendix and Britney Spears?  Your appendix probably served a good purpose at one point.  Which brings me to my next point: evolution.  There are two things at play when I consider the topic of creationism versus evolution.  One is that there is so much evidence for evolution that I assume people are just trying to look cool by denying it.  Secondly, however, is that when you get down into the fundamental processes of living and non-living organisms, it seems almost insane that it could all happen just by sheer chance.  So based off of the second statement, you have probably guessed correctly. I do not support teaching creationism as an alternative to evolution.

I do believe that there probably is, or was, something behind this absurdist comedy we're living through.  My theory is that God became so tired after repeatedly having to kill off the people he kept creating that he finally decided to let them go at it alone.  Probably retired to a celestial Florida.  My second theory is that God created a Myspace, nobody commented on his pics, and he decided to smite us something fierce. 

But the idea of teaching creationism is overstepping that whole "church and state" thing.  It is an obvious attempt at trying to reinstate God into schools as an integral part of the educational foundation.  My problem with this is that it completely disregards the diverse religious population we have present.  When considering the Muslims, the Sikhs, the Whigs, the Know Nothings, etc., there is blatant discrimination going on there.  I have heard a number of arguments in the likes of "Notice how things have gotten worse since they removed God from schools!" or more specifically "Look at how bad things have gotten since they've banned prayer in schools!"  But you see, God (the Christian God which is implicit in those arguments) has not been banned from school whatsoever.  When I was in junior high I was permitted to read my bible freely.  I was allowed to pray as I wished, never having any evil Atheistic liberal Democrat try and smolder my spiritual development while I was on school grounds. 

So then where is this banning of God from schools?  Ever since prayer in schools was banned (teacher lead prayer only, not prayer by individuals as they wish) we have seen a sharp stab at the throat to all those who wish to practice their religion in the meekest of attempts and subsequently a sharp decline in religious affiliation, right?  InterVarsity at Bakersfield College is a shining example of this.  So was the bible fellowship club that was active when I was in high school.  They are certainly not allowed to exist anymore. And although it clearly looks like they do in fact exist and are highly active, I can assure that they do not. I believe they are mass hallucinations trying to stave of the spiritual starvation that Engel v. Vitale has evoked upon us.  So when Creationism is not considered a true science, it is surely because of the aforementioned banning of God. 

However, when it comes to teaching evolution, it should be considered that, although there are hoards of evidence backing up the theory, there is nothing that can possibly be done to disprove the existence of a god, and any language that is used to suggest otherwise should be greeted with the same resistance as that which says there is only one God.  Because I do have grievances against many religious groups, and the Scientific Atheists are one of them.  God cannot be proven or disproven.  That is the very nature of what God represents; God is beyond the observable world.  The observable world and science are inextricably linked; it is the only way which science can exist.  Therefore, to be able to say that the world evolved from nothing other than an explosion billions of years ago is still not proof that God does not exist.  But not only is it scientifically unsound to say so, it is scientifically unethical. Even if science were to prove beyond any doubt exactly what happened in the beginning of the universe, it would still not prove the non-existence of God.  Science may be able to explain what ever nerve signals in your brain, or what every beat of your heart does to you physiologically, or that there may even be a God gene.  But all that can be said is that it explains the physical manifestations of such things.  It is how they exist not why.  As far as the "why" is concerned, I'm ok with not knowing for now and will let the unfolding explain itself.

Printed in Bakotopia Magazine, Issue 18, 12-27-07