My prior blogs on evolution and the theology of Dairmuid O’Murcho
focused on my growing awareness that evolution has been the key to my better appreciation of where humans fit
into an understanding of God. It has been a slow process, now helped by RichardRohr who has been able to articulate the awareness that we have to lose one’s
“self” in order to find the true self within the presence of the loving God.
Neil deGrasse Tyson has been able to bring the awesome
reality of our Cosmos into a graphic presentation that is spell-binding. It
helps to become visually aware of how small the earth and we, its inhabitants,
are in relationship with time and space. It is humbling to consider that we are
part of this awesome universe, capable of some understanding of its beauty and
power and our relatively small, but important, role in the process of
evolution.
The dimensions of our universe in terms of time (billions of
years) and space (outer parameters still to be discovered) contribute to an
awareness of the grace of our existence. One would think that it would follow
that our privileged existence would result in our loving care of all of the
Earth and those who inhabit it. To not love and care for the Earth and our
fellow living beings, human, animals, and other living beings, seems
sacrilegious.
At any rate, I cannot to see the second and third part of
this exciting presentation.
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