What is it about the idea of evolution that so excites passion. The whole debate is very polarized. Either you are for evolution or against it. If for, then that means that there is no role of God in the start and development of life. Everything is blind chance. If against, then you are against science and rational thought and are a blinkered idiot living in a fantasy. I am currently reading The Fifth Miracle by Paul Davies who seeks to explain the origin of life as a result of purely worldly forces. What I've read so far, all the arguments presented are extremely convoluted. Indeed it is easier to invoke the divine as the source for the origin of life than to jump through complicated hoops seeking a purely non-divine explanation.
However, to get back to my earlier point, why is the debate so polarized? Why are extreme positions taken? Why does religion raise hackles?
One thing should be noted. This is a purely Western debate. Its origins and nearly all the protagonists hail from a West influenced paradigm. The fact that the rest of the world follows this same paradigm denotes the success that Western colonialism had in destroying indigenous structures and ideas.
However, to get back to my earlier point, why is the debate so polarized? Why are extreme positions taken? Why does religion raise hackles?
One thing should be noted. This is a purely Western debate. Its origins and nearly all the protagonists hail from a West influenced paradigm. The fact that the rest of the world follows this same paradigm denotes the success that Western colonialism had in destroying indigenous structures and ideas.
