A few decades ago, there seemed to be only two choices on origins: If you doubted that Darwinian natural selection of random mutations could explain all the magnificent species in the living world — including intelligent, conscious humans — you had to believe that the Grand Canyon is only a few thousand years old. And if you saw the story of Noah and the ark as an allegory rather than as history, you had to believe that everything in the universe is the product of blind, unintelligent forces. I remember seeing a T-shirt with a picture of the Grand Canyon on the front. On the back was the message, “Six thousand years or four billion years — you decide.”
Science or Faith? You No Longer Have to Choose
The origins of the universe, the complexity of life, and the mystery of human consciousness raise profound questions about whether nature alone can explain creation.
