far from over

last night charlie and i went to see super 8. i think we'd both highly recommend it. it was enjoyable and just an overall good choice for a night out at the movies. (i also REALLY liked going on a weeknight! charlie and i rarely make it to the movies, and when we do it's ALWAYS a busy weekend.)

on the way to the movies we discussed a few different political/moral/controversial issues. i think i used to feel really sure about my opinions. but over the past few years as i've seen more and learned more and experienced more... i've decided that i actually have very few firm opinions on things! life is complicated!! people are complex! as are the systems we use to organize them. it used to bother me when people weren't sure what they thought about this or that, but i suddenly understand. it's not that i don't care about things or think about things--but the vastness of certain issues is sometimes just a little too much for my brain to definitively comprehend with no questions left to be answered.

in any case, i was apparently thinking about similar things 5 years ago on my xanga... and wanted to share this post.


Monday, July 10, 2006


Currently Listening
The Cosmic Game
By Thievery Corporation
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a few weeks ago i was with a group of people at dinner... and somehow evolution came up. they were upset that their pastor couldn't convince one of the JBU profs that evolution wasn't real and never happened. not even God initiated and designed evolution. now... i grew up anti-evolution. "of course it didn't happen! God created the world in 7 days! the platypus is evidence!" but after taking a few science classes and hearing the reasoning behind these Christian professors saying evolution could have happened... i've started to lean that direction.
especially after someone at the table said "doesn't that sound like a wimpy God? one who couldn't make the earth in 7 days?"
and i thought "NO! absolutely not! since when has God been about poofing things into being...?" i am _certainly_ not saying that God doesn't have the power, means, or capability to create the earth in 7 days... he could have snapped his fingers, etc. but think about your life. what in your life did God just go *poof* and it was complete or fixed? okay, your salvation was... but isn't your Christian walk a process? don't we go through slow times of growth and fast times and hard times and good times... everything as a process...?
it just seems so like the character of God to me to design something as intricate as evolution. (i'm not saying i think we came from monkeys... but that maybe we have an old earth and that He created things to change and evolve into other things.) maybe God created this _amazing_ process that He could bring the earth through.... have His hand involved in... be there present, in every step... just as He does for His children. i kind of like that thought.