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Essay talk:Evolution in Genesis

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Hmmm - while I think that you overstate the case a bit, and there's some stuff that I raised an eyebrow at, I agree with you that Genesis contains a few ideas that could represent an inkling of the idea of evoluon - the authors of Genesis do seem to have the idea of complexity developing out of simplicity, even if they simply ascribe it to God. Irenaeus does the same thing (I think he's actually among the first to use the word 'evolution' - in Latin of course - in such a way), Augustine winks at it, and Teilhard de Chardin is Teilhard de Chardin. --䷉䷻䷶䷈䷰䷒䷰䷈䷶䷈䷡䷶䷀䷵䷥