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If someone went back in time and asked Darwin what his version of god was, I’m sure he would have an interesting answer. While referring the creations of god, Kenneth Miller writes, “Now, he didn’t carve the railing or bring it here or cement it in place…but god himself made the marble, long ago, and left it for someone to find and make into part of our church.” This is like saying that god created all matter, and everything is made of matter, so god created everything. However, this type of deductive reasoning doesn’t lead to anywhere. If god created matter, then what is it? Nobody knows a concrete answer to this question, although some may say that matter is energy. Then again, what is energy? This could go back and forth forever; of course, energy is matter.

“[Creationists suggest] that god dwells only in the shadows of our understanding. I suggest that, if god is real, we should be able to find him somewhere else – in the bright light of human knowledge, spiritual and scientific.” I agree that in order to prove the existence of god, something other than religion needs to be used. This is not to say that god should never be used to explain some things that happen in nature, even if that excuse is used only because there is no scientific fact to prove what is trying to be explained. Although it may seem weird to say but as a matter of fact, we don’t even really know how to define a fact.

Who is to say that humans are the final branch of the tree of evolution? If one believes in evolution, then I don’t see what would stop them from believing that it is a continuous process and there will be other animals that evolved from Homo sapiens in the future. This train of thought leads to “a world in which we would never be free,” which does not seem very appealing. However, it is not like I will be able to look at my sister now and then again in fifty years and notice any changes that were caused by evolution.

I would have to say that my favorite quote from Miller’s article is his last sentence. “I believe in Darwin’s god.” I may have to use this answer next time someone asks me if I believe in god because I usually say that I believe in what has been supported by science.