[betty boop]

The Creationists make religion ridiculous, with the absurd notion that the STORY of Creation is the same as the FACT of Creation ex nihilo, which is all that Scripture teaches.

Great point, Arthur McGowan, and well worth stressing.

Evolutionary theory makes a strong case for the "spontaneous" generation of increasingly more complex biological forms from very simple forms. But what it does not do is account for how specifically human consciousness can have arisen from lower forms which appear not to possess consciousness of other than the most rudimentary sort, if even that. Consciousness remains a mystery that appears to be inexplicable in purely materialist terms. In this sense, Darwinist theory is woefully incomplete.

[Lev]

But what it does not do is account for how specifically human consciousness can have arisen from lower forms which appear not to possess consciousness of other than the most rudimentary sort, if even that.

Hi Betty,
when I observe different representatives of those 'lower forms' I see that some of them are a whole lot 'higher' than others (e.g. primates). This tells me that human consciousness is most likely the result of a progression, and not something radically different, appearing out of the blue.

Regards,
Lev