sometimes i stop and think that i be thinkin too much
cuz when i look to the future my heart be sinkin too much
it's like ima alcoholic who be drinkin too much
start to get down, so he get to drinkin and such
but for me, the problem's not even the drink or the dutch
it's these doubts that always got me feelin way out of touch
a straight loner: like starsky, without his man hutch
cuz im crippled and fear of failure's my metaphorical crutch
i guess im just afraid of the things that i can't see
even tho my moms said the dark is more afraid of me
but deep down i can't even fathom how that could be
feel like im locked in this cage with no way to get free
and then them army cats yellin "yo be all u can be!"
while the streets tellin me i need to be a OG
plus, my teachers be sayin "boy, get a degree"
but what if i find out that none of that is for me?
i mean i know i got talent just don't know how to use it
got a long list of skills, if u'd care to peruse it
my mind just plays around with ideas that amuse it
marchin to its own drummer with its own sheet of music
sometimes it's just hard to find one path and choose it
cuz the future's fragile, and im afraid im gonna lose it
beatin up my brain, man, these thoughts have abused it
i guess all this thinkin dun battered and bruised it
and at the end of the day im still stuck in the same spot
lookin at the happy people tryna figure what they've got
cuz marshall mathers told me "you only get one shot"
and if you miss out, you're a has-been and a have-not
man i want the king size bed but i got kicked to the cot
so im rollin the dice and pullin down the nob on the slots
cuz it's a gamble, they say you can't blow up if it's not
in life you gotta be ice cold before you get red hot
i guess what this means is im pullin out all the stops
puttin everything on the line, and givin it all i've got
and if it all works out, u'll be hearin my name a lot
but if not...blame it on these doubts that got me on lock
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Intelligent Design vs. The Theory of Evolution
I don't understand how people think that the Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution are solid evidence to prove that God doesn't exist. First of all, there are many holes in the theory of Evolution that have yet to be explained and it doesn't seem as if they will be anytime soon. Secondly, I find it funny how so many scientists are now pointing towards a belief that there must have been some form of intelligent design and yet they are ignored. The greatest scientist of all time, Albert Einstein, who is so well quoted and believed and whose theories have explained the logic behind many different phenomena, was also a firm believer in God. And yet, while all of Einstein's theories are taught in schools, this fact is never mentioned.
In fact, even if both the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang Theory are proved to be true, how is that solid evidence that God doesn't exist? God could have been the force behind the Big Bang and He could have been guiding the process of evolution throughout the history of the world. For example, let's throw out the notion that the Earth and all things in it, including humans, were made in only 7 literal days, as is often claimed in certain religious texts. Let's say, for instance, that the use of the term "days" in the Bible and other texts was actually symbolic for a much longer period of time. Say, a period, split into 7 equal blocks, that coincided with the length of time between the "Big Bang" and the emergence of the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens. This is not altogether a very far-fetched notion as much of the Bible is, in fact, symbolism.
Also, let's assume that God, an all powerful entity whose mission was to create beings with whom He planned to interact in a sort of Parent-Child relationship, did not immediately know exactly how He wanted these beings to act, look, behave, etc. Let's assume, for example, that He was acting on a sort of trial and error basis. If this were to be assumed, then it would make sense that, after experimenting with dinosaurs and other such creatures, and having found them unsuitable, these creatures suddenly became extinct due to one event that scientists are still unsure of how to explain. Let's say that God then believed that reptiles were not the type of being that He could relate to in a parent-child relationship. Then, let's assume that God found He could best relate to mammals, so He sought to create a mammal that would truly reflect his reality and essence, using the process of evolution to continue to develop traits that He believed were worthy and to discard traits He didn't favor. This would explain why there was suddenly an explosion of mammals throughout the fossil record, ultimately culminating in the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens. After all this, let's say that God finally found what He was looking for in the Homo Sapiens Sapiens species, and He then invested a spiritual element into these beings. In this way, He was then able to communicate with them and truly establish Himself as their parent and He was able to give them an eternal spiritual character that would allow them to continue to relate to Him in a "Spirit World" after their physical deaths.
In this way, it can be said that BOTH the idea of intelligent design AND the Theory of Evolution could coexist. This would not only explain the holes in Darwin's theory, attributed to the fact that God is an all-powerful being, but it would also be a more logical and scientific explanation than to say that the entire world and everything in it was created in a mere 7 days. Obviously, I was not there and therefore I can not be 100 percent positive that this is really how the evolution of species happened, but is it not just as logical, if not more-so, than both the Theory of Evolution and the current religious model of the Creation?
In fact, even if both the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang Theory are proved to be true, how is that solid evidence that God doesn't exist? God could have been the force behind the Big Bang and He could have been guiding the process of evolution throughout the history of the world. For example, let's throw out the notion that the Earth and all things in it, including humans, were made in only 7 literal days, as is often claimed in certain religious texts. Let's say, for instance, that the use of the term "days" in the Bible and other texts was actually symbolic for a much longer period of time. Say, a period, split into 7 equal blocks, that coincided with the length of time between the "Big Bang" and the emergence of the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens. This is not altogether a very far-fetched notion as much of the Bible is, in fact, symbolism.
Also, let's assume that God, an all powerful entity whose mission was to create beings with whom He planned to interact in a sort of Parent-Child relationship, did not immediately know exactly how He wanted these beings to act, look, behave, etc. Let's assume, for example, that He was acting on a sort of trial and error basis. If this were to be assumed, then it would make sense that, after experimenting with dinosaurs and other such creatures, and having found them unsuitable, these creatures suddenly became extinct due to one event that scientists are still unsure of how to explain. Let's say that God then believed that reptiles were not the type of being that He could relate to in a parent-child relationship. Then, let's assume that God found He could best relate to mammals, so He sought to create a mammal that would truly reflect his reality and essence, using the process of evolution to continue to develop traits that He believed were worthy and to discard traits He didn't favor. This would explain why there was suddenly an explosion of mammals throughout the fossil record, ultimately culminating in the species Homo Sapiens Sapiens. After all this, let's say that God finally found what He was looking for in the Homo Sapiens Sapiens species, and He then invested a spiritual element into these beings. In this way, He was then able to communicate with them and truly establish Himself as their parent and He was able to give them an eternal spiritual character that would allow them to continue to relate to Him in a "Spirit World" after their physical deaths.
In this way, it can be said that BOTH the idea of intelligent design AND the Theory of Evolution could coexist. This would not only explain the holes in Darwin's theory, attributed to the fact that God is an all-powerful being, but it would also be a more logical and scientific explanation than to say that the entire world and everything in it was created in a mere 7 days. Obviously, I was not there and therefore I can not be 100 percent positive that this is really how the evolution of species happened, but is it not just as logical, if not more-so, than both the Theory of Evolution and the current religious model of the Creation?
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