A little bit of this, a little bit of that

I woke up this morning thinking abut the creation vs. evolution debate and have discovered that the debate is really useless and quite a red herring that many “Christians” are up in arms about. My reasoning? Let’s plot it out for a second:

Theory A: the universe happened by chance after a cosmic explosion which produced the shreds of life which over time came to be ordered and living in the manner we know it today.
Purpose: None — randomness
My Conclusion: Since there is no purpose to life other than possibly to sustain the evolutionary lines, why would I bother doing anything except that which makes me feel good?

Theory B: God created the universe, earth, people, plants, animals, etc in the blink of an eye — but is an impersonal God and is now off doing his thing somewhere else.
Purpose: unknown — because he wanted to?
My Conclusion: Since there is no purpose to life other than possibly to sustain life, why would I bother doing anything except that which makes me feel good?

Theory C: God created a base universe which exploded into being and has now evolved from the basic creatures he originally created — but is an impersonal God and is now off doing his thing somewhere else.
Purpose: unknown — because he wanted to?
My Conclusion: Since there is no purpose to life other than possibly to sustain life, why would I bother doing anything except that which makes me feel good?

Theory D: God created the universe, earth, people, plants, animals, etc whether in the blink of an eye and/or had evolutionary mechanisms in place for more growth and is a personal God, with a vested interest in our welfare, wants to know and have relationship with us and wants us to have a passionate, fulfilling life.
Purpose: unknown — I postulate that because of the fullness of his relationship and the deep creativity, God wanted to share that with others.
My Conclusion: Since there is more to life than getting by, I have something I can live and strive for and relationships that are worth the messiness. I can work to build for the future because I believe the future will exist for me and for others, even after I’m not living on Earth anymore.

So my point is this — it doesn’t matter what people are taught or believe about evolution or creation unless it’s in the context of a purposed life and a relational God. If we have no bigger purpose, then we’re living for ourselves today. If there isn’t a God who cares about us and our fulfillment, then there is no morality or reason for morality — which I believes makes the argument of ‘Do what feels good as long as you don’t hurt anyone’ moot — what does it matter if I hurt anyone in the process?

Let’s not spend our energy, words and reputation fighting a battle that won’t actually change hearts, let’s choose our battles wisely and fight them with intelligence and ferocity.

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