Self justification often uses logic as a basis for resisting evolution or change. The universe is full of gray. From http://www.gospeloutreach.net/whychristianity.html
…The law of non-contradiction is the foundation for all logical thinking. It is known by a couple different names: the law of contradiction, and the law of non-contradiction. No matter what you call it, this law is absolutely inviolable. The law may be defined as follows: a statement cannot be true and not true at the same time and in the same respect. For example: It cannot be both raining and not raining at the same time and in the same respect…
But how many drops of water constitute rain? One drop? 100 drops. What if a drop lands next to me but not one me? What if the drop is 10 meters away from me? 100 meters? 1,000 meters? What if the moisture falls from the clouds but evaporates before it hits the ground?
The answer to most complicated questions is not simple black and white, but “it depends”. And the answers are almost always contextual. That’s why there are differences between the teachings of Jesus and Mohamamd. They taught different students in different cultures at different periods of time.
It takes a flexible mind to attempt to understand the universe. Einstein would not accept the tennets of quantum mechanics but modern experiments have proved its validity.
See http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
Quantum mechanics is certainly imposing. But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the ‘old one’. I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice. [emphasis added]
Schrödinger’s cat is an attempt to explain how logic works in a quantum world. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger’s_cat
Schrödinger’s cat is a thought experiment, often described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935. It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The thought experiment presents a cat that might be alive or dead, depending on an earlier random event. In the course of developing this experiment, he coined the term Verschränkung — literally, entanglement.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
…The mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics are abstract and the implications are often non-intuitive…
I believe both polytheism (many gods) and monotheism (one god) could be used to describe the universe depending on the level of consciousness of the describer. A Shaman who interacts with the different aspects of the Gaia mind would see the different pools of consciousness from different cultures as different Gods. A Master like Jesus, Buddha or Milarepa would see beyond that grid on consciousness to a galatic or universal level of consciousness and recognize all is one. See http://esotericvoyage.com/blog/monotheism-vs-polytheism/
Creationism (God created the universe) vs. Evolution (radom chance started the universe and life and survival of the fittest was the sole cause of evolution) are both valid ways to describe the creation of the universe to different students in different cultures at different times.
By the way, science hasn’t yet found the driving force behind evolution. Hint: See http://esotericvoyage.com/blog/the-real-cause-of-evolution-2/
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