He Said: She Said (Big Ben?)

He’s a much more patient man than I.

Then again, who isn’t?

But I must confess, when I first read the title of this article, I thought the quarterback — The Man — for the Pittsburgh Steelers was now weighing in on Theology. Come to think of it, he could be chiming in from the sidelines.

As Big Winnie would say: Oh bother.

Anyway …

I am far less interested in Intelligent Design than I am in simply asking questions about evolutionary theory. It seems to me one could be done with out the other, and, in fact, need to be. There is not one aspect of science which should go unquestioned, even by members of the unwashed such as me, and I am a little weary of questions about evolution — about evidence, in particular — being brushed off as the wishful thinking of creationists. They’re not.

It would be quite interesting for cultural permission to be given, as it were, for this particular dogma to be held up to scrutiny and for an honest discussion to be had about the explanatory power of evolutionary theory as well as its weaknesses, flaws and gaps — without anyone getting defensive. Impossible, but it’s sort of what I’m looking for.

Amy, she da man! (Or, well, you know what I mean.)