The other night I (Tara) had a chance to process some of the big, unusual feelings that I became aware of today while I went on an afternoon walk with Eden. Gavin’s been gone 2 days in a row now, which is a big change from the norm of these past 6 months. It’s quieter, reminded me of a little over a year ago when it was just me and Eden most days while Gavin worked at Roth Construction in the bitter cold Ottawa winter.
If it interests you, you may enjoy reading my (Tara’s) commentary after watching the film, "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy". Be forewarned though (!!) I use terms that may be offensive to some! The "C" word (cr*@tion) is used frequently, as is the "G" word (G_d). Readers who have no tolerance (defined as a willingness to disagree with a belief or practice) for ideas contrary to their own, particularly when discussing absolutes, may find this reading enlightening or offensive, depending on how willing they are to examine the foundation of their standpoint. It’s short, it’s sweet, it’s from my heart to yours…just click here to go right to it.Tonight we watched a rented DVD, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, a satirical sci-fi that had both it’s funny moments and it’s ‘deep thoughts’. Based on the hit book by Douglas Adams, it’s been hugely popular and the film does do it some justice.
It was a bit disconcerting at all the cracks made at God (for example, the electronic Guidebook to the Universe, states that “In the beginning the universe was created…which many regard as a giant mistake.”) One planet believes the universe was created out of a giant sneeze and one day a giant hankercheif will come and wipe them clean. They poke fun at Catholic style worship and mass (all the pomp, tone, and dress, almost KKK…) replacing ‘Amen’ with “atchoo”. Ok, I laughed at that one. On one hand it was funny, on the other it was kinda sad. I think the most disconcerting (and I comfort myself by saying this was most certainly science fiction!) was watching humanoid creatures building Earth.2. Like a giant construction project, the infinite complexity and beauty of earth was assumed to be replicable with advanced technology (oceans being filled in by firehoses, majestic mountains plopped in by cranes, etc). I suppose using the gift of our imaginations we could imagine the possibility of creating such highly advanced technology that we could begin to replicate identically the matter of the earth. Yet somehow, I think not. Is it because I am biased? A lover of God who gives credit where credit is due? Certainly! But also, I think not because of Darwin’s Archilles Heel. Darwin pre-supposed that his theory of evolution could be proven once technology caught up. He supposed that the smaller and lifeforms (that couldn’t be examined with the naked eye, amoebas and so on) would be ‘simpler’ (less cellularly complex than a larger, more “evolved” creature, such as 4 legged beings). It went along with his whole “we evolved [aka: became more complex and adapted to our environments] from a pile of ooze” foundationHe made it quite plain in his published works that it was only a matter of time before science would catch up and be able to prove his theory. So what happened?
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