Samantha Rinne
Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
I believe that God wishes us to evolve and grow. Not only physically but spiritually. It's possible that if we were left to this process, we'd eventually become able to grow into a number of new species (think about how humans came from monkeys to hairy men to basically Japanese bishonen). Energy beings? That's probably the goal, if transhumanism doesn't try to trap us all in soulless robot bodies like this.
But I'm getting off point. The point is, when we look at the Bible, we're looking at the story of a backwards, somewhat violent tribe that's declared the chosen people. Today, I saw this picture (from the webcomic Tower of God).
"A world where only chosen people can play." This is the mentality of elites everywhere. But it's a starting place. Throughout the Old Testament , God mirrors his people. In the early portions like Genesis, those God favors tend to lie and cheat, and sometimes murder ppl. In Exodus, God is seen throwing several temper tantrums. By the middle of the Bible, God is proving he is not just a war deity but keeps Israel fertile. And he is becoming distinct from other deities nearby that demand blood sacrifices. By the New Testament, this is a God who helps slaves be free, and who now says there's no distinction between slave and free, male and female, etc. But here's the problem. Remember that sense that the Jews were specially chosen? Well there's this rabbi, and he wants to spread God's love to Samaritans, to Greeks, to Romans. No more chosen people, this is a game to be played by all. "Crucify him!" they shout.
And yet, God calls us to evolve and grow. We might balk at some point and decide "sorry, I can't do that" but the point is not to blame the Jews for their failure to acdept Jesus, but to see this as a long path of ascension, that some of us stop at various points along the way.
So this idea that Christians ought to be opposed to evolution is stupid. We ought to be opposed to Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest, and very much in favor of a God that promotes human advancement and evolution.
But I'm getting off point. The point is, when we look at the Bible, we're looking at the story of a backwards, somewhat violent tribe that's declared the chosen people. Today, I saw this picture (from the webcomic Tower of God).
"A world where only chosen people can play." This is the mentality of elites everywhere. But it's a starting place. Throughout the Old Testament , God mirrors his people. In the early portions like Genesis, those God favors tend to lie and cheat, and sometimes murder ppl. In Exodus, God is seen throwing several temper tantrums. By the middle of the Bible, God is proving he is not just a war deity but keeps Israel fertile. And he is becoming distinct from other deities nearby that demand blood sacrifices. By the New Testament, this is a God who helps slaves be free, and who now says there's no distinction between slave and free, male and female, etc. But here's the problem. Remember that sense that the Jews were specially chosen? Well there's this rabbi, and he wants to spread God's love to Samaritans, to Greeks, to Romans. No more chosen people, this is a game to be played by all. "Crucify him!" they shout.
And yet, God calls us to evolve and grow. We might balk at some point and decide "sorry, I can't do that" but the point is not to blame the Jews for their failure to acdept Jesus, but to see this as a long path of ascension, that some of us stop at various points along the way.
So this idea that Christians ought to be opposed to evolution is stupid. We ought to be opposed to Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest, and very much in favor of a God that promotes human advancement and evolution.