Humans Evolved Brains That Are Pattern-recognition Machines,

As Karl Marx Once Noted: 'hegel Remarks Somewhere That All Great, World-historical Facts And Personages Occur, As It Were, Twice. He Forgot To Add: The First Time As Tragedy, The Second As Farce.' William Jennings Bryan And The Scopes Trial Was A Tragedy. The Creationists And Intelligent Design Theorists Are A Farce.

We Know Evolution Happened Not Because Of Transitional Fossils Such As A. Natans But Because Of The Convergence Of Evidence From Such Diverse Fields As Geology, Paleontology, Biogeography, Comparative Anatomy And Physiology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, And Many More.

Through No Divine Design Or Cosmic Plan, We Have Inherited The Mantle Of Life's Caretaker On The Earth, The Only Home We Have Ever Known.

We Are A Fluke Of Nature, A Quirk Of Evolution, A Glorious Contingency.

How Can We Find Spiritual Meaning In A Scientific Worldview? Spirituality Is A Way Of Being In The World, A Sense Of One’s Place In The Cosmos, A Relationship To That Which Extends Beyond Oneself. . . . Does Scientific Explanation Of The World Diminish Its Spiritual Beauty? I Think Not. Science And Spirituality Are Complementary, Not Conflicting; Additive, Not Detractive. Anything That Generates A Sense Of Awe May Be A Source Of Spirituality. Science Does This In Spades. (158-159)