200 Years: And as Misunderstood as Ever

It is one of those connections of history that today is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin as well as Abraham Lincoln.

I do not want to get into any debate on evolution, creation, or "intelligent" design. I continue to be flabbergasted that people of faith cannot see how God could not have set up a universe where evolution can work. I continue to be astounded that we cannot marvel at a world where perhaps evolution is just as much a miracle of the Creator as a Word spoken in once empty nothingness.

But then again, I firmly believe that a god small enough and simple enough for us to explain and understand is not a god but a figment of our imagination.

Give me the Creator any day and I will give thanks to that God for allowing men and women like Darwin to help us grow deeper in knowledge and awe.