Posted by Charlotte on January 24, 19101 at 16:36:49:
In Reply to: Christ OS posted by Philoman on January 24, 19101 at 12:56:07:
Hi,
I'm Charlotte, a biology major who is just finding her way back to Christianity, after a long and rocky history with the Church.
One of my stumbling blocks has always been evolution. The Christianity I was taught insisted on a literal understanding of creation. Evolution was denounced as a philosophy of the devil. I'm beginning to realize now that not all Christian denominations teach this, but it's taking me a while to see how one can believe in God and accept evolution.
I was struck by the evolutionary dimension of the Christ OS analogy. In evolution, one stage builds on another, and incorporates it. For example, cells incorporate molecules; tissues incorporate cells, organs incorporate tissues, organisms incorporate organs, and so forth. One level develops in all directions, but then a higher level of complexity emerges, using the lower level as a foundation. The lower level then becomes integrated into the higher level--as the cells of our body are part of our very humanity.
As I'm not a computer whiz, I'm wondering if something similar could be said about the "evolution" of computer operating systems? What say, Philo, or anyone else?
Cheers,
Charlotte