Biology Through The Eyes of Faith book excerpts

Some excerpts regarding Evolution taken from Biology Through The Eyes of Faith by Richard T. Wright:


 "Evolutionary relationships dominate our understanding of the genetics of living organisms, from DNA structure to the importance of characteristics in the next generation. Ecology, animal behavior, comparative anatomy, embryology.. All are organized and interpreted from an evolutionary framework" (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "The millions of species of plants, animals and microbes are classified according to evolutionary principle's (common descent). The adaptations of all living things are understood as natural selection acting on genetic variations. The geographical distribution of organisms is interpreted as the outcome of speciation followed by dispersal." (The Importance of Darwinism to Biology, pg. 117)


 "...General trends in the fossil record suggest a progression: For example, single cells are found only in the oldest fossil bearing layers, invertebrates are found in the Cambrian (early Paleozoic), the first replies in the late Paleozoic, the first mammals in the Triassic, and placental animals in the late Cretaceous." (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 121)


 "..The appearance of gill arches in land animal embryos and notochords in higher invertebrates" (Evidences for Evolution, pg. 122)


 "Darwin's work on the biological sciences was his most greatest and revolutionary accomplishment" (The Darwinian Revolution and Human Thought, pg. 120)


*Applies to God guided or theistic evolution as well.

Evolution, creation

People don't like.the idea of a common ancestor and evolution because if they acknowledge that, they relinquish their rights to special creation or engineering, which gives many people not only a moral superiority complex and takes away fear of death but also means that all living things are related and many people do not want to give up prejudice, racism, control, religious ideology nor other views which may include hunting, destruction of environment, war, etc..
 Having a common ancestor through evolution would mean that every living thing is related and many people are not cool with that, they like the idea of being created, special and superior in nature to other Humans and species.