Wednesday, March 28, 2007
God, evolution (part II)
As Jo eats an orange for breakfast:- Jo: what's that?
- Moo: it's a pip. It's a kind of seed.
- Jo: why?
- Me: it's how you grow things. If you want to grow a new thing, you need seeds.
- Jo: why?
- Me: you put it in the ground and give it water and keep it warm, and if you're lucky, it will make a new tree, or flower, or vegetable.
- Jo: why?
- Me: because that's how evolution and God made things
- Me (aside to Moo): well, it worked last time
- Jo: why?
- Moo smirks
- Me (struggling): because there's a bit of the divine in each of us, and we're all products of evolution, aren't we?
- Jo: Amen.
- Moo looks flabbergasted
- Mike (looking smug): it's taking...
- Moo: it's a pip. It's a kind of seed.
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