Man: A Completely Different Species From Other Creatures

I came across a Gallup Poll which showed that 73% of USA residents believe that God played a part in the creation of man.

People were asked to choose one of three options:

1. Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process.  31% chose this option
2. Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process. 19% this option
3. God created human beings much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so. 42% this option

I was interested to see that 42% believed that God created man in his present form – and within the last 10,000 years. In a UK poll in 2006 only 22% went for a creationism option.

The poll caught my attention because I had been reading a treatise which offered a differing view more in line with option 1 above.

A Dr. Baker wrote:

By ‘Fire’ in the above it was meant that an energy was applied to mankind to advance him along the evolutionary path – but man was always a completely different species.

Once that ‘Fire’ was applied:

I’ve personally believed for quite a long time that we are responsible for our actions and must bare the consequences for how we act. Some would call this karma.

But it’s for each of us to decide what beliefs we follow and to respect the beliefs of others. When you look at many religions they are not so far apart as first imagined – it’s often just the interpretations that get a little skewed.

But before I close this post there is a thought that the serpent who was responsible for mankind’s exile from the Garden of Eden can also lead them back to the Garden. In Hindu Yoga this would be called kundalini where the serpent is resting at the base of the spine – but maybe more on this another time.

P.S. Why do old paintings of Adam & Eve show them with tummy-buttons?

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