I always thought Billy looked a bit like a lemur. Now scientists think they found the missing link in the evolutionary tree connecting small monkeys with larger apes like chimps. This lemur apparantly has some ape-like qualities like fingernails, oppposable thumbs, and relatively short limbs.
This is a pretty fascinating development, but all it does is raise more questions for me. I've been struggling with melding my scientific knowledge with spiritual knowledge for quite some time now. Evolution makes much more logical sense to me than does a creator that has existed for eternity. I have been told "we aren't able to understand the infinite, you just need to have faith." This worked for a period of time during high school, and in fact I was very religious during that part of my life. I've never really stopped believing in God; I still feel like there is a possibility of a higher power. It is all just so confusing for me. So, I've just resigned to not know for sure. The only thing I can do is continue to uphold the most important Christian values, because I definitely believe in values. I also think it's important to have some sort of spirituality, no matter what it is. Love thy neighbor, do unto others... seems like a good idea whether Jesus rose from the dead or not. Lately I've just been more inclined to believe that a person's biology and past experiences dictate where their life will head instead of a higher power or destiny.
I don't know how this suddenly became a blog on religion, but oh well. That's what you get when you start typing without having an outline in mind.
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