The Zen of Entropy
Entropy is decay. Evolution is renewal.
That thought struck me as I was reading an earlier post on the subject.
Entropy, left alone, would lead to complete destruction or dissolution. My kitchen and living room are good examples. To balance entropy (here's the Zen part), evolution molds the resulting detritus to create a new paradigm. Yin-Yang. Dark-Light. Entropy-Evolution.
The Lord, our Father, created Eden without entropy. Forever fresh, new, and delightful. What better way to destroy it than by adding entropy?
Genesis 3:17-19 - 17"Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it':
"Cursed is the ground for your sake;But Eden also had no evolution -- "Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name" (Genesis 2:19). Death was to be unknown in the perfect paradise. But Adam and Eve were driven out so it stands to reason that the flora and fauna escaped into an entropy-filled world to which they were ill-fit. How better to survive than to adapt?
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return."
There Were Two Trees?
Having partaken of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil the couple was equipped with reason (well, better reason than they had hitherto shown, apparently) to adapt. But not the other lives. Hence, evolution.
Like most of my posts I'm sure this sounds better in my head than when I first write it. If I do any revising of this post I'll try to mark the changes. But I rather do like the idea that evolution is one of God's tools in creating His universe.
