Anonymous asked this question on 4/15/2000:
I have been amused reading your answers to some very difficult questions, as you seem to have a gift.....for what i am not sure yet. how about answering this one,on what level did life begin,or evolve as you might see it? Do you suggest that nature is the creator?Perhaps that a colaborative effort was made by certain forces? I am aware of the theories from various religions, and even scientifically,as to how we came to be,but I would really like to know not just the wiccan explanation, but your own. Thank you for letting me challenge you. curious.
p.s.I am hoping for a biological view, as well as a spiritual view.
mothergoddess gave this response on 4/15/2000:
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM ALWAYS UP FOR A GOOD GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE. YOUR BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT BROUGHT ME A FEW GIGGLES TOO. LIFE CAN NOT BE TAKEN SO SERIOUSLY AS TO ASSUME THAT ONE PERSON HAS ALL THE ANSWERS TO LIFES' EVERY QUESTION, AND IN NO WAY DO I CLAIM TO HAVE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING.
THE FACT THAT YOU CHOSE THIS TOPIC, SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT YOUR INTELLIGENCE, AND THAT, I ADMIRE. (THIS IS A TRUE COMPLIMENT! :) )
SO BEING SO EDUCATED, I WILL ASSUME YOU HAVE READ THE PAGAN AND WICCAN VERSION OF THE CREATION, AND TACKLE THE MORE LIGHTHEARTED VERSION OF MY PERSONAL BELIEFS.
I BELIEVE IN A COMBINATION OF CREATIONISM AND EVOLUTION. THAT IS TO SAY, THAT THERE ARE SOME SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS THAT CAN BE SHOWN TO HAVE EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE EONS. FOR THE MOST PART, ON THIS SCIENCE AND POPULAR CONCENSUS AGREE. BUT TO SIMPLY EXPLAIN MANKIND IN THOSE TERMS COULD NEVER DO JUSTICE TO THE INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HUMANS AND OUR FURRY FRIENDS.
(NOW HERE COMES THE FUN PART...AND BARE WITH ME ON THIS LEAP...MY TWIST TO THE CREATIONISM STORY...YOU MAY WANT TO PUT THE DRINK DOWN BEFORE YOU START TO LAUGH AND SPILL IT...)
LETS, FIRST POINT OUT SOME OF THE SIMULARITIES TO THE VARIOUS CULTURAL BELIEFS OF HOW LIFE BEGAN: MOST THINK WE WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF, OR ARE DECENDANTS FROM GOD(S), MOST HAVE A WRITTEN TEXT OF BASIC TENETS OR LAWS. WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE PROVERBIAL FAN, MOST LOOK TO THE HEAVENS OR SKYWARD, OR TO A PARTICULAR DIRECTION TO GET THE ANSWERS FOR HELP, OR PEACE OF MIND THEY ARE SEEKING. MOST THINK THERE IS A FORCE GREATER THAN US MERE MORTALS, SOMEONE, OR SOME THING, LARGER, OUT THERE (ALTHOUGH NOT TANGIBLE) THAT HAS MORE CONTROL OVER THE SITUATION THAN WE DO...
I HOPE YOU CAN AGREE WITH ME ON THESE POINTS...
TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE ONLY LIFE FORM IN THE ENTIRE, UNMEASURABLE UNIVERSE IS EGOTISTIC AND NARROWMINDED TO SAY THE LEAST... SO LET'S ASSUME FOR THE MOMENT WE ARE 'NOT ALONE' OUT HERE IN SPACE:
PICTURE A WORLD OF BEINGS, MUCH LIKE OURSELVES, BUT MORE ADVANCED, WHO DECIDE THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OF CULTIVATING ( PERHAPS BY CLONING OR BREEDING) A CLASS OF LIFEFORM FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE THEY HAVE IN MIND....ENTERTAINMENT, SIMPLE CURIOUSITY, AN EXPERIMENT, OR FOR SERVITUDE...
PERHAPS THEY MADE TOO MANY, OR DISCARDED THE RUNTS OR ERRORS (OR WE GOT OUT OF CONTROL, AND THEREFORE WERE BANISHED...?), OR PERHAPS THEY JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY PLACED THESE CREATURES ON THEIR OWN PLANET TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD DO. ( COULD EXPLAIN THE LINK BETWEEN THE PRIMATES....MAYBE THEY MADE A FEW VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES PLAYING WITH THE CHROMOSOMES, THATS GOOD FOR A LAUGH...)
OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T BE COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT IN ABANDONING THEIR CHARGES, SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE A FEW BASIC RULES, TO BE HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS.... BE GOOD, DO NOT HARM, TAKE ONLY WHAT IS NEEDED, ETC...THE LIST COULD GO ON....AND IF THINGS WERE TO BECOME SO TOUGH, OR THE FOUNDLINGS NEEDED GUIDENCE, THEY COULD ALWAYS LOOK FROM WHENCE THEY CAME....SKYWARD, TO THE EAST, TO THE PLANETS...AND ASK FOR GUIDENCE OR HELP.
AND THROUGH TIME, MAN PROLIFERATED, SPEAD OUT....THE VERSION TOOK ON DIFFERENCES (MUCH LIKE A GAME OF TELEPHONE, WHERE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE IS TURNED INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE LAST PERSON TO REPEAT IT). THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES, AND THE SIMULARITIES....THE BASIC TENETS ARE THE SAME...
WE COME FROM SOMETHING HIGHER: WE HAVE COMMON LAWS: WE LOOK FOR ANSWERS FROM SOMEWHERE BEYOND THIS PHYSICAL WORLD: THERE ARE FORCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND UNEXPLAINABLE.
OR, IT COULD BE THAT I AM THE LAST PERSON ON THE TELEPHONE LINE AND HAVE TOTALLY SCREWED UP THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE.... OR MAYBE I HAVE LAPSED INTO A DELLUSIONAL STATE AND NEED SERIOUS THERAPY AND MEDICATION...EITHER WAY, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE...
WE ARE HERE, THIS IS NOW, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE.... SO LOOKING BACKWARDS TO THE PAST IS FUTILE. WE NEED TO CONCERN OURSELVES WITH MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR EVERYONE...AND ACCEPT EACH OTHER FOR THE MARVELOUS DIFFERENCES (AND SIMULARITIES) BECAUSE HOWEVER ONE EXPLAINS IT, WE ALL SHARE THE SAME WORLD, AND THEREFORE, HAVE AT LEAST ONE THING IN COMMON.
WELL, THERE YOU GO! THIS PIECE OF FICTION HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY MY SPONSORS, MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE (TOO MANY CUPS) AND BY THE MAKERS OF HAPPY TIME TEA (APPARENTLY, WAY TOO MANY CUPS)....
I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE YOUR VERSION OF THE STORY AND GET YOUR VIEWPOINT... I THINK IT WOULD BE QUITE INTERESTING, FROM ONE CYNIC TO ANOTHER....
THANKS FOR THE GOOD LAUGH, AND I DO HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN....
MERRY PART,
(STILL LAUGHING, SHE SIGNS OFF)
LOVE, BETHANY
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