SO SORRY

I missed the celebration. You know the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin yesterday. We used to get a day off from school for his birthday. Oh, no, I'm confused. It was Abe Lincoln who was born on the same date and year. All I know is that it was usually bad weather in Illinois when we took off that day. But it was welcomed. Because it gave me a day I didn't have to hear about evolution.

You see, all that theory conflicted with what I had heard in Sunday School and church. The older I got, the more I heard about how Darwin was right and if I or anyone believed otherwise, well they were mental midgets.

But I continued in church, continued to look around, continued to disbelieve Darwin. He had some doubts, too, you know. According to Prof. Del Tackett, the formation and study of the eye made Darwin cold. He shuddered at a peacock's feather. But rather than think God the creator, Darwin elected to believe in happenstance. Yep, everything just randomly happened. No design, no higher power. Just kismet.

So I missed the celebration. I wasn't able to participate in evolving beyond belief. For as The Monkees sang, "I'm a Believer".