Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Mar 03 2009
Darwin's daughter
I just read kind of a sad article about Charles Darwin earlier today. I had never realized that his wife was a Christian, or that his beloved daughter had died so young. NPR's web site says that Darwin became more vocal about his scientific theories after his daughter Annie's death. Any parent who grieves that much at the loss of a child must believe that life and death are pretty personal matters and are not just chaotic incidents in some cosmic accident. I have a feeling, which is just a feeling, that he never stopped asking questions of God and that he, and we, might have misinterpreted his questioning as a breach of faith. His refusal of pat answers may have shown a yearning for a closeness with God that many of us never dare to reach for in our lifetime. As I said, it's just a feeling I have.
posted at: 14:14 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
I just read kind of a sad article about Charles Darwin earlier today. I had never realized that his wife was a Christian, or that his beloved daughter had died so young. NPR's web site says that Darwin became more vocal about his scientific theories after his daughter Annie's death. Any parent who grieves that much at the loss of a child must believe that life and death are pretty personal matters and are not just chaotic incidents in some cosmic accident. I have a feeling, which is just a feeling, that he never stopped asking questions of God and that he, and we, might have misinterpreted his questioning as a breach of faith. His refusal of pat answers may have shown a yearning for a closeness with God that many of us never dare to reach for in our lifetime. As I said, it's just a feeling I have.
posted at: 14:14 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
