Non
usque suus, quin eam fugiunt.*
Etiam non
obscuram, sed eam attingit**
It
is estimated that the universe is around 13.8 billion years old and still expanding.
It could very well be nearing middle age and at some point, another billion years
or so, it and we, could begin our long anticipated death spiral, eventually
bringing an end to…I don’t know, a 30-billion-year, bigger-than-a-bread-box
experiment in going nowhere .
The
point is the universe is not going to be around forever, although never has
forever seemed so long. The consensus of every single person living on Earth,
backed by every religion trusted by those gentle souls, is that whether a God
created the universe with a wave of His hand or did nothing more than jumpstart
something that eventually was going to happen anyway, the appearance of man has
always been the intended end game.
If
everything simply fell into place on its own, man still has every right to be
proud but he can’t really accept any credit. Being around when shit happens is
no big deal even if we are the best shit in the universe—and we don’t even know
if we are.
However,
if a God is behind this, and I don’t mean in a sinister way; but if He is
behind it, a logical question would be, why did it take so long to get to the
main act? What was He expecting? Is He happy with what He got?
If we are the straw that stirs the drink, why are we only
now entering at last call?
Say
what you want about creationists but they put their money where their mouths
are. They are certain God intended us to be special, so they have us entering
the scene right in the first act. Unfortunately, according to them, that
beginning was only a few weeks ago and to put it bluntly, the evidence proves
otherwise.
If God
intended all along for us to make a late appearance, all I can say is, you’ve
got to admire His patience. Never has an individual—God or otherwise, put this
much effort into a project and then waited so long to see the finished product.
Cars
come off assembly lines a few hours after entering them—Cadillacs slightly
longer, Ford Fiestas slightly quicker. I
know producing a highly intelligent human being is an entirely different
ballgame because each one is “unique,” but we’re only “unique” because we keep
saying we’re “unique.” If those Cadillacs could speak…I’m just saying.
I’m
also saying 13.8 billion years is a long time to get to where we are today if
the original purpose was to get to where we are today.
