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This is an interesting book about microbiology and how it is impossible for the human body to have developed into the intricate machine it is during the time frame that science supplies for the evoluti

This is an interesting book about microbiology and how it is impossible for the human body to have developed into the intricate machine it is during the time frame that science supplies for the evolution of man. He also speaks of how science, though it can explain how the brain works, can not explain how the mind works. He shows that there is an intelligence in each and every cell of the body and comes to the conclusion of an intelligence behind the cosmos . . . " . . . Every particle is an expression of information, of wisdom. The self-awareness we experience is the emergent offspring of that wisdom. The more complex the entity, the more complex the information stored within. We tap into it via our brain. Because information is present in all existence, the consciousness I feel as my self-awareness has a cosmic history. It does not arise from my brain de novo. Aspects of it have been present from the start, the very start, the big bang. Consciousness, as wisdom, is a fundamental as existence itself." He continues with how the mind seems to have two lives: the temporal (the here and now) and the transcendental (daydreams and plans). He writes: "The Bible understands the human psyche. It realizes that harmony between the two lives we live, the temporal wants of the body and the transcendent needs of the soul, is rarely a spontaneous happening. Without a ritualized, established routine there is always a reason for the tangible immediate demands of life to take precedence over our more abstract spiritual desires. There’s no difficulty in being `holy’ in a church or mosque or synagogue or temple. But the aspirations of theology far exceed our behavior in places of worship. The inherent aim is to bring the holy, the metaphysical, into the daily life of the marketplace. Bringing the spiritual into the tasks of the work week takes practice. Religion provides that practice. It’s the pumping iron that gives us the spiritual strength to make theology a part of our mindset. The Sabbath is the day of practice. It’s Eden, the message of which is that humankind was created for pleasure. The Sabbath returns to us a taste of Eden and helps us spread it through the entire week." I recommend the book.