Approximately where on Almea did each of the Thinking Kinds first evolve? How and when did they spread to the other continents? The Iliu simply swam, of course, but how 'bout the others?
It's just an idle question I had.
On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species
Thanks for reading.
. Oh well. Has the theory of evolution been as controversial on Almea as on Earth?It's hardly universally accepted, but it hasn't caused quite the stir it did in Europe, for several reasons.
The major difference is that Eretald ceased to be religiously homogenous long ago. So there is not a single religious system to react to it; and people have had several centuries to get used to the compartmentalization of religion.
As a corollary, Europe in the 19th century was ready for the undermining of its universal religion; Eretald wasn't at the same cultural point. It's still fairly happy with its existing cultural and religious systems; thus, evolution can be examined as a scientific theory, rather than as a tool to attack a monolithic faith with. (A few do see it that way--Dashcor Churmey for instance-- and are widely reviled for it.)
A minor but important point is that Eledhi don't read Genesis; they read the Count of Years, which discusses multiple creations of Thinking Kinds, mostly using intermediaries. Humans were created with the aid of the iliu. Evolution is much less threatening to the idea of indirect creation.
Paganism is so varied that it has no single opinion on the issue. Some priests hate the idea, not so much because the accounts of the Adhivro are final, but because they think evolution denies the existence and primacy of the spirit. On the other hand, it's a long tradition within paganism that the philosophers can ignore the precepts of the priests.
Jippirasti doesn't have a notion of creation, and isn't much concerned with how humans appeared, only how they are to behave.
Endajue easily accepted the idea of evolution, since it has no gods; but it too insists that evolution cannot explain the spirit.
The major difference is that Eretald ceased to be religiously homogenous long ago. So there is not a single religious system to react to it; and people have had several centuries to get used to the compartmentalization of religion.
As a corollary, Europe in the 19th century was ready for the undermining of its universal religion; Eretald wasn't at the same cultural point. It's still fairly happy with its existing cultural and religious systems; thus, evolution can be examined as a scientific theory, rather than as a tool to attack a monolithic faith with. (A few do see it that way--Dashcor Churmey for instance-- and are widely reviled for it.)
A minor but important point is that Eledhi don't read Genesis; they read the Count of Years, which discusses multiple creations of Thinking Kinds, mostly using intermediaries. Humans were created with the aid of the iliu. Evolution is much less threatening to the idea of indirect creation.
Paganism is so varied that it has no single opinion on the issue. Some priests hate the idea, not so much because the accounts of the Adhivro are final, but because they think evolution denies the existence and primacy of the spirit. On the other hand, it's a long tradition within paganism that the philosophers can ignore the precepts of the priests.
Jippirasti doesn't have a notion of creation, and isn't much concerned with how humans appeared, only how they are to behave.
Endajue easily accepted the idea of evolution, since it has no gods; but it too insists that evolution cannot explain the spirit.
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