What is your explanation for someone having a beautiful voice, or someone being artistic, or athletic? Most Christians explain this as Gods gifts, what do you say?
2006-12-15 04:52:40 · 19 answers · asked by pepsiolic 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Biological variation within our species results in some people having greater natural ability in a given area than most people do. And yes, such genetically mediated aptitudes are indeed gifts from God, since God is the source of all that exists, including the wondrous process of biological evolution which has resulted in such natural variation.
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2006-12-15 05:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good genes. I'm not an evolutionist but with the inheited sin and imperfection we got from Adam not everyone has a talent to sing. ALter on after the resurrection of the dead and armageddon, I think all will have beautiful voice. Not in this transitional imperfect unnatural state that we are in right now.
2006-12-15 12:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a etremist creationist, or so like most Christians allow God to create as He will? That is the basic question, isn't it?
If I say the eagle's eye evolved for hunting, and the woman's voice for being beautiful to man (scientifically it sounds like music, which makes it difficult to understand but pleasing to listen to) then will you simply reject it, and say, these things from Moses, they are literal and not prophetic?
2006-12-15 13:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your argument becomes valid when you can prove that there is a man living in a cloud. What seems to be the problem with that? Natural born ability existed long before God was created by the religion business.
2006-12-15 13:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by The professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genetics for the most part ....some flowers are beautiful and some are ugly and they can all be reproduced or even enhanced by biology.
Horses that are good race horses produce good race horses. I don't see how any of that proves there is a god especially since you can trace the genetic background from generation to generation
2006-12-15 12:58:24 · answer #5 · answered by snoopy22564 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genetics and practice completely explain talent.
Why are you asking this in the Religion & Spirituality section instead of the biology section? Evolution is not a religion, nor is it spiritual. It is a scientific fact and theory that is the cornerstone for all of modern biology.
2006-12-15 12:55:57 · answer #6 · answered by Michael 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beauty is independent of God. Beauty is a thought that follows a perception and is more, truly, in the eye and mind of the beholder than anything else.
2006-12-15 12:57:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural born talent...or something the person worked towards. My dad could sing very well...I could sing very well. My mom could dance, I could dance. My dad was big into sports, my brother and I were both very athletic. Just how it worked out with the genes.
Still not going to get me to believe in something that doesn't exist.
But you keep trying to force your views...I understand. That's NATURAL for you as well. Your parents must be stubborn as well.
2006-12-15 12:55:13 · answer #8 · answered by Heck if I know! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The person was born with good genes. Are they gifts from The Deity? *shrug*
2006-12-15 12:55:31 · answer #9 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Some things we call "beautiful" are appealing visually because they are obviously better for reproduction, like facial symmetry, nice body shape, proportion, musculature, etc...
I think beautiful clouds and music and art are very cool and mysterious.
2006-12-15 12:58:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋