One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

I was catching up on some of the podcasts I listen to, when I came across a podcast special on Darwin day. It is by the Reverend Thomas Goodhue on how religion informed Darwin and the scientists who led to him. It was a fascinating history of early paleontology, and how it interacted with religion. I thought it was very well done, and helped me a tad with my doubt. However, the very next podcast I listen to (from the same series) was of religion professor John Teehan discussing the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective. Wow, one step forward two steps back. I do have to remember to take evolutionary psychology with a grain of salt (maybe I’ll discuss in a future post), but he did make some points that caused me think. I’d suggest listening to them both.