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Origins of ‘The Origin of Species’
by Michel Archer
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"Life began in the pre-biotic soup helped along by the rays of the sun. The first animals began as sea slime which had been evaporated by the suns energy...." Today, somewhere in the world, students will be taught concepts like those and that they are the result of pure, unadulterated, unbiased, scientific thought.

Somewhere today, there will be accolades to Charles Darwin, for giving us such wonderous revelations via his 'Origin of Species.'

However, the above concepts did not begin with Charles Darwin and neither, I believe, are they the result of 'science.'

As far back as Anaximander of Miletus (611 B.C.-546 B.C.) those ideas have been expounded in western cultures. Except centuries ago, Miletus taught that man came from a fish, while some modern scientists insist it was a dolphin.

The Greek philosopher, Epicuris,( need birth/death years) fully expounded Darwin’s theory two millennia before he was even born. And like Darwin, he was an avowed atheist teaching that, “…the physical world was all there was, that it had always existed and would last forever. Not only was there no Creator, there was no God in charge to give life purpose.” (www.earlychurch.org)

So evolution and materialism are two ideas which have been around for ages. But how did they ever come to be taught as ‘science?’ If the theory did not originate with Darwin, then what is the origin of “The Origin of Species?”

Before going on, let me back up and add the names of two other Greek philosophers who were also early promoters of evolution and materialism: Anaximenes (6th century BC) and Thales (624-546 BC). These early Greek materialists lived in the area of what is now Asia minor.

While they did believe the material world was all that existed, they also believed anything with movement had a ‘small soul,’ and that little gods could live in things. So their ideas were pantheistic in nature, which is an important bit of knowledge in tracing the theory.

At different times these men visited the areas of Persia and Egypt where they learned from the finest minds of those countries. For instance, Thales is reported to have studied astrology charts in Babylon.

I think there is a tendency among historians to give their favorite subjects almost super-human attributes. In the case of these early Greek philosophers, some insist that they were not influenced by the culture around them, that their thoughts were completely independent, their ideas brand new. It's interesting that I have heard the same phrases applied to Darwin, however, we know that was not the case. For one, there is nothing new under the sun. Also, there are so many ways an individual may be subjectively influenced, that I believe the terms 'biased' and 'neutral' to be useless when used in describing a persons point of view. The things these Grecian 'wise-men,' went on to teach show they were in fact very much influenced by their own teachers and the culture in which they lived, just as we are influenced by our own modern culture today.

In the sixth century B.C. there existed a very powerful religious sect known to us as the Magi. They were soothsayers who advised kings; they fed the people their religious ideas, they charted the heavens and attempted to foretell the future. Ancient records place the Magi in the area of Media and Persia. Admittedly, not much is known about their specific beliefs, however, we do know the earliest Magi worshipped nature. And of those few details, we know they believed the sun was the great life giver and that nature begat nature in a never-ending, eternal, circle. And they further believed that gods lived in natural things, causing them to move and function.

There is not much more written about their beliefs, if these Magi were brought to the 21st century and caught up to speed a bit, they might feel right at home with modern scientific theory due to the similarities between it and the religion they preached It is also interesting to note that among some of the drawings made by these Magi is a picture of a man dressed in a fish costume. The reason for it is not given. I can't help but wonder though, if it has anything to do with Anaximander thinking we came from fish, i.e. was that also a Magian belief?

The Magi did experience a splinter among themselves. A priest name Zoaraster came along and began teaching the Magi that there is one great God over all and that life on earth was indeed created, and not some eternally, on-going, circle. The pantheist Magi became violently opposed to this teaching and gradually left the area. The nature-worshippers went into the Roman Empire where they introduced their religion. Even today many Roman artifacts bare the sun-symbol of early Magian worship.

The Magi who remained in Babylon continued to follow the teaching of Zoaraster, knew Daniel, and a few of them even saw the advent of the One Great King. Not bad.

I think what passes as modern real science, is nothing more than centuries old paganism. The paganism of the early Magi was learned by the Greeks and spread into western culture from there. The same way many of our celebrations like Christmas and Easter, are merely spray-painted with Christian veneer, our science sounds modern and technical, but it's mere white washing over a theory as old as human sacrifice. It is quite possible the evolutionary theory your child learns in school, (that nature created and diversified nature,) has it's roots in the occult teachings of the early Magi

In fact if the theory of evolution can be traced back over the years to the Greeks then to the pantheistic Magi, then the next question is...where did THEY learn it? Historians say the early Magi were possesed of secrets from, 'Before antiquity..' a phrase which sounds a lot like Histo-babble, but then, what existed before 'antiquity?' The only other 'game in town' was the pre-flood world. Was the 'nature from nature' belief the cultural poison that eventually God saw no choice but to start over? Just a thought.

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YOU CAN REACH MICHEL ARCHER AT: Michele501@msn.com