stepping on monkey toes

Although there is a lot a lot a lot of scientific proof that the evolution of man is just ridiculous, that's not what I'm going to bless you with today. (Somewhere out there, I heard hundreds of you just give a sigh of relief.) Nope, today I'm not going to be scientific AT ALL. I rather want to applaud the followers of this theory with the following statement:

YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE THE MOST AWESOME BLIND FAITH THAT I'VE EVER COME ACROSS.

I mean, to believe that humans evolved from basically nothing over ... (dramatic pause)  biiiiiillllliiiiooooonnnsss of years;  plus that all this happened "by chance" is quite incredible. The fact that we have bodies that function perfectly:

- a heart that keeps on pumping at the right speed, delivering blood through a network of perfectly placed arteries and veins

-  a digestive system that converts food into something your body can actually use, through a sequence of mechanical and chemical processes

- a nervous system that connects every part of the body to the brain through a highly specialized cell called the neuron, that carries electrical impulses along perfectly placed neural pathways

- a respiratory system that controls the lungs and muscles in order to get oxygen to be absorbed into the bloodstream 

Obviously there are many more magnificent processes to be named. But to think that every one of these things came into existence by accident is quite amazing. Seriously. I don't think my faith could sustain a "shot in the dark" like this one. 

Plus, morality, feelings, justice, reasoning and all the "unseens" just jumped into the mix at some point. By accident. No plan. No greater design. Just natural selection and a great deal of luck.

Is it really more realistic to believe in a gazillion processes happening by pure chance, than to believe that there is a Designer... an Author... a Creator God behind it all? Is it more realistic that we share common ancestors with rats, or trees, or rocks, than to believe that man was made in God's image and formed with His own hands? How hard must it be to believe that there is absolutely no purpose or plan to life. To YOUR life. 

We live. We die. 

The end. 

                           ...Seriously?