Sign up for our Email Newsletter  Purpose: Biological, Biblical,
or Both? In one of his early books, Untimely Meditations,
Friedrich Nietzsche spins a tale that, in paraphrase, goes like
this: Once upon a time, on a minuscule planet orbiting a
mediocre star on the edge of a backwater galaxy, clever little
animals emerged from the slime—and not longer after began using
puffed-up words like truth and goodness. Unfortunately for them,
their little C-grade star eventually cooled, during which these
pathetic little creatures died out too . . . and with them their
proud words. Upon the demise of these sad, floundering animals,
the universe shed not one tear but merely looked on from its
cold, infinite, uncaring skies.  I take it for granted that no
Christian can believe this tale, haunting as it is. But how can
it be refuted? Plato certainly denied it; but then he would,
wouldn't he? After all, those pretentious words like truth and
goodness got their inflated meaning from him most of all. Or
maybe revelation can r