In the beginning there was man. That seems like a lofty statement, doesn't it? It is apparent that throughout the course of conscious human existence, people have looked for answers to questions that have ultimately eluded them. However it is in the humble opinion of this writer that one should look no further than the simple array of accidents in our everyday lives. In the beginning there wasn't man or people or anything. There were accidents, little accidents. One that bumped into another and another and so on until, billions of years later, a race of a species got this idea that they, out of anything that is everything, has a purpose to be here. The whole race isn't at fault here. Most of this kind of thinking was raised when religious folklore and dogmatic principles dove into answering the ever so eluding question "Where do we come from?" and the popular "What are we doing here?" Although there are many ways to define the creation of people, the theory of evolution has been the most accurate explanation of where we come from. Also, whereas creation stories can be a good place to obtain knowledge about the ancient mind they are merely links from the past to what we know now to be inherently true.
             For example, there have been many great minds that have challenged the knowledge that a certain culture of a certain time may hold very dear. It is these types of people that have propelled the very evolution of human consciousness. Often at times said seekers of truth would defy religious leaders and cause uprisings within their own culture. One example of this is Galileo. Galileo held and idea that the earth revolved around the sun not the opposite. This resulted in his imprisonment; however, during his incarceration, he wrote letters expressing his concerns. These messages would usually talk about how he would not totally remove religion from his findings. He would simply state th...