Hard to dismiss VITALISM and DESIGN and PURPOSE in Nature as just Medieval ignorance

Viewing this remarkable COMING TO LIFE film of just a primitive salamander I find it hard to dismiss VITALISM and DESIGN and PURPOSE in Nature as just Medieval ignorance .

I was informed as a 12 year old in the late 1950s that the discovery of the DNA molecule was the " secret of LIFE " . DNA was a real breakthrough in understanding the REPRODUCTION of living things .

But our modern Dr. Frankensteins should look for the secret of life elsewhere. To what degree does the human mind , the soul, transcend biochemical process ? I don't know but what that Time Magazine cover " Is God Dead " asked in 1968 is still an honest question in contrast to the nihilistic " God IS dead ". ALL life is precious despite Darwinian " struggle for existence ". People are not dumb to see their beloved pets, mostly cats and dogs , as part of THE FAMILY . " Reverence for Life " ( Dr. Schweitzer ) is good advice- even when we enjoy our meals.

See a salamander grow from shapeless blob

Catholics should " give up mass for Lent " ?

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The dumbest response to cancellation of the Catholic Mass and Holy Communion : [ " Then, if we – all of us – search out creative answers to the problem, we may find that just as fasting can improve our physical as well as spiritual health, our giving up Mass for Lent will have improved our Church's health".] I am inclined to agree with a " Relevant Radio " ( Catholic News program ) voice thinking that there is more than an element of hysteria here: Give up Catholic Mass and Holy Communion for Lent ? Is Satan speaking ?

What about the homeless USA population in the Corona Virus epidemic nightmare ?

["Robert Greifinger is a physician who spent 25 years working on health care issues inside the nation's prisons and jails, and he says the "social distancing" advice we're all hearing right now isn't so simple behind bars. "] People are naive to think rotten capitalism, and its bought and sold Democrat and Republican leaders , will save them from any CATASTROPHE waiting to happen. This Corona Virus is already the psychological equivalent of nuclear World War III . I recall a Twilight Zone episode first viewed in my youth : " The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street ". Besides the danger to prisoners what about the crowded and neglected and scorned homeless populations of great cities like Los Angeles ? Yet how URGENT is it to replace the plutocrat Trump with senile " Sleepy Joe " Biden ? Let the FAKE NEWS mainstream news media try to sell decidedly un-charming ( a whiff of formaldehyde ) cadaverous Joe Biden . What was the 2016 presidential campaign all about but fury at the ESTABLISHMENT ? A democratic socialist myself, I could vote for Senator Bernie Sanders - a very compromised " socialist " Democrat - as the LESSER EVIL in 2020. But no way " Sleepy Joe " !

. You might think that the 21st Century really began on Friday 13 , March 2020 ... with Corona Virus panic

This scary Corona Virus pandemic should united China and the USA in a common HUMANE cause. It is already an eerie moral equivalent of nuclear World War III . You might think that the 21st Century really began on Friday 13 , March 2020.
At least we can look forward to a more SOBER world ( like one not too concerned with trans-gender rights to public restrooms and equal rights for gay wedding cakes ) .