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I find max. agreement with your post if I take “epigenetic” to mean “all that is not genetic”, including social factors, choices and spiritual factors. As Phil says, we need to recognise the limitations of all biological answers.
[/quote]Yes, this is what makes the most sense to me. Dawkins appears to be amazed and non-plussed by the evidence that humans appeared in a Great Leap Forward, when the evidence is so good that all other life can be explained by neo-Darwinian theory. I’ll bet that his 'tongue-in-cheek explanation that Homo sapiens brain was “programmed” will eventually be clarified when more of epigenetic mechanism become ‘established science’. When this happens, I don’t think it will diminish one whit the idea that God plays a role it it. How can anyone be blind to the fact that Life has developed according to a Purpose. And we, as conscious creatures, are a part of that purpose.
Thanks for the link to your earlier work. Very interesting. You are fortunate in being able to enjoy your family in such a thoughtful way.
Al Leo