Evolution and the Baha’i Faith - Redefining "Humanity" | part 1

What does the Baha'i Faith teach about the science of evolution? We examine the Baha'i Texts on the matter which will hopefully dispel some myths and re-frame the perspective on science and what it means to be "human". 

Sections:
1:35 Introduction
11:13 An Ironic Foreshadow
13:10 Man was in the Animal Kingdom
25:50 Function, not Form
43:12 What is ‘Man’?
51:27 ‘Abdu'l-Bahá’s Admonishment
57:42 Stages from ‘man’ to ‘Man’
1:03:24 Man is an Emergent Property
1:23:20 Billion Years from Now - Obvious Emergence
1:32:00 Reduction and Physicalism - Multiple Means of Realization

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