Quantum Theology2

QUANTUM THEOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
12.8 Omega Point and Chardin
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ( May 1, 1881 — April 10, 1955) was
a French Jesuit priest trained as a paleontologist. As a scientist
he was involved in the development of the Theory of Evolution
first proposed by Charles Darwin. But what distinguished his
approach was his utter opposition to the random process of
mutation. He insist that all processes – even the apparent
random process – are directed
In his book The Phenomenon of Man he talks about pre-life, life,
the Alpha Point, the Omega Point, and so on. According to him
the pre-life is what we call matter. In calling it ‘pre-life’, he
presents matter as the raw material for the building up of life,
He atttibutes threee elements to matter which working together
produced life. Plurality, flowing together to form conglomeration
of Unity, driven by the capacity of interaction which he calls
Energy. Evolution takes place from simple to complex. Cosmos
evolved from atoms to molecule to molecular compounds,
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