Creationism ... again

There has been a great deal of reporting about evolution and creationism over the past week or so. This has arisen both from the evidence that a US Vice Presidential candidate - Sarah Palin - has Creationist beliefs, and from Prof. Reverend Michael Reiss, a senior representative of the Royal Society, apparently appearing to suggest that science teachers should accept creationism as a comparable worldview to science. Rev. Michael Reiss has since resigned his post as Education Director at the Royal Society.

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Unlike many religions, Buddhism does not offer much in the way of a creation myth or story although the Aggañña Sutta does describe a kind of 'fall from grace' of sentient beings living an easy, long and pleasant life and gradually going through a period of moral decline. This leads to strife, declining lifespans and the rise of complexity in obtaining food and organising society. In some ways this Buddhist account bears comparison with parts of Genesis.

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