If we humans had been given the job of creating the earth and filling it with life… would it have turned out well? [three-minute break for incredulous laughter]
Happily for all concerned, that was God’s work, not ours.
Really–how does an appreciation for natural beauty contribute to Evolution? We see the same blue sky and white clouds that a chameleon sees from his perch on a bush. But are we both truly seeing the same thing?
I doubt it!