Education and Evolution

The children’s science video began with a view of the vast night sky blazing with stars. A scientist described as a famous evolutionist appeared in a corner of the screen. “When we examine the origin of the universe and the life that is in it,” he said, “we find our source to be a cold, impersonal machine.” I could almost feel a chill sweep into the room, and I shuddered. I thought of the opposite way in which the Bhagavad-gita describes the origin of everything as Krishna, the all-attractive person who is the source of all warmth and our best friend.