To the Editor:

People say it took billions of years for our complex and massive universe to form. Visualize a crumpled-up piece of paper (or a bowl of primordial soup) in a spot where everyone on earth could observe it.

No matter how much time goes by, there is not one person on earth who could honestly proclaim that it might evolve into anything — let alone something as grand and complicated as the human mind, water, elephants, giraffes, turtles, mountains, trees, crystals, light, gasses, all brains, hearts, eyes, sight, hearing, skin, rainbows, sundogs, dirt, angleworms, dinosaurs, color, hummingbirds, pandas, mosquitos, bears, house flies, oxygen, gold, silver, iron, lead, sodium, sand, lightning, bees, seeds, whales, platypuses, seashells, octopuses, butterflies, chrysalises, bacteria, leaves, eggs, ice, the Northern lights, sun, moon, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, landslides, avalanches, opossums, monkeys, bombardier beetles, stick-bugs, dancing spiders, parakeets, mice, alligators, squids, electric eels, squirrels, antelopes, snakes, cows, horses, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, tigers, lions, cougars, pigs, skunks, chickens, ducks, swans, raccoons, ostriches, kangaroos, hedgehogs, sheep, goats, lice, snails, gorillas, salmon, tuna, dolphins, sharks, clown fishes, catfishes, walleyes, trout, frogs, toads, whitetail deer, donkeys, cheetahs, broccoli, rice, wheat, corn, marihuana, opium, iguanas, geckos, komodo dragons, geckos, chameleons, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, bats, hippos, rhinoceroses, camels, otters, manatees, sloths, ants, dragonflies, aphids, cockroaches, wood ticks, deer ticks, ladybugs, grasshoppers, scorpions, moths, centipedes, cicadas, gravity, electricity, magnetism, fire, hail, snowflakes, rain, rivers, oceans, continents, planets, fog, evaporation, physics, mathematics, cotton, silk, paper, linen, plastic, air pressure, calories, language, bones, taste buds, sensation, thinking, beauty, sunsets, sunrises, wind, drops, currents, waterfalls, medicine, rhythm, music, thought, inspiration, emotion, happiness, sadness, etc.

People, who deny that an immeasurably powerful, approachable, loving, forgiving, wise Creator is responsible for the Creation, look pretty silly when they say it all happened by chance over lots and lots of time. It is time for the children – who might be the honest of all — to declare, “The emperor has no clothes!” and demand a sensible explanation.

Gigi Rysdahl

New Ulm