90 THE ORIGIN OF MAN 



There are today two theories or beliefs, as to 

 the origin of man, which have been accepted by 

 the civilized world, namely the theological and 

 scientific. Let us state the theological theory 

 as follows : And God said, Let us make man in 

 our image, after our likeness; and let them have 

 dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 

 fowl of the air, and over the cattle and over all 

 the earth, and over every creeping thing that 

 creepeth upon the earth. So God created man 

 in his own image, in the image of God created he 

 him ; male and female created he them. 



The scientific theory expounds the fact that 

 man descended from the animals, namely the 

 apes, and this theory is based on the fact that 

 the skeleton of man is identically the same to 

 that of a gorilla, excepting that the bones of the 

 gorilla are somewhat larger. Also, organ for 

 organ, they are similar. We therefore perceive 

 that these two theories differ greatly. What then 

 is to hinder us from forming a third theory? 



