Lawrence Zeisler

Why is the Hawk's Tail Red? Lawrence Zeisler

"Why is the Hawk's Tail Red" is a book about many things. One of its primary objectives is to reconcile science and faith; offering proof that doing so would not compromise either one's validity. A brief passage highlights the required give and take: "From an evolutionary standpoint, science puts its faith in chance. Without a Creator evolution has no purpose, meaning that accident determined the supremely effective system directing life's course. If this is the case, it would be hard to disprove that we've been extremely lucky; not just with the manner in which life has evolved, but also with the mix of chemicals constituting the earth and atmosphere. There is no doubt that flora and fauna mutate and develop in response to environmental conditions. Yet there are still the questions of how the ingredients composing the environment originated and then combined in a way to make life possible."The book will incite controversy for it executes a swan dive, or better yet performs a cannonball, into the waters of some of our most cherished institutions, and takes to task elements found in them that too often associate with the selfish side of human nature. Its value lies in its ability to provoke reaction and encourage introspection. The conformist might brand me unpatriotic. He would probably not put much stock in the fact that the flag we salute blows on winds that circumnavigate the globe in a continuous life-sustaining journey. It is our duty, as it is all earth's peoples, to insure those breezes cleanse, and not defile, humanity's collective face. If I softened my edge, I'd be forced to brand myself a traitor to mankind. But if one looks closely he will notice an olive branch bobbing upon its sometimes turbulent surface; for it is my fervent hope that you will be able to peer beneath, and identify the undercurrent of goodwill that flows throughout the p