Evolution...Redefined
Geoff Moore And The Distance Lyrics

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Darwin first did the imminent service of arousing attention to the
Probability of all change in organic, as well as in the inorganic world,
Being the result of law, and not of miraculous interposition
For all life is a continuum. All living things despite their awesome diversity
Are related to each other. And evolution is the term we give to that
Process, by which the structure of plants and animals changes with the
Passage of time thus accounting for the continuum

I was staring through the blackboard trying to keep from sleeping,
Doing my very best to hear the subject they were teaching.
When to my surprise, I couldn't my believe my ears,
This is what you looked like back a million years
Your uncle was a monkey, he was swinging through the trees,
He lived on green bananas, and his arms swung to his knees
He spoke with such conviction, it really made me think,
Maybe my teacher, He's the missing link!
He said...

I believe in evolution,
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
It's the only possible solution,
Big Bang fiction, that we factualize

Therefore Crow Magnum Man!
It takes a lot of faith to say we're accidents of nature,
But I believe we are the work of a loving creator
Now you can wait a million years and hope that nature does it's part,
But it only takes a moment, for God to change a heart
That's why...

I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind.
It's the only true solution,
God is always working, changing lives (changing lives),
It's evolution redefined

I used to trust in natural selection,
My survival was all I could see.
My evolving to perfection,
Started when God rescued me

I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind.
It's the only true solution, God is always working,
Changing lives.
I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind
It's the only true solution,
It's evolution redefined
I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind
It's the only true solution, God is always working,
Changing lives.

I believe believe in evolution,

Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind,
It's the only true solution, It's evolution redefined

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Evolution...Redefined" by Geoff Moore And The Distance, explore the concept of evolution in both a scientific and spiritual sense. The first verse references Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, suggesting that all life is part of a continuum and that evolution is the process by which the structure of plants and animals changes over time. As the song progresses, the lyrics shift to address the singer's personal beliefs about evolution and the dichotomy between science and faith.

The second verse describes a classroom scene where the singer's teacher is presenting the theory of evolution, and the singer becomes skeptical, wondering if the teacher himself could be the "missing link." The chorus declares the singer's belief in evolution and the changing of the heart and mind, indicating a shift towards a more spiritual interpretation of the term. The final verse reconciles science and faith, suggesting that the singer has come to believe in both evolution and a loving creator who can change lives in an instant.

Overall, the lyrics of "Evolution...Redefined" present a nuanced perspective on a complex scientific and spiritual concept, suggesting that evolution and faith are not mutually exclusive and that both play a role in shaping our understanding of the world.

Line by Line Meaning

Darwin first did the imminent service of arousing attention to the probability of all change in organic, as well as in the inorganic world, being the result of law, and not of miraculous interposition
Darwin's work was a crucial step in recognizing that all changes in nature are the result of natural laws and not the work of a higher power

For all life is a continuum. All living things despite their awesome diversity are related to each other. And evolution is the term we give to that process, by which the structure of plants and animals changes with the passage of time thus accounting for the continuum
All living things are connected and related to each other. Evolution is the process of change that allows for the diversity of life and accounts for the continuity of existence

I was staring through the blackboard trying to keep from sleeping, doing my very best to hear the subject they were teaching
The singer is attentive but struggling to stay engaged with the lecture

When to my surprise, I couldn't my believe my ears, this is what you looked like back a million years
The artist is surprised by the content of the lecture, which suggests what humans and animals looked like in the past

Your uncle was a monkey, he was swinging through the trees, he lived on green bananas, and his arms swung to his knees
The lecture describes an evolutionary connection between humans and primates

He said I believe in evolution, ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. It's the only possible solution, big bang fiction, that we factualize
The lecturer is adamant in their belief in evolution as the best explanation for the diversity of life

Therefore Crow Magnum Man! It takes a lot of faith to say we're accidents of nature, but I believe we are the work of a loving creator. Now you can wait a million years and hope that nature does its part, but it only takes a moment, for God to change a heart. That's why...
The singer challenges the idea that humans are mere accidents of nature and proposes that they are the product of a divine creator. The singer also suggests that divine intervention can lead to rapid, transformative change

I used to trust in natural selection, my survival was all I could see. My evolving to perfection, started when God rescued me
The artist emphasizes their shift from solely relying on natural selection to recognizing the role of a higher power in their own personal evolution

It's evolution redefined
The artist offers a unique perspective that incorporates both evolution and divine intervention

I believe in evolution, changing of the heart, renewing of the mind. It's the only true solution, God is always working, changing lives
The artist reiterates their belief in the combination of evolution and divine intervention as the best explanation for the diversity of life and the transformative power of belief

I believe in evolution, changing of the heart, renewing of the mind. It's the only true solution, it's evolution redefined
The singer emphasizes the unique and innovative nature of their belief in evolution that incorporates divine intervention

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Written by: GEOFF MOORE, PHIL MADEIRA

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@edify855

LYRICS:

Darwin first did the imminent service of arousing attention to the
Probability of all change in organic, as well as in the inorganic world,
Being the result of law, and not of miraculous interposition
For all life is a continuum. All living things despite their awesome diversity
Are related to each other. And evolution is the term we give to that
Process, by which the structure of plants and animals changes with the
Passage of time thus accounting for the continuum

I was staring through the blackboard trying to keep from sleeping,
Doing my very best to hear the subject they were teaching.
When to my surprise, I couldn't my believe my ears,
This is what you looked like back a million years
Your uncle was a monkey, he was swinging through the trees,
He lived on green bananas, and his arms swung to his knees
He spoke with such conviction, it really made me think,
Maybe my teacher, He's the missing link!
He said...

I believe in evolution,
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
It's the only possible solution,
Big Bang fiction, that we factualize

Therefore Crow Magnum Man!
It takes a lot of faith to say we're accidents of nature,
But I believe we are the work of a loving creator
Now you can wait a million years and hope that nature does it's part,
But it only takes a moment, for God to change a heart
That's why...

I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind.
It's the only true solution,
God is always working, changing lives (changing lives),
It's evolution redefined

I used to trust in natural selection,
My survival was all I could see.
My evolving to perfection,
Started when God rescued me

I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind.
It's the only true solution, God is always working,
Changing lives.
I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind
It's the only true solution,
It's evolution redefined
I believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind
It's the only true solution, God is always working,
Changing lives.

I believe believe in evolution,
Changing of the heart, renewing of the mind,
It's the only true solution, It's evolution redefined

@benfaust

3y↑3

It's a song? I appreciate your clarifying that. I'll return the favor.

re·li·gion
/rəˈlijən/
noun

the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

ev·o·lu·tion
/ˌevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n/
noun

1. the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

All comments from YouTube:

@gaoutlaw

34w↑2

It is beyond time for them to have a reunion tour

@domafox

2y↑5

Brings back so many memories. I even saw them perform live back at the time and it was a blast to hear this being sung

@Ziebenator63-jj9ej

4y↑4

Great song! I've always liked it. I met Geoff Moore many years back at Northview Church in Abbotsford. He's much older now. (Aren't we all?) Lol

@williambenjamin9238

32w↑1

I love this song and video lol when I was a young teenager in England and literally everyone believed in evolution, and I was made to feel so dumb to not go along with what everyone else’s belief was, I was watching some religious satellite TV channel late one night and this played-I was so happy to see it! It genuinely encouraged me in my faith 😊

@skullo5557

12w

I believe in it and am still a christian

@williambenjamin9238

12w

@@skullo5557 eh…death before the Fall…going against the consensus of Church Fathers… nah

@skullo5557

12w

The church fathers had no idea of germs either. They did not even have an idea of the earth revolving around the sun either. People can get things wrong
@@williambenjamin9238

@dee11unnoticed

3y↑4

Dorrrrrks!!! I got this cassette free at Sunday school back in the day XD

@ryangreen6255

9y↑15

Love the 90's music videos where the band actually "magically" interacts with the main character of the drama in the song.

@vanmoody

check out St Elmos Fire video. Same thing

@jivancich

Love these guys seen them 4xs. Me and my son Jeff had a blast!

@jesuslovesyou-mattsmith1502

2y↑1

Such a travesty that this only has 59k views.

@dawnwilburn1776

10y↑7

I Love This Song

@hokusman100

3y↑1

My sister got this tape from some game she won in Sunday School

@gradybianchi1642

5y↑10

3:04 "I used to trust in Natural Selection. My survival was all I could see. My evolving to perfection started when God rescued me!" . That part really gets me up and moving. Voting it as MFP, Most Favorite Part.

@ParksParanormal

44w

Obviously God didn’t tell us everything. There’s a much deeper, mind blowing process that was involved in all of creation.

@nitrobucky

11y↑2

Adam Goodes needs to watch this!!!

@peterkropotkin1158

3y↑3

Why so he can laugh at how ridiculous and easily debunkable it is?

@ddjsoyenby

2y↑9

as a former creationist who did look into evolution (actual evolution not the lies about it i was brainwashed into believing) you can really tell this was made people who actually didn't do the research.

@matthewhollimon8838

2y↑4

Yes. like, what does "big bang fiction" have to do with evolution lol

@johnstebelton6081

Big bang is the initial energy burst for the concept of evolutionary creations and changings.

Pretty much the atheist's god.

...and it's fiction, or fictitious

@celticviking3150

20w↑1

I’m in the same boat as you.

@sixxfixx666

6y↑4

How the fuck I ever liked this when I was younger, I’ll never know!

@carmenvljn

1y↑1

before you walked away from God

@SinkingStarship

5y↑3

Everything about this is so gloriously 90s. The silly hair and outfits! The cheesy camera angles!

If I had to choose one thing I love about this, it'd have to be how Cute 90s Girl does nothing but look bewildered the entire video. Which is sort of justified considering all the weird stuff going on around her.

Also, we all know this is a silly song, but I appreciate that it winds up being more about spiritual formation than (really bad) arguments against evolution.

@ogredad55

4y↑2

Superpetraman O - I've always LOVED this song! Thanx 4 uploading, pal!

@nobullman5853

3y↑1

I evolve from a stinky animal into a cleansed human every time i take a hot - cold shower after a few days.

@Menyhard1

12y↑3

boy i miss them.i hope they willl make a come back someday

@scottschnell945

Superpetraman0 how can we get into contact

@jeanettewilson264

Havent heard this since i was a senior in high school. Way back in 96.

@murrayvassar7231

8y↑2

Awesome man😃 they keep it 💯💯

@scottywhite1435

4y↑1

if my family was monkes man i must be smoking pot lol

@TheKeebler40

7y↑4

I saw them in a Christian camp. He's was so awesome saw Michael w smith and a lot of great Christian singers

@vanmoody

6y↑1

I was 15 feet away from Michael W Smith when I was a student at the Moody Bible Institute. It was a big deal for me.....probably not for him.

@ehrldawg

11y↑1

what album is tis from?

@vxCrusaderxv

Evolution from 1993

@edify855

@twentiethcenturyboy6328

3y↑1

Great song! Truth hurts 👍🏻

@peterkropotkin1158

3y↑4

"truth" lmfao

@Ziebenator63-jj9ej

4y↑3

Now you can wait a million years
And hope that nature does its part
But it only takes a moment
For God to change your heart.

Profound!

@synthWizkid

Oh wow. Im blown away

@robadams5799

Two things I especially like about this video. One, is the students in the classroom doing the Monkey (Geddit?) and can we talk about the gorgeous blonde?

@LegalShield3000

4y↑3

Natural selection is pretty hard to dispute. Just watch what happens when you remove warning labels from tide pods.

@cllewis1

Just sitting here with the popcorn watching the evolutionists and 7-day creationists getting themselves in a tizzy. As a Catholic, I don't have to choose between the two.

@carmenvljn

Jesus said you must be born again

@cllewis1

@Dash Cam Adventures R Us Amen, He did!

@A3Kr0n

9y↑13

I learn my biology from the people who do the actual work.

@jacksonambrose6269

8y↑2

Biology teachers sure are ignorant for thinking allele frequency variation proves common descent merely because they are both called 'evolution'.

@warriorsiren2201

7y↑6

FrostbittenLynx I once had a Christian chemist and Evolutionist Biology teacher. They were good friends. I asked my chemistry teacher why their beliefs were different. How could the biology teacher accept what the chemist refuted? The chemist answered that Biology deals in theories and Chemistry in math, when he did the math (back when he was an Evolutionist) he found it problematic. So he became a creationist lol

@mpevarnik

7y↑2

Oh dear. This is a pretty odd understanding of what an actual scientific theory is. An also what kind of math is one talking about exactly? There is some nice math involved in computational and/or theoretical Biology, i.e. from people who do the actual work.

@PaBa1984

6y↑2

31,000+ views thanks to GCF podcast.

@gidge13

Don't believe in creationism? Who's to say that that wasn't part of God's plan? :) But just for giggles, there is a nice video on netflix called "Is Genesis History?" It is really worth watching to get you thinking. Now for those of you saying this video is bad. This is spot on good stuff for the early 90's! Take a chill on the old folks. That's what you call us 50'ish people isn't it?

@RinJackson

5y↑4

Only Evolution I believe in is Pokemon

@GEES44DC

9y↑6

This song is nowhere near as good as I remember it.

@rachelzoegray

11y↑4

This made me stupid. geoff y u do dis to me im dyin

@robertmitchell5863

6y↑3

To the people who are of the religion of Darwin you do realize that this is just a song... Right?

@benfaust

3y↑3

@skullo5557

3y↑1

i’m not even triggered lol

@voicevitality7197

3y↑1

It's a song of truth

@skullo5557

3y↑2

@Voice Vitality prove that it’s true

@Peter-uu2qg

3y↑1

@Skullo EX If you agree to prove that its false.

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@BamaChainGang

6y↑3

The voice of the teacher: Mark Lowry.

@dustinhensley5223

I was thinking about that! I thought I remembered the old music video had Mark Lowry playing the teacher but I was actually remembering "Baby Why Not Me," the character at 0:45 https://youtu.be/ZOLo21sqehY?t=45s

@TimBurVlogs

I thought it was him! And also thought I caught on Real Videos one time that it was Matt Crouch.

@pho.phonic

4y↑8

Holy moly this is cringe.

@thetsar7384

5y↑3

Former sold out Christian turned atheist but still love this song lol

@accountingmanager5964

5y↑4

You were never sold out if you are now an atheist. Only those who were truly never saved in the first place would turn around and not believe in God. Anyone can call themselves a "Christian" but those who win the race are those who hold steadfast to their faith. Being a follower of Christ is about faith. I've had way too many miracles in my life to not believe in God.

@proactivex

4y↑1

Accounting Manager perfect routine on the pommel horse in the religious mental Olympics. 😂🐪

@gidge13

4y↑2

Come home when you are ready.

@voicevitality7197

Wow, too many contradictions in that sentence to count

@depressedphilosopherbitch7581

@Accounting Manager give me a break

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@big_dro1713

8y↑3

God used evolution!

@johngregory4801

8y↑2

Every creature that God created brought forth in its own image. Including man, created in God's image, procreating in the image of the parents. We just don't know how long the seven days of creation were... Only the length of what we call a "day" from the fourth day of creation on... The day of Creation that the sun, moon and stars were created.

@big_dro1713

8y↑2

John Gregory We were created...after millions upon millions of years of evolution.

@johngregory4801

Yeah. Keep telling yourself that.

@big_dro1713

8y↑2

John Gregory You would have to ignore a flood of evidence to believe against evolution. Plus, you would have to think that there would be a massive conspiracy among scientists if evolution is untrue.

@johngregory4801

8y↑4

There is no evidence to ignore, just facts cunningly arranged to try to make a theory look "proven". And, yes, the very "scientists" who first took Darwin's THEORY (Darwin himself called it that) and put it forth as truth because, as historical records prove, they said that if they don't take this position, they will have to admit that God is real and they have no more "cloak for their sin". Not their exact words, but still historical fact. Sorry. Global conspiracy to hold down the truth. Yes. As it is written would happen, BTW. "The oppositions of science falsely so-called." This crap is done all the time, in front of everyone's eyes. And those who do it get away with it because so many people are convinced that NO ONE would tell so great a fib, NO ONE would try to so grandiosely con the people in such a public way...

There's an old proverb: The problem with liars is, even after they die, many still believe their lies. So it is with "evolution".

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@paulatiredofthisshit

9y↑9

Please study evolution. It's a fact.
This teacher is what's known as a strawman argument.
Really, no one acts like this. Every time you want to depict an idiot,
you do like a twelve-year-old and imagine someone easy to ridicule.

@johngregory4801

8y↑2

Please study evolution. It's a theory.

@johngregory4801

+Roslyn Bayliss I have studied the Bible for over three decades. I also know the Guys who wrote it personally. We don't know how long the days of creation were, only that the sun and the moon by which we measure day and night weren't created until the fourth day. Evolution is a theory. Creation is a fact. This is not anti-science, just anti- junk science, what Paul called "science falsely so called". Like carbon dating. A procedure so ridiculously in error as to be laughable.

@johngregory4801

8y↑2

I LOVE talking about the Bible! It is indeed fact. Sorry about any confusion I may have caused...

@chairmanm3ow

Evolution is a fact as there is consistent evidence to support it. Your Bible does not have consistent evidence to support the claims it makes.

I was a xtian for most of my life and I will still defend it as a positive source of comfort and community. But that does not make the tenants of your faith true.

There are over 3000 religions practiced all over the world and countless more that have died with ancient cultures. They all believe that their god was real and it was no more true than believing the god of the Bible is true.