The theory of the evolution of species has rocked the world of traditional religious thought ever since it first gained prominence. To this day, even Perhaps we ought to see humanity, from its earliest beginnings, as little children, struggling to grow up and into the divine life in various ways over the long centuries, but continuing to slip and fall in the mud because we are inherently weak. This brings to mind the archetypal use of Adam employed by St. Julian of Norwich, depicted as a servant who seeks to do the will of his Lord, yet falls in a pit, and needs to be pulled out by grace.