Evolution & Creationism

Looking back at our history creationism was the first explanation of why humans exist today. Since the beginning of time Christianity has played a significant role in religion. Christianity started in Jerusalem and expanded into many different denominations across the world. Therefore, Christianity is a religion based off of Jesus Christ and God the creator of the earth. “Creationism stemmed from several religions and is the belief that a higher being or deity created everything living thing in nature through divine intervention

As we have learned in class and as we still see now in the modern world, the topic of evolution vs creationism has been one of much dispute. To many, there is only one side; you either believe in God or in Science, you either believe that Adam and Eve are our ancestors or you believe that through the years and the changes in the world we have evolved from apes. Whichever side you find yourself on there will always be someone that disagrees with you and is willing to tell you why you are wrong.

Creationist are mostly Christians and believe in the God of the bible. The creationist have no science based theory on whether God created the universe or if it was a natural selection that was by chance like the evolutionist believe. Although during the eighteenth-century “it was commonly assumed that Christian theologians were opposed to science,” some the of the orthodox churchman openly accepted the idea that earth was ancient.("The evolution of creationism") This findings however, contradict the belief that Earth is only 6,000 years old. But that is because the creationist of today believe that God had created men less than 10,000 years ago, not the creationist of

Creationism is 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. As you can see, they are two competing theories. But only one seems to be taught in public schools, funny right? Nobody ever seems to criticize evolution in any course materials or textbooks, it just can’t be stated as a scientific law. The controversy believes that sudden appearances of chaos from nothing and god can’t be enough evidence. However, we can’t find transitional fossils between ape and man to back up evidence for evolution.

Creationism is the belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation. An example of belief in creationism is in the Bible, where God spoke the world into existence. Now a general rule in public schools is that teachers may not teach a religion, but they are allowed to teach about a religion in a secular context (adl.org). Right now, every school in America

Many people base their opinions on inherited beliefs. The debate whether intelligent design and evolution should be taught as two separate courses is debating whether god truly exists and if the earth has evolved. “Actually, there

However, what is not so obvious to the casual observer is that the macro-evolutionary view is not supported by testable scientific evidence. The existence of a variety of hominid species in the fossil record does not provide any evidence that these species are so-called “transitional species” between the primate and human. Furthermore, the fact that this view is widely held among contemporarily educated people only provides evidence that it is widely taught in educational forums. It provides no evidence of its validity.

The theory of creationism versus the theory of evolution is a controversial topic worldwide. The topic delves further into whether creationism should or should not be taught in public schools. While evolution is a theory that says modern plants and animals evolved by a natural process over time, creationism is the belief that the universe and living organisms originated from specific acts of divine creation. Because evolution and creationism are both theories, creationism should be taught with as much validity as the teaching of evolution in public school. Since the early 1990’s creationism has become more and more a plausible theory. The historical events of creationism dates back all the way to the creation of mankind and the universe. Various evidence, such as the universe, point towards an intelligent designer and should therefore be taught in public schools.

“The diversity of life on earth is the outcome of unsupervised, impersonal, unpredictable, and natural process of temporal descent” (Patrick 1).Why would you believe in one side of a controversial argument when most of the evidence points to the other side? Evolution versus Creationism is still a very controversial argument today in public schools. Creationism and evolutionism in public schools have very convincing arguments and good reasons to why and how one is simply prefered over the other, but which theory is the most probable? Both theories have different ideas; creationists believe the concept of design requires a Creator, and while the principals of design are applied to living organisms, like you and me, evolutionists find it a perfectly reasonable explanation to believe God didn't create the earth.. Creationists also generally believe that all organisms were created by God as we see them today.

creationism trials continue today, although evolution usually wins because of its science backing. Usually the confrontation comes from parents and state governments. It is my guess that they are afriad of their beliefs being underminded in the public school system. When in all reality their belief are not being underminded, it is just not science (at least not anymore). Teachers in Dover are quoted, “…if I as the classroom teacher read the required statement, my students will inevitabley (and understandably) believe the Intelligent Design [Creationism] is a valid scietific theory, perhaps on par with the Theory of Evolution. That is not true…” (Berkmin, 2008). The fact is that creation no longer should be considered scientific. It is a belief coming from a religion. Even Pope Francis agrees that creation is not science, but is still plausable within a relgious context, “God is not…a magician…Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.” (Tharoor,

We can agree that scientist are people whose job is to explain why something is how it is, but there humans just like us and they also have their own beliefs therefore they can be bias, since there not neutral and like everybody else they grew up with certain beliefs that can determines what they do with the evidence. After spending some time doing research on scientific theories about creation and creationism, I can say that all the theories of creation is no more truthful than creationism, and instead of just teaching scientific theories in the school system, we should push for creationism to be taught as well for the purpose of supplying demand, freedom of speech, and developing critical thinking skills in

Darwin’s evolution theory is still often discussed. There are two different groups who have their own opinion how life was created. This could be seen from the science perspective or the religion perspective. We are going to compare these approaches in this essay.

Furthermore, to state a clear definition of creationism, appear as the belief that life and all the universe were created by a supernatural authority, intelligent and benevolent God. On the other hand, evolution is the process which states that all different kinds of living things and organisms developed from other forms, during the Earth’s history.

A fossil is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Archeologists have found fossils and remains much older than the bible and other religions say Earth is. Creationists appeal to the fact that an incredible complexity both of living organisms, and the ecosystems they inhabit. It is difficult to believe such complexity and diversity appeared and established balance on its own, whereas evolutionists suggest the idea of random development through survival of the fittest. They both accept that life forms are dying off on our planet. Both also acknowledge evolution, meaning that organisms like the Dog experience changes due to selective breeding and natural selection. No new information is presented, just different traits that were already there forming copies of DNA to remake and match the parent through offspring.

In the history of science vs. religion there have been no issues more intensely debated than evolution vs. creationism. The issue is passionately debated since the majority of evidence is in favor of evolution, but the creation point of view can never be proved wrong because of religious belief. Human creation breaks down into three simple beliefs; creation theory, naturalistic evolution theory, and theistic evolution theory. The complexities of all three sides create a dilemma for what theory to support among all people, religious and non-religious.