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Creation vs. Evolution

Ever since the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species was

published there has been an ongoing debate between science and religion. Scientists

have formulated many theories as to the origins of man and to the creation of the

earth, whereas religious groups have one main creation theory, based on the "Genesis"

story of The Bible. These theories, however, are not the cause of the debate because

the different theories are simply myths meant to explain the unknown-- the debate is

caused by different belief systems. According to a November 1997 Gallup poll 44% of the people that responded

agreed that God created human beings in their present form at one time …show more content…

The creationist arguments can be summed up in one example from the Morris -

Parker book. They state "Evolution is claimed to be 'scientific,' and still going on, so it

seems like it should be observable and measurable. Yet after 150 years of intense

study of biological variations, evolutionists are still completely in the dark about the

supposed mechanism of evolution. This fact surely is cause for beginning to doubt the

validity of the very concept of evolution" (303). Words such as 'claimed', 'should be',

and 'supposed' are very powerful, but they don't give examples as to where and who

claimed or supposed these things, nor do they seem to understand evolution. In 150

years, the evolutionary change that would occur is insignificant, so it is very difficult

to see such changes in such a short period of time, because they are completely

ignoring the evolutionary time scale. Also, they don't acknowledge that biologists

have seen evolution occur, as in the case of moth's wings changing color for

protection against their prey. Morris and Parker are also blatantly attacking evolution

as a science and as a fact (303).

When Edward Larson did his research for his book Summer for the Gods: The

Scopes trial and America's Continuing Debate over Science and Religion, he found

that the overall 95% of scientists admitted that they

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