Evolution or Creation? Witch one do you believe in?

Answer 1

Evolution.

Answer 2

I don't believe, I know which one is true. The one that is true is definitely creation.

There are several reasons why evolution cannot be true, the law of abiogenesis, irreducable complexity, genetics, mutations, information theory, etc...

In biology, the first law is known as abiogenisis. It essentiall means that all life comes from life. Life does not arise from living matter. There are no known instances where the proteins required for life have come from inate chemicals without extensive help from an intelligent source. The likelyhood that life could randomly occur without other living matter or intelligent input is so small that it is essentially impossible.

There are several cases where it is impossible for there to be any way for the theory of evolution to favour the creation of certain organs and traits due to the fact that they have many parts that would be a hindrence, or deadly, without all of the others. These include the thermic reaction produced by the bombadier beetle which uses three chemicals. Two combine in a cavity in the beetle where they are prevented from reacting by the third, but when the chemicals are expelled, they super-heat and burn the target. Without any one of the chemicals, or if the chamber was not designed just right, the chemicals would provide no benifit, or kill the beetle itself. All the parts are required to give the beetle an advantage, but there is no way for the beetle to work up to in in small steps. Other such examples include the human eye, bacterial flagellum, a giraffe's neck, multi-sexual reproduction, blod clotting, etc.

Genetics, at least the general processes, are generally understood. In the nucleus of every living cell is the DNA. It contains all the information required to build the organism. When a new organism is created, it is either by making a duplicate of this DNA or combining it with the DNA of another organism. The traits the new organism possesses come from the parent organism. This means that the new organism is essentially a copy of the parents. Mutations sometimes destroy parts of the DNA, causing defects, and sometimes sequences are copied to the wrong place creating useless duplicates of parts (Like the four winged flies that cannot fly) but the organism always reproduces after its own kind.

Some scientists sa that species evolve due to mutations, but mutations destory the information in the genes. This often causes defects, which though some have beneficial side effects, always cause degredation and harm the creatures ability to survive and reproduce. Some have postulated evolution through effort, but that is even more impossible. No method has been discovered that can increase the genetic information and create new traits, only methods that destory traits which is in effect the opposite of evolution.

Information theory, and thermodynamics are in agreement that order does not arise from chaos. In order for there to be order there muct be intelligence, or else it would degrade into chaos. No one can deny that DNA is order, like a language. It is a blueprint for the creature to whom it belongs. While the appearence of order can occur, like when scientists believed the emmisions from a pulsar was a message from space, true order with purpose only occurs when it comes from order or when there is an intelligence to impose order.

The greatest evidence of creation is the first book of the bible. Genesis provides an eye-witness account from the one who saw it in person: God. The Bible has stood the test of time and still remains relevant and trustworty.

Evolution just has too many holes to be possible, so I belive the well supported alternative: In the beginning, God created....

Answer 3

I'm a theistic evolutionist so I guess both. Science and religion should be kept separate departments of study because they really don't apply to one another.

If you translate the word "day" into "age" (as they are interchangeable in Hebrew) we wouldn't be having such a useless argument. Besides, are you gonna take the world of a 300+ yr. old Scottish parson who had a penchant for duck hunting and counting all the years mentioned in the old testament (4004BC was his final tally)? What if there was more time that simply wasn't mentioned (see the antideluvian genealogies, why no mention of women in the lines?) Blah, blah, blah.

We could just say that evolution is the path (and the amount of time) God took to bring the world about. Either way, things came into being from the very "simple" to the very "complex". If God was or wasn't involved in every tiny change would that make you love him less? Darwin was a christian you know. Evolution explains alot about the world around you. It's not "of the devil".

Remember that the Bible does not include EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING. Just the portions of life that the writers thought were important to answer for everyday life. The history of the planet and the universe were apparently not that important for day to day living.

Why do modern Christian's get so angry about the topic if God didn't think it was important enough to explain in detail? Get over it and start learning about the things that God "didn't" mention in the King James version of the Bible and you might learn more about Jesus and God.

If you're not reading the books that emperor Constantine didn't allow into the final collection- you're not reading everything. If you're not reading everything you don't know what creation was about. Try reading the books of "Adam and Eve" if you have the courage, or the books concerning the childhood of Jesus. Open your eyes.

Answer 4

Evolution, it is obvious, I can see it happening everywhere I look. Some people think it is only about fossils but it is also about plant and animal breeding.Chapter one of Darwin's book is Variation under Domestication and deals with selective breeding practices and the creation of new species from varieties. The next chapter is Variation under Nature. I could go through the whole text, it is sitting here beside me. I have four bibles on the top of my bookcase on the wall behind me and I have read them also. The Genesis story is unintelligible. The translations of older myths are not much better but two of them are the sources of the biblical creation myth in Genesis. I wish the Bible beaters would actually sit down,read and think about the book they swear by, it is an amazing document and when you start to discover where it comes from and how long it took to assemble these stories it is even more amazing. It is not a scientific document or even a decent history. but it is an amazing collection of wisdoms.(yes plural on wisdoms)

But Creation is the real poop. And the Christians should read that one also, Darwin was a very devout man and what he says might surprise them. They would also be free to think about the other stuff in the bible that actually matters, like getting along with each other and not committing murder for profit and all that stuff.

Answer 5

Both, to an extent, but more Evolution than Creation. Only because I haven't found an answer to the question of "Where did the matter in the universe come from in the first place" that satisfies me yet. Once all the matter is put in play and the Universe goes along its merry way, I firmly believe in Evolution as an explanation of more complex life forms evolving from simpler ones.

Answer 6

Einstein said he believed there had to be a god because the natural state of the universe is chaotic.
The worlds oldest atheist just recently admitted that there had to be a god. His whole life's motto was "follow the facts no matter where they lead"
Evolution is just a theory and has never proved to be fact. They are still finding that some of their theories of certain animals evolved into another animals are not true. There is of course the missing link issue.
I believe God created the universe, but still believe in the fact that many species including man can adapt to their environment to a certain extent but not becoming a new complete species.

If man came from apes, then why are there still apes. Why have they existed for millions of years and have hardly changed at all?

Answer 7

The Heavens and the Earth and all other creation was made by the Heavenly Father>>not evolution, one scientist came up with evolution and now they want everyone to stop believing in God and to believe in evolution.

Answer 8

Evolution.

Answer 9

I belive in spelling properly. Ha ha!
Seriously, if you believe God created everything, then why would you not believe that God created all different sorts of animals and dinosaurs hundreds of millions of years ago, and He allowed them to evolve, yet still believe that humans are not 100% like the animals and were created as a special creation, given the gifts of language, knowledge, and everything else that makes IT possible. Yes, that's information technology, people. It's a joke.
For religious people to deny the scientific evidence of evolution is to put limits on God. For scientists to extrapolate evolution to prove that God doesn't exist is intellectually a leap of faith, because a lot of scientists have no problem being religious, especially Muslims like me.
So, to answer your Q, I believe in a Creator that allowed his creations to evolve whenever He felt like it. I mean, He can create life whenever He wants to, so what's the big deal if he changes up the physical shape every now and then?

Answer 10

Creation