Creation and evolution?

Question

I'm sitting here with my hubby...enjoying the Q&A while we wind down from a hectic day. We are both agnostic, however he just shocked me with his thoughts on how we got here! (I love debating with him). He believes that there is a possibility of intelligent design and wonders if evolution isn't the method the creator used. He believes that is why we have evidence of both to differing degrees. He also thinks it could be due to aliens tampering with our DNA.....LOL!

thoughts?

Answer 1

Your husband is a pretty fart smeller...i mean smart feller! I agree with his idea fully and get annoyed when some bible thumper starts his BS! As far as I am concerned, the ALLMIGHTY could have created in any way he chose! Who am I to judge? Seems like Christians like to tell the Creator how he created! The Creator didnt write the bible to begin with! It was written by people who claimed to have spoken to the Creator 2000 years ago and we ALL know how stories get passed on...I also firmly believe that there is life out there far more intelligent than us!

P.S. To those of you who keep telling me that there is more and more proof on creation, I am still waiting to see ANY of it! I do however believe when early man has been dug from frozen ice with apelike features and tools by his side that there is a hint here! STOP TELLING THE ALLMIGHTY HOW HE ACOMPLISHED THIS AMAZING FEAT!

Answer 2

I would tend to believe the alien theory as it's more plausible.

In the end, we're all agnostic as no one knows for sure whether there is a "creator". I, for one, don't believe in that nonsense (professed atheist).

In terms of evolution, there is more sufficient evidence that supports it than there is for ID (that evidence being NONE).

It's a very emotional debate.

Be happy that the Catholic church's stand is the same as your BF.

And, if you want to see what the IDists (IDiots, I say) use as argument FOR Intelligent Design, type in 'banana' and 'Kirk Cameron' on Google. Should make for an entertaining few minutes.

Answer 3

The answer in part is both are corect in there own ways.
The CREATOR OF ALL THINGS created our souls from ITS own body that it threw off as sparks that became the
souls of all that was and will be.
Then It created the physical universe and all the things that live in it. this is where evolution comes in to play as somthing has to be created before it can evolve in this physical universe.this was acomplished in six days . But how long were those days ? AS a day is like unto a year and a year is like onto a day to the Creator. If you could cut the world in half you would see that there are layers upon layers until a pirmitive form of life emerages and is built upon over whatever time is. At some point the Creator let the souls into the physical universe to see what It had made . some of them just looked around and returned to the Creator and became knowen as the Angles. others entered into the physical forms and became so entranced that they forgot they could leave the forms themselves and later where they came from.So started the mystery of what life is and why we are here.The rest is still an unfinished story.

Answer 4

I think evolution happened and the human being on accident based on environmental pressures on other species came about. We aren't a higher order of animal or intelligently designed,

as for alien involvement, I think it logical that from a meteor came some of the building blocks that built the first cell.

Answer 5

Hmm, yeah...that could work. The problem is a supporter of the creationist theory would never see it like that. The Bible says what it says and there is no other way. They're not open to the possibility of there being both. Sometimes I think people take the Bible way too literal and don't leave themselves open for interpretation.

Answer 6

It was the flying spaghetti monster. Search it in google. :-)

Addendum: FYI, for people who don't know this, in science, there are no answers once and for all. Any theory would be overturned if evidence is brought forth that discounts it as it inaccurate. That includes things like gravity, and evolution.

Of course, if there is no such evidence, or it's a non-repeatable experiement (like that cold fusion debacle a decade ago), the existing theories aren't overturned because they remain the most accurate predictor of future results.

Answer 7

aliens?..i think i read that right. yep i did. honestly, i am one hundred percent sure that their is intelligent life out there among the MANY galaxies. however, i absolutely do NOT think some alien created us. this planet like all planets....have had meteors hit the earth. bacteria has been found on these things! that means..LIFE. and from that springs the possibility that we traveled here on some long forgotten meteor that impacted the earth. thus kick starting evolution.

so i guess in a way...the bacteria were aliens. BUT not in the sense he might have been suggesting.
and obviously...i DO NOT believe in ANY supreme being.

Answer 8

This is a domino effect. Yes, It is possible that we evolved from bacteria. and Yes, it is possible that there was a big bang. But before all of these? Where do you think it all began? In a domino effect of creation:: A > B > C > D

A created B, which lead to C, which caused D.

From the time A created B, all occurances going to the right can be to infinite.

But to think that occurances going to the left is infinite is ubsurd. There should be someone or something who started it all. Someone or Something that was never created by something. It should be someone or something that existed before anything else.. Thats is what god is. He started it all.. He was the pioneer of creation. He's the first. Get it? So Creation and Evolution could co-exist. There was creation first, then evolution.

Answer 9

There is no evidence for intelligent design. The complexities of the universe in and of themselves do not constitue evidence of intelligent design. That's like saying since a woman who dresses promiscuous is promiscuous.

Answer 10

Creationists and evolutionists have the same evidence, it is a matter of interpretation. I believe that if you look at the evidence without prejudice and without any presuppositions, you will find that the evidence strongly supports a creator. I offer the following:

The Amazing Cell

Evidence for creation and against evolution!

by Dr. Dudley Eirich

As a microbiologist, the bacterial flagellum has always fascinated me.

The flagellum is a corkscrew-shaped, hair-like appendage attached to the cell surface, which acts like a propeller, allowing the bacterium to swim. The most interesting aspect of the flagellum is that it is attached to—and rotated by—a tiny, electrical motor made of different kinds of protein.

Like an electrical motor, the flagellum contains a rod (drive shaft), a hook (universal joint), L and P rings (bushings/bearings), S and M rings (rotor), and a C ring and stud (stator). The flagellar filament (propeller) is attached to the flagellar motor via the hook. To function completely, the flagellum requires over 40 different proteins. The electrical power for driving the motor is supplied by the voltage difference developed across the cell (plasma) membrane.

In 1996, Dr. Michael J. Behe, a professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University (and an evolutionist), published a challenging book to classical Darwinian evolution entitled “Darwin’s Black Box.” In this book he uses the flagellum to introduce the concept of “irreducible complexity.” If a structure is so complex that all of its parts must initially be present in a suitably functioning manner, it is said to be irreducibly complex. All the parts of a bacterial flagellum must have been present from the start in order to function at all.

According to evolutionary theory, any component which doesn’t offer an advantage to an organism, i.e. doesn’t function, will be lost or discarded. How such a structure could have evolved in a gradual, step-by-step process as required by classical Darwinian evolution is an insurmountable obstacle to evolutionists. How a flagellum is used, however, adds an additional level of complexity to the picture.

Some bacteria have a single flagellum located at the end of a rod-shaped cell. To move in an opposite direction, a bacterium simply changes the direction of rotation of the flagellum. Other bacteria have a flagellum at both ends of the cell and use one flagellum for going in one direction and the other for going in the opposite direction. A third group of bacteria has many flagella surrounding the cell. These flagella wrap themselves together in a helical bundle at one end of the cell and rotate in unison to move the cell in one direction. If the cell wants to change direction, the flagella unwrap themselves, move to the opposite end of the cell, reform the bundle, and again rotate in a coordinated fashion.

The structural complexity and finely tuned coordination of the bacterial flagellum attests to the work of a master engineer who designed and created the flagellum to function in a wonderfully intricate manner.

May I suggest a couple of web sights to check out?
http://www.answersingenesis.org/
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/index.html

I think you will find what is presented there as rather compelling evidence for creation.