What is it about Evolution vs Creationism that in every single debate Evolution always wins? Even the 1920 Scopes Monkey Trial, despite the $100 fine, culturally Evolution won.
Evolution has been winning and will continue to win.
Is it because people who believe in Creationism have still not to this day produced one single piece of credible scientific empirical evidence?
2006-09-05 02:48:54 · 46 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God has always been denied by men.Man has always exulted himself above God.And yet all men still die and God still is.
He who writes the books controls the reality of men.
2006-09-05 03:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It does? Ok then how did evolution get it's start? Where did lifelessness become life. How did it survive when there was no plant or animal matter to ingest? How do you explain the fact that with the guidance of highly intelligent and educated scientist that this process can't be reproduced in a lad under control condition when it "just happened when a bolt of lightening struck a pool of chemical laden water in the ammonia filled atmosphere of primordial earth? Do animals adapt, of course but at no time has a reptile produced a bird out of one of it's eggs. Or eggs laid by a fish ever become a amphibian... Your theory is not observable. It is theory, just like creation is a theory. Both has as much weight scientifically as the other... Jim
2006-09-05 03:41:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yet still the Creationists claim Dr. Dino has "won" numerous debates with Evolutionists and "proven" Creationism with scientific evidence. Of course Dr. Dino won't be debating anything other than if his cell-mate is the "top" or "bottom" for the next 8-10 years. See, even God hates Dr. Dino.
2006-09-05 07:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Kenny ♣ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim, we've been around and around about this. Although those of us in support of Creationism have repeatedly requested PROOF that the THEORY of evolution is scientifically factual, no one (even you) has been able to provide it. There remains a HUGE gap in this THEORY to this day -- the missing link. Until it's found, evolution remains your best guess as to how we got here.
You're an intelligent person, so why can't you see that we will not believe you until you can prove what you're telling us is factual?
Peace. Now let's move on, ok?
2006-09-05 03:10:50 · answer #4 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well creationism isn't empirically proved. Evolution, although admittedly only a partially proved theory, has enough scientific proof to be believed. Evolution is not taken on faith.
2006-09-05 08:33:12 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a simple one, really. For one thing, evolution hasn't been proven, it is just a theory(which I fdirmly believe). Bible thumpers always revert to "you don't know Jesus or the true faith, yadda yadda." It eventually becomes a mudslinging affair.
If there was an all powerful God, why would he need our petty worship? Why would he claim to heal the sick, and to appear to his followers, and yet he seems to be letting up on his job the last 300 years or so? Being all knowing, why didn't he create some kind of proof, that would be timeless, and not dated like the bible, full of completely impossible fairytales (can anyone say Noah's ark). He proves in the bible that he CAN reveal himself to man, but why not now? Why has God stopped talking vocally except to televangelists? Easy, the bible has stopped being written in for centuries now! If I was making up the stories and pulling things out my A$$ then I'd have a direct line to God too. Science doesn't necessarily have all the answers(YET), and because of that, those that fear the unknown need to have a superstition that gives them hope. This is no different than the Gods of mount olympus. Assuming the religious groups don't cause us to destroy the world around us first, in the armageddon they all want, men will slowly become enlightened as the mysteries of life reveal themselves too.....SCIENCE! Then, we can be one world, one race...HUMANS.
2006-09-05 03:06:23 · answer #6 · answered by TonerLow69 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is simple.
Creationism has 0 credible scientific evidence to support it..it is a "faith" hypothesis..not even a theory as it has no scientific repeatable evidence to support it..all it has for evidence is "uh..bible says so..uh..science sucks"
Evolution is a scientific theory with lots of data to back it up. Now no one has ever claimed it is a Law because we do not have enough evidence for that...but it is the best idea we have right now that is based on actual evidence.
So it is like the debate about what causes rain angel tears or water vapor in clouds...one has no evidence at all but sounds pretty..the other is not pretty but has actual information behind it. Every time I see debate between these 2 ideas I can only imagine people arguing Flat vs Round Earth idea.
For those who claim evolution has never provided the "missing link" How about they provide ANY link that Creationism provides. They can't because there is NO LINK AT ALL.
I would like to say for record. If you disagree with Evolution that is fine but if you do either come up with a hypothesis with the evidence to back it up or just say you don't believe in it but have nothing to offer...Creationism is not a scientific law or theory since it has no evidence at all behind it.
Jer Bear:: I agree that we are lowering standerd to get kids a diploma and it is wrong but you, like every opponent to evolution, do not understand evolution. Humans did **NOT** evolve from apes...apes and humans **BOTH** evolved from a common ancestor millions of years ago..the humans took one path and the apes took another path.
By saying humans evolved from apes is like saying I am decended from my cousin..it is simply not true..my cousin and I both decended from grandparent.
anieska:: Intelligent Design is **NOT** a theory..is has no evidence so it is only a hypothesis
Jim B:: again creationism is not a theory it is only a hypothesis...evolution IS a theory since it has scientific data to back it up..not scientifically same thing at all or even close..it is claims by people who mangle the scientific terminology that create confusion (maybe on purpose?) and besides evolution has nothing to do with how world/universe were created or how life started..only it's progression based on scientific evidence
2006-09-05 03:32:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Evolution wins, because it is based upon evidence, while creationism is based only upon groundless beliefs. Creationists would be glad to produce real evidence to support their beliefs if any existed, but it doesn't, so they deal in lies and confusion. I see the stale "Missing Link" mentioned. This is confusing the issue. There are many missing links, but that doesn't make the ones we have disappear. We can see much of the chain, even if many links are missing. That doesn't prove creationism, obviously, so it's just a feeble diversion. Someone mentions Hovind. I hear he is in trouble. One cannot win debates with such people, because he has them rigged to end his silly way. In a logical debate, he'd lose badly, because he has no logic.
2006-09-05 03:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Give it time. Galileo suffered much at the hands of the Inquisition when he shared his observations: that the earth was round and it revolved around the sun. In his time, all believed the earth was flat and the center of the universe.
Not all dare to leave the "darkness" that enshrouds our deceived world... it won't be dark for long. Those who want to, can always see by HIS light, but He waits for you to ask Him into your heart. God will not barge in although He has all power and every right to do so. If only to save us from ourselves.
Read: The Theory of Intelligent Design
2006-09-05 03:01:31 · answer #9 · answered by anieska 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does it always win? Either way, I don't think there's enough physical evidence to conclusively support either theory. So it really boils down to what you believe. Do you believe that you are a slightly smarter version of the monkey, or that you are a being created in the Image of God with a value that you can't even begin to imagine?
2006-09-05 03:35:25 · answer #10 · answered by theology_chick 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because culturally, it is easier to reject God and the expectations and requirements there from, than it is to accept a supreme being creator.
As for evolution winning and will continue to win, evolutionists fail to answer where the original matter for a Big Bang and subsequent material for life come from, they fail to explain (much less prove) a plausible theory that a combination of randomly mixed chemicals and elements somehow spurred on to be something akin to life. The evolution part is much easier to accept, but the starting point falls flat.
2006-09-05 02:54:40 · answer #11 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋