Evolution is only a theory it hasn't been proven. Evolutionists would say that neither is Creationism. What do you think?
2006-10-06 23:58:23 · 25 answers · asked by Just_A_Guy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Here is a fun experiment that you can try at home.
1) Get a medium size jig-saw puzzle and put all of the pieces into a large paper bag. Now, shake the bag really hard for thirty minutes.
2) Get another medium size jig-saw puzzle and put the pieces on a table, then assemble as much as you can in thirty minutes.
3) Compare the puzzle in the bag with the one on the table. Which method had better results? I had much better luck with intelligent design, but that's just me.
2006-10-07 01:52:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is getting tiresome. We have a thread about this every 6 hours, but when someone asks "so what will a course on creationism teach?," he gets 2 to 6 replies--mostly atheists agreeing how stupid teaching creationism is.
Evolution is "only a theory" the same they the theory of limits (from which ALL calculus is based), yet we still build bridges, houses, and sky scrapers with this "only a theory." Evolution is "only a theory" the same way gravity is "only a theory."
Sorry creationist, but there is NO faith involved when believing in something that is based on science and facts. Evolution has been proven time and time again. We have countless fossils of transitional species, and no, the big bang and how the first life came into existance is not part of evolution. And sadly for you, the big bang has been proven too and we are currently working on replicating it through specialized machinery.
2006-10-07 00:07:32 · answer #2 · answered by Alucard 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What is there to teach about Creationism?
"Today, class, we're going to learn about an hypothesis for how the universe and life on Earth began. Some people believe that a supreme being made it all. Now please open your math books and we'll go over last night's homework."
Sure, I guess teachers should tell kids that not everyone believes in evolution and that some people use "God did it" as their excuse for everything. You can't teach Biblical creation though because that brings religion into school and infringes on the rights of other religions. Notice that the teacher used the word "hypothesis" instead of "theory". Evolution is a scientific theory. It has much evidence to back it up and has survived much scrutiny and testing and has not been proven wrong. Creationism is merely an hypothesis, ie, a guess. There is no evidence to support it.
2006-10-07 00:13:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think that you're parroting creationist propaganda, and should have learned to think for yourself before posting this question. Evolution is not based on faith, and it's simply a lie to say that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in creationism. Sadly, the creationist movement is largely made up of professional liars.
Evolution is based on scientific observation, and is our best understanding of the origin of species. Creationism is ancient superstition. It'd be perfectly fine subject matter in a course on superstitions, but has nothing whatsoever to do with science.
Evolution isn't "only" a theory: it's a theory. That's not a bad thing, it's a vital part of science. Evolution is an extremely well-supported theory, and is also true. The notion of "proof" or of "being proven" is utterly irrelevant: that's not how science works. If you honestly think that "it hasn't been proven" is a valid criticism of a scientific theory, you don't have any business influencing what is taught in science courses, because you know nothing whatsoever about science.
Oh god, Calloway (below), that's about the most ignorant thing I've read here. Here's a challenge for your "intelligent design": over the next 7 days, design from scratch a few hundred thousand living species and their ecosystems. Good luck. And yes, my challenge is a FAR better test of creationism than yours is of evolution (shaking a bag of puzzle pieces has nothing to do with anything evolution claims).
2006-10-07 00:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Unfortunately many of th4e respondents here don't seem to have taken the trouble to examine both sides of the question. They've been told creations is nonsense, therefore it is nonsense.
I'm not sure it would work to teach the biblical version in school but at the very least evolution could be taught honestly as 'the present prevailing theory' and not as proven fact.
2006-10-07 11:34:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. True, evolution is a theory, but a scientific theory based on hard data, emphirical studies, intelligent thought, and logical reasoning. Creationism, on the other hand, is a mythological story with no basis in fact, with no proof what so ever, with no sound or logical reasoning behind it. You want to teach creationism as a equal theory to evolution then you might as well teach greek and roman mythology as science, native american stories of the origins of man as science, and so on and so on.
2006-10-07 02:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think of you will locate maximum Christians don't have a concern with evolution. Theistic Evolution (the thought God used evolution as his vehicle to deliver forth existence because it is in the present day) isn't incompatible with scripture. The Roman Catholic Church represents a million.a million billion Christians, and the actual stance of Catholicism is that God used evolution in this way. it is in basic terms a small team of protestants who have self belief in youthful Earth Creationism. That small team, besides the indisputable fact that, is chanced on predominantly in usa, quite the Bible Belt. outdoors of that, you may locate small wallet of youthful Earth Creationists someplace else all over the area, however the Christians that stay around them and settle for evolution may be the dominant concept.
2016-10-15 22:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by janovich 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is more evidence for Creationism than Evolution. So it takes
a lot more faith to believe in Evolution.
However they should both be taught for no other reason than they are the two most widely accepted theories of the origin of the Universe.
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2006-10-07 00:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Evolution has been proven. Perhaps what you mean to say is that it has not been proven that humans evolved from ape-like creatures?
The "Theory of Evolution" is as proven as the "Theory of Gravity", if not more.
2006-10-07 00:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by Smiley 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's extremely disappointing when the laymen's definition of theory is not understood as vastly different than the scientific one. If we go with evolution as just a belief system, then we need to see if we 'believe' quantum physics theory, relativity theory, gravitational theory, etc. PLEASE PLEASE - it's important to not be ignorant and instead learn science.
2006-10-07 00:54:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋