Creation or Evolution?? Why?

Question

which do you believe in and why

Answer 1

Creation. It takes less faith to believe creation. I mean, if evolution were true to the extent it would have to be true, why is it not still being observed today? Why are fish not having birds for offspring now? If single celled organisms turned into multicelled organisms, why are there plenty of single celled organisms, but none that are 5, 6, or even 20 celled organisms? At what point did the amino acids that "started life" encapsulate into a membrane with the peripheral membrane proteins that are necessary for the cell to "breathe"? Why are there not loose amino acids out there now that hadn't formed cells?
At what point does a mutation become beneficial? If a species were to develop wings from a limb, it would be a bad limb long before it would be a good wing. Mutations rarely are beneficial, at least the kind of mutation necessary for macro evolution to occur. A color change, sex traits (antlers on deer, length of tail feathers or beaks on parrots, a tall, dark, and handsome man ;-) ) does not constitute macro evolution where the species is evolving into another species.
Also, traits "built up" by one generation cannot be passed onto the next generation genetically. (Examples would be: knowledge, the large muscles of a body builder)

Answer 2

I firmly believe in Evolution, with the possibility of a creator. Why? Because you would have to be an idiot not to see that evolution is real. I believe it is possible there may have be a creator, but that creator is so perfect (s)he created everything through evolution. Creationism in the sense that everything was created in 7 days, in the order of the Bible, seems far fetched. I don't actually believe in a creator, just the possibility of one.

Evolution does not disprove the existence of God, and likewise, Christianity, or any other religion does not prove the existence of God.

OK. (FireRookie) So, first of all, evolution takes millions of years for any obvious changes to be apparent. It does not happen overnight.

(The Slayer) Second of all, scientist not being able to agree on a certain type of evolution does not prove the existence of a creator, because human beings have not been able to agree on whether or not there is a creator to begin with. With that logic, it means that there is no creator, because we all can't agree on the same thing.

Man, your second of all makes no sense whatsoever, TheSlayer. If I remove a part of my eye, my eyeball becomes useless, so that means evolution is wrong? If the eye cannot function with any part of it removed, then every part of it is important. There are animals that live deep sea, or only underground, who's eyes are useless, and they have evolved to become blind, because they don't use their eyes.. They use other senses.

Answer 3

Excellent question. Keep pursuing the truth.

Gotta go with Creation for the following reasons.

First, you don't identify which theory of evolution your are proposing as the alternative (and neither do any of the supporters). Is it Micro or Macro? Is it Gradual or Punctuated? Don't feel too bad about this though, you can't even get consensus on this issue among evolutionary biologists. And if scientists can't agree on how it works, can it really have been proven?

Second, evolution can't overcome the concept of irreducible complexity. Said differently, evolution assumes something moves from simple to complex by random developments that improve over time. Yet, for example, if you remove any part of the human eye, it doesn't work AT ALL. Thus, the remainder becomes a useless mass of meat. And under evolutionary theory, any organism "evolving" useless masses of meat are less efficient and therefore the eye would never develop (and no, the fact that it is here does is not evidence that it must have evolved. That is circular logic).

Third, ignoring the smaller steps of "evolution", let's answer the real question. How does a rock become living matter? What, the "evolutionists" don't have an answer for the mechanism of evolution? How scientific is that?

There are a lot of other interesting questions to consider before resolving this debate. I suggest you keep asking your questions and keep reading and studying with an open mind.

Cheers,

Answer 4

I am going with Nutron almost. I believe in evolution and god and there is no conflict within me on this. I think science and religion can get along quite well, as long as one or the other doesn't go off the deep end. I am sorry that this does not exactly answer your question, for I picked both. I have no proof one way or the other, just a gut feeling. I feel as long as I am happy with it, then it must be right.

Answer 5

It does not matter what I believe in, because the truth doe not need my belief to be true and the truth is true, whether I believe in it, or not. That aside; evolution by natural selection is supported by mountains of evidence from myriad disciplines and has great predictive power. Creationism is not supported by one shred of evidence and could not predict next Tuesday.

Answer 6

You STUDY evolution, or in my case, I study biology and incidenally see evolutionary processes.

Creationism is about belief. It's one thing to believe that God created the universe, and it's another to believe that the only correct story of the creation of the universe was the 1611 English translation of the Bible.

Answer 7

Both...kinda. I believe that a divine force exists, and triggered the Big Bang. But I do believe that evolution occurs, and I don't believe in biblical creationism. I find that it is highly implausible, and can't bring myself to accept such a far-fetched idea.
Also, Darwin NEVER said we evolved from apes. He merely said we have a common ancestor. People misquote this all the time, and use it as the basis for a faulty argument.

Answer 8

Evolution. We evolved from our oldest ancestors. A species called Australopithecus. There are 3 more species after that and we are the fourth ones, Homo sapiens sapiens. You have to explain where those bones came from. We have no proof of creation. We have real proof of evolution.

Answer 9

Okie.. where did the first single cell came from??? where did apes came from.??? how did the so-called single organisim or the "ancestors" existed and why?? there's evidence to show evolution.. but no evidence to show how these things existed in the first place!!
i was a life science student, but i do not believe science can prove everything, there's is still many unsolved mysteries that science cannot solve or prove.. and, science theories keeps changing and recorrect inself....sometimes you wonder why.. and theories are based on assuptions and presumptions...so you either believe in none or believe in both...
I believe in creation and evolution.. i believe God created the everything, and allows them to evolve..

Answer 10

I believe in both. People have been mistaking days for passages of time no numbers for arguments sake and it works for them, but the way I see it, a book was written in a dialect and form that could be interpreted by the people who lived during the time it was written, and it was written for "leaders" to guide "followers". The Bible gave the Hierarchy the absolute/vague answers to give those who questioned their authority that would keep them in line without physical aggression(they couldn't work if they were injured).