Evolution vs Creationism, the battle begins?

Question

everybody post your evidence from either side, the one with the most evidence (or any evidence at all) WINS! isnt that great :D

bible quotes can only be used once

i think santa parrot found the winner

ok now who can play the we are the champions song so we can celebrate this day

Answer 1

Evidence for evolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_evolution

Evidence for creation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_creation

(Note: Yeah, I'm fully aware that the "evidence for creation" page doesn't have anything on it. :-P)

Answer 2

1. The plantaris muscle. The plantaris muscle is a small, thin muscle in the human calves that serves absolutely no purpose in humans. It is so useless that about 9% of humans don't even have the muscle. It was originally used by our ancestors for purposes such as gripping things with our feet, which is seen in monkeys today.

2. Human DNA and Chimpanzee DNA. DNA testing has revealed that human beings and chimpanzees share 97%, or so, common DNA. This is strong evidence that we share a common ancestor.

3. Flu viruses. The reason the flu virus is so prevalent and strong is that it develops (evolves) an immunity to vaccines we've created.

4. Evolution has been demonstrated in the laboratory, regardless of what some creationists tell you, in certain plants, and some species, such as fruit flies. Because of the length that evolution takes, it can only be demonstrated in animals and plants with short lifespans. However, this is evidence that evolution has happened to nearly all creatures.

5. Fossil location on the geologic column. Starting at the bottom of the geologic column (the oldest area), fossilized animals are much smaller and much less complex. However, as you begin to go up (nearer and nearer to our own time), the fossils are more complex, which is certainly great evidence that all living creatures evolved from simple organisms.

Answer 3

Why not combine the two? It's easy because you can make the decision for yourself.
Since there is actually no evidence of a "big bang" anyway, why not accept the fact that the first man did not look at all like we do. Anyway, man was changed after the Big Flood. I can make them all work together without losing my faith. There is also a lot of evidence in the Bible because the characters like Isaiah, John, Paul, among others, Solomon and the temple remains, that these people actually existed. It is not myth, ask real scholars and the truth is evident. Watch History Channel as well.

Best of wishes to you in your quest.
Can't we just live in peace and love one another as we should.

Answer 4

Evolution is a Verb. Creationism is a noun or at worst a pronoun.

Genetics and Biology and Botony begat EVOLUTION.

Evolution is not a THING it is an ACTION.

Why are the non-religous so stupid. Even scientists know this.

HARVARD does not give a degree in EVOLTUTION. They give degrees in Science, Bilogy, Botany, Genetics, but NOT Evolution.

Evolution describes what happens in applied Bio-Botanitcal Genetics.

Why are the NON-RELIGIOUs so STUPID.

The FATHER of GENETICS was a Catholic ABBOT

The FATHER of the BIG BANG THEORY was a CATHOLIC JESUIT.

Why are the NON-RELIGIOUS so INCREDIBILY STUPID! Do they NOT go to SCHOOLS! Or do they just NOT pay attention in class! Or do they just blindly shoot off at the mouth because of something they heard from another Atheist who is stupid.

Does that mean something.

Answer 5

The introduction to Genesis and to the whole Bible ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making, acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine revelation. One must be true the other false. All of God’s works are good, great, wondrous, and perfect.

Man starts from nothing. He begins in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is only seen in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade to the plowshare to machines. But the birds build their nests today as at the beginning. There is growth and development within man, but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another.

For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be evident stages of evolution today. You would be able to find species in many stages of evolution in nature right now. For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be no God. And that’s exactly what evolutionists believe and are trying prove. The evolutionist bases his or her conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning, instead of on the documentary evidence of the manuscripts.

Answer 6

There is no empirical evidence that would lead any person of legitimate intelligence to the conclude that the earth is 6000 years old. So, if Creationism is true and the earth is only 6000+ years old, then all the accumulated knowledge of mankind is false. If we cannot determine whether the earth is 6,000 or 4,500,000,000 years old, then we are all more stupid than the rocks we use to establish the age of our planet.

In fact, if the earth is only 6,000 years old, we are too retarded to even comprehend that scenario and too stupid to figure it out if it were true.

Therefore, regardless of the age of the earth, Creationists are wrong. Either they are wrong and most of us are right; or, all of mankind is cosmically retarded and everyone is wrong, including the Creationists - especially the Creationists, who would be the most retarded in the Kingdom of Retardom.

Besides, they are pathological liars and I cannot pass up the opportunity to expose my favorite Creationist lie.

Creationists claim that near Glen Rose, Texas, there is a single geologic strata containing both human and dinosaur footprints. They use this as proof that science is wrong either about the age of the earth or the knowledge that dinosaurs were extinct millions of years before the appearance of the first hominid fossils.

They always neglect to mention, however, that their alleged ‘human footprint’ (their ‘evidence’) measures 18 inches in length X 13 inches in width X 5 inches in thickness. To give you an idea of what this means – a mold cast from the footprint holds more than 5 gallons of water. Why? Because it, too, is the footprint of a dinosaur.

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hey, try2bhelp... -

Think again, child. Astromomers can SEE the flash of light (everywhere and in all directions) and still HEAR the sound of it.

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Earl D –

Don’t be a dweeb, Earl. There is no such thing as biology (or any life science) without the scientific theory of BIOLOGICAL evolution.

And, a PhD is offered by Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. They call it ‘Biology” because there is no such thing as biology without evolution. In any case, degrees in evolutionary biology are offered by hundreds of colleges and universities.


In fact, it would be hypocritical of you to deny evolution but trust in modern medicine. Without evolution, medicine and medical science is a lie and modern doctors are practicing only magic no more real than voodoo.

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johnblessed01 -

1.Given that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, it is unlikely any student is taught that dinosaurs roamed the earth 5 billion years ago.

2.The oldest living tree (appropriately named ‘Methuselah’) is more than 4,700 years old. It is a bristlecone pine located in the White Mountains of California.

3.The offer to prove evolution is a bogus lying scam. It is not scientific and presented in such a way as to be impossible. There are equal legitimate offers to anyone who can prove the existence of ANYTHING supernatural, be it god, Santa, or spoon bending.

In truth, you are ignorant and uninformed on this topic. You have done nothing but repeat nonsensical talking-points that not only are not your own ideas, but things that you do not even understand.

Is it part of your religion to lie, distort, and misinform as a part of your service to your god (whom you cannot produce or get to do even the simplest parlor trick)? There is not an alleged miracle attributed to your god that Penn & Teller cannot do better and more convincingly.

Answer 7

Talk Origins - A plethora of peer-reviewed scientific information soely about this topic:
http://talkorigins.org/

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense (from Scientific American):
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF&sc=I100322

Oh, and since some dumbass made the comment that there is no evidence for the big bang:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang

It's like people make decisions about what to believe while completely ignoring the evidence. Why? Because it conflicts with your pre-determined views?

Answer 8

"Every entity is in a state of flux; moving, reacting, adjusting, and changing. The amount of change is, of course, dependent on its ambient environment, outside stimuli, and its basic (foundational) characteristics."

The Scientists call this "evolution".
The Creationists call it (by) "intelligent design".


The Creationists have recently added a new twist to their controversy with the Evolutionists. Their new approach comes in the form of a simple statement,

"If we have "free will" then we must have been created by someone who gave us free will."

By "someone", they are referring to God, or a supreme being, or an extra-terrestrial.

Do we have "free will"? Or, are we simply creatures reacting to "cause and effect"?

Surprisingly, adamant Evolutionists soon agreed with the rules of the argument. They agreed that if humans have "free will" it would prove creationism. However, the Evolutionists, insist that humans have never had "free will". They feel confident that all human endeavors, activities, and developments have been strictly the result of "cause and effect"; and not "free will".

PS on BS: Daddy's Girl should change her name to Daddy' Parrot. I have read thousands of answers, but her answer was the rudest most egotistical mass of pollution this website has ever witnessed.

I am not talking about any of the views that she presented,

I am talking about her posting volumes of copied material without any personal insight. If she was in court, how would you cross examine her? She couldn't possible talk extemporaneous about the volume that she spewed on us.

Fortunately, when I clicked on the thumbs down for her entry, she and her pollution disappeared from my screen.

If anyone disagrees with me, please E-mail me.

I would be glad to re-consider my opinion, ie read her material if even a few folks considers her posting anything but pornography. i,e it seemed there was no redeaming value to her parroting the Universe.

Answer 9

Okay, what are you calling evidence? Can a science quote be only used once also?
What about Koran quotes? Buddhist quotes? Scientology quotes? Book of Shadow quotes? So far, all I see is you only allowing one particular faith that allows for creationism, why is that?

Rethink the rules for this debate, and spell them out carefully.

Best wishes.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Do you realize you're severely handicapping the creationism side by making them think instead of just spitting out quotes. Mind you, for once I'm actually interested to hear their answers if it's not going to be bibble related.