2007-01-25 13:57:57 · 12 answers · asked by WWTSD? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A mangy dogma.
A mutt. Half religious dogma, half political dogma. The worst thing is that the Biblical Literalists have pushed the teachings of Christ to the periphery Instead, they focus on a doctrine that was created for the sole purpose of slipping religion into public schools, and that was shot down by the courts.
2007-01-25 14:21:36 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is both fact (what happened) and theory (how it happened). Creationism is dogma, Scietific Creationism is an oxymoron.
2007-01-25 22:28:41 · answer #2 · answered by neil s 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Your trying to put Creationism in a box by using "just". Thereby giving the theory less authority.
Dogma: a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.
Creationism, for one, did not come from the church.
There is no dogmatism (word?) in Creationism. Had Creationism been proved beyond the shadow of a doubt wrong, it would be dogma.
But, it hasn't been, and it never will be.
No other plausible account of how we got here explains the many principals (ex. laws of thermodynamics), complexities (ex. soul; body; spirit), and events happening.
There are outrageous odds for so many events happening in the world.
(ex. prophecy about Jesus)
Face it, Jesus came. There is more physical evidence about Him than there is Caesar.
So,
no,
Creationism is not a dogma.
2007-01-25 22:22:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jargon 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I would say they are both dogmas. They are both held to the bitter end by people who believe them but cannot prove them. Once you believe it, everything you see points to it.
Neither evolution nort creation can be reproduced in a laboratory. Neither can be empirically proved. The creationist accepts on faith whsat the Bible says, then he finds that what he sees makes sense. The evolutionist accepts on faith what he sees as the only alternative to something that is unacceptable to him, then he finds that everything he sees makes sense too.
2007-01-25 22:31:02 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Evolution is a theory, much like gravity is a theory,--Both grounded in evidence and tested predictability.
Creationism is based on faith. That's it.
2007-01-25 22:28:07 · answer #5 · answered by janesweetjane 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a fact.
2007-01-25 22:16:46 · answer #6 · answered by skunkgrease 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Simply, evolution is historical and creationism is theological.
2007-01-25 22:17:27 · answer #7 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Yes. Yes.
If I got to pick the winning question of the evening....it would be yours!
2007-01-25 22:17:11 · answer #8 · answered by Medusa 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
One is a theory. The other is a fact because the bible says so. To some minds that is simplistic, and so it is, but it answers a lot of questions for me.
http://www.carm.org/
2007-01-25 22:18:25 · answer #9 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
you're forgetting about scientific creationism... not all creationists are Christians or part of a religion.
2007-01-25 22:18:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋