evolution v. creation. please think carefully before you answer! this is an exercise in thought!?

Question

this is purely theoretical, and i don't think either side will ever happen, but imagine it does:
if you believe exclusively in creationism, and you were suddenly faced with indisputable fact that evolution is 100% true, what would be your reaction? how would this change your life?

and inversely, if you are an evolutionist, and it was proven beyond a doubt that creation was 100% fact, how would you react?

please, only true intelligent answers. no one wants to hear your uneducated cow patties.

Answer 1

We just would.

If it's an "indisputable fact," then it's indisputable. Everyone has faced indisputable facts that contradict their previous beliefs, and they have merely altered their beliefs as little as necessary to accomidate the new information.

And the new "Evolutionists" could still be Christians. Most people who believe in evolution have religious beliefs.

Answer 2

I can answer both to you since I was once a Christian. When I found undisputable 100% evidence of evolution (I should add that it exists), I said "oh, I guess this is the right way." I never really believed even though it is true. It just is so different than what is expected, and honestly, until this day, I still have a hard time imagining my ancestors being non-human; nevertheless, I don't doubt the fact.

Now, if hypothetically I found out creationism was true, I would just simply embrace it. Evidence is evidence. I have the option to believe it or to lie to myself. I choose the truth over any lie. Of course, creationism can never be proven.

Answer 3

This question gives too much credit to creationism by putting it on a level footing with evolution when in reality it is nothing-literally. If I found out that creationism were true I would have to be sectioned under the mental health act because I'd have spent a lifetime having mistaken a mass of evidence for evolution to be factual when it must have been false so I would have to be delusional. To be honest though there's more chance of proving that 2+2=5 than of evolution being proved wrong.

Answer 4

Logic is the basis of all truths and the biblical record lacks a lot of it. Evolution has a higher percentage thus it's more credible and the is evidence to show.

There is a common line between the two but that's a piece of the puzzle both sides overlook. The creation story can be found in every ancient culture that existed before the bible was written and if compared to the biblical account, you will get a clearer picture of what the bible is trying to say.

Answer 5

"Well blow me, who'd have thought it?" I'm pretty open minded in most areas and I accept evidence when it is given. That's pretty much the reason I'm pretty sure of evolution being true. Not that it has anything to do with creation but I don't believe in gods anyway so creationism's pretty much out on a limb with me.

Actually, if someone proved that creation via God was true we'd have a sudden increase in the number of theists.

Also I'd have pity for the biology/medical sciences that rely upon predictions based upon evolutionary responses. They'd be pretty much screwed.

Answer 6

Presented with irrefutable evidence I would need to study that evidence to be sure it actually was irrefutable, then if I found the evidence sound I would amend my opinion if necessary. I'm an atheist who accepts Darwinism as the most likely and evidenced explanation or our origins.

The fact of common descent proposed by Darwin is now proven since the unscrambling of the genome, it is no longer in in doubt, common descent is irrefutable...this together with the fossil records and the countless studies done in the laboratory and field that support natural selection which is the other part of Darwinism, Darwin is not in trouble.

What does the other side have?

Answer 7

Creationists face indisputable evidence for evolution constantly. Somehow, they maintain their blinkers and persist in their idiotic beliefs.

If an evolutionist (like me) was faced with indisputable - key word - evidence for creation, then once I'd sorted out the mountain of a anomalies created by dispute with all that evolutionary evidence, I'd believe in creationism. Evidence is what we go by. Which is why it's impossible to think of creationism or intelligent design as anything other than laughable.

Answer 8

For the Muslim there is no need for separation between religion and science. It is understood from the Quran, revealed over 1,400 years ago, that there is both; "Creation" and "Evolution." And in both instances, it is only Allah who is "Able to do all things." In fact, it was the Muslim scientists, more than 1,000 years ago, who set the stage for the adancement of learning, technology and disciplines in science that we know today.

Allah has explained how He created everythng in the universe and brought all life out of water. He created humans from earth (not monkeys) and there is no need to attempt fabrications of "links" to the animal world in Islam.

Answer 9

I am an evolutionist, and if it was prove than creation was 100% fact, I would still try to disprove it at first but after time and the proof is still as solid as ever, I would accept it. (And convert, probably. Or at least be a very, very good girl)

Answer 10

They've been presented with indisputable facts about evolution constantly! It never makes any difference, backed up in to a corner they'll literally claim it was put there by satan or by god in a (to me) malicious, dishonest 'test of faith'.

You can't talk sense to such people.

Oh and it was unfair to say 'only intelligent answers' - the creationists should have their say, too.

As for proving creationism was fact... First you'll have to tell me how they'd explain all the data we see now - seriously, I'm not avoiding the question. That would be like proving gravity doesn't exist.