Evolution or Creationism??

Question

Please provide me with some actual facts before you answer this question.

Answer 1

this is my copy paste answer..

The idea that life is the product of an uncontrolled, purposeless process of coincidence is a 19th century myth. Looking at the matter from the primitive level of the science of the period, evolutionists assumed that life was very "simple".

There are more than a million species living on the earth. How did these creatures with entirely distinct features and perfect designs come into being? Anyone who uses his reason would understand that life is the work of a perfect and supreme creation.

However, the theory of evolution denies this explicit truth. It holds that all species on earth evolved from one another through a process based on random occurrences.

The first person to seriously take up the issue of evolution – an idea which originated in Ancient Greece – was the French biologist Jean Baptiste Lamarck. Lamarck's theory, which he postulated in the early 19th century, maintained that "living things transferred the traits they acquired during their lifetime to subsequent generations." In Lamarck's view, for instance, giraffes had evolved from antelope-like animals who extended their necks further and further as they tried to reach higher branches for food. The advent of the science of genetics, however, refuted Lamarck's theory once and for all.


DARWIN'S DIFFICULTIES

Charles Darwin, an amateur naturalist, advanced his theory in his book, The Origin of Species, published in 1859. He confessed to many points which defied explanation in the chapter "Difficulties On Theory", and hoped that these problems would be solved in the future. This hope, however, came to nothing.

The second important name to defend the theory after Lamarck was a British amateur naturalist, Charles Darwin. In his book The Origin of Species, published in 1856, he claimed that all species descended from a common ancestor through coincidences. According to Darwin, for instance, whales evolved from bears that tried to hunt in the sea.


Darwin did not base his claim on any concrete evidence or finding. He just made some observations and produced some ideas. He carried out most of his observations on board a ship called the H.M.S. Beagle that had set sail from Britain.
Darwin had serious doubts as he put forward his assertions. He was not so confident of his theory. He confessed to there being many points which he was unable to explain in the chapter titled "Difficulties On Theory". Darwin had hoped that these problems would be solved in the future with the progress of science, and made some projections. 20th century science, however, disproved Darwin's claims one by one. The common point of Lamarck's and Darwin's theories was that both rested on a primitive understanding of science. The absence of various domains of science such as biochemistry and microbiology at the time led evolutionists to think that living things had a simple structure that could form by chance. Since the laws of genetics were not known, it was supposed that creatures could simply evolve into new species.


THE PROBLEM OF THE FOSSIL RECORD

When Darwin put forward his theory, palaeontologists opposed him the most. They knew that the "intermediary transitional forms" which Darwin imagined to have existed, never existed in reality. Darwin was hoping that this problem would be overcome by new fossil findings. Palaeontology, on the contrary, invalidated Darwin's theory more and more each day.

The progress of science overthrew all of these myths and revealed that living things are the work of a superior creation.

Answer 2

You can "believe" anything you want to, including that evolution is a "religion." However, believing something doesn't make it true. I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything. I take everything as conditionally true or conditionally untrue based on the evidence and arguments for or against. One of the primary differences between evolution and religion is that the former requires only the natural world, whereas the latter requires a whole supernatural realm of God and Satan, demons and angels, djinns and afreets, and whatever other spirits a particular religion chooses to populate that realm with. In a private and/or parochial school, I have no problem with religion being taught. I attend a private Catholic college, and although I am not a believer, I have no problem with the religion courses (two) that I am required to take. However, that toleration ends when it comes to public schools, that are paid for with taxpayer dollars, and which students must attend without choice, and regardless of their religious or spiritual beliefs. Further, while it may be true that most of the Founding Fathers were Christians (although many of the most prominent were not), this country was in no sense founded on the Christian religion. That is not speculation, but is clearly enunuciated in documents such as the Treaty of Tripoli (I'll leave it to you to look that up). The concept of "freedom of religion" means not only the freedom to practice your religion, but the freedom from having some other religion forced upon you. This would be exactly the case in the scenario you describe, with public schools teaching classes on Christianity. This would be tantamount to an establishment of religion, which is expressly forbidden by the First Amendment to the Constitution. I know you think that evolution is somehow a "religion," but it is not so by any normal definition of that word. It takes more than "believing in" something to qualify it as a religion. And besides, as I have already noted, accepting the reality of evolution does not require belief.

Answer 3

Evolution. And there's too many facts to list here. (Though Gazoo does a pretty good job with some of the basics! Way to go, Gazoo!)
And on top of that, when we talk about "creationism", as in the belief that the story of Adam and Eve was literal and true...I wonder this. How do we know the story? Who was there "In the Beginning" to record what was happening? Who witnessed Adam and Eve's "creation"? Someone had to, to be able to tell the story, right? So who was it?

Answer 4

Many facts re: Evolution have already been supplied. 150 years worth of tests and evidence. What more do you want? More to the point, the ToE has NOTHING to do with: The Big Bang, the formation of planets, the formation of life, the age of the Earth.

Creationism has no facts. Only religiously-based assertions.

Oh, and Nance: That's an outright lie. I suggest you read some actual history books first.

Answer 5

Evolution

Answer 6

you want actual facts to a question no one can answer.........you are a bright one.


Why start at Evolution? The universe had been around quite a while before then. Why start at this point to argue against Creationism? Start at the beginning.......

Answer 7

hahah this is a good question. the only reason- and i mean the ONLY reason- that peopel belive in evolution is because the only other choice is creationism. which some poeple are too ignorant to belive in. and honest;y, did fish just decide to start breathing above become anfibians? and even if you put an argument that says it happened over a million years.. well, still that dont answer the question, how does some one learn something completely aginast them in a million years. are we going to learn how to fly? in a million years- not likely. hahah it is funny. and you also know the stages of evolution with the ape turning into us? why are there none of the middle stages? and what happened to get there to be reptiles? mammals? birds?
and if u really want to trace it bak that far, we really can say htat are ancestores are rocks. if you trace the "stages" bak, we came from rocks. evolution cant create something that complex as us. creationalism isthe right choice. god explains all- and no he did not force evolution thx

and gazoo really needs to get a life, he just listed my science classes- things that have nothing to do with evolution. and there are no facts- just theorires. darwin was mentally ill - but they forget to mention that in the text books- and he even admitteed that he was wrong. there is no evidence stick to truth- theories jsut dont cut it

Answer 8

Evolution. Here is my list. There is more, I just tried to stick with the easy to understand ones.

* Fossils - the order can be determined by stratification alone (no radiological dating) it is unarguable and life started simple and got more complex. Here is a simple chart to show what I mean: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/succession.html
* Anatomical similarities between species.
* Chemical similarities between species.
* Mitochondrial DNA regressive studies. - This comes only from your mother and the only changes to it are through mutations. These mutations occur at a known rate, and converge world wide 150,000 years ago give or take. If Eve (6000 years ago) was the only female, it would be almost identical world wide. It is not. The flood gives a second bottleneck that matches the facts even less well.
* Geographic distribution of related species. Meaning related species are usually near each other.
* Wisdom Teeth - there isn't room on your jaw for them anymore.
* Your little toe - totally useless. Nice intellegent design here.
* Your appendix - totally useless now but it does digest cellulose in other species.
* Your inner eyelids - They don't even work now, but they do for lots of other animals like house cats. Bet you didn't even know you had 'em.
* Vestigial DNA - meaning chromosomes that we have but don't use, but that are used in other species. We have several that other primates use but are totally useless to us.
* The fact that we share so much DNA among species
* There are no wild cows. They evolved through artificial selection and are totally man made.
* Different breeds of dogs, cats, livestock.
* Viruses and bacteria evolve quickly and you can actually see it. This is why you need a new flu shot every year.
* Your tail bone. It is even not that uncommon to be born with a tail.
* Goosebumps - this would be useful if we had fur because it fluffs it and makes more insulation. For us it is worthless.
* The hair standing up on your neck when you are frightened. Animals use this to make themselves look bigger. Doesn't work when you walk upright and don't have fur.
* The fact that humans have gotten measurably and heritablely taller since the 1600s
* The fact that humans jaw have gotten measurably and heritablely smaller since the 1600s
* The fact that humans little toes have gotten measurably and heritablely smaller since the 1600s
* Human lower back problems. Your back is intelligently designed to have support from your shoulders.
* Transitional fossils - here are several lists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transitional_fossils

Answer 9

Evolution is accepted as the cornerstone of modern biology by every scientist in the field, and is supported by literally mountains of evidence. Creationism is accepted by people with no credentials and no evidence.

I'm placing my bets with Evolution.

Answer 10

Why not a combination of the two. Maybe everything was created in a way in which it evolves. It's just some food for thought. I know many will reject that notion from both sides.