whats with evolution and creation argument?

Question

it seem all the same to me

Answer 1

There is not a simple answer to this, so people will try to give you oversimplified answers like "creationism is religion and evolution is science". There is more to it than that.

With respect to evolution, the basic position is that everything came about as a result of random chance. Either slowly (Darwinian macroevolution) or in short bursts (Punctuatied Equalibrium). Most people who hold this position will use it as proof that there is no god necessary to explain life and therefore there is no god.

Creationism holds the position that the universe in general, and human life specifically, was created by a divine being through intentional means. Through there is some disagreement on the time span this took (the Young Earth vs. Old Earth positions), they hold the basic premise that life is a deliberate act by a higher power and as such has purpose and meaning.

Evolutionists object to any criticism of thier position. There are holes in the evolution position, such as Irreducable Complexity for example, but any objections to the theory of evolution is seen as a closed-minded refutation of science in general. Or worse, the attempt to inject religion (and by this, it is almost always meant as "Christianity") into the discussion. Merely mentioning problems such as DNA, microbiology, the Cambrian Explosion, etc, is seen as an attempt to refute science that is irrefutable and as such heresy.

Creationists, on the other hand, see the evolutionist position is a direct challenge to their religious beliefs in a higher power. By allowing an evolutionist mindset, creationists, and specifically Christians, see it as an attempt to counter their beliefs and replace it with a new religion, Scientism. A humanistic, utilitarian faith system that sees human beings as no different from any other animal. At its extreme, it sees evolution as a call for atrocities akin to the Holocust. Since Man evolved, then some men must be more evolved than others so it would only be right to oppress or kill off those "lower beings" since the only rule worth anything is "survival of the fittest".

Perhaps the biggest problem I have with the whole debate is that so few people are actually willing to consider that both positions could be true. As I have said so many times in teh past, Science tells us "how". Religions tells us "Why". Evolutionists for the most part refuse to acknowledge shortcommings in the theory and reject the notion of God. Creationists all too often reject the possibility that God can work in mysterious ways, including the mystery of evolution. I have included for your further study a few links. The first is for God & Science, and goes into a Christian scientifc view of life. The second is for Stand to Reason, a more philosophical approach. I found the article "What Science Can't Prove" very insightful.

Answer 2

It's two groups taking extreme, incompatible positions on a subject when in reality, the truth lies somewhere in between.

The real questions that ought to be asked in this debate are:

Did God create the world and all things that exist on it? Yeah, I think so.

Did he do it through evolution? Perhaps. There is certainly evidence of a certain amount of evolution occurring throughout the ages.

Did man evolve from some other species? Probably not. While there is evidence that it might have happened, the evidence is not conclusive and I tend to believe that man was indeed created.

Certainly, evolution has and does occur in certain situations. But I don't think it is the be all and end all of the subject of our origin.

Answer 3

Put simply: Evolution is science, creation is religion.

Evolution is the scientific theory that life evolves (i.e., its genetic composition changes over successive generations, with beneficial traits becoming more common based on their reproductive benefit), and that the similarities in life are best explained by common descent. For example, birds all have numerous shared features; many birds have wings even though they cannot fly with them. This fact is explained by biologists as resulting from the fact that all birds have a common ancestor that had wings, and that over time different bird populations diverged in order to adapt to their environments, resulting in a wide variety of bird species. In the same way, all life is believed to have diverged over the course of billions of years.

Creationism is the belief that God created the Earth and all life on it more or less exactly as it appears today. It is a religious view based on a literal reading of the Bible, and has no scientific evidence in its support--indeed, it is directly contradicted by the fossil record, morphological evidence, and the entire field of genetics, as well as by the simple fact that evolution is observed every single day (such as whenever bacteria develop antibiotic immunities, or whenever a new dog breed arises). It can't explain the similarities between all organisms except by saying "God must have a purpose for it all"; there is no apparent reason for birds that can't fly to have wings, for example, but Creationists have faith that God has a purpose for it all.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have any more specific questions about evolution or creationism. If you want more information on the two, the best resource on the Internet for learning about both evolution and creationism is the TalkOrigins Archive: http://www.talkorigins.org/

Answer 4

It's a "tempest in a teapot." It's conveniently structured as a polar dyad, which means people can firmly take a stand on one side or the other and hurl imprecations and insults back and forth, thus generating feelings of righteous indignation and moral fury.

In that regard it's much like the atheist/theist argument. "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Answer 5

Evolution theory is science.

Creationism is religious beleif.

End of story.

Answer 6

same to me also
with or without a God
the world is here , it evolves
there should be no arguement
i happen to believe in both and dont understand why it has to be one or the other

Answer 7

yeah it's all the same - your so brilliant - if you don't know the differences then perhaps you should get an education

Evolution is a guess - creation is scientific fact