Evolution or Creationism?

Question

As a theologican I have always wandered with all the beautiful things on the this earth why do men believe in evoultion and deny creationism. When you really sit down and think about it evoultion is plain stupid. I did not come from a monkey. There is no real evidence backing up evoultion. There is far more evidence to support Creationism than evoution. Saying the world just made itself is the same as saying my house built itself. Big Bang and Evoution are old outdated theories that need to be removed from sceince books. Cretaionism is still fresh, has lots of sceintific backing, and unlike evoution Creationism makes sense. Who agrees?

Answer 1

I agree.
anyone can draw a picture of a monkey turning into a human. and call it science.

Answer 2

I said I was not going to answer any more for at least a week, but someone mailed me about this question and said I should give a sensible reply.

First, I respect your belief, and even share some of them, and I know quite a bit about them. Several people have assumed that I don’t, and they have regretted it.

You, however, seem to know nothing about science, or, even worse, you pretend not to so you can make erroneous statements in order to present scientific theories in a bad light.

First, we can dismiss your statement that you came from a monkey (unless you are one of the infinite number of monkeys hitting a keyboard trying to recreate the works of Shakespeare and came up with this). No one ever said that man descended from monkeys!

If you knew the least bit about the theory of evolution, you would know that. What the theory does say it that man, monkey, apes and the other primates had a common ancestor. The fabled missing link. You may have heard of it.

To deny the process of evolution is to deny the headlines of today. You hear all the time of new illness and new strains of bacteria that are resistant to antibodies. You read about AIDS, Ebola and other new diseases, but apparently never wonder where they came from. They are evolved, or if you prefer, mutated viruses. Sometimes relatively harmless virus or bacteria will change into something quite deadly.

Let’s look closely at this. Let’s start with an illness that Dr. Whatshisname developed a antibody for. Something that can now be cured with a shot. This antibody kills all the bacteria, but one. That one bacteria is resistant to the antibody. That bacteria then splits, and becomes two, then two become four and so on, and each generation is also resistant to the antibody. This is how different strains of a diseases are born. You notice this faster and easier among bacteria because a generation of bacteria might be a few minutes or hours, while a generation of higher organism is years.

You might believe that this process is chance, or circumstance, however, I believe in a merciful God who may look down and, out of love for all his creatures might say , “Let this one bacteria live.”

You see, evolution does not preclude the existence of God. However, it seems, that believers in God would rather deny any theory of science then to try and see the hand of God in it.

Now, let’s look at the big bang!

This is actually rather simple for me because it means all I have to do is copy and paste an answer I made a few weeks ago, and here it is:



Did you know that the first person to propose the Big Bang was a priest who actually studied Einstein's theories and realized that it left the possibility of a moment of creation. He did this by studying the theories he was trying to either discredit or change so that he could use those theories to prove a moment of creation and the existence of God.

He then respectfully discussed the matter with Einstein and also Edwin Hubble, and they agreed with him because he knew what he was talking about.

He did not watch a few TV programs and suddenly have a flash of insight that allowed him to claim to have solved a problem that has been search for for decades.

Let's take a look:

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Now another version:

In the beginning there was nothing, no time, no space, no matter (sounds like it was without form, darkness and void to me).

Then, there was a sudden release of energy which created the universe as we know it (Ok, let there be light).

Scientist have always known this is basically the same statement, however, most people seem to see it as opposed to each other.

You need to stop treating people as enemies and learn to see what they have to say, you may find they are saying the same thing.

Also, do not call anyone who thinks YOU are wrong an atheist. That is just plain insulting.
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Now, the person I was answering in this case called himself a follower of Christ, even though in mail I showed him he did not know much about the teachings of Christ when it came to tolerance. As this answer shows, the big bang theory is the only theory that allows for a moment of creation! That allows, and even suggest, the possible existence of God. But, the people who know little about the theory, and even less about how it was discovered, seem to think the exact opposite.

So, do a bit of research (start with the works of Georges Lemaitre) and then look into your hearts and think, perhaps you do not know all of the wonders of Gods universe, and perhaps some of it can be found outside the Bible.

Remember, faith is not strictly a Christian trait, others may have it also, and as Christ said:

If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Matthew 17:20

Answer 3

Both. I think you obviously have not been taught deep enough into the topic of evolution. There have been signs of changes in animals in very short periods of time. You need to actually research and thoroughly understand the theory of evolution. It's not just that you came from a monkey, there's much more detail to it. You should stay away from topics you know nothing about. After all, these people spend their lives researching the areas of evolution and the Big Bang, and you probably read one or two articles about them and formed a biased and uninformed opinion.

Answer 4

I agree but its Creationist that only that they believe it because the bible said so that give us a bad name. Don't get me wrong I believe the bible is true, but many people don't so you have to give a reasoned defense of your beliefs. The youth group I help with has been watching a series called "Answers in Genesis" that really shows you why what we believe is more plausible than evolutionist. For example matter cannot create new information. Also creationist do believe in natural selection and animals changing, just not one animal becoming another kind of animal. For instance all dogs come from the same first dogs and due to environment and distance different traits worked better in different areas. This is natural selection but not evolution.

Answer 5

Actually, scientists are saying our most distant relative is the sponge, and I have to be honest here, sometimes that isn't very hard to believe. I do believe in Creation because even if there had been that big ol' bang, something greater than ourselves would have had to create it.

Our world truly is a beautiful place and that beauty can be seen every day: In the eyes of an elder, the smile of a child, the silhouette of a tree at dusk, and on it goes. Thank you for bringing me back to the beauty of life. Have a wonderful life! Annie

Answer 6

Not me... The idea of "an omnipotent Creator" is way too far out there for me to believe. Yeah right, some being just went poof and created everything? Come on... But so you know; I'm not saying it's wrong of you to believe what you do. To each their own, I say. It's your right to believe whatever you want to believe. Kids believe in Santa, the easter bunny, and tooth fairies; and I wouldn't tell them they're wrong either.
And what the heck do you mean there's more proof for creationism than evolution? Seriously; I would love to see the science book you got that from.

Answer 7

i agree if time and space is infinite how can it Begin with out something out side time and space . and if space has no end how could it have a beginning. science by its nature must have absolute proof before it can be taught as fact yet evolution is so full of holes that it is almost laughable .i have read a lot of books and asked a lot of questions. the only good answers i got is from the Bible. it has never been proving wrong . and i challenge someone too but before you try you have to actually have to read the bible .and you must know that the science of man have been proving wrong so often that it is hardly an argument GOD IS GOD MAN IS MAN HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND

Answer 8

Creationism all the way! the Bible says that God created the Heavens and the earth, and that's exactly what I know to be true!
evolution is nothing but a bunch of lies, and I sincerely hope and pray that it is taken out of all text books, and the sooner the better.

Answer 9

I think both are behind life, just look at man's ancestors that have been found, their fossils do show a link from ape, but I still believe in God and I think there was a way he made us besides *poof* a man is born.

Answer 10

Oh, but there is scientific evidence (i.e. the fossil record and artifacts) that humans evolved from a common ancestor millions of years ago, Sherlock. Early humans had ape-like features. I don't know what books you have read that made you think you came from a monkey. I think your question belongs in the Anthropology section.

Answer 11

Actually we observe evolution (on a small scale) that is occurring right now. As for us coming from monkeys, what about all the skeletons of previous forms of humans? They get increasingly more like monkeys as you go further back in time.