Creation or evolution, what do you think?

Question

I recently viewed a documentary about evangelical christians and they teach creation only. As most are homeschooled there is no arguing with parents. What do you think about this?

Answer 1

I don't think the two ideas are mutually exclusive. There is quite a lot of evidence for evolution, and I do not believe it necessarily contradicts the possibility of a God or Gods who created the Universe. Evolution is a universally accepted scientific theory and it absolutely belongs in the classroom. Creationism and Intelligent Design are religious beliefs and do not belong in a science class -- especially in a public school funded by tax dollars.

Politics aside, it is possible to accept both modern science and religious belief. So, yes, you can be Christian and still think Darwin was right.

Here is the fundamental difference between Religion and Science -- Science thrives on the Unknown, and Religion fears it. Science asks questions, keeps asking questions, encourages the asking of questions, and tests every answer it finds. Religion gives quick and easy answers, and discourages the asking of questions. Science does not claim to know everything. In fact, the very nature of Science is to admit ignorance and to seek knowledge. It is Religion which claims to have all the answers, and threatens those who question with an eternity in Hell.

Answer 2

I think that main stream schools should teach the evolution theory and it is up to the parents to teach the religion theory. I believe that the seperation of church and state was a good idea, so lets keep it like that. You dont have to agree but that is my opinion.

But here is my view on the two if you care to read it:

I think that scientists would like to claim that they know it all, and I believe that you would do anything to prove the evolution theory correct, but the theory can only go so far, and then it hits that wall of "ok , so what happened before that to cause that", where as the creation theory is straight in your face, "you can only know so much because I have made it so", do you get me, I mean that God tells us in what ever religion you might follow that he has given us only a fraction of his knowledge and the rest is for him to know. I mean its an straight to the point stop, where as evolution theory is the constant trial to find the answer and most of the time they cant prove shyt. Theory after theory!!

Answer 3

Every fossil, every observation in biology points to evolution. There is nothing that goes against it or points to a different way to scientifically explain modern diversity. There is not one fossil or one piece of DNA that does NOT point to evolution. It would be hard NOT to see the concrete evidence, and only those blinded by faith can do this.
Evolution is accepted by most mainstream churches (see link), and guess what - their beliefs did not collapse. Neither will the Evangelical Christian's faith collapse.
The problem I see, with not teaching evolution, is that many sciences interact with it, particularly biology, medical sciences, archaeology etc. All of these will also need to be modified to suit creationism. When these kids get out into the real world, what will they do? Not science, clearly.

Answer 4

Creation, and for those that say evolution is a fact are taking it just as blindly as those that say it is not because their pastor said so. Not one fossil that points to anything but evolution? Give me a break. All the supposed fossils of early man that are classified as intermediates could be put in the back of a pickup truck. But they have built entire cultures,habits and societies around those few pieces of bone! Multiple living fossils that have zero evolutionary change. Not one living thing including trees that are over 4600 years old, and yes there are trees that old. Plants that have not changed in 100 million years. Fish that have not changed in 25 million years? Evolution is a religion of its own now, with the masses swallowing every word the science minister spouts.

Answer 5

A parents duty is to give their children the best start in life they can. Pushing their religious ideas and hiding science is hardly that is it?

In short that is simply propaganda and religious cant.

There are many good Christians who believe in evolution and science but luckily not too many ignorant ones who preach creationism. Even the Pope has said that much can be proved of evolution but since it occurred over millions of years final proof is unlikely. Seems some Christians egos are so big they believe the Pope wrong!!!!

Answer 6

parents have a right to teach their children anything they please in a home school/ private environment. common sense tells us that kids NEVER listen to everything that their parents tell them, even if they have things to back it up. Children will make up their own mind regardless of how they are raised and taught. Every person is responsible for their own mind and @ the age of 16 they will see this.

There is also enough open media source out in this world for them to make up their own mind once they are accountable for themselves.
Also, anyone who blindly accepts one doctrine or the other is ignorant. And to say that someone is ignorant just because they have chosen a different mindset only shows your own ignorance.

To believe that Evolution in itself created all life on Earth is losing believers in society as well as in the science world. The most common teaching now is a combination of Creationism THROUGH Evolution. This is the most common sense approach as I see it. God DID create everything, but we have varieties due to evolution. The flaws of Carbon14 and Radiometric dating have shown themselves, and in the near future all of the claims that the Earth is trillions upon trillions of years old will be more than likely rejected. Evolution is visible in our own lifetime, which means that Evolution happens much, much faster than we once thought. Instead of billions of years, possibly thousands.

I kind of got off topic there, but either way....you get the point I hope.

God Bless.

Answer 7

If Humans are evolving, what is name for the species we evolve into next.This whole theory of evolution started circa 1870's? Your gonna sit and think Darwin solved this basic question of humanity: "where did we come from"?
Open your minds.
You think scientists can figure what happened million of years ago, 100,000 years ago by looking at a piece of bone.
They do not even know .001 percent of what has happened on Earth or what has lived. Don't be blinded.

Answer 8

The good news is the less they teach their kids about science, the better jobs involved with science pays. (it's not just evolution, it is chemistry, biology & even geology.)

The Bad news is these sheltered kids grow up, go to Pat Robertson's University for law degrees and get jobs in the Bush administration as a pay off political support.

Answer 9

Couldn't it be both creation and evolution?
I'm a Muslim and to the best of my knowledge the Qu'aran doesn't deny evolution or anything, so my personal hypothesis is that God created the world and animals and things, but through evolution. To me that makes perfect sense.
God could've created animals then made them evolve.

Answer 10

I think you are right about arguing with parents. But as for your original question, I think they are the same thing from different perspectives. Creation, based on God's design, took place over many millenia. Conversely, you can't evolve something from nothing.