creationalism or evolution? Why?

Question

why do you believe either creationalism or evolution??????

Answer 1

It would not matter one whit what I believed, young lady, as the theory of evolution by natural selection is supported by mountains of evidence from many disciplines and creationism has zero evidence in support of it. If you are ever in a court of law, on a jury, you will be instructed to be compelled by the evidence and not your beliefs. Go here for information in support of evolutionary theory.

PS Renae J.. How did you elucidate the poorly understood trapping mechanism of the Venus fly trap? Sounds more likely that you are pushing creationist propaganda. There are biologist on this site, you know.

http://www.talkorigins.org

Answer 2

There is no simple answer to this question, but basically these are two ideas in two different fields or "magisteria" (as Stephen Jay Gould called them), which attempt to describe the world around us.

In reality, they do not have to compete. Creationism is a faith-based belief. In other words, based on your religious faith, you accept the idea that the world was created by God. Or, as is more commonly stated now, by "intelligent design".

Evolution is a scientific theory that does not seek to displace religious faith. Instead, it is a description of how the world has changed over time, based on observations of natural phenomena, such as shifts in geology, fossils and adaptations in animals.

The "creation" vs. "evolution" debate is more political than anything. But, in reality, the former is a product of religion, while the latter is a product of scientific observation.

Answer 3

Creationism is the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their entirety by a supernatural deity (typically God), the existence of which is presupposed.[1] Biblical creationism is the belief in literal interpretations of Genesis.[2] The term strict creationism is sometimes used to avoid confusion with the more general concept of creation held by those whose faith accommodates theistic evolution.[3] Creation in this context refers to the specific supernatural act of creation.

As creationism is based on religious axioms rather than empirical research, it falls outside of the mainstream scope of scholarly science. As science does not attempt to address issues of supernatural intervention in natural phenomena, the consensus of most scientists is to reject any teaching of creationism a science

Ever since the publication of The Origin of Species in 1859, evolution has been a source of controversy. In general, controversy has centered on the philosophical, social, and religious implications of evolution, not on the science of evolution itself; the proposition that biological evolution occurs through the mechanism of natural selection is completely uncontested within the scientific community

Answer 4

Both theories have their good and bad points.

I would rather go with evolution it's more scientific. I'm still looking for the missing link...maybe one of my relatives....

Creationism or as I call it "the poof theory" is the classical bible story of the beginning of the world and just doesn't explain anything like where did God come from so that he can create all this wonderful stuff.

Also you forgot to mention "intelligent design" which is basically creationism, made to look like science, but it really doesn't have any science behind it. In total is says everything is too complex to have evolved so God did it.

Answer 5

I am a scientist, I look at fact...so I believe in evolution, not creationism, or creationalism as you put it

Answer 6

I believe in evolution, but I also believe in intelligent design, per se. I believe a master clockmaker set things in motion (including science) and maybe tweaked some things over time, but that a set of science exists including physics, chemistry, biology and evolution by which everything operates. There is creativity and truth and beauty and even humor in the design to me which suggests a higher power designed such a clever system. But once I get past the art of it, I'll use science to explain it, and to be able to make logical conclusions about what has, is and will happen. BTW, I'm not a proselytizer; don't believe that that is proper behavior -- for me, anyways.

Answer 7

I believe in creation. There are obvious things in which evolutionists cannot answer and that goes against their own theory. For example, look at the venus fly trap.
The venus fly trap has a leaf blade that lies on the ground and looks like a steel trap. There are three sensitive hairs on the upper inner surface on each side of the trap which trigger the plant when there is any type of movement. When insects land on this flower searching for nectar, the sensitive hairs feel the movement and automatically snap shut. The leaf trap will not close unless two hairs are touched in sequence or the same hair twice which determines between a living or dead object. Small sticks and pebbles live the trap undisturbed.
The most fascinating part of this flower is that once shut, the flower glands secrete an acid that digests the insect that was caught and its acids gives nutrients to the flower continuously for a week. This flower virtually turns into a stomach when closing. No evolutionists can explain reasoning for this.
There are two things that “could of” happened; the parts either “evolved” one after the other over millions of years, or God created it! Evolutionists say that it took millions of years for the trap to evolve, but until the whole plant is formed it wouldn’t work. Evolutionists have to suppose that the trap with all of its functions is the result of changes inside microscopic cells in the seed which the trap would not work during the evolutionary period and therefore would have developed for no evident reason. This plant shows evidence of an intelligent creator.

Answer 8

Studying and learning about evolution and looking at the evidence and facts is hard.

Believing god did it is easy and requires no work or critical thinking.

Answer 9

Nobody really BELIEVES in evolution,the whole theory is so full of holes it's just as silly as the tooth fairy....Its just that the only alternative is to believe in a higher power,meaning THEY (the scientists) arent the ones controlling everything,and their pride will not allow for that in most cases.I can PROVE God exists in 30 seconds if you TRULY want to know...