Is evolution a reliable theory?

Question

There has been alot of debate. As it is, it seems that there are only two theories, God made the world or the world made itself. Is it resonable to asume that the universe could be produced from nothing? For if there were any substance for it to be made from, one would have to explain the existance of that substance. I have also heard of some theries that claim aliens made the earth. Where did they come from?

Answer 1

No Mam, It is not a reliable theory!!!

There is more evidence now to prove the Darwinists wrong than ever before in history!!

Answer 2

Is this a biology question? Or a cosmology question? Or is it just more religious baiting?

First of all, evolution is a fact, not a theory. The fossil record proves that evolution takes place. Biologists have many theories about how evolution works, and that's what they debate about. But there is no theory called "evolution."

Second, "God made the world, or the world made itself" is a false dichotomy. You're assuming it was made and didn't simply occur.

Third, "Is it reasonable to assume that the universe could be produced from nothing?" Just as reasonable as assuming a person named God came from nothing and then produced it.

Forth, "some theories claim aliens..." Whatever...

What was here before the universe? No one knows. Perhaps god, if he exists, has the answer. If so, he hasn't told any of us yet.

Answer 3

You are confusing two theories and assuming them to be the same, evolution and the creation of the universe. Evolution involves how living organisms may have started and then slowly changed over millions of years to become the multitude of living organisms that exist. The
creation of the universe deals with how the nonliving universe was formed.
You must understand what a theory is designed to do. It is the means by which we humans observe the world around us and seek to explain LOGICALLY, events and observations. Theories in their development are always changing to explain the observations that they are based upon. As such evolution is a reliable theory because coupled with our knowledge of chemistry, biology, biochemistry and the other sciences, it explains how living organisms could have evolved to the present day. It is not cast in stone but will change in some ways to suit future discoveries.
Belief in God is an act of faith; God is not an observation. The concept of God is an attempt to explain the world, and life without really investigating the world and life. It is an ancient explanation of the world without the knowledge that exists today.
If you are truly looking for an explanation about the world and life as it exists, study the sciences carefully.

Answer 4

The science of evolution is both a theory and a fact just as it is commonly accepted that gravity is a theory and a fact. Evolution of life is the only workable testable concept we have that best fits the data. Creation, is a story that has long out lived its usefulness to humanity. There has been so much physical evidence discovered which supports the "natural" origin of our universe, world, and life that in order for believers and creationists to keep their fairy-tale story alive, they've had to piggyback it on the back of science and the scientific fact of evolution.

Sorry, but that is the truth. As for the matter in the universe---trust me, over the course of the last 40 years or so, the scientific tools have become available to mathematically explain pretty much all matter and forces operating in our universe, and more.

Answer 5

Yes, evolution is a reliable theory (if you must call it a theory) and there is nothing in evolution theory that precludes the existence of God.

The creationists claim, basically, that each and every organism was created specifically by God in the last 6000 years. Well, sorry to bust their bubble, but there are written records much older than that.

I'm in agreement with the answerer postulating that God guides evolution. One of my ideas is that Man didn't become Man as religion knows it until God emplaced a soul in the body. God could easily have chosen a box turtle for the soul, and the presence of the soul would make the box turtle in "His Own Image". At least the God that I worship could have done that.

The sad thing is that people (mainly in the USA) really believe that man and dinosaurs coexisted. That simply is false, and can be proven easily to ones whose eyes are open. The history of earth is diverse, and outstandingly interesting, but can be understood only by those who try.

Answer 6

Actually there has been very little debate, since the validity of the theory of evolution through natural selection was obvious to most scientists within a year or two of its being published in the 19th century. It's really only now, over a century later, that so-called "Christians" from the U.S. lunatic fringe have begun to question it. It meets all the criteria for a valid scientific theory: it accounts for all of the evidence in a coherent consistent way, and it has great predictive power. The evidence supporting it is overwhelming to anyone with an open mind.

Answer 7

In my opinion yes it is. Is it complete? No. That is what makes science interesting. It is always being refined. As for the rest of your question. No the universe did not form from nothing. Everything has a cycle. The Earth warms and the Earth cools and the Earth warms again. Things are born, they live and then they die. Imagine everything that exists compressed down into a tiny point. This point stores a tremendous amount of energy. It keeps compressing and building energy until it can shrink no further and then "Bang!!" All of that pent up energy is released in one tremendous instant. It has been expanding ever since. Some day the expansion will slow to the point where the gravity of all the matter begins to pull everything back together again. One day every thing will condense down to a point again and the whole process will begin again.

Answer 8

while evolution and God seem to be put up against eachother, and made to sound like two separate issues, this is not always the case. I have spoken to many christians/catholics who believe that there may be a chance that evolution did happen. I do not know what my own personal opinion is, but I do not rule out possibilities. cuz who knows?
Also, the universe is MASSIVE. while putting the term "aliens" sounds so... E.T.. is it so hard to believe that life may be possible on another planet in another part of our infinite universe?

Answer 9

One theory that ive heard is that of the primordial soup thing. Apparently scientists can replicate that and have found a way that all the necessary amino acids for life could have been formed. However, there is a jump from that to the first organism that they can not explain but from that first organism on it is all evolution. Ive also heard that the Church has actually said that all that is probably true and they just claim that God caused that little jump to the first organism and let things play out from there.

Answer 10

Evolution is a theory that is given by using the rules of the "scientific method " . That theory deals with physical observation and logic to form a deduction of why creatures are the way they are and how they related to each other. Christian Theology explains the Earth's creation with a simplistic time line and order of things as far as hiarcy of creatures. As my Physics professor said,"Science explains how , Religion explains why ! "

Answer 11

If there isn't sufficient evidence to prove the theory of evolution, that doesn't then conclude "There is a God" as some people here seem to suggest.

Plus, I'd say there's more evidence to support evolution than there is that any type of deity exists. "Well, who created all this" you may ask? I answer: why MUST there be someone or something that created all of this?!?.