Creationism or Evolution.....?

Question

What do y'all believe more?......... I am a Roman Catholic and y'all know that we believe in Creationism (well some of us).....

But I personally believe on Evolution, it is very much reasonable than Creationism......

what do y'all think or believe more?

Answer 1

You do not need to "believe" in the theory of evolution.

It is no longer a theory, because the evidence is overwhelming.

It is a fact, and you can "know" that.

Answer 2

I believe in Creation. From what I've seen, evolution is more or less just an unsubstantiated hypothesis or conjecture, as opposed to a true scientific theory. It is not a proven fact, so it shouldn't be promoted as such. What most people don't realize is that the way the theory is taught and presented is almost exclusively one-sided. Evolutionists always talk about the strengths in the theory, but they never go over the weaknesses (of which there are many). In my opinion, it would be more beneficial to give people all the facts concerning the theory of evolution (the strengths and the weaknesses in the theory), not just half of them. Anything less is pretty much "lying by omission."

From what I can tell, the main reason that the presentation of this theory is so one-sided is because many people’s standard of authority is "majority decision," in other words, the “Everyone else is doing it” argument. Teenagers use it and interestingly enough, many adults do as well (as evidenced in the one-sided teaching and presentation of this theory). But the majority is not necessarily a good standard of authority, nor is the truth guaranteed to be found in majority opinion. For instance, the majority of people used to believe that the world was flat and that the sun revolved around Earth. And most doctors used to believe that draining someone's blood could cure them of their illness, and that it wasn't necessary to wash their hands before an operation. Obviously, we all know how those turned out.

So much of it seems to be academic peer pressure. In general, people don't want to be different from the crowd. Most of us are so conditioned to accept "molecules-to-man" evolution, and many people are intimidated by the scientists (more specifically, those scientists who don't believe in Creation). But most people forget that scientists, just like us, are fallible human beings with limited knowledge and limited understanding. Like every human being, they hate to be criticized and are subject to bias and preconceived ideas. And of course, they don’t want to lose their grant money.

History has shown us that the scientific establishment has been wrong time after time (due to both mistakes and outright deceit), which is why the science textbooks constantly have to be revised.

And for fact purposes, here are a few quotes from respected scientists and authors about evolution:

"In most people's minds, fossils and Evolution go hand in hand. In reality, fossils are a great embarrassment to Evolutionary theory and offer strong support for the concept of Creation. If Evolution were true, we should find literally millions of fossils that show how one kind of life slowly and gradually changed to another kind of life. But missing links are the trade secret, in a sense, of palaeontology. The point is, the links are still missing. What we really find are gaps that sharpen up the boundaries between kinds. It's those gaps which provide us with the evidence of Creation of separate kinds. As a matter of fact, there are gaps between each of the major kinds of plants and animals. Transition forms are missing by the millions. What we do find are separate and complex kinds, pointing to Creation."
(Dr Gary Parker Biologist/palaeontologist and former ardent evolutionist.)

"Micromutations do occur, but the theory that these alone can account for evolutionary change is either falsified, or else it is an unfalsifiable, hence metaphysical theory. I suppose that nobody will deny that it is a great misfortune if an entire branch of science becomes addicted to a false theory. But this is what has happened in biology: ... I believe that one day the Darwinian myth will be ranked the greatest deceit in the history of science. When this happens many people will pose the question: How did this ever happen?"
(Soren Lovtrup, Darwinism: The Refutation of a Myth (London:Croom Helm, p.422)

"...The components (of evolution) are, of course, familiar doctrine to everyone who has attended an American university and, if my samplings of opinion are reliable, they are accepted without question by almost every such person. The major doubters are the professional biologists."
Norman MacBeth, "Darwin Retried"

"Hundreds of scientists who once taught their university students that the bottom line on origins had been figured out and settled are today confessing that they were completely wrong. They've discovered that their previous conclusions, once held so fervently, were based on very fragile evidences and suppositions which have since been refuted by new discoveries. This has necessitated a change in their basic philisophical position on origins. Others are admitting great weaknesses in evolution theory." - Luther D Sutherland, "Darwin's Enigma: Fossils and Other Problems," 4th edition (Santee, California: Master Books,1988) pp.7-8

Author David Raphael Klein may have said it best:

"Anyone who can contemplate the eye of a housefly, the mechanics of human finger movement, the camouflage of a moth, or the building of every kind of matter from variations in arrangement of proton and electron, and then maintain that all this design happened without a designer, happened by sheer, blind accident - such a person believes in a miracle far more astonishing than any in the Bible."

Answer 3

A friend of mine who is both a pastor and a scientist, has explained some things about evolution to me. He says that in science, there is definite proof for micro- evolution. That is to say, things are evolving on a small basis all the time. Every time we cross breed flowers or animals and produce a new species, we see evidence of micro- evolution. This kind of evolution, I believe in. There is a definite flaw in the theory of macro-evolution, (e.g. man coming from apes). Science has still not found the 'missing link', and common sense tells us that if one ape suddenly changed into a man, at least one ape of the opposite would have to change into a woman at the EXACT same time, otherwise, it would die out and there would be no offspring. The odds of two opposite sex creatures morphing into another species at exactly the same time is virtually impossible. Therefore, the theory of evolution, in terms of macro-evolution, is just that- only a theory, but not fact.

Answer 4

I believe in theistic evolution. The Bible tells us that God created life, and science tells us how. There is no conflict.

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Oh! and the Catholic position is that you can believe either in a literal account of creation as described in Genesis, or in theistic evolution, both are acceptable. However you cannot for obvious reasons adhere to an atheistic evolution theory.

Answer 5

I believe that evolution provides a more complete and factual account of how we have become to be what we are.

I also believe that creation and evolution describe two very different events. Creation describes how the world came to be. Evolution describes how life changes over time.

Evolution doesn't require belief. It just IS. Think about gravity... do you have to believe in it for it to be true? Nope... try not believing in gravity... you won't float away. Same with evolution... go ahead and don't believe it.... we will still evolve. No belief required.

Answer 6

If you want to be more familiar with the Bible read the first 3 chapters of it in Genesis. Remember, regardless of what your church may say on the subject you are getting the truth for yourself when you go to the Bible.

When it comes to science there is a basic rule you have to remember. You can only accept scientifically what has been observed and known to have happened. It does not matter what this or that scientist or teacher may say, it matters what has been observed to happen by science. for example when you are told that this or that species evolved so many millions of years ago, the truth is that no one saw that happen and is really speculating about that. We know scientifically that only the same kinds of animals can breed together and produce only the same general kinds as they are. If you follow the two suggestions I give you here you will be able to make up your own mind better. observable science is more in line with what you will read about creation.Science cannot tell us what happened in the beginning of the world because no one was there to witness it except God. All the talk about some primal earth and ooze and the cooling of the earth for millions of years is made up because that is what a lot ofpeople want to believe.

Answer 7

I believe God created the earth in 7 days and he created the animals and man and woman just like the Bible says.....I just have to many unansweres questions with evolution and I know that I will not be teaching my children about evolution as a solid way to think...I will teach it in regards to where it stands and compares to creation.....

Answer 8

I thought the Catholic church accepted evolution by now.

It really isn't a debate, the theory of evolution doesn't even attempt to validate evolution, that was done long ago, it explores the mechanisms for which it happens. We can simulate it in a lab and outdoor setting, we have many transitional fossils from several global climate periods, it's not even a debate....

Answer 9

I definitely believe that God created the world in seven days just by speaking it into existence. He doesn't need evolution or millions of years to create the universe.

As far as I can tell, how you interpret the 'evidence' depends on what you already believe; so I'll choose to believe what the Bible says.

As one bumper sticker says -- 'Jesus is alive; Darwin is dead. Who do you trust with your eternal soul?'

Answer 10

I don't believe in evolution. I accept it as reality.

Believing that some god picked up some dirt and created a man is pretty far fetched.