It boils down to this: who do you trust? The scientific method & the process of scientific discovery or what Christians and Jews consider to be the infallible, revealed word of God in the Bible.
So which do you trust and why?
*Footnote: Please do not tell me that you believe the bible and yet you also believe in evolution. The creation account and evolution are mutually exclusive since, according to the bible death came after the fall. Therefore there was no death before all the animals and the human race were created so there is no room for the natural selection process to occur which relies on death of the weakest and survival of the fittest.
2007-09-21 09:01:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dougness86: The creation of the world isn't repeatable it either happened the way the bible says it did or it didn't, right? Also macroevolution - we can't repeat the transitions that occurred from amoebas to humans, can we?
2007-09-21 09:23:20 · update #1
Depends on what you mean. Creationism is a matter of Faith. Either you completely believe what the Bible says or you don’t.
Evolution is a science, and still a theory in progress. Evolution has some evidence, and is looking for more. There is strong evidence for it, but there are still bits missing.
The Bible doesn’t mention evolution. It also doesn’t mention the dinosaurs, or Mars, or anything else that people back then didn’t know about. If one chooses to have Faith that the Bible is true and unquestionable, they are, if they wish to remain open minded, have to deal with the issue that there are a lot of things that are indisputable that the Bible never mentions. It’s not that it was wrong, it is that those that wrote it didn’t know. Creation is a wonderful story, but it honestly should be considered that it was a way of explaining the unexplainable by a primitive people. I’m not putting it down either, but there is some proof that Evolution is probably the real thing, and Faith requires a lack of proof to exist.
2007-09-21 10:12:02 · answer #1 · answered by rayb1214 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science.
It is repeatable by anyone at any time, with the right equipment. Religion is not.
All scientists agree about the basics. There is some disagreement about some details. Religion can not even agree on God.
Science builds a consistent model, supported by information from multiple sources and doctrines. Religion says "this is so because I say so"
There is a huge hypocrisy of people who rely on air travel, satellite communication, the latest drugs and medical treatment, and all the things that science brings them, then turn around and say:
All those geologists (who find the oil that lets me drive) are wrong - the flood really happened.
All those biologists (that develop new drugs to cure my diseases) are wrong - evolution is untrue.
These people are truly moronic.
2007-09-21 09:17:01 · answer #2 · answered by Simon T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in scientific theory because any claim it makes must be
Testable
Repeatable
Consistent
Accepted by peers
The best thing about science is its ability to admit when its wrong. If someone could provide concrete evidence against evolution then scientists would abandon the theory. Religion has no function for the inclusion of new knowledge. They instead try to find ways of making 3000 yr old arabs right, even when they are not.
2007-09-21 09:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by dougness86 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idea of the bible as infallible is nonbiblical.
I, personally, believe what I can see. Evolution is Visible.
2007-09-21 09:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No it is not a matter of trust.Evolution has evidence to prove that it exists.
There is no evidence whatsoever to show that the biblical version of creation ever happened
2007-09-21 09:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by darwinsfriend AM 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Evolution all the way.
2007-09-21 09:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋