Do you think that creationism and evolution are comparable? Are they really opposites? What does evolution have to do with the creation of man OR atheism? A lot of people mistake evolution with the whole man from an ape thing when really it's mostly about survival of the fittest and how animals change(evolve) in order to survive. Why do creationists choose not to believe it when there are facts that prove it to be true and that it still happens today. Why do creationists attack evolution instead of the big bang theory? Wouldn't creation vs. big bang theory be a more sensible argument? After all, the big bang theory explains how the earth was created, or tries to. I'm not Christian bashing here, I just want some opinions and answers from both sides.
2007-10-12 07:50:36 · 21 answers · asked by getalifeFATTY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
>>Do you think that creationism and evolution are
>>comparable?
No. Evolution is science. "Creationism" a theocratic political campaign aimed at trying to teach religion in science class. It does NOT follow the scientific method at all, and consists of nothing but failed attempts to try to disprove evolution.
"Belief in God" and "Creationism" are two different things. There are plenty of people who believe in God and have no problem accepting evolution. "Atheism", by definition, simply means having no belief in deity. I see somebody here who said "I am a creationist that believes in evolution", and I've even seen others who say "I'm both, I'm a creavolutionist" or something like that. There's really no need for new terms like this. Evolution has never said one thing or another about "God". Just say "I believe in God and I accept evolution."
>>Why do creationists choose not to believe it when there
>>are facts that prove it to be true and that it still happens
>>today.
I think it's largely just due to academic laziness. The evidence is all there, but nobody wants to make the effort to read something bigger than a magazine article, especially if it means learning new vocabulary like "genetic drift" and "allele frequency".
>>Why do creationists attack evolution instead of the big
>>bang theory?
Actually, creationists often misuse "evolution" to mean "any science that contradicts a literal interpretation of the book of Genesis". So they mistakenly use the term "creation" to include not just biological evolution, but geology, cosmology, etc.
As for why evolution gets attacked more, I think that has to do with this pretentious notion of human dignity. Saying "matter and space were initially condensed into a singularity" isn't much of a threat to anybody. However, saying "Humans aren't so separate from the animal kingdom" can threaten some people's weak egos, particularly if they feel this dying need to be so much more "special" to the rest of the world. Personally, I think it IS quite amazing to philosophically think of how all life is in fact connected through the same family tree.
2007-10-12 09:58:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I highly suggest you look up the questions "Can any Christians embrace evolution?" and read the answers there. The question is almost the same.
Big Bang vs. God might be a better argument, but the evolution argument comes from the Genesis 1 statement that God made the earth and everything in it in seven days.
How do I equate Big Bang and God?
Personally, I don't believe in the Big Bang, but if it could be proved true, why isn't it possible for God to take all the random matter that He created, and compress it until it exploded into the form He wanted- planets, stars, etc.? Makes more sense to me than the whole thing just happening my chance.
Creationism is regarded as rubbish outside the US? Give me a break! Christianity didn't begin in the US. Do you think that the only Christians are in the US? Isreal is largely Jewish, they believe in Creationism too!
2007-10-12 07:57:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution explains the taxonomic division of animals (and plants).
Creationists attack Evolution because of a popular false dilemma (there are only two possibilities, if evolution is wrong, then creationism must automtically be right).
The big bang has nothing to do with evolution; it's another misconception brought about through misinformation.
Edit: The main problem with creationism (aside from the overwhelming evidence pointing towards evolution) is that it does not provide a mechanism by which it works, and it does not eliminate any species/feature as impossible. A theory not only predicts what will happen, it also predicts what will not happen. There is no species or feature which could not possibly exist under a creationist "theory", because anything is possible under God. A theory that says, "No matter what happens, my theory could have predicted it" is absolutely useless.
2007-10-12 07:55:46 · answer #3 · answered by 006 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Creationism is junk food.
Intelligent design if non functional as a literal presentation without the theory of evolution. You cannot find any ID documentation that is backed by clinical studies. ID only exists to discredit evolution. It has no productive purpose.
Evolution is the incomplete model of what happened and is continuing to happen.
The big bang is controversial but it is likely something along those lines happened. I don't know why some people think Atheism means someone accepts the big bang theory as exactly what happened.
Some people would call me a Pantheist or a Deist.
2007-10-12 07:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
*sigh* This question always frustrates me because,to me, there aren't two sides. It just is...
I am a Creationist that believes in evolution!
God is omnipotent- all powerful. He is the driving force behind evolution. No way all of this is a coincidence. God created all living things and his method for much of it is to change (evolve) His creations while letting some become extinct. To say that this isn't possible is to say that He is not all powerful.
There are some things that we will never be able to understand, though God does of course, and that is where faith has to be your guide. In this case, where He has given us the knowledge, the tools, the technology to explain how we came to be, why not embrace it.
BTW I'm not adopting a new point of view because my faith in God has been shaken by the notion of evolution. I have felt this way since both methods were introduced to me at my Christian elementary school... please don't generalize what ALL Christians think, we are a diverse bunch!
2007-10-12 08:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by Vacious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creationism and evolutional theory are not comparable, but not because one is right and the other is wrong.
The short explanation: Evolution is a scientific concept and Creation is a religious concept. They define truth differently.
The long explanation: Evolution is a "scientific theory." This is not the same as the casual, everyday meaning of the word theory. Science says that almost nothing can be proved, and has names for ideas based on how much proof they have: a *hypothesis* is a conjecture with limited evidence - it has yet to be formally tested. A *theory* is a well-tested idea with a wealth of evidence to support it. It is regarded as true, but it is impossible to prove. Accepted theories describe the workings of gravity and many other well-understood topics of science. Scientific *laws* are few and far between, because science is hesitant to declare eternal truths. Laws, such as Newton's Laws of Motion, describe ideas that have been demonstrated countless times by reliable experiments and cannot be disproved.
Evolution by natural selection is a process that can be observed in the world today. Everything is evolving, and fast-breeding species such as insects and bacteria provide good examples of evolution over many generations (for instance, in developing resistance to poison and medicine). The origin of species is the part of evolutionary theory that cannot be absolutely proved because scientists cannot go back in time. However, there is a wealth of evidence to support the theory.
The Creation is an event described by the Judeo-Christian Bible. Other religions have somewhat similar stories. The Bible's significance in religious doctrine is that it is revealed truth; i.e., God is its originator and therefore it is true. Religious truths require faith, meaning that a believer must believe in them without scientific evidence.
People who understand the evidence supporting evolution have a variety of religious beliefs. They may be a Jew or a Christian who believes that the Creation is a meaningful spiritual allegory. They may be an atheist because they don't believe in things that cannot be proved by science or logic.
Some Christians believe not only in the religious message of the Bible, but in the literal truth of it. For them, faith is stronger than evidence. Because some parts of evolutionary theory contradict the literal story of Creation, they reject science.
The unfortunate modern-day controversy come from a scientific being taken toward religion and a religious approach being taken toward science. The former is like taking a ruler to the proportions of a Picasso painting and concluding that he was wrong. The latter is like applying one's philosophy of time to a business project and concluding that the project's deadline is irrelevant.
2007-10-12 08:43:02 · answer #6 · answered by Magnesian Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does the big bang theory have to be different from God's creation ?. He could have started to build our Universe with one big bang.
I have always thought that the big bang was created by God..then he slowly developed the rest of the Universe.
I believe in God obviously but I think most questionable actions can be answered in a realistic way.
My husband never believed in Dinosaurs because he said they were not mentioned in the Bible. My question to him was "how many animals do you see today that are listed in the bible" ???...very few.
Believing in God and the fact that he created our Universe can be hard for some people.
But the answers are there.
However I do not believe that we came from Apes. If we did, why are there still Apes ?. I believe that maybe we have evolved and we will continue to evolve with changes.
But if you read the Bible or have ever had anyone "preach" to you about the bible.
Revelations reveals everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen.
And its happening faster than anyone wants it to.
2007-10-12 08:17:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it is easier and deeply so. I met Jesus when I was in my late teens and I was a drug addict. When He came into my life it gave me a reason to live and clean up. I got rid of all my druggie friends. Life got a lot easier. Also I was blessed in so many ways with jobs and cars that ran. I put myself through college and made new friends. I'm way older now and the challenges I face are a lot different. I have a prayer ministry. My life is simple but there are still obsticles. It's still an easier life than not having anyone to turn to. I just praise God for his love and grace. My opinion of the Bible is it's God's word. I could argue that it was just something written by men but it speaks to me too much to be anything else than what God wants me to hear and a guideline for my life.
2016-05-22 02:36:41 · answer #8 · answered by hang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creationism and evolution are opposite in a number of ways. Creationism posits supernatural intervention; it follows from this that it is not science because it cannot predict anything. Evolution, like any other sort of science, excludes supernatural intervention, hence leads to predictable conclusions that are found to be true. The one thing that differs between evolution and other scientific theories is that evolution can be proven to be correct (for technical reasons, others can't), and I have done so; details are available on request. (Please provide an e-mail address.)
2007-10-12 08:05:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not certain if I'm on one of the sides you're talking about but I have said for years that christianity will eventually fold evolution into its beliefs.
Christianity will eventually reinvent itself to adopt evolution as it has many other ideas it can not continue struggling against. Christianity has itself evolved since its beginning which itself can be seen as the great reinvention.
Why so much effort against evolution and less against the big bang? I can only theorize. Perhaps because the fight is always strongest just before surrender? Perhaps because the greater the evidence in favor of what you're fighting the harder you must fight. Perhaps it simply requires more effort. The big bang is difficult concept for many while parts of evolution like natural selection are pretty easy to understand. "An organism adapts to it's environment because those traits that help it survive are passed on."
2007-10-12 07:53:49 · answer #10 · answered by Demetri w 4 · 8⤊ 0⤋