I am writing an essay of evolution vs. creationism, but I need to know the points of creationism. For example what does creationism say as about how the earth and humans were made?
2007-12-11 08:19:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Magic. Everything happened by magic. Creationism invokes a supernatural power that caused everything. It does not explain how magic works. It does not explain why the supernatural being(s) did what it/they did. It does not predict what the supernatural beings will do in the future.
That doesn't mean that one of the genesis myths is not true. It is a self-consistent story, but not a very informative one as long as you're willing to accept, "It's the will of [deity of choice]" as the answer to every question.
By definition, it is outside of natural law. It makes no predictions and it is untestable. There is no way to prove or disprove it. Again, not a very informative belief.
2007-12-12 17:41:40 · answer #1 · answered by Nimrod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many varieties of creationism, but all seem to agree with a more or less literal interpretation of the Genesis cosmogonic myth. Whereas some hold to a strict interpretation of the Old Testament chronology, others see in the six days of creation a metaphor for the temporal unfolding of the physical order of the universe. All seem to agree that the Universe and Earth are much younger than the billions of years that are usually estimated by cosmologists, meteoritic cosmochemists, and geologists, placing the age of the Earth as, variously, a few million (Old Earth) to perhaps 6,000 years (New Earth). All seem to agree with the Genesis account of Man's (and woman's) creation. All largely disregard the fossil record, absolute radiometric dating, and fairly hiss when the name Darwin is mentioned. All in all, quite an odd lot - I live in the great backwash of the Second Awakening, and though I find them irritating, they do have a certain redeeming value in the inadvertent entertainment they provide.
2007-12-11 08:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Earth were made from many million of fragments reunits itself.
Human beings were made from the own earth, as well as a tree or any plant borns of the ground.
2007-12-11 11:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by edmia_147 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you ask this in biology questions? Creationism says nothing factual about anything as far as I am concerned.
2007-12-11 08:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by Joan H 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Talkorigins has assembled a massive index of all the main points ("claims") made by creationists ....
... and refutes every one.
But if you want a list of points ... here you go:
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/
2007-12-11 08:33:18 · answer #5 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Secretsauce worships talkorigins.org (like many others), but they rarely ever get the other side of the story: http://www.trueorigin.org
(If he reads this, he will do an edit talking about how stupid I am for not worshiping talkorigins)
It would be foolish to only get your information from the opposing side. This might help you out: http://www.trueorigin.org/creatheory.asp
And you could also look at these:
http://www.answersingenesis.org
http://www.icr.org
http://www.apologeticspress.org
2007-12-11 08:55:31 · answer #6 · answered by Questioner 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
God made us out of playdoh....oh wait no its mud. You might as well write a paper about the freezing point of water vs. freezing point of dragon piss.
2007-12-11 08:26:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Creationists believe that, for instance, GWB has a brain.
2007-12-11 08:56:22 · answer #8 · answered by WooHoo42 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your kidding right?
Pick up any Bible and read the book of Genesis.
2007-12-11 08:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by lunatic 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋