Its for a national history day thing at our school please have detailed facts but also opions.
2007-12-13 01:37:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Darwinism: http://www.talkorigins.org
Creationism: http://www.trueorigin.org
2007-12-13 04:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by Questioner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darwin really didn't discuss origins as much as he did development. The development of species through natural selection is a proven fact--species change and adapt over time and, in the last thirty years there has been at least one instance of this happening to such an extent that one species was scientifically divided into two. (It was a bird, I think in the Gallapagos.) A lot of people will refer to this as micro-evolution, and accept this principle while denying macro-evolution (the idea that we all evolved from bacteria, or whatever). The bottom line is that no one can prove that evolution on that scale doesn't happen, because the people who push that idea base their opinion on their faith. I agree with them, but it can't be scientifically proven because of the nature of faith. However, scientists have yet to be able to categorically prove that macro-evolution occurs. There are lots of hints. The most obvious one used is that our dna is so similar to chimpanzees'. However, given that there are a limited number of elements in the universe, all dna is very closely related, and could be more a product of that than that we evolved from monkeys. The missing link is so called because it hasn't been found yet, and I don't think it ever will be. Evolution, to an extent, occurs, but whether we all evolved from the primordial sludge has yet to be proven.
2007-12-13 10:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by Meg 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Evolution is a scientific fact
2) There is NO CONFLICT between creationism and evolution. What is a "day" to God? Since God created science, and that is what he uses to run the current universe, who's to say that he didn't use evolution as the means to create the world? Doesn't that make as much sense as anything else? In fact, since we know that the evidence is there, we know that species come and go, and we know that the universe does operate under laws, isn't that the only possible explanation - that God and evolution are in perfect harmony?
I think so.
Einstein said that the more he leared about the universe, the more he believed in God.
2007-12-13 14:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fact: There is no way to prove origins. Any theory that has to do with origins has to be taken on faith. Science can only prove observable and repeatable events, since neither thought can be observed or repeated, they are not provable.
Opinion: I would much rather base my life on a system that has a cause for events. Evolution makes all things, including my own action, random. Mankind has always tried to put order to the world around it, but evolution denies that any such order can exist.
2007-12-13 09:54:00 · answer #4 · answered by Yun 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Be sure to mention the famous Scopes trial. I'd look it up as I'm a little hazy on the details.
2007-12-13 11:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.csicop.org/intelligentdesignwatch/index.html
http://webs.mn.catholic.edu.au/physics/emery/creationism.htm
2007-12-13 11:09:53 · answer #6 · answered by classmate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋