I always hear this debate of evolution vs creation. I believe in creation, but the debates make it seem like creation can't evolve!!! So what's the deal?
2007-12-18 10:25:16 · 4 answers · asked by just me 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The political debate is primarily whether MAN evolved. Creationists do not think so, evolutionists do.
From that point, it's Dogma vs. science. It all depends on how much of the bible one is willing to take literally, and how much is considered allegorical. (There are some, for example, that consider the BIg Bang Theory as fitting an allegorical model of creation).
2007-12-18 10:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by freebird 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Creationists come in two major variants: the ones who believe that god created each species individually (special creation), and those who take a broader interpretation who feel that god "got the ball rolling" and then allowed evolution to occur afterwards. Sometimes that sort of god is known as "Newton's god" or the "clockmaker god" because god is the creator, but does not continually tinker with his creation, and is also not arbitrary about creation (set it, then forget it).
Both of the above viewpoints suffer from various logical problems. In the first case, the evidence is squarely against special creation. Some creationists actually try to squeeze dinosaur fossil evidence into the Genesis story by saying that dinosaurs lived before the great flood.
The clockmaker god approach is weak for a different reason. If god initiated creation, but allows the natural world to proceed uninterrupted, then that reduces any need to require god at all. The world is just proceeding naturally, and god is not involved. If you do try to say that god can be involved anytime he wants to, then that means that creation is arbitrary after all-- it's only a whim of god, and in that case how things change is ultimately unimportant (perhaps even to god).
In all the above cases, evolution is NOT consistent with creationism (or intelligent design). And that's because evolution is a natural, and ONLY natural, process where there is no divine influence.
It can be hard to accept this reality, but ultimately it's more honest and courageous to accept that the evidence and logical necessity do not require any god involved in any way.
2007-12-18 11:13:14 · answer #2 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that is the argument that intelligent design believers give. That God created life and then everything evolved.
2007-12-18 12:31:20 · answer #3 · answered by aniski7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parts do evolve, come think god started it and then let evolution take over, some think other forms.
2007-12-18 10:41:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋