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Creation vs. Evolution...is it even worth it?
I go to a small private school that believes in and enforces christianity to the point where it's just ridiculous. I myself find myself doubting it strongly and have a pretty solidly based opinion on it.
It's true both theories defy basic biology, doesn't take an expert to figure that out. But think about it. How can evolution be so unlogical because it deals with evolving from animal to animal when creation teaches about some magical all-mighty god who sits up on a cloud and controls the whole universe? Creationists typically argue "because he's god, not human". I've never seen any evidence to that and no one ever will. All the miracles in the bible could of been written by some guy 200+ years ago and coincidentally have come true by accurate predictions. If it was that true, we'd still see similar situations to walking on water, stopping a storm, ect. It's not like they just fade away over a long period of time because he doesn't feel like performing them anymore. It's true evolution has thousands of flaws...why shouldn't it? The very fact creationists refer every piece of evidence they find to God, who they don't even know exsists, is ridiculous enough as it is.
Every creationist agrees that God has somehow always been here (irrelevant to any form of science), yet trash evolutionists, who, through scientific measurement have discovered many possiblities of evolution.
If you want, you can spend half a day shoving creationistic evidence down my throat. Still won't change my opinion because the theory of christianity has enough flaws as it is.
EVERY creationist i've ever argued with has stated the common, overused excuse of the human eye. How if only one part didn't function correctly, none of it would at all, and how apart from that there is a duplicate of it. Very impressive, but does that explain why millions of babies are born with mutations, severed body parts, cancer, and life threatening illnesses and diseases? Doesnt sound like a loving god to me. Typical creationist argues back "God is just using the child as a way to outreach to those who are in need of him". Haha. give me a break. If he was so damn powerful he'd find a new way to reach out to non-believers without putting innocent children through agony and misery! that's pathetic. No child deserves that, especially new borns who grow up in wheelchairs, retarded, in comas and unable to communicate, while criminals who cruely kill hundreds of innocent people only die of old age, and can still go to "heaven" if they became a "believer" before they died.
Is christianity the reason why the civil war, world wars, holocaust and war in iraq happened? what about 9/11? The bible says these kind of events will signal he's coming back. Really? So innocent people suffer and die, the world goes downhill dramatically and natural disasters occur all over the world before he comes back? sounds like a myth someone didn't even think through before writing.
If you share the same interests as me, kudos.
If you don't, good luck trying to convince me otherwise.
7 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade ago
"...it's true both theories defy basic biology..."
First, "creationism" is NOT a theory -- it's a proven-wrong hypothesis.
Second, evolution not only does not "defy" basic biology, evolution is what all basic biology is based upon. You've been lied to by your christian teachers.
The eye example has been debunked hundreds of times -- in fact, even nutcases like answersingenesis don't use it any longer because it's so discredited. For an excellent explanation of why it's such a bad argument, I'd suggest reading "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins (a biologist).
There is no debate, really. There's the proven beyond any reasonable doubt evolutionary biology, and there's stubborn ignorant religious fundamentalists who refuse to accept facts. That's it. Get yourself to a real library and pick up some books on biology, and get some real education, ok?
Peace.
- 1 decade ago
It seems pretty obvious to me. Evolution is all around you. One example is dinosaurs. Like every living thing, they evolved slowly, and gradually from a pre-existing creature- in this case, primitive reptiles called archosaurs. They didn't just pop out of nowhere- big and hungry. Technology is another example. Evolution dosen't have to be about living things. Think about it. Airplanes is an example of evolution. The Wrights built and flew the first glider right? All the other airplanes were designed after that glider. Now you have super advanced airplanes like the F-22 Raptor. Planes slowly got more advanced over the years. To me, you can still believe in God and evolution. I hope you agree with me.
- John FLv 51 decade ago
People will try every excuse imaginable to refute evidence when they base their beliefs on a system that lauds faith without proof.
Christianity is not the reason those terrible events happened. It's because humanity can be self-destructive, and always has been. Predicting these things to happen with such a vague and broad description (rumors of wars, etc.) does not however prove any validity. The fact that these events happen prove that if God exists, he doesn't care what we do to ourselves.
- a_measured_brushLv 51 decade ago
What is your question? If you try sticking to one I would love to answer it. Are you asking why we should believe that God exists? Are you asking why he permits sickness, suffering and injustice? Are you asking we we should believe that the Bible is inspired of god, and is not just the work of men? Are you asking if people who fight in wars, and hurt others but who claim to serve God rally represent him? Are you asking me to convince you of something that you don't want to believe, or do you really care what the truth is? I can answer any of your questions, but only one at a time. and only if you actually care for the truth.
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- SKLv 61 decade ago
I'm not really trying to influence your opinion one way or another, but I thought you might find this really interesting given your musings on creationism and evolution: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6187320/...
- 1 decade ago
I just want to point out there's really no conflict between creationism and evolutionism. God made the evolutions. Just my opinion.