Argumentative Essay: Denial Of Evolution

Creationism has long been ruled out of public education and science. Creationists reject most of modern science in favor of a literal reading of the Bible. They believe that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old and God created everything fully formed (including humans). People in opposition against Intelligent Design think that in the eyes of creationists, the so called “intelligent designer” is God. Meanwhile, Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor. Once Darwin had proposed that the natural processes could have produced every species on this planet, including humans, the creationists felt that this theory took God out of the picture. Centuries later, like many people in Dover, many people in the US agree. Somewhere between a third and half the US population doesn’t accept

Some would believe that evolution is a theory that scientist made up to convince us that there is no God. To be a scientist does not necessarily mean that you cannot believe in God. Author Karl Giberson backs this by stating “…the majority of scientists are not hostile to religion and many of them are actually quite religious.” (Giberson, Say It Ain't So 359). Thus, believing that living creatures have evolved over time does not mean that you cannot also have religious beliefs. One theory does not necessarily have to be completely separate from the other.

rejected the existence of genes and of self-replicating material. Chiropractors rejected the idea that vaccines prevent diseases and many religious people disregard evolution on a whole because they believe that if they accept evolution they abandon their conviction. Having been a Christian for almost my entire life I can attest that many Christians, especially the older generation,

As we have learned in class and as we still see now in the modern world, the topic of evolution vs creationism has been one of much dispute. To many, there is only one side; you either believe in God or in Science, you either believe that Adam and Eve are our ancestors or you believe that through the years and the changes in the world we have evolved from apes. Whichever side you find yourself on there will always be someone that disagrees with you and is willing to tell you why you are wrong.

Evolution and religion has been a disputable discussion over the decades. Religious believers simply discarded the idea that humans have came from swinging monkeys. Although it is a scientific theory, it is backed up by the heavy weight of scientific evidence. The first thing that one might consider is that religion is composed by thousands of individual memes, which supports myths, moralities, and complex ideas or memeplexes, which will never guarantee its authenticity. One can speculate over the idea of evolution and religious reasoning on how humans came about, but might only develop shaky synthesis and finally conclude the problem insoluble. Besides, at one time the

Some do not believe in evolution simply because of religion. As Catholics we believe God made everything out of nothing. We do not think things evolved from other things. For example: we do not believe we evolve from monkeys, or that monkeys are our ancestors. Pope Francis said the Roman

The foundation for the theory of evolution was laid by Charles Darwin (Rose, n.d.). He developed hypotheses about natural selection which helped scientists develop the theory. Evolution is a theory and not a hypothesis because evolution has been proven by vast amounts of scientific data, research, and testing. The definition of a hypothesis is an educated explanation that needs to be researched and tested but has not yet been proven (Earman, 1984). There has been no scientific evidence to disprove the theory of evolution.

Throughout this class I have found myself reading both sides of the arguments pro evolution and against it as well. Every week it was interesting to see what the discussion was about because I was able to google search websites that rebuttal led a lot of the topics. In this week’s question I believe that there way too many sources to cited for the “explanation to the specific argument against the evolutionary theory”. However I chose one that I found to be as complete against as much as possible. I found on the Institute for Creation Research website, and article titled, “The Scientific Case Against Evolution”; by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. In his article he starts off with a Bang and states that; “These statements inadvertently show that evolution

It has always been a mystery of how life on Earth started. Although we may not be able to find out exactly how life originated, we can find out how life has changed over time through the theory of evolution. Evolution is the process by which all living organisms come through a long history of changes shaped by physical and chemical processes still taking place. There are debates between whether the theory of evolution is truly scientific. The argument stems from why evolution is considered a “theory.” To many, a theory is simply defined as someone’s opinion. In biology, a theory is “an explanation of some natural phenomenon with well supported evidence from experiments or observations” (Reed Wicander, 2012).

Friend,evolution is real and there are many things that can prove it.A LOT of things that can prove it is real.Things like fossils and the many books researchers have wrote.Even standard observation has proved that things adapt and evolve.There is the concept of survival of the fittest that Darwin made.Darwin researched for years and traveled to many places observing many types of animals

Evolutionist, Charles Darwin (1809-1882), provided the suggestion that people where “less highly evolved or developed than other” and that some humans were more like their “ape-like ancestors than others in traits, abilities, and dispositions” (Bohm & Vogel, 2011, p. 27). Darwin’s theory of evolution gained credence in positivist theory, particularly with philosopher Auguste Comte (Kalfus, 2010). Darwin’s ideas assisted with the explanation of the criminal behavior involved in evolutionary theories, which Comte later utilized to propose the brand of scientific philosophy known as Positivism (Kalfus, 2010). Positivists believe that the world is governed by natural law, so if man discovered these laws, man would have also discovered evolution

Henry Morris, Ph.D., of the Institute for Creation Research, proclaimed that “the lack of a case for evolution is clear from the fact that no one has ever seen it happen. If it were a real process, evolution should still be occurring, and there should be many "transitional" forms that we could observe. What we see instead, of course, is an array of distinct "kinds" of plants and animals with many varieties within each kind, but with very clear and -- apparently -- unbridgeable gaps between the kinds.” But if evolution is not taking place and there are unbridgeable gaps, how could Morris explain what happens when two species, let’s say humans, breed. The DNA from two individuals combines and traits from both parents will be present in the offspring.

In the beginning, God created us, right? Actually, most modern day scientists disagree. In fact, ninety-eight percent of scientists disagree, even though only sixty-two percent of Americans do (Masci). Although the vast majority of experts support evolution, a substantial portion of the population still clings to their belief in creationism. Why is there such a divide in the general public, but not in the scientific community? Is the thirty-four percent of the population that firmly reject evolutionary science horribly wrong, or are they onto something that the researchers missed? Unfortunately for creationists, the evidence for evolution is too overwhelming, and the evidence for creationism is too miniscule, to deny evolutionary theory.

Evolution has been debated for many years. Most scientists assume evolution to be true, but it is not officially proven. Evolution is known as “fact and theory,” because it is a fact that organisms have changed over time, but the mechanism that changes those organisms is uncertain. One of the major debates regarding evolution is the belief in creationism. Creationists believe that the Universe and organisms on Earth were all created by a divine power. There are also some theories in which creationism and evolution coexist. One idea is that the divine being who created the world used evolution as a method. Another idea is that science and religion are actually the same thing and religion explains the unknown parts of science. For example, science says that the world couldn’t have been created in seven days, but one of God’s days may not be the same length

The creation theory includes over 500 different creation stories based on numerous religions (Religious Tolerance, 2004). The vast number of stories creates strains on which evolution story is accurate. Christians that are creationists take the bible literally and believe the earth is around 10,000 years old. The creation theory will always exist with religion, so the creation theory can never be proved wrong since it is simply a religious belief. Religion is still very important in the United States, and the acceptance of the naturalization theory would completely change Christianity all together. Religious Tolerance, a website that outlays the conflict of evolution vs. creationism, explains how naturalism would shake Christianity. Religious tolerance states that the acceptance of evolution would make people interpret Genesis symbolically and classify evolution stories as myths. Since the creation stories are closely tied to the fall of man and to original sin, the entire role of Jesus would change. Without original sin, there would be no need for a savior, and Christianity would change drastically. This further proves that the creation theory will live as long as religion. The Gallup Organization studies what percentages of Americans believe in each of