Comparing The Bible And Darwin's Origin Of Species

The Church bible was written for centuries, and it is believed by many to be God’s words written by humans. People have belief and faith in that book, and they strongly agree with the scripture in the bible. From Inherit The Wind, Drummond says, ‘‘The Bible is a good book. A good book. But it’s not the only book.’” (98) Drummond believes in Darwin’s, theories of evolution that humans gradually evolved from other species, not by God creation as descripted in Genesis. In the play Inherit The Wind, there is a controversy between the religious community and supporters of evolution, and Drummond indicates many logical fallacies in the Bible. Therefore, he demonstrates that everyone has the right to make critically think about his or her beliefs, and he exposes the community’s first fallacy, that scripture is to be taken literally

In this essay I will analyze and differentiate two completely contrasting legacies left behind by Cain and Seth, the descendants of Adam and Eve. Reflecting on the point in time where Eve appointed eponyms for her children, their very names conceptualized a foreshadowing of this apparent contrast. In Hebrew, Cain means ‘spear' and Seth means ‘anointed’ or ‘granted’ a name that alludes to Eve’s utterance found in Genesis 4:25, “God has granted me another child in the place of Abel since Cain killed him”. This sets the tone of the significant dissimilarity of their character later distinguished in the narrative of Genesis. Cain was the primary exploitation for murder, and not only the act of killing, but that of his beloved brother. (Genesis 4:11-16) And in the midst of his child Enoch being born, Cain was developing the world’s first advanced civilized society. (Genesis 4:17) Contrasting, Seth was the third son of

It is fascinating how two completely different books played a huge role in Inherit the Wind. The two books discussed in controversy were the Bible and Dawin’s Origin of Species. Right before the end of the play, Drummond holds both of these books. He weighs the Bible and Origin of Species as if his hands were scales, balancing them. Drummond ends up taking both books with them as he leaves. The significance of this last gesture is to show that the Bible and Darwin’s Origin of Species coincide with each other despite their contradictories. These two books played a huge role in the court trial, as the topic of evolution was being discussed. The argument of whether or not teaching the theory of evolution is considered an evil leads to the discussion

This tough old man-of-a-town is cradled in a stark and isolated depression between the Argus and Coso mountain ranges in eastern California. On first glance, it seems to be barely breathing. Some say it is just another desert ghost town waiting to happen, but don’t even think about saying that to one of the 40 or so residents.

Genesis is the book of creation. It tells how everything and everyone came to be. In Genesis there are two different creation stories. Based off of my knowledge in chapter one, it starts by God creating everything, from the Earth to humans; man and woman. In the second story, it talks about how God created Eve from the rib of Adam. So basically how woman came from man.

There are several different theories as to how the earth came to be, there are similarities and differences with some of them. It is very clear that there are indeed differences in the stories, along with similarities. Many people are familiar with the Christian Bible version; the earth was created in seven days, Adam was created then Eve from his rib. However, not nearly as many people have heard of the Sky World creation story. Both stories have a tree with something forbidden about it.

I don’t believe the evolution view can be reconcile with the Bible, because it contradicts everything the word of God explains in detailed as to how the universe and earth were formed and by whom. On the other hand even though the old earth view supports the idea that the universe is billions of years old, they believe creation was instructed and commanded by God. Putting them in agreement with some of the message of the Bible.

The story of Creation in the Bible begins with God creating a human in his own image, naming him Adam. He created a human to carry out his commandments and to be good. Then, God created Eve, a companion for Adam. Adam and Eve were persuaded by Satan, in the form of a serpent, and took a bite out of the apple that God told them not to eat. When God found out, they were banned from the Garden of Eden. In Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein, Victor constructs a monster as a template for a new race that would worship him. Unfortunately, Victor did not think past the moment of birth, and the monster, who should have been Victor’s Adam, instead associated more with Satan. Unlike the creation story of Adam and Eve, the creation story of Frankenstein is one that goes horribly wrong due to the pursuit of knowledge.

Throughout the entirety of the play “Inherit the Wind”, the teachings of the Bible and Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species is argued to determine the fate of a man on trial. Just as the curtains are about to close, the defense lawyer, Henry Drummond, makes a significant move. Here, he balances the two books in each of his hands and then shoves them together into his briefcase. Because of the constant argument as to what book’s teachings is correct, this final move Drummond made is very meaningful. The scene’s message can be interpreted in different ways, but the most obvious thought it is trying to portray is that both sides, the church and science, can work together. There is no right or wrong as to how the Earth came to be, since no human

One of my interesting article is an article from the national geographic called, ”Was Darwin Wrong?” is an interesting article because I was able to learn something new and able to find it fascinating. I found this article interesting because I was able to learn something new, which is the idea of the natural selection. Charles Darwin was able to explain the main process of the natural selection, which is able to talk about the evolution. In this case, the process or theory were the organisms is able to properly adapt to their own environments that tend to survive and produce more offspring.

There are two different creation stories presented in the chapter of Genesis in the Old testament of the bible. In the first story God has all dominion and contains supernatural powers. In this creation story God is masculine and creates everything out of the void in seven days . God has six days of working and one day to rest. An impression is also given that everything God makes in this story is "all good".

In comparison of the two stories the world started from the idea or ideas of several gods or god-like spirits. Each story is simplistic yet complex in its own way.

At the beginning of the essay Gould made a clear reference to a dear friend, Kirtley Mather, who “was a pillar of both science and Christian religion in America” (Gould, 1981). Comparatively, this appealed to the emotions of the reader, unlike most scholarly works—Gould reminded the reader of his humanity. Often, Christians relate evolution as being the work of a devil, or some form of subhuman, out to misguide their faith; therefore, the reader assumed this was Gould’s way of facilitating a viable connection with biased readers before undermining creationism. Darwinism is known as the theory of evolution, and creationists repeatedly utilize a mistaken vernacular of the word “theory” to denounce evolution. Although, a theory is “part of a hierarchy of confidence running downhill from fact to theory to hypothesis to guess” (Gould, 1981).

We all know that our mothers and fathers gave us birth, and grandmothers and grandfathers gave our parents birth. However, what about the beginning? What does the beginning look like? Who created the sky, the earth, the mountains and rivers, the plants, the animals, and the human beings? How was the world created? What happened to the creator? These questions have puzzled and are asked by every people. However, no one has yet found the answers, and I have heard people saying that the creation of life is as impossible as the natural creation of an airplane from a stack of waste. With the willingness of knowing the self, ancient people tried to create mythological stories

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. "(Genesis 1:1)[10] Both of the stories in the beginning of Genesis speak about how everything as we know it was supposedly created, and how the world was before sin entered existence. The entirety of the Christian bible in my perspective is to show that from beginning to end how God made his people and endures them from their creation to their redemption through Christ.