Creationism: A Scientific Look On Creation

What is evolution? Evolution in modern terms is fairly easy to understand. Evolution is the theory that life on earth began with a single celled organism that lived more that 3.5 billion years ago that slowly evolved into

Neil DeGrasse Tyson once said “The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact”. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an acclaimed astrophysicist, cosmologist, and science communicator and has influence in the scientific world we live in today. “Biological evolution, simply put, is descent with modification” (“An Introduction to…”). “This definition encompasses small-scale evolution and large-scale evolution (the descent of different species from a common ancestor over many generations)” (“An Introduction to…”). There is now enough evidence for the theory of evolution that many consider it a fact and as such are turning away from the idea of creationism as a whole. Because of evolution you can trace just about every living thing on the Earth back to its ancestry billions of years ago. Darwin believed that all life on Earth descended from one primordial form (Naff 61). Darwin didn’t discover evolution or come up with the concept, but he was the frontrunner in research and a public endorser of the theory. The theory of evolution is correct because of homology, progressions of species changing over time, and natural selection.

The theory of evolution, as set forth by Charles Darwin in 1859, stated that all plant and animal life evolved over long periods of time from simple to more complicated forms through mutation and adaptation. He also taught that only the fittest of each species would survive. He further postulated that the first living cell evolved in a "warm warm little pond" and that it took billions of years for the present diversity of living things to evolve. At the time, it was thought that the few "missing links" in the fossil record would be soon filled.(Darwin, 1927 ). Today, however, there is today a considerable body of scientific evidence that refutes this entire theory.

Evolution is a mysterious topic, as there is just so much evidence that has been found by many people throughout history. The first person to spread the idea of evolution was Charles Darwin. He helped to spread the idea of evolution to others such as Gregor Mendel, and helped many others to accept the findings of Boucher de Perthes. Evolution is defined by the changes of organisms throughout time to better the survival rate of said group of organisms.(definitions, 2009) The generations of organisms therefore evolve through time as the changes occur. There are many pieces of evidence such as, analogous and homologous structures in organisms, cladograms, the order of appearance of structures during embryological development, and fossil records. Evidence of evolution at it’s finest.

“In the beginning was the big bang,”[i] writes John Polkinghorne, a physicist turned theologian. As the reader follows through the remainder of his cosmic creation story, the reader is intrigued at how mystical and religious the story sounds. “The space boiled, in the rapid expansion of the inflation era, blowing the universe apart with incredible rapidity in the much less than 10-30 seconds that it lasted. . . . The world suddenly became transparent and a universal sea of radiation was left to continue cooling on its own . . .”[ii] Then, the story unfolds to tell of the creation of hydrogen and helium and the creation of stars. The death of stars follow, which

Young earth creationism is what most people mean when referring to “creationism.” This is primarily due to the fact that the creationists most visible in the public eye during the creation-evolution debate were most likely to hold young earth creationist views. Additionally, the terms “recent earth” or “recent creation” have been used to refer to this same position. These terms clearly define their position as one in which the creation of the world occurred somewhat recently, that is, the world is young. However, it obviously doesn 't provide us with much information beyond that. To begin with, how young is the world? In order to help answer this and other questions concerning young earth creationism, biologist and philosopher of science

Evolutionism is the belief that all living things on Earth have developed from an earlier form. It states that humans have progressively advanced over time through a process called evolution. Creationism on the other hand, states that the world and human beings were created by God.The main problem that arises is when we have determine which of the two theories is correct and we should inclined to. Although evolution seems more credible due to the amount of evidence it has, neither theory presents ideas that are entirely clear and known with certainty. Natural selection is the only known theory that can explain the existence of adaptation in nature. However, this does not mean that natural selection is the driving force throughout evolution,

To believe in the young Earth theory, is to believe in the Bible. Those that believe in the Bible believe in a literal six day creation for the Earth and all that are upon it. When God spoke the world was brought into existence. On the sixth day God created Adam and Eve. He gave them dominion over all the animals and plants that he created. It wasn’t until the fall of man that any of the animals would start to die and decay. Another belief of a young Earth is the flood of Noah. Many of the young Earth creationists believe in the flood geology. “Instead of the millions of years requires to create fossil fuels such as coal, flood geologists claim that they were formed within a year under the tremendous pressure of the Noachin floodwaters.” (Koperski, 2006) In the book of Genesis we are given the creation account as well as the account of the flood. “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same say were all the fountains of the great deep broken up and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the Earth forty days and forty nights.” (KJV, Genesis 6:11-12)

In Creation Science is not Science, Michael Ruse argues that Creation science is not science and in Science at the Bar- Causes for Concern, Larry Laudan opposes this view by arguing that Creation Science is science, but that it is false. In this paper, I argue that Michael Ruse had the better argument and that Creation Science is not science. First, I explain Ruse’s argument for why creation science does not meet the criteria for science. Second, I consider and explain Larry Laudan’s opposing view that creation science is false science. I then argue why I believe Ruse has the better argument.

Entropy is described as a lack of order. The world is gradually becoming more and more disordered, meaning that it is being "worn down". This also means that it has high entropy.. A great amount of energy had to be used for God to create such an organized world, with no entropy.. It wasn't just energy, however, because that isn't enough. You can't just use energy to clean your room, because if you set loose a wild animal in your room, it would use energy, but it would increase the entropy of your room. Therefore, you must use the energy intelligently to make your room have less entropy. God used intelligent energy when He created the universe so that it would have no disorder.

happen? If not, then why should science teachers teach that life evolved over billions of

Throughout this world there are many living things strong out across the planet. All of them unique in their own special ways. Many people can agree that this world and everything inside of it is breathtaking, but not how everything got to where it is today. The different ideas of how all the organisms got here have been debated for years. As of today there are two theories that try to explain how everything came to be. The first theory came to be as a result of a religion, the theory is called Creationism or Intelligent Design. The other, and most scientifically backed, theory is the Theory of Evolution. To debate the two, we first will have to describe each in more detail.

I agree with you that there are many concepts that can account for a young-Earth creation. You mentioned a few, such as sediment; rocks; fossils; and the sun, all of which indicate that they have not been around for a very long time. Most young-Earth Creationists believe that the Earth has only been around between 6,000 but no more than 10,000 years (“What is Young Earth Creationism,” 2017).

In the chapter, Is Creationism Scientific, in the book Philosophy Gym by Stephen Law, Law discusses creationism and presents evidence that tries to answer the question, is creationism scientific? Creationism is the belief that God created the universe and all of living beings in it in just six days, and that it happened only 10,000 years ago. There is much evidence that disproves the creationism belief, but does that mean that the creationism belief isn’t scientific? I believe that creationism is not scientific as the theories cannot be tested, nor proved.

Many Christians believe that the age of the earth is a side issue, of non doctrinal importance, that one can believe in an old or young universe. The Christian apologist William Lang Craig believes that it hurts Christianity when Christians hold to a young earth position (Craig is calvinistic and holds to a local flood), others have posited the same expression. This is nothing more than arrogance, an ego built on trying to puff oneself up, in the science of methodological naturalism.