Evolution Vs Religion

As a child, I was pressured and influenced into a Christian family, however, I believe that as a result that God is the creator of all things, He created evolution as well. I have never been educated that the Darwin’s Theory is a disgrace to a Christian’s

Genesis 1-11 answers many questions that people have about the natural world, especially in the first two chapters. Genesis clearly states that God created all things. He created the earth, man, animals, plants, and all other living things on earth. These scriptures explain how God created the world in six days and, on the seventh day, He rested from the work that was done. Then, “God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made” (Genesis 2:3 NASB). He did not create anything else on the seventh day but instead rested. The Bible then goes on to discredit the theory of evolution by saying, “The earth

The Theory of Evolution is defined as “A developing theory that says certain features of living systems are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected mechanism” (Campbell, Meyer 357). Although ID does not reject evolution as change over time, or common ancestry, it does challenge the idea that life arose by undirected processes of natural selection. The amount of people who believe in ID and that god helped shape human life in some way is forty-two percent. On the other hand, Evolution is defined as “The theory that all species of plants and animals descended from a common ancestor” (Campbell, Meyer 357). It also asserts that the process of natural selection plays a large role in the diversification of life over time. Around nineteen percent of the population agree that humans have evolved without any form of god involved. Evolution, unlike intelligent design, have artifacts to prove that it does occur and that the human life form has evolved. A lot of people like to claim the bible as an artifact that Jesus is the son of god and that he died for our sins. As much as I believe in god, it’s hard to believe everything in the bible occurred because its just like every other book, it was written by humans and the only difference between the bible and a comic book is how old it

The most well-known today is Darwin’s theory of evolution which was outlined in his book, Origin of Species. The other two forces were those of Biblical Criticism and the growing field of archaeology in the Ancient Near East. Peter Enns says that, while it sounds like an attack on Christianity, “Biblical criticism refers to the academic study of the Bible that is marked mainly by a historical investigation into the date and authorship of Biblical books.” One of the first issues that was challenged by this new biblical criticism was the authorship of Genesis. One of the main critiques that addressed Adam in particular was that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 seem to tell two different, and possibly contradicting stories of his origins. John Collins argues that this critique does not hold weight because in all the historical manuscripts of the Bible that have been found, both stories have always been found together. He argues that we must assume that the Biblical authors were intelligent (as shown by their mastery and artistic use of the Hebrew language) and would have been able to “smooth out” any apparent inconsistencies between the two stories so as to not challenge the validity of either. He concludes that, “this means we should read it as two coherent pieces of one story. The Genesis 2 version should be seen as an elaboration of the 6th day of

Unlike the Copernican Revolution where many individuals were required to scrutinize their religious beliefs in the presence of the mathematical evidence Copernicus presented, the theory of evolution as presented by Charles Darwin lacks the ability to substantiate evidence that is not directly opposing creationism. Because of this difference, many Christians have not accepted evolution due to the lack of mutually agreeable theory. The varying components that exists between the opposing theories of creationism and evolution are such that a dynamic exists in which neither theory compliments the other. Christians, whose beliefs surrounding creationism often derive from literal translations of the bible differ greatly from the generic variations that evolutionists attribute to natural selection (Plantinga,

The argument continues to this day. People who believed that all life on earth is the work on an all-powerful being called creationism. They do not accept evolution as a fact. I accept evolution as a fact because it can be proven that species do indeed change over time. People are angry and confused with the fact of evolution because they think people are messing with the the way God made everyone and everything, when in reality it's just a couple theories made by scientist. Some of them have come to be proven and some haven't. People argue that this is stating that the bible is wrong but in all honesty it's not wrong even though evolution has just became something that has been proven right.

I find that the theory of evolution doesn’t challenge my perspective or understanding of God. Firstly, because my relationship and idea of God are relaxed, due to my upbringing. Yes, I believe in a God, however like what Solomon said in the Books of Wisdom, one must know about the world to further understand themselves and the relationship with their God. From that, I believe that faith and reason go hand in hand. Therefore, being ignorant, cause you to have a misconception of the world and yourself. This also goes for Darwin’s theory of evolution, which has discredited the creation stories in Genesis. Primarily because Genesis is a collection of myths and folktales that seek to explain questions about the world that we do not have the answers for at this point in time.

Despite the wide range of evidence backing the theory of evolution, including fossil records and molecular evidence, there were and are many who deny that it is factual. Many of these dissenters find their basis in religion and see Darwin’s ideas as lies and blasphemy. They find it hard to reconcile their literal readings of the bible with the new scientific theory that supported the idea that humans evolved from apes, and were not created by an omnipotent God. Darwin’s theory also raised questions on the issue of the age of man and the Earth. Traditional church teachings said that man was created 6,000 years ago, but with Darwin’s theory of evolution, that was far too short a time period for humans to appear and evolve. Although the debate continues

"Religious opponents of evolution began cloaking religious beliefs in scientific sounding language and then mandating that schools teach the resulting 'creation science' or 'scientific creationism' as an alternative to evolution." (P. 21) For these religious opponents of evolution, trying to argue by using language as a mask for their religious beliefs is a smart tactic to try. However, religion often has no science to it. This leads to the question of why are these religious opponents trying to create arguments to mask their religious beliefs in scientific language and why are they so threatened by the teaching of evolution. Evolution teaches that organisms gained their functioning and complexity through a process of steps to get there. Most

Evolution is a wildly debated topic all over the world. There are many religions that believe that their god of choice is the one that created everything instead of evolution. In the Christian religion the belief is that God was the one that created all of the animals and people. "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky" (Genesis 1:20). This quote is taken from the bible and it talks about how God created all the creatures that exist on the Earth and later on in the bible it talks about how God created the first people as well. On the other side of the spectrum people that support evolution believes completely different things. "Evolution of new forms—what some

Genesis tells us a lot of about the natural world, human identity, relationships, and civilizations. As a Christian we believe the Bible is the word of God, and as such should take these teachings as our worldview. Genesis is very

We can't say Evolation just a theory. Moreover, we can not say that creation is only about Bible. Althougt evolution is a new theory, until the present day, people have shown differences in belief in creation. And because of this, the theory of evolution seems logical to them. We should not forget the theory of Creation though because in the world the population of believers to Islam, Christianity and Judaism are approximately 5 billion. Why did I talk about 3 religions? Because these 3 religions believe the same creation story and believe same gods, only discrepancy is each religion has a different ways to believe so creation and Evolation have many differences and similarities but most important topics are can we explain them with science

My perspective on evolution is that I am a christian. So it is difficult for me to try to grasp the concept or accept Darwin’s theory. I was hesitant to take this class because of my religious belief. Although, despite being uncomfortable I did not want to drop the class because I think learning about evolution is valuable. In all regards I respect science and the scientific methods. Therefore, I do not think that evolution is false, yet I am struggling to find a parallel between the book of Genesis and evolution. Overall, I want to respect people who believe in evolution and I do not want to be someone who tries to disprove any beliefs that any human being has. All in all I just want to be educated to become more human and understand evolution.

While the theory of evolution is very commonly accepted amongst most scholars and intellectuals, when the scientific facts used to 'support' it are closely examined, it becomes apparent that it is merely that: a theory. Inaccurate information, misguided philosophers, and in some cases, just plain ignorance, have all contributed to this 'scientific religion' that does nothing but lead people away from the true nature of our existence, the Genesis creation. The creation 'story' is much more than just a story, it is a scientifically provable fact, and one that should be treated as more than just a parable or story, as the Word of God is pure and the absolute truth.

Growing up in a predominately Christian state, evolution was always a taboo word. Many of my science teachers would not teach it or even mention it at all. It is interesting the way humans react to the scientific evidence that we evolve from animals. Many people do not realize that humans are animals just like a gorilla or a chimp. We always think of ourselves as higher beings. We have the higher intelligence and motor function. We are not animals. Yet this theory traces us back to our roots, back to the indisputable fact that we are in fact animals. Darwin’s beliefs also upset many people because of the Christian belief that we are created by God.