Theories Of What The Bible Says About Creation Vs. Evolution

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.

“God is Dead” is what one College professor made is philosophy class write down on a piece of paper on the first day of his class in a public university. Most students did it for they were promised an “A” in the course, but if they did not write down the statement they were guaranteed an “F” in the class. A Christian student in the class, who strongly believed in God, argued against his professor telling him how God is not dead. This scenario was made into a popular movie called “God Not’s Dead” that came out in 2014. More situations like this are popping up all over colleges in America,which raises the question should educators be able to voice their personal opinions onto their students. College professors, especially in a public education system should not reflect their personal opinions onto the student population for any political, religious, and personal views..

There has been a lot of controversy about religion in public schools. The constitution states

One of the most well-known atheists evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins who ----- order to explain the existence of the universe and emergence of life on Earth. Today, many scientist firmly believe that the universe was created approximately when infinitely small and dense point known as singularity started expanding 14 billion years ago. Fine tuned expansion unleashed the beginning of the time and space itself. Our Earth formed some 4 or 5 billion years ago, and the first living single organisms appeared in water roughly 0.5-1.5 billions years after its existence.(35, Theism, Atheism,and Big Bang Cosmology). Over the millions of years they began to evolve from the single celled organism into ultimately the most advanced form of life, human through the process of natural selection. The term was popularized by Charles Darwin in 1859 to explain how animals change to adapt to the environment for survival. Richard Dawkins states in his book “The River From Eden”, “Genetic code is in fact literally identical in all animals, plants, and bacteria that have ever been looked at. All earthly living things are descended from a single ancestor. From a molecular point of, all animals are pretty close relatives of one another and even of plants” (12). Although scientists cannot scientifically explain how or why the “Big Bang” started, they successfully explain what happens after the “Big Bang” and how we all came to be.

word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by

Darwinism is a theory of biological evolution; put simply, it means that all living things originated from one common ancestor and the strongest survive while the weak eventually die off. For years this theory has been scientifically proven. There is solid evidence that humans today have similar features to Neanderthals, who have similar features to monkeys and gorillas. Thus proving, that humans descended from a different organism. As for plants and animals, there is evidence that many animals and plants evolve from animals and plants that are already extinct. For example, reptiles, such as lizards, birds, and crocodiles are all descendants of dinosaurs. Also, this proves Darwin’s idea that the weak eventually die off. Animals and plants today still show traits of animals and plants that existed millions of years ago because that species died off in order for the new species that exists now to be created. It is a scientific cycle where we, as organisms, slowly become stronger species as time goes on. This being said, it does not make any logical sense that there is some greater being who makes everything happen, when it is clear that everything is scientific and has a logical

     Most people view the theory of evolution as being a feasible explanation of how life became what is today. Evolution is a theory that the various organisms are descended from others that lived in earlier times and that the differences are due to inherited changes that occurred over many generations. It must be realized that evolution is a theory and cannot be considered a fact. Even though it’s roots are from Greek anatomists, the theory of evolution came to light in 1859 when Charles Darwin published his book The Origin of Species, which dealt with natural selection. Since then, scientists have been continually searching for proof for the theory through research and experimentation. Some of the topics that

Nearly three quarters of Americans surveyed claim to be Christians. The Christian faith is based on the Bible which states that God created everything in six literal days. Evolutionary theory and the Biblical account of creation are opposing and I want to share some scientific evidence as well as Biblical examples supporting creation.

Imagine a world much like this one whereas mostly everything looks the exact same. Everyone is still happy, maybe even happier than they are in today’s civilization. Birds are still chirping, kids are still playing, and cars are still obnoxiously loud. Same old world with one minor difference: scientific discoveries have been dwindled down to little to none. This is the cause of society as a whole accepting creationism and allowing it to grow and overcome current science and scientists. Without the necessary drive, people would not want to expand our scientific knowledge and they would not discover fascinating new things that the universe has to offer. With creationists claiming that the world was created by a higher being and there is no need to leave, space exploration, for example, would come to a halt. With science on its current track,

When it comes to religion, parents interfere with school activities. “More than 2000 parents complain that alternative theories to evolutions were not being presented in public schools science” (“fighting over Darwin, state by state”). Parents complain to schools when their kids get school academic with religion. For this reasons, religion was burnt out of public school. Because parents complain, religion is no longer a lesson in public school. In “January 2005 a federal judge ruled that the stickers were unconstitutional because they had the effect of endorsing religious viewpoints” (“fighting over Darwin, state by state”).if parents complain, then schools have no control. Despite of the parent’s situation, religion should be allowed in public

In the paper, “Darwinism versus Creationism”, the author, Akudo Ejelonu, attempts to provide an overview of this controversial topic. Adopting a tone of objectivity and balance, Ejelonu begins her piece with the statement that “there is a difference between Darwinism and Creationism” -- the former concerned with science and the latter centered in “belief”. However, by the conclusion of the opening paragraph, her argument appears slanted in favor of the Creationist point of view:

I firmly believe in one God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I was born and baptized a catholic. My father was a very religious man; he took me to church with him every Sunday morning and brought me to religion classes every Wednesday. However, my father passed away when I was nine years old. I was so blessed to grow up with such incredible parents. My father always made sure that my two younger brothers and I had love, discipline, faith, and strong values & morals in our life. However, after my father died, my mother did not provide us with the strong faith that my dad always had. My mother grew up in a home that never spoke of religion, so once my dad died we stopped attending church. Therefore, I feel like my beliefs and values on religion have changed throughout the past couple of years.

Laws- (Scientific Law)- a theory that has been tested and is consistent with generations of data

Darwin has many evolutionary theories. Scientists both believers and non-believers alike have researched and determined these theories to be false or impossible to improve. Scientist have argued amongst one another that complex organs could not have been created by tiny organisms in an evolutionary creation (Grudem, 136). Molecular biology has determined that no “being” could have transitioned from “simple organisms” (Grudem, 136). Suddenly over time random mixing chemicals could not have created life as evolutionists would like us to believe (Grudem, 136). Cross breeding another theory of evolution has been researched to discover that this could not have happened because of the “limited range of genetic variation” (Grudem, 136).

It is hard to understand that us as Catholics believe that man was made in one simple step when in reality we are changing every day. With this new information it makes me understand my beliefs better because it is science and even common sense can't explain us being made of dust, even by God.