Evolution vs. Creation
One of the biggest conflicts in this world is how the world began. It has been the cause of countless disputes among people and scientists alike. The two main candidates being The Theory of Evolution and Creation. Evolution is the more widely believed of the two but anyone can easily see why. It is because it is the only thing most people have been taught. Creation is seldom mentioned in public school textbooks and if so a possible paragraph at the most. The media all states it as if it were a fact though there is no real evidence to support it. Evolution is only a theory, based solely on assumptions and mere chance. It tries to use science and natural processes as an explanation for the world, instead of God. But the sad truth is, people will do just about anything to take God out of the picture. They think by explaining the existence of the world without Him, they won't have to accept He is real and submit to His rules. Without God, humans would be the dominant beings of the world. So what do people do? They rely on on Theory of Evolution for answers, despite the fact that there is no real evidence to back up what they believe. So if Evolution doesnt have the answers then what does?
Creation is the only reasonable explanation for the existence of the universe. Creation is that God created the universe in 6 days called the Genesis days. On the first day God created the heavens and the earth and the light and darkness. (Gen. 1:1-2; 1:3-5) On the second day He made the sky and the water. (Gen. 1:6-8) On the third day He made the land and all the plants. (Gen. 1:9-13) Then on the fourth day God made the sun, moon, and the stars to fill the sky. (Gen. 1:14-19) On the fifth day of Creation, God made the birds and the fish. ( Gen. 1:20-23) On the sixth day He made ALL the land animals and man and woman. This also includes dinosaurs. (Gen. 1:24 - 27; 2:7; 2:21-22) Then on seventh day God rested. (Gen 2:3) God also made the Earth at the apparent age, meaning all the light form the stars had already reached Earth, the plants were fully grown, and Adam and Eve were adults. A baby needs care form a parent but God gave all the animals instincts so they could take care of themselves. But Evolution is a whole different story...
The theory of Evolution says that the universe started with a big bang that just happened and that all of the living things in the world started out a single cell that evolved into all these amazingly complex things of this world. But even a single cell is so complex, with each tiny atom and molecules that make up the living organism.
One of the strongest evidences towards Creation is the age of the Earth. Evolutionists believe the earth is billions of years old yet the proof right here on earth proves it to be only about 10,000 years old. Volcanism, water formation, soil formation, meteoric dust, human population statistics, decay of the earths magnetic field, and the scarcity of helium support the age of the earth. If the earth was as old as evolutionists say then the earth would have a lot more volcanic rock and at the rate of water formation there would be so much water that there would be no dry land at all! Also, about 14 million tons of meteoric dust falls onto the earth from space every year, so if the earth is as old as evolutionists believe, then the earth should be buried in up to 100 miles it! Evolutions believe that the earth is so old because they think 'given enough time anything could happen', but that all relies on pure chance. (Bio Text Book)
One biggest conflicts with Evolution and Creation is the existence of dinosaurs. Evolutionists believe that dinosaurs lived long before humans were around, yet, the Bible tells us that God made all the land animals on day 6th day of creation with the humans. Some people believe that dinosaurs were never on Noah's ark during the Great Flood. But Noah could have easily taken young dinosaurs aboard the ark. Also, because things lived longer is why dinosaurs grew so large. Reptiles grow their entire life and if the conditions of the earth were different and made things live for a long time, then smaller dinosaurs could have been taken on the ark but could have died because of the new conditions after the Genesis Flood.
Most Evolutionists use bone structure as evidence to support the Theory of Evolution but does it really accurately support it? One thing wrong with bone similarity is that it is that people think Evolution is the only explanation for the similarities but it's not for people who believe in Creation. God made all living things with a similar structure when He made the earth and proof of that is shown though the similarities in animals. God gave all living creatures certain needs and gave them the bodies to meet them.
Evolutionists also use the DNA similarity in chimps and humans as proof for Evolution but it really isn't accurate proof at all. DNA contains its information in the sequence of four chemical compounds called nucleotides. The human DNA has at least 3,000,000,000 sequences of nucleotides. The amount of information in the 3 billion DNA nucleotide sequences in every human cell is about the same as 1,000 encyclopedia size books. Even a 4% difference still about a 120 encyclopedia size books, equal to about 12
million words. There is such a big difference between chimps and humans that evolution could have never made the changes. The similarities between chimps and humans only shows that God is the ONLY creator or the universe. If every living things were completely different then that would prove that there was more then one creator. (www.christiananswers.net/creation/home.html)
This world is very complex and intelligently designed by God. Feathers are a good example of God's intelligent ingenuity. In each feather, barbs extend from each side of the center shaft. Smaller barbules grow out of both sides of the barbs, and each of these have tiny, microscopic barbicels. These barbicels act as tiny hooks. Some birds can have over a million barbicels on one feather alone! These hooks then fit into the next feather's barbules, weaving it together. If the barbs are ever pulled apart, the bird hooks them back together by running its beak through the feathers! Evolution could never be the explanation for such an intelligent design. (Richards 106)
Cells and Atoms are so tiny yet so amazingly complex that Evolution can't even explain how one atom molecule could have evolved. Every living cell carries on functions just like humans and animals do. They have some sort of food source and have some sort of movement and can reproduce. Your body is all made up of countless numbers of these tiny cells. Look at your hands and at your fingerprints. No two humans have the same fingers prints, not ever and never will be! When you scratch yourself or get cut your DNA codes are used to create the same finger print again. Our bodies are so intelligently deigned that they could never have happened without a creator. No two people are exactly the same, not even twins! Animals are the
same way. Not even two zebras stripes are the same! Even bacteria are so complex that they could kill you. Just because something is small doesnt mean it isnt complex.
There are many things that evolutionists cant explain no matter how hard they try. One of them is mutualism, or symbiosis. Its when two living things cant survive without the other. Termites alone cant digest cellulose which is in wood, but they have tiny flagellates it their intestines that digest if for them. Flagellates can only live without free oxygen which is the conditions in the termites intestines. If the termites did not have the flagellates then they would die because they would not be able to digest their food. If the flagellates were left out it open air then they quickly die. Evolution cannot explain this relationship because the termite could not have existed before the flagellates and the flagellates could not have existed in the open air!
Such things as the laws of science cannot be explained by Evolution either because these laws cannot evolve. The Theory of Evolution actually contradicts science, rather than support it. The law of inertia states that things can only react if something is there to start it but the Big Bang just happened on its own. If there was nothing to start it, then how could a big bang just happen? Another law of science that evolution contradicts is the second law of thermodynamics, also know as the law of entropy. The law of entropy says that anything that is organized, with time becomes unorganized, yet evolutionist say we are advancing and are getting better. Peoples lives are getting shorter and we have had many horrible disasters happen in just the past year. The year 2004 has broken a lot of historical records with its many hurricanes and the disastrous tsunami and earthquake that struck Asia on December 26th. Though technology is advancing the earth is getting more chaotic. Our ordered universe could not have started with chaos because it would only lead to more chaos!
According to Evolution you have no future. When you die, you die and there is nothing after life. You are just a thing on this earth that was just an accident and you werent specially deigned or have a part of in Gods plan. If you believe in God you believe you will go to heaven one day and that He is always with you to help you and guide you. Many people dont believe in God because they dont want to accept His authority and that He is always right and has the answers. They think by explaining the existence of the world without God they can be the highest in the universe and wont have to follow the rules God made. But, has it ever been done? Has anyone accurately explained the existence the world without God? The answer is no! God is the reason for everything! Most things that evolutions use as ' proof' for Evolution only proves more-so that God is real.
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Richards, Lawrence. Its Couldnt Just Happen. USA: Word Inc, 1989.
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Devious Comments
Enough of my babbling. Not trying to sway you, just thought that a Christian who believes in evolution might through her thoughts in.
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HOWEVER. Its EXTREMELY well written! Wowzer!
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Wolves and dogs have the same number of chromosomes as well. They look and act similar, too. Wouldn't denying that people could have evolved from monkies also be like saying dogs couldn't have evolved from wolves?
I don't disbelieve that God created everything; but I don't ignore the idea that He could have started out simple and allowed his creation to grow and change over time.
1) I’ve always seen it as those who believe in Creation claim it is fact, with no evidence besides the bible, which is a fictional book. Can you explain how people who believe in Evolution state their opinions as fact more so than Creationists?
2) Where and when has the theory of Evolution been disproved? What is there prove in support of Creation?
3) How does Creation have answers to how the earth was created? As from what I've read, it simply says it was created. If a cook book just says that scramble eggs are to be created, no one would understand how exactly to cook scrambled eggs.
4) Actually, the big bang is simply a theory as to how the earth was created, just like the theory that God snapped his fingers and created such complex things in only 6 days.
5) If the earth is only 10,000 years old, how is it possible that the Grand Canyon exists? The Grand Canyon is made of hard rock. It would take a -long- time for such an enormous Canyon to be created from a mere trickle of water, don't you think?
6) "About 14 million tons of meteoric dust falls onto the earth from space every year so if the earth is as old as evolutionists believe then the earth could be buried in up to 100 miles it" How much of it actually gets through the atmosphere? Our atmosphere destroys many falling bodies before it even gets to stratosphere. And by falling bodies, I mean meteors. It doesn't sound like space dust stands a chance if hunks of rock can't even make it in.
7) Funny you should mention parasites. It's quite fortunate that our earth works the way it does. Like, how we breathe out carbon dioxide, and inhale oxygen, and trees take in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. Quite comfy! You could believe that God planned this out, or you could think that those animals/plants that didn't get assistance from each other perished, like we would if we didn't have trees.
8) “Peoples lives are getting shorter” XD *giggle* Are you kidding? In medieval times, maximum life expectancy was around 30 years. The only reason why people die early (to our standards, that is. We’re spoiled) is due to human flaws, often times. Car accidents, drugs, what have you. If healthy, people can live into their hundreds. How can you call that short?
9) “Though technology is advancing the earth is getting more chaotic.” Can you show me a graph that shows an constant increase of bad weather over the years? Because otherwise, with statement is invalid. Weather has its good years and it’s bad years.
10) It’s really not polite to stereotype people who don’t believe in God. =/ They just can’t see the logic in an invisible man in the sky, and that’s their choice. (In theory, if they don’t believe in him, they also don’t believe in his rules.)
11) If scientists are wrong, why are you using their theories to back yours?
As much as I believe in God, and the underlying message in the bible, I cannot take every word of it as the full, whole, and undeniable truth. The bible was a collection of stories from THOUSANDS of years ago. Wouldn’t it make sense that the stories were exaggerated over time?
Anyway, other than the (slightly obnoxious) use of exclamation points, you really made many excellent points. A lovely essay, nonetheless.
In a completely DIFFERENT verse it states that he created man.
In my opinion, God created complex animals and complex man, and over time wolves have bred into dogs of all different breeds, but monkies have NEVER been humans, and humans have NEVER been monkies. Cats are cats, monkies are monkies, dogs are dogs and humans are humans. The different breeds of dogs are like the different kinds of humans- black, aborigine, white, mexican... They all came from the same humans.
But that's my opinion- and I didn't write the paper
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1) Christians believe the Bible as the complete undeniable truth and word of God. It may record lies people said(e.g. the serpent in the garden of Eden) but it records them accurately. (will continue)
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When I saw the title, I thought this was going to be a rant by a evolutionist, but I was pleasantly surprised! O_O; And such a well written report as well. Wow... I'm shocked, in a good way! XDXD; I really admire you for posting this,... I agree with you one hundred percent, and you've said so many things I've wanted to say within this. Mind if I post a link to this entry in my journal? It's all right if you don't want me to, but it's too good to pass up. Just want to support it!
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