The creation v evolution discussion has been going on since the days of Darwin. Secular scientists claim that the proof is irrefutable, and that Christians hold old to the creation explanation in denial. Christians claim that their source of truth trumps all, and that an evolutionary view is as much a spiritual as a scientific view. Before going further, just what does each side believe?
Creationists believe that the world was created by the Lord in six days, as is written in the book of Genesis. Many of the people who subscribe to this believe see no further need for proof. It is written in the Bible, and for them that settles it. Evolution, they claim, is faulty.
Evolutionists believe that man has evolved over time to become what he is today. This advancement occurs by survival of the fittest, a proverbial "weeding out" of traits that don't adapt well to the environment. Evolutionists proof rests in a combination of scientific evidence and theory. Some evolutionists claim that the Biblical account is just a metaphor, and some discount the Bible entirely.
It's important to note that not every scientist or Christian falls in the same place on this issue. There are strict atheist evolutionists who think the idea of a creator is ridiculous. There are evolutionists who are agnostic. There are Christian evolutionists, and there are Christian scientists and non-Christian scientists who do not support the theory of evolution.
This is a very sensitive subject in the scientific and spiritual communities. There are individuals who have very clear stances; many of them are very passionate in their expression. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find purely objective writings on this topic because of its nature.
Even great scholars do not always agree. The debate is likely to continue for a long time among spiritual and scientific circles. - 31521
Creationists believe that the world was created by the Lord in six days, as is written in the book of Genesis. Many of the people who subscribe to this believe see no further need for proof. It is written in the Bible, and for them that settles it. Evolution, they claim, is faulty.
Evolutionists believe that man has evolved over time to become what he is today. This advancement occurs by survival of the fittest, a proverbial "weeding out" of traits that don't adapt well to the environment. Evolutionists proof rests in a combination of scientific evidence and theory. Some evolutionists claim that the Biblical account is just a metaphor, and some discount the Bible entirely.
It's important to note that not every scientist or Christian falls in the same place on this issue. There are strict atheist evolutionists who think the idea of a creator is ridiculous. There are evolutionists who are agnostic. There are Christian evolutionists, and there are Christian scientists and non-Christian scientists who do not support the theory of evolution.
This is a very sensitive subject in the scientific and spiritual communities. There are individuals who have very clear stances; many of them are very passionate in their expression. It is difficult, if not impossible, to find purely objective writings on this topic because of its nature.
Even great scholars do not always agree. The debate is likely to continue for a long time among spiritual and scientific circles. - 31521
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The fact that the so-called creation against evolution argument is still raging speaks volumes about our current society.
