Evolution Vs Creationism Essay Research Paper The

Evolution Vs. Creationism Essay, Research Paper

The Theories of Evolution and Creationism

Jacques Favreau

12-13-99

Global Studies

Period 8

1550 words

Jacques Favreau

12-13-1999

Period 8

The Theories of Creationism and Evolution

Part I

Creationism: the belief that life was created by a god.

Creationism is the belief that all life and matter on this planet was created by a god or supreme being. It states that a god is the creator of all, and that he (or she) created everything out of nothing. This is a strong belief of many, and seriously contradicts scientific thinking.

One can not mention creationism and not say something about the Bible s creation story. It takes place over seven days in which God creates the universe out of nothing. And the earth was without shape and void (genesis 1:1)

The breakdown of creation is as follows:

Day 1 God made light and separated it from the dark, making day and night.

Day 2 God created the water below and the sky above.

Day 3 God made earth and made plants grow on it in abundance.

Day 4 God created the moon, the sun, the stars and the planets.

Day 5 God made the birds of the sky and the creatures of the deep seas.

Day 6 God created the animals and the human beings of earth.

Day 7 God rested after work.

This explanation of creation is preached in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Ever since the idea of evolution came about, (see Part II) creation scientist, have been trying to prove their theory over evolution. They cite these major issues:

1. There are no transitional links and intermediate forms in either the fossil record or the modern world, which means, there is no actual evidence that evolution has occurred either in the past or the present.

2. Natural selection (the supposed evolution mechanism, along with mutations) is incapable of advancing an organism to a “higher-order.

3. Although evolutionists state that life resulted from non-life, matter resulted from nothing, and humans resulted from animals, each of these is an impossibility of science and the natural world.

4. The supposed hominids (creatures in-between ape and human that evolutionists believe used to exist) bones and skull record used by evolutionists often consists of `findsَ which are thoroughly unrevealing and inconsistent. They are neither clear nor conclusive even though evolutionists present them as if they were.

5. Nine of the twelve popularly supposed hominids are actually extinct apes/ monkeys and not part human at all.

6. The final three supposed hominids put forth by evolutionists are actually modern human beings and not part monkey/ ape at all. Therefore, all twelve of the supposed hominids can be explained as being either fully monkey/ ape or fully modern human but not as something in between.

7. The rock strata finds (layers of buried fossils) are better explained by a universal flood than by evolution.

Using these and other arguments, Creationists (those who believe in creationism) have fought for what they believe and so far have made some interesting impacts in the nation and around the world. For instance, recently in Kansas, the school board decreed that evolution was to be taken off the science curriculum. It was not to be taught. At all.

Part II

Evolution: The belief that all life evolved, or mutated into what it is today.

Charles Darwin started off the whole evolution revolution after studying creatures in the Galapagos Islands. He published his controversial book, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, which appeared in 1859. Darwin is hailed as the father of modern theories of evolution.

Common usage of the word “evolution” is the idea that living things in our world have come into being through unguided natural processes starting from a primeval soup of subatomic particles and radiation, over approximately 20 billion years.

The idea of evolution that was stated above can be infinitely explained using a combination of the following four studies:

1. Cosmology is the branch of astronomy that deals with the origin and formation of the general structure of the universe.

2. Abiogenesis refers to first life, which is the production of living things from inanimate matter.

3. Macro-evolution or general evolution refers the progression to more complex forms of life. The way of macro-evolution, including whether or not micro-evolution over a long enough time leads to macro-evolution, can be regarded as a “research topic.”

4. Micro-evolution or speciation refers to population and species change throughout time. There are many examples of speciation, if by the development of a new “species” we are referring to development of a new population of creatures which will not breed with the original population to produce viable offspring. Micro-evolution is a scientific fact which no one, including creationists, can dispute.

The accepted ways if explaining micro-evolution are “mutation” and “natural selection.”

Mutations are “mistakes” in the genetic material used for reproduction, which can occur for many reasons (example: as a result of exposure to radia

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