Creationism VS Evolution

pastorkayte, Dear heart, you are being sucked in. Please don't allow this to happen to your sweet spirit. I don't know what I believe in. If Evolution was how we were created, then Creator had to Create "something". How in the world can one point be actually proved over the other? It is akin to Heaven and Hell. How can we prove they exist? How can we prove that when someone transitions they "go to a better place". Would it not be wonderful if all of life was that simplistic? The older I get the more blurry these issues become; but at the same time, the more alright it is that these issues are blurry. I believe in Creator/Creatress, God/Goddess, The Universal Law of Cause and Effect, The Great Spirit I am Nothing and I am Everything and that is where I believe that I came from. Your sister in Love and Peace~Donna

Creation is more believable than evolution.If we will believe in evolution then after all these years monkeys are gone and evolved as man.If you try to contradict creation for the sake of argument,what will be your stand; the big bang theory,evolution or what.With creation everything is in order,all other theories will crumble scientifically,historically or by mere common sense.Before man has proven that the earth is round,the bible is saying that the earth is round long before Magellan has proven that the earth is round through his voyages.

My thoughts are how can something come from nothing which is what evolution states. You can't make a cake from nothing. Also a cake won't make it's self. Only a creator can take nothing and make something. A cook has to be involved in order to have a cake. Everything is too complex for life to have evolved. The evolutionest interpets science onw way and the creationest interpets science another way. They are both looking at the same thing but interpet what they see different.

My problem with creationism is that every religion and society on Earth has had their own creation stories. So why does the Christian one get mentioned while the rest of them don't? I don't believe that the Earth and mankind and everything was created by the Christian God. I do, however, believe it was created by divine beings. :) As for evolution, it has been proven that humans and animals evolve and change. We can easily see the evolution of humanity over time if we look at archaeological finds. However, that doesn't exactly prove that all creatures came from one life form... just that individual species types evolve from one form to another in order to adjust to the demands of finding food, escaping predators, dealing with climate changes, etc. Evolution to that extent is pretty hard to ignore. So I suppose you could say I believe in both creation and evolution, though not in "creationism" if that only includes the Christian creation story.

I am always so amazed that people out there are still struggling with this question. Its all because people who follow christian religions want to be absolved of free thought. They take the bible at (their interpritation of) face value, and thats it, end of discussion. Well, if you want to talk about how religions view creationism, you CANT go on just what christians beleive. There are more religions out there, you know. Native Americans believed that the entire world grew out of the shell of a giant turtle. They belived this LONG before jesus christ was even born. Religion is the easy answer. Its the answer that dosent require aditional thought or criticism. My bible says "insert any thing here" so thats the way it is, and i dont need to challenge my brain any more about this. End of story. Religious types make me laugh... but they also get very tiring after a while.

There's only one thing about creationism that I don't really find very clear. Let's say all this thing about making Eve out of Adam's rib is correct because God is omnipotent and he can do what ever he likes (I mean it in a positive way)and I am ok with him wanting their total devotion and obedience and sanding them away from Heaven. But there's another technical fact that I don't get. Adam and Eve were the first people and the only people God created and they had 3 sons Kain, Abel and the third one whose name I always forget.Anyway, so if A&E were the only people and then their children too where do the other people come from? I mean who did Kain and Abel had children with to populate the Earth? Even in Bible Kain and Abel go to the villages and live among other people but what I want to know is who created the other people if God created only Adam and Even and they created only their 3 sons? I am not starting an argument I would just like to get an explanations from the person who as I can see knows a lot about Bible and these things. Anyway that's one of the flaw I think this theory has. About the other theory, I was watching a documentary where they said that according to the human DNA it's possible (I actually don't remember if they said it was possible or that it was the fact) that all the people come from 7 different mothers. I don't know if I explained it well but what I want to say is that today all the people in the world can be divided in 7 groups by DNA any each group has 1 of those 7 prehistoric mothers. I don't think that theory of evolution doesn't have flaws, it does but I find easier to believe in something that doesn't include miracles (if we don't consider the evolution a miracle) that the one it does. I am an realistic person although I must say I'd prefer not to be one because faith keeps all of us going and I would prefer to believe that in this world full of violence, killings, wars, personal interests and breaking of the 10 commandments God could decide that this is all wrong and make it right again as it was according to the first theory. I hope

I just went to a 3 day seminar by Kyle Butts who talks about creation vs evolution. It was absolutely fantastic and perhaps you could get some of his info from the internet. The things I heard were very enlightening and I really think you would enjoy it. It is just as hard for me to understand how someone wouldn't believe as it is, I guess, for someone to understand why I do. To me it is just so obvious and I am not a closed minded person. God Bless You.

i beleive in creation.as to why i beleive the facts are clear in bible.

That's a rather broad question. What exactly are you trying to accomplish with the paper? Is it just informative, or is it being written to prove a point? What opinions are you looking for? Are you looking for people's general thoughts on the entire matter of creationism vs. evolution, or is there something specific you wanted to know? My general mindset for the entire situation is this: creationism is a religious based belief which was created to try and explain the 'why' of life's existence. Evolution does not deal with how life began, thus many see creationism (or intelligent design) as a viable option because it does explain how life began. What's more, those that typically believe Creationism are usually religious, and find a religious explanation for complex ideas preferable to the scientific explanation. Evolution is a natural process which has been witnessed first hand by scientists, and the theory involving evolution, while still flawed and growing, is a viable way of describing the evolutionary process. I don't question that evolution occurs: genetic changes in bacteria, bugs, and many other living organisms are proof enough that it occurs. However, at the same time, I don't forget that the theory of evolution isn't perfect, and that we may have a few wrong ideas about the history of the process, or the process itself. These flaws don't discredit evolution in any way - they merely complicate our understanding of it, while in the mean time keeping us grounded on the fact that we may not be 100% correct when it comes to our understanding of evolution. That said - I don't believe certain forms of Intelligent Design (Creation is a sub-category of ID) and evolution are mutually exclusive. We can't say there is no God which set the universe into action and eventually created life, because this is an assertion that is neither provable nor disprovable. We can't test or observe to see if an intelligent being "superior" to us exists, nor can we test or observe to disprove it - so the entire position on the possibility of ID should be a firm "maybe".

Evolution is what Darwin assumed, no clear proof about gap. Afer man what evolution has done on earth.from small things how big things can be made. it needs only common sense.

I believe in creation because that is what God said. I believe God because the Bible says that God cannot lie. I believe the Bible because it is alive. It is relevant and always addressing my personal situations. It has never been contradicted. I have had many experiences with God and He is always faithful to provide what He says He will. I hope this helps.