What are your views on Evolution?

I'm a firm believer in evolution. On a smaller scale, evolution can be witnessed in cellular life. Evidence exists for the evolution of other species. I personally performed a study on the evolution of the modern day horse, and there are interesting (and somewhat obvious) transitions from one age to the next. I'm not trying to change the beliefs of "Creationists" or the thinly veiled "intelligent design" supporters, but this is what makes sense to me. I'm not changing my beliefs, and I won't do the same things to anyone else.

evolution makes sense. you just have to look at dog breeds, and how they are different for different parts of the world, or different uses, where those that have certain characteristics have been bred together, to make those features more dominant. so it makes perfect sense that wild animals with features that equip them better to survive will reach breeding age, breed, and pass on those features. so yes, I have no problem whatsoever in beleiving in evolution.

Evolution makes good sense to me. I think there is sufficient scientific evidence to support it. There are tons of layers of fossils to prove how the species have changed over eons.

I believe in evolution. But, I do not feel that conflicts with a belief in God. In fact there are very few phenomenon in the world that support the concept of God more strongly. Most Evolutionist theory attempts to explain the world solely in mechanistic Physics terms. The problem is that one of the core concepts of Physics is the law of entropy - all systems are not perfect and produce waste and break down overtime. If the universe solely ran on the laws of physics then we would expect to see nothing but a slow degradation. Life shows that, that is not the case. Over time life tends to organize into more and more complicated formations. It builds up while the "laws" of Physics would indicate the system of life should be breaking down. Something is pushing life upward, into ever higher formations. I call that thing God.

I have received education on evolution from high school. I partly agree with the evolutionary theory. Darwin's biological evolution theory is based on his experiments for years. I do believe it is logical. Personally, theory is just a theory waiting for more verified by history or reality. I believe in science which consists of all sorts of theories. Believe it or not is not a big problem for us. On the other hand, I am not a frim supporter of either sides concerning evolution and creation. Perhaps both of them are partly right.It is early for us to drow a certain conclusion.

My beliefs are sort of mixed. I do believe that god created life, but only in the form of single celled organisms. He gave them the ability to evolve into new and greater things. I am a firm believer in the evolution theory, but it is yet unable to scientifically explain where the very first sign of life came from.

no problem here since to the Lord a day is as a thousand years what difference does it make if creation took seven days or seven thousand years he is still behind it ! -One day is like 1,000 years, (2Pet.3:8. But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. )

If there is a God and he were to do ANYTHING concerning the Earth or Universe, it would have to have some type of mathematical equation to it. Everything that happens from your movements to the way plants grow, to the heat of the sun itself have some type of equation and mathematical principle behind them. Even if scientists are unaware of them at the present time. Gravity itself is a good example. Gravity has a set equation to govern it. Yet if an apple is falling and you stick your hand out to catch it, then you have interfered with it hitting the ground. You have not changed the law of gravity though. All you have done is introduced a new variable into it. Anything God could have or did do, would also logically have a mathmatical equation behind it. The truth is no one knows the ultimate driving force behind the creation of the world. God could have instigated the "Big Bang", but there is no way of knowing, since life was not around before it. So if you want to believe God created life, then do so. If you don't want to believe, you can do that as well. Science is too young to know the answers to everything. Science can also never prove nor disprove the existance of God since any physical act that happens in our Universe would have some type of principle behind it

I am like in the middle!! I don't believe that God created everything in 6 days or something to that effect, but I don't think that all this started from nothing too. There had to be some cause, something that was an exception to the normal way things were going on then, and that caused everything including evolution!! I believe that cause came from that thing we call God!!

Since you made up your mind to support evolution, I guess I met a monkey out of you. Don't be offended since you support it. I don't support that theory of evolution, it's not proven by Charles Darwin!

I'm extremely nuetral about evolution. I don't think god or some all powerful being just made us up, but at the same time it's very very hard for me to believe that the earth is billions of years old. I'm not really sure what I believe when it come to evolution and the prehistoric history of the world :/

I do not believe in evolution. A human skeleton has been discovered side by side with a skeleton of dinosaur at the same crust level. How do you explain that? many other proofs have been found which clearly indicates intelligent humans were there even before the apes. Moreover still the missing link has not been found, which Darwin said would be found one day. If you really want to know the flaws of Darwin's theory of evolution, see 'Msterious Origins of man - forbidden archeology". It can be found on youtube. These facts have been presented by scientists, not me. So have a look at it.

Hi there. I am a Christian and I have been quite facsinated by the subject of Evolution vs Creation. My beliefs tell me that the world was Created...and I am more than happy to accept that. But I have read various books on the topic and amd leaning further and further away from Evolution as the beginning of the universe. The first thing I need to do is state is that there are two types of Evolution: Micro-Evolution (the evolving or mutating of creature within a species) Macro-evolution (the evolving or mutating of creatures from one species to another) I have no issues with micro-evolution...it is survival of the fittest, something that I view as part of God's plan. I cannot deny that this is happening, scientists can prove this. One thing I'm not sure you're aware of is that scientists cannot prove (as in they do not have the solid evidence) to state Evolution as the beginning of the universe as any more than a theory. In my research I have read various books by once-athesists & respected scientists who find that they cannot fully accept Evolution as the beginning of the universe. There is a lot more I could say, but I'll leave it here for now. One thing I have found a bit odd is that despspite all the flaws and doubts surrounding Evolution that people will teach it to our children as truth when in fact it is no more than a theory. www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i1/creation.asp - an online article regarding Creation. It is a Christian-based site but still an interesting read.

I thought that this whole brouhaha has been settled many many years ago. As far as I know, there is no conflict. Evolution is a science which can be substantiated by facts, theories, laws and research. It is something that is verifiable using scienfitic methods and procedures. What evolution tries to answer is the HOW of creation. It tries to go through a rigorous reconstruction of the past events which were instrumental in making us who we are right now. It tries to discover the elements which brought us into the state where we are right now. As such, it does not say anything about WHY are we created. Religion testimonies of Genesis for instance does not tell of a science. It is a myth which tries to unravel the mystery of being created. It is concerned about the truth of our existence. We cannot take Genesis as a scientific account of the beginning of creation, as if a certain person was watching how the world was created. Religious testimony of creation does not explore HOW the world was created, BUT WHY it was in the very first place. The two are in different planes. They won't even intersect. Say that because God loves us that he created this world for us does not exactly nullify that, in order to show that love and create the world, there was first a BIG BANG which started the whole point of evolution. Seven days of creation in the Bible does not impinge into the scientific fact that it took nearly 4 billion years for the first man to be jumpstarted, since our world started to orbit our middle-aged sun. Religious testimonies should not be confused with the findings of science. That be tragic, if not way too medieval.

I'm a Darwinist and Agnostic. I believe in survival of the fittest and that one force or higher power created a life and said, "Okay, life, my work is done, take it from here". Evolution makes a lot more sense than religion does. We had to come from something, we had to develop somehow and we all had to go through a process, and we have all had to fight for survival. Anyone who says that they do not have to fight to survive is kidding themselves. Think about those sperm that had to fight to get to that egg. Think about your development in your mother's womb, that was a process. Then think about your journey throught the birth canal, you had to fight to get out. The birthing process is Darwinism at work. Everything has Darwinism written all over it. Now, we did not directly come from apes (people always make mistakes on this theory), we branched out from apes. There were millions of other apes and ape species prior to ourselves and they all came from other apes. Again, we branched out. The only reason we are still here is because we are humans and we kill. We had to eliminate other apes similar to ourselves in order to be the dominate ape species left. We are the most dangerous of them all folks, and I am sorry to those who do not embrass or admit that they are human because you are only hurting yourselves by not coming to terms with it. Denial can be just as bad as the truth. People are animals, we are. We have to kill to survive, even though we would rather not think about that, we have to fight everyday to stay alive, even though we do not like to think about that either, and we have to co-exist with other animals in order to feed ourselves, again, another thing that we hate thinking about. Religion likes to deny what we are, but we are who we are, animals. Do animals excrete liquids and feces? They do and so do people. Do animals eat? Yes, so do people. Do animals have to live with other animals? Yes, they have to in order to live, people have to as well if they really want to live. Many of the things that animals do, people do those things as well.

I am a Christian, and I am not a Creationist. I believe in evolution, however, I am a creationist. I am a creationist as in the sense that God is the source of life, but I am not Creationist because I don't believe that God brings the universe into existence in 6X24 hour duration. The evolution as a scientific 'theory' or rather paradigm has been around for 150 years and there is no other paradigm that can dislodge that. Of course I should mention that there has been some kind of 'refinement' made wrt to evolution as a 'theory'.