Are We a Result of Direct Creation or Evolution??

We are created by a Supreme being (God). Is it by accident that there is perfect coordination between our 2 eyes? How come all the parts of each eye- the retina, lens, cornea, iris, pupil, muscle of eyesight? Who designed the eye to operate like a camera. Speaking of the retina alone, the innermost layer is made up of 30 million rods and 3 million cones all connected by nerve fibres to the brain- and amazingly the retina which is composed of 9 layers is not even thicker than a sheet of paper? By man's ingenuity, gadgets of all kinds including "almost human computers" have been invented. Man has landed the moon and returned with amazing accuracy; temperature has been successfully simulated; certain parts of the body have been incredibly duplicated. Yet with all the know- how scientific expertise, man cannot create life. Do you realize that a small speck of protoplasm, tinier than a pinpoint which cannot be perceived by the human eye called the gene can reproduce the peculiar physical characteristics of your parents and fashion you to look like them! A scientist once said that if all the genes in the earth were gathered, a thimble could hold all of them. How can these infinisimal genes which are determining factors to all human, animal and vegetable characteristics contain all the ancestral traits? What about the uniqueness of man's intelligence? Is this created by a non-intelligent matter or by a more intelligent Supreme Being? In all the universe- none possess a mind; none is more intelligent than man. Man alone has reasoning power. He can think, unlike an animal who survives only by instincts. Among the various parts of the universe and the infinite details in all parts of our physical world point of the existence of a Creator (Supreme being), How for example, did it happen that the sun has just the correct distance from the earth to sustain human life. Did it then just happen by chance that earth and man are so perfectly matched? Again how come the speed of the rotating earth is just perfect for the survival of human life? Have you ever wondered how it happened that the size of the moon and its distance from the earth just right? more astounding, the gravitational pull is accurate in its timing. Consider too the planets around the sun. They always orderly and follow exact paths that scientist are able to predict accurately the position of any planet in a given time. There are other scientific evidences showing the delicate balance in the universe that points to one Supreme being, the Creator.

I think that you just misunderstand the one thing---disbelieving a theory can not make it untrue. If this theory is right, then it is just right. If it is wrong, then a disproof would be enough destroy it. Even everyone can say it wrong, it would still be true. The controversial can stand so long because it violates the basic concept of Bible or God-Create everything theory. I am not going to offend anyone's belief. But it just should not be mixed together. Science is science. Religion is Religion. You can trace the development of creation. That is totally based on the bible not science. If this is truly tested theory, it should be established on convinced science model to support its truth. Of course, it did not based on it. It can't even be used to explain why primates have 99% gene similarity as human, if human is indeed made by some one. Of course, evolution made be not true. But it does not mean creation is right. This is not a 2 choices 1 question. This is a open discussion. You could disbelief revolution but it does not mean you believe creation.

There are a lot of people on that list you posted that don't have a background in biology (for example, a few mathematicians). Some of them never even consented to being on there. As said by someone else, that's a list composed by the Discovery Institute, which is not a very credible group. As for what I think, I think the evidence points to evolution. We have more than just fossil evidence - we also have genetic evidence and observed speciation. That's a lot more physical evidence than what we have for creationism.

This is the $64,000 question in my opinion you can't disprove that an underlining intelligence didn't put us here, and you can't prove it either. Some scientists have came to the conclusion that there is a underling intelligence in our environment so, I guess this is their way of saying a creator had a hand in this. I feel there was some kind of intelligence being(s) that put us here into existence. I hope that one day we will learn the truth of our being here in this vast unknown universe.

I believe there is intelligent design in play that brought life to Earth. I am not religious, but I do believe in God and Christ. However, I don't believe the stories of Adam and Eve as they are written as literal truth. I believe there is a difference between biblical truth and literal truth. For instance, the bible says not to suffer a witch to live... but that doesn't mean we go about killing witches like they did in the Salem witch hunts. They took the bible literal, I think and killed so many innocent people. Thus, I don't believe that woman was formed from the rib of man. I do believe in the big bang, and I do believe in evolution and I also believe that God used it to serve His purpose, and continues to use it to serve His purpose. A million years from now we might be extinct, and some other life form will rise above us.

I don't care! Please let me explain what I mean by that. 1) I think there is too much focus put on a "debate" where proof can not be determined either way. Not only that this topic most often has become a science versus religious debate and the two things can have incompatible regions where good arguments are fruitless because the dialogue is about two completely different things. It is an interesting topic but in my mind better kept to a purely religious perspective or purely scientific agenda. Mixing the two sets it up for poor discussion and unfriendly arguments. This is my opinion. 2) I believe with all my heart that God is the creator. How he did that makes little difference to me. If he designed each thing, animal, plant and person uniquely or through some stuff into his designed mixture and watched it develop has little interest for me if the reason for study concerns a proof of existence of God. I am content in my beliefs and confident in the fact that God can create something from nothing which no man can ever do.

There is no doubt among creditable scientists that work in the field of the biological sciences that we, the human species, are the end product of the evolutionary process. Your list of scientists is the product of The Discovery Institute, an orginazation that has a long record of confusing theology with science. Both the fossil record and the story written in the genome confirm that we are the result of evolution. The arguments for a creator are theological in nature. No matter how you dress them up they still have no support in physical reality. As you state all are entitled to their own opinion but for any opinion to have weight it must have the support of confirming evidence or it has little or no value.

I beleive in evolution. when people think evolution can't have made us, they're underestimating nature. nature is a wonderful and miraculous thing.

Evolution as said earlier cannot be proven, its a theory and will remain so unless proved with stern facts. Its not necessary to believe in evolution just because you are a scientist, some don't and that link of your did show some proof. Science can definitely used to improve our living and help mankind, but cannot actually solve problems. If we see a house, even if its in a forest, wouldn't we think that it definitely is built by someone? similarly when we see the creation so beautiful and organized we would wonder who actually created it. We are placed perfectly in the solar system, had we been a little closer, we would all fry, had we been a little further, we would all freeze, the rotations and revolutions of the earth which result in seasons and temperature indicates a higher organized thinking, not a random by chance all perfect situation just for us!

God is behind it all. Scientists think they know too much but they are not wise, they just learned a lot but they can't usually think for their selves aside from Eistein and amazingly that was a guy that was both genious and spiritual. Scientists only sees the results, they can't even begin with the causes. And skeptics are cowards. It takes a lot of courage to believe, that's why there are so many that just refuse to.

I believe the answer to this is both..Certianly God had a hand in setting up evolution and keeping it going..in my opinion.

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