Evolution or Creationism? Which do you believe, and why?
I'm not going to share my opinion on this infamous matter, but was wondering what all the people on CC thought about this. Please keep this clean! Debate!!!
Have you done any outlining yet? Clock's a-tickin'!!
God created monkeys. Aliens changed their DNA with some of theirs, so the monkeys evolved into humans.
As a Christian, I don't see the two as mutually exclusive. I believe God created the world. He's God. If He wants to do it in 6 days, 6 milliseconds or 6 trillion years, it's really irrelevant.
I don't believe humans evolved from a lower life form, but I have no problem believing that the universe has been in existence for billions of years
Oh, you're just getting us to do your homework for you? Cheater.
I agree with evolution.
I have no problem if other people want to believe in creationism, intellegent design, or the flying spaghetti monster - as long as they don't try to teach it in science class.
I believe in evolution (and gravity if we are going on record) -and God! Go figure. They are not mutually exclusive unless one is a fundamentalist.
An excellent piece from the paper just today. What he said!
Original Post by ndmama:
(and gravity if we are going on record)
pshh - gravity is just a theory. I believe in intellegent pushing.
Original Post by pavlovcat:I don't believe humans evolved from a lower life form
What makes one life form 'lower' than another?
Original Post by amethystgirl:
I agree with evolution.
I have no problem if other people want to believe in creationism, intellegent design, or the flying spaghetti monster - as long as they don't try to teach it in science class.
What she said!
Please keep RELIGIOUS teachings out of SCIENCE classes. People say Evolution is just a theory and creationism is a theory too, well, that's what science IS, a bunch of theories.... backed up with scientific research and data. When there's some SCIENTIFIC evidence that supports creationism, then maybe they can consider teaching it in science class.
Oh-in response to what makes a life form lower-
Must....gasp.... resist ..... snarky ..gasp ..reply..
Original Post by floggingsully:
Original Post by pavlovcat:I don't believe humans evolved from a lower life form
What makes one life form 'lower' than another?
Ooooh, I don't know, an amoeba? A three-toed sloth? A tufted titmouse? Jerry Springer? Take your pick.
What I'm saying is I believe God created us as a distinct separate species. But if I get to heaven someday and find out I'm wrong on that, I won't be crushed.
Edit: I believe we have a soul and animals don't. Maybe that will answer your question.
Original Post by pavlovcat:
As a Christian, I don't see the two as mutually exclusive. I believe God created the world. He's God. If He wants to do it in 6 days, 6 milliseconds or 6 trillion years, it's really irrelevant.
I don't believe humans evolved from a lower life form, but I have no problem believing that the universe has been in existence for billions of years
I'm pretty much like this ^
I'd like to add though, that I don't believe we evolved from fish or monkeys or anything...but I have no problem with the fact that at one time we were hairier, shorter, had different shaped heads, etc and therefore might have looked more similar to that species than we do now.
Evolution doesn't say that we evolved from monkeys or fish either - but that we share common ancestors.
I know, amethyst. I was just using the other side of the spectrum as an example. Some people do in fact believe that we evolved from monkeys. Maybe it was a bad example.
I was pretty sure you knew... :)
I think in general, people who agree with evolution don't think we evolved from (present day) monkeys - it's the people who argue against evolution that make that statement. So I wanted to clarify.
edited to make clearer
I think timothyk should give us his views. After all, it's his thread.
C'mon, timmy! Let-er rip!
Original Post by pavlovcat:
Original Post by floggingsully:What makes one life form 'lower' than another?
Ooooh, I don't know, an amoeba? A three-toed sloth? A tufted titmouse? Jerry Springer? Take your pick.
What exactly am I picking? I asked what made one life form 'lower' than another and you just listed a bunch of animals.
Which life form is 'lower' a thre-toed sloth or a tufted titmouse?
Keep reading, flog. Get down to that soul part.
Original Post by floggingsully:
What makes one life form 'lower' than another?
I think it's intelligence. That's just me, though. We are the most intelligent life form. Therefore, we win
I don't know that I agree we are the most intelligent life form... we seem to have a knack for doing things that are completely contrary to our own kind's survival.
Other animals communicate, use tools, manipulate their environment, etc.
Heck, for all we know, three-toed sloths are great philosophizers - we just aren't smart enough to understand them.
Original Post by pavlovcat:
Keep reading, flog. Get down to that soul part.
So the only distinction is soul vs no-soul?
the term 'lower' implies some sort of continuum or ranking, not just a division into too groups.
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