Few questions have the ability to polarize opinion as much as the debate on whether creation and evolution coexist. The passionate fervor with which people defend their views on the topic is, in a disturbing number of cases, inversely proportional to their level of knowledge on either one, or both, subjects. Creationists wave the Book of Genesis while evolutionists quote Darwin, both sides behaving as if the argument began and ended with the publication of those two sources.
At the heart of the matter is not whether the theory of evolution is incompatible with the biblical story of creation, but the very question of whether God exists. The whole debate is just a smokescreen. The truth is, both ideas are perfectly compatible with one another. Creation explains what God did and evolution is just the detail of how he did it. The hitch is, you have to believe in God to begin with to be able to reconcile the two arguments.
If atheists can convince us all that the existence of evolution discredits the story of creation, then it is a simple step to cast doubt on the existence of God Himself. Put evolution together with the Big Bang and there you have it. Who needs a Creator?
It is hard to comprehend what motives Creationists have in shooting down Darwin's theory of evolution as if he were the devil himself. If evolution means that two apes got married and one of them gave birth to Adam, then yes, this hard to swallow. Moreover, the concept of survival of the fittest is hard to reconcile with a humanist belief that we were put on Earth to help and support each other.
It is also hard to understand why Creationists tar all scientists with the same brush. Maybe if they stopped benefiting from scientific discoveries like electricity and medicine, they would have more credibility. Not all scientists are atheists!
It was more than 150 years ago when Charles Darwin wrote, 'On the Origin of Species'. So much new evidence has been uncovered that suggests that biological diversity is the product of millions of years of subtle changes induced by selective pressures imposed by changing environments. There is far more to the concept of evolution than man came from monkeys.
At the reductionist level, every cell contains DNA. DNA holds the code to the sequences of all the proteins in every living cell on earth. Proteins can either be enzymes, catalyzing biochemical reactions, structural proteins maintaining the integrity of the cell or DNA regulatory proteins, helping to determine which proteins get manufactured in which cell at which time.
Vitamin D, essential for human life, is manufactured by the body as a result of the sun's rays interacting with the skin. Too much Vitamin D, however, is harmful. To regulate this, the human body has 'learned' how to tan itself. A pigment called melanin is synthesized in skin cells to keep block out the sun's rays to control the amount of Vitamin D that is made. That is just one example of the intricacy and balance involved in maintaining life. Both sides should consider the evidence that supports the idea that creation and evolution coexist.
At the heart of the matter is not whether the theory of evolution is incompatible with the biblical story of creation, but the very question of whether God exists. The whole debate is just a smokescreen. The truth is, both ideas are perfectly compatible with one another. Creation explains what God did and evolution is just the detail of how he did it. The hitch is, you have to believe in God to begin with to be able to reconcile the two arguments.
If atheists can convince us all that the existence of evolution discredits the story of creation, then it is a simple step to cast doubt on the existence of God Himself. Put evolution together with the Big Bang and there you have it. Who needs a Creator?
It is hard to comprehend what motives Creationists have in shooting down Darwin's theory of evolution as if he were the devil himself. If evolution means that two apes got married and one of them gave birth to Adam, then yes, this hard to swallow. Moreover, the concept of survival of the fittest is hard to reconcile with a humanist belief that we were put on Earth to help and support each other.
It is also hard to understand why Creationists tar all scientists with the same brush. Maybe if they stopped benefiting from scientific discoveries like electricity and medicine, they would have more credibility. Not all scientists are atheists!
It was more than 150 years ago when Charles Darwin wrote, 'On the Origin of Species'. So much new evidence has been uncovered that suggests that biological diversity is the product of millions of years of subtle changes induced by selective pressures imposed by changing environments. There is far more to the concept of evolution than man came from monkeys.
At the reductionist level, every cell contains DNA. DNA holds the code to the sequences of all the proteins in every living cell on earth. Proteins can either be enzymes, catalyzing biochemical reactions, structural proteins maintaining the integrity of the cell or DNA regulatory proteins, helping to determine which proteins get manufactured in which cell at which time.
Vitamin D, essential for human life, is manufactured by the body as a result of the sun's rays interacting with the skin. Too much Vitamin D, however, is harmful. To regulate this, the human body has 'learned' how to tan itself. A pigment called melanin is synthesized in skin cells to keep block out the sun's rays to control the amount of Vitamin D that is made. That is just one example of the intricacy and balance involved in maintaining life. Both sides should consider the evidence that supports the idea that creation and evolution coexist.
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