Why is there the debate of creationism vs evolution?

Answer 1

Humans seem to be made that way. We often debate the way a Baseball should be thrown or that someone wrote in an article that the way to hold a gun when shooting is THIS way not THAT way.

Creationism is a religious belief. It says that all life began all at once just a few thousand years ago and has not changed.

Evolution say no to that view point. Life is billions of years old and that things changed slowly over time and organisms adapt to survive in those changing environments.

These two will never agree and creationism should be seen in a religious light.

Answer 2

People want to know how they got here and what the resultant implications are. According to the theory of the Big Bang followed by evolution, the Universe (and this Earth) resulted from random events stemming from natural laws, and life then developed by random processes, especially mutations.

The narrative of Divine Creation, which is contained in Genesis ch.1 and 2, states that God created the universe. This teaches us that God exists, that our lives and the world are not random, and that the created things may be assumed to contain vast wisdom in their beautiful and purposeful design. (In recent decades, this wisdom has indeed been partially revealed, through increasingly powerful microscopes.)There are Creationists and religious people who espouse a belief in God-guided Evolution. Other Creationists, given the difficulties in Evolutionary theory, hold that this is unnecessary and that a recent and more direct Creation is the truth.

Evolution through random mutations, on the other hand, may be understood as implying that life is an accident, that perceived beauty and wisdom are ultimately purposeless, and that our instinctive yearning for the Eternal is just an electrical impulse in our brain.

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Is there evidence against Evolution

Answer 3

There is actually very little discussion outside the resources of creationists. Certainly, few scientists are concerned with whether some believe in some form of special creation and are generally disinterested in debated with them.

On the other hand, creationists need an ongoing debate, in order to create the appearance that evolution is not a settled fact. By writing books and articles, creationists hope to convince a proportion of the general public that there is something to creationism after all, and that perhaps evolution is not yet a proven concept. Richard Dawkins, as a Professor for Public Understanding of Science (now emeritus), believes it is his proper role to explain science against the creationist argument, and has therefore entered the debate.

Answer 4

The debate between creationism and evolution stems from differing beliefs about the origin of life. Creationism posits that life was created by a divine being, while evolution maintains that life has evolved over time through natural processes. This debate has been fueled by conflicting religious and scientific perspectives.