When will humans be equipped with the necessary knowledge to settle the creation evolution argument?

Answer 1

The Evolution Viewpoint:

Basically, that argument was settled somewhere between 150 and 100 years ago. From that time on, we had enough understanding of the processes of life, of reproductive variation and inheritance, to state with reasonable confidence that modern lifeforms emerged from earlier forms, that they share common ancestors in a pattern of nested hierarchies, that one of the primary mechanisms driving this change is natural selection, and that the biblical creation myth is just that: a myth.

Of course not all humans are equipped with this understanding; many, through their own choice or through chance, are never sufficiently acquainted with the principles and facts involved to see for themselves why evolutionary theory is now as much proven as any scientific theory ever will be. But mankind as a whole now knows where it came from, and that's the thing.

And never will these two view points be the same. One is science and one is religion. Galileo was imprisoned for his view point that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe. All his writings were taken from him and he was not permitted to communicate again. That is how religion wants to handle what doesn't fit their beliefs. They will not see any other view point.

Science does know now and will not need to wait until the "end of times" called the Big Rip by science.

Biblical Viewpoint :

The controversy will be settled when Jesus Christ returns to earth to establish His Kingdom here. When the surviving remnants of the nations of the earth's nations that come out of the prophesied Great Tribulation [Matt.24:21-22] SEE HIM standing on the earth [verses 30-31 & Zech.14:4]... then:

"IN THAT DAY the LORD will make Himself known to the Egyptians... For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and He will listen to their pleas and heal them... The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will worship the same God. And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them. For the LORD Almighty will say, 'Blessed be Egypt, My people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, My special possession!'" (Isa.19:21-25 NLT New Living Translation)

When all men SEE Christ in person approaching earth with His angelic army, all of their foolish arguments [the evolution/creation controversy, included] will dissolve into "belief," "understanding"... and DREAD... when the god of this world, Satan, the god of deception and lies, is removed from influencing the nations and from blinding the spirits of men.

"...there will be deep mourning among ALL THE NATIONS of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man arrive on the clouds of heaven with Power and Great Glory." (Matt. 24:30 NLT)

And it won't happen a moment before.

Additional Comments:

Ironically, it seems the more science discovers, especially in genetics/DNA the more it becomes apparent that a 'grand design' from a Creator or Lawmaker is at work. The conclusions from mitochondrial DNA (female part) or mtDNA limits the descent of mankind to between 135,000 and less than 100,000 years. Our best dating method used for organic material is Carbon-14 dating which is limited to maximum accuracies of up to 25,000 - 30,000 years with older dating more guesswork than science. Quite a damper to millions of years for us to evolve - slowly changing via the 'fittest' within species (note: the human infant is the most vulnerable and least fit to survive). Indeed, astronomy, geology, Archaeology and many more disciplines are supporting the words of the Scripture. Time will tell, however, and the thing to remember is that it is the interpretations of Scripture by various people - bettern known as religion - that has been misleading and even wrong in the past. The biblical teachings, letting the Scripture interpret itself as revealed to mankind, has not.

Answer 2

The information and knowledge is already out there but is viewed differently by different schools of thought. The two most widely-known views are the tradition of Creation, and the theory of the Big Bang followed by Evolution. 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.)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

For scientists, there is no longer an argument. They believe they have the knowledge they need to demonstrate conclusively that life evolved on earth. They now leave it up to creationists and others to have whatever futile arguments they wish. To continue with a supposed argument is pointless in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence of evolution.