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Creationism: True Or False?

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There has long been a debate between the ideas of Evolution and ID/Creationism. Ever since Darwin published his book, Origin of Species, there has been a debate on which answers the beginnings of our world and how it was created. Those that are evolutionists believe that the species developed from one single organism and spread into many over a long period of time through natural selection. Those that are Creationists believe that God created the world and was the designer, while Intelligent Design believers believe that there was a designer, but it wasn’t God. However are they really debating about how life create so many different species or are they debating a bigger controversy and question? This controversy can be thought of as a proxy …show more content…

In the powerpoint there was a quote that said, “We have come to the crucial stage in the history of biology when religion itself is subject to the explanations of the natural sciences. If this interpretation is correct, the final decisive edge enjoyed by scientific materialism will come from the capacity to explain traditional religion, its chief competitor, as a wholly material phenomenon” (Powerpoint: Slide 26). This quote from E.O. Wilson shows that if theology were to be proven wrong in the creationism vs evolution proxy war then it is unlikely to survive. This is such a big philosophical question that people are afraid to find the answers for, but also are wanting to know the answer. Many Darwinists are fighting to show the evidence for Evolution and natural selection but are failing to see how serious they are turning it to be. No longer are biologists allowed to speak up about the misconceptions of “evidence” for natural selection and common descent. Darwinists and creationists are holding on tight to their ideals and beliefs, whether it is a belief in naturalistic causation or supernaturalistic …show more content…

I definitely thought before I took this class that they were the same thing. I thought that intelligent design was also about believing God was the designer of the earth and everything in it. However, since then I have found that I am not correct in this notion. I think that Darwinists throw the idea and concept of intelligent design out the window in order to completely ignore the idea that there could be another scientific concept of how species came to be today. Darwinists are afraid to face the controversy head on in fear of what could actually happen if Evolution was proven wrong. the same can be said for Creationists. Many creationists tend to ignore the idea of evolution all together because of fear that evolution could be the truth. Instead, both sides are ignorant of each other because they don’t want to see the detrimental effects of this proxy

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Philip Kitcher in “Abusing science: The case against creationism” argues about how creationists have motives in which they want to show that the theory of evolution are just lies. They will pick on every theory they find and claim them as untestable. The author states that creationist use tautology objection, which means that whatever the evolution theory is it cannot be tested and is classified as not real science. The author hen states that creationist do not thoroughly understand what their objections borrowed from evolutionist really mean. All they do is get whatever information makes sense to them and turn it around to a point in which will justify their point of view against evolutionist.

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“Intelligent Design Creationism” was the term used after “creation science” was no longer used. The Intelligent Design Creationism Movement, or the IDC movement, was anti-evolution, which included young earth, old earth, and progressive creationism. However, theistic evolution was not included. The first time the Intelligent Design Creationism movement was put on trial was the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case in

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In the article “Evolution as Fact and Theory” Stephen Jay Gould who is one of the leading theorists in evolution argues that the debate between evolutionists and creationists is pointless since creationists’ arguments lack support and evidence. Gould writes that creationists’ main argument is that evolution is only a theory. However, Gould states that it is not only a theory but also a fact. He suggests that humans evolved from apelike— whether or not is happened by Darwin’s mechanism. What Gould is saying is that there is more than enough evidence to support the theory of evolution and the question that scientists are trying to answer is how exactly all living organisms are linked.

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To every story there are at least two sides; for any considered conclusion a fact must have a contradiction. Moreover, arguments follow in tow. Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, displays the significance to Creationism and Darwinism in tandem. For either side to appropriately stay considered they must correlate with opposition.

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I will show the similarities and differences in their studies. I will also discuss which realm of science these two theories might fall under. Lastly, I will show the side on how this was proven . According to the dictionary Intelligent Design it is a theory that life or the universe cannot have arisen by chance and was designed and created by some intelligent entity.

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Religion or science? For years people have been debating which of the two contrasting views should be taught and accepted in schools. But why not both? In the play Inherit the Wind, written by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence, Bertram Cates is arrested and put on trial for teaching his students the theory of evolution. Cate 's lawyer, Drummond fails to prove him innocent during the course of the trial, but does manage to educate people in the court about how evolution and creationism can go hand in hand.

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