Creationism: True Or False?

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

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

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