The controversy that is evolution. I shall start with the argument against evolution.

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Assignment – controversy that is evolution

I will be looking at the controversy that is evolution.  The one side being we have evolved from primate to Neanderthal man to homo sapien.  And the other from a religious creator point of view and the view of no proof of evolution.

I shall start with the argument against evolution.

The issue here is that faith is something which can not be proven that’s why it’s called faith because you have to believe, compared to that which has not been proven (theory) (1).  This articles argument is that until there is specific evidence and proof in some form of fossil or gradual progression and transition from one species to the next, evolution will remain an unproven, yet appealing, theory. 

Creationism in the Oxford English Dictionary (6) means ‘the belief that the universe and living creatures were created by God in accordance with the account given in the Old Testament.’

        Creationists will try and argue the case in favour of their belief when people comment on how the Earth is far older than 6000 years and therefore how could God have made it.  They infer that the natural processes back then were a lot different to how they are today, such as radioactive decay occurred far more rapid thousands of years ago than it does today, making the earth seem older than it really is. (2).  Whether or not decay did occur a lot faster back then is still to be discovered this is why theorist trying to prove evolution cant be sure about anything and nor can the creationists be sure about what happened.

        45% of Americans agreed with the statement: ‘God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10 000 years or so’ (3, page 499).  They believe and stand on what they believe so much that it creationist materials have been published not only in English but in 13 other languages (3, page 500).  They believe that the universe and earth was created 10,000 years ago, and that the earth was inundated by Noah’s flood and that all living things were created by God to reproduce after the kind, thus setting limits on evolution.  This article goes on (3, page 502) to talk about how Darwin didn’t publish in detail all facts in his origin of species (4) which he regarded as a mere abstract of his planned yet never completed Natural Selection (5).  Reasons for this are not known but makes you wonder why didn’t he complete it and creationists use this in their favour against the idea of evolution.

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The arguments here are good, until proof is given when someone makes a theory it is not fact and so therefore can not be relied upon no matter how many assumptions and theories are put together.  The bible has been translated more times and into more languages (more than 2,100 languages) than any other book, and it is the best selling book of all time, this fact makes it seem more than just a nice story and makes it easier to believe that it actually possiably true.  However questions may be asked from the opposing side about the religious background ...

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