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User:PhilipN/Essay:Questions to evolutionists (view source)
Revision as of 13:56, January 30, 2012
, 13:56, January 30, 2012→Question 5: How is Evolution more scientific than Creation ?
==Question 5: How is Evolution more scientific than Creation ?==
==Question 5: How is Evolution more scientific than Creation ?==
How isn't it a question of faith ?
How isn't it a question of faith?
:Evolution was formalized by careful study of natural evidence, and not widely accepted as a valid theory until large amounts of supporting data were found, and the theory was altered and fleshed out, a process still continuing today. There is no part of the evolutionary theory that is not subject to question or debate, as long as the evidence for an argument can be presented. This is the scientific process, and the theory of evolution is one of humanity's crowning achievements in the sciences. There is no such thing as "evolutionary dogma."
Creationism uses as its primary source of information the vaguely worded and most likely metaphorical creation story in Genesis. Creationism explains nothing about how life developed, only that it was put here by means that could never be tested or verified. Central to creationist belief is the historical truth of the Genesis account, but since there exists no evidence that could prove or disprove a supernatural source of the first life on Earth, it is a position one must take on faith alone.
In other words, Evolution is a properly vetted scientific theory which can be tested, and Creationism is a religious position that does not attempt to explain specific evidence of the Earth's age or of the provenance of animals, relying instead on faith in the Genesis account.[[User:RachelW|RachelW]] 08:56, 30 January 2012 (EST)
==Question 6: Is evolution a science ?==
==Question 6: Is evolution a science ?==