[ARCHIVED] - Creation vs. Evolution

[Darwinian]

The point I was originally making was this.

If you believe that there is a god who created all life on Earth, surely it would be reasonable to accept that evolution itself was and is the method that he chose.

Also, just because evolution is a theory does not mean that it not a fact. The word theory is simply a scientific term describing a set of statements or principles used to describe a group of facts or observations. So while it is accurate to call evolution a theory it is also a proven fact that is supported by countless experiments, observations and predictions. And since the discovery and the ability to map genetics it is now beyond contestation.

There is a lot of misunderstanding about evolution. The first is normally that the process is somehow working its way towards an ultimate goal and as time goes by life gets more and more 'advanced' ultimately leading towards its finest creation, humanity. Well, a quick look at at the local bars and pubs at closing time will quickly tell you that nothing could be further from the truth.

The truth is that it simply favours those organisms who are best suited to pass their genetic code onto the next generation who then inherit this code and pass it on to their offspring, and so on. Now, this may sound very cold and impersonal and it may well be far more comforting to believe that a benevolent god has designed everything for a reason, but no matter how hard we try and how much we may want to believe there is simply not one ounce of evidence to support this theory.

Darwin himself was a deeply religious man when he first started his study of life but could not escape the fact that the explanation for the origin of life as dictated by genesis and the observations and conclusions that he drew from the world around him could not be reconciled.

This isn't to say that there isn't a god (we'll argue that one later) but instead to conclude that whoever wrote Genesis either simply got it very wrong or did not mean for it to be taken as literal truth.