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Evolution Vs. Creation

Have you ever wondered about your origins or how the universe came to be? There

are various explanations for this, both religious and factual.  Some people say we will never

know.  My belief, however, is that the world came to be by way of evolution instead of a

higher being.  There are far too many contradictions in the religions of the world and too

many unexplained questions that lead to skeptical minds. Only one religion or non-religion

can hold the complete truth.

Possibly one of the most classic inquiries is "Where did the first organism come

from?" The general debate from religious peoples is that the universe was formed by a

creator.  He, she, it, or multiple figures were there before the first atom was made. Their

existence is not to be questioned.  Requests to God for a helping hand are called prayers

in the Catholic religion. Sometimes these wishes are granted. A woman dying of cancer

will suddenly be cured. Then come the long, detailed holy books such as the Bible and the

Koran. Catholics and Muslims would argue that their age (over thousands of years old)

makes them realistic. What about the supposed connections between priests and God?

Church-goers proclaim that the fierce energy behind gospel songs is from God himself.

Others have visions or dreams in which the spirit of this being comes to them, usually to give

advice.  Two alternate worlds exist in the Catholic religion- a Heaven and a Hell.  If you have

been a good person throughout your life, your death will be nothing to fear. Your spirit, an

invisible image of yourself, will detach from your body and be entered into a peaceful place

for the remainder of time. Many people believe that they can contact their deceased

ancestors.

           If you consider for just a moment how fictional creation is, then maybe you could look

at it in a different light.  How could a creature neither man nor animal, not made of flesh or

fur appear out of nowhere to create a universe? Every living thing has spawned from another,

and there are no proven accounts of immortality. These elements are used in science-fiction

stories.  Nobody has ever had the brain capacity, unique power, or skill to do the things

that religious figures have done. "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that

night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The

waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground with a wall of

water on their right and on their left." (Exodus 14:21-22) This is an example of inhuman

strength. How could it have been possible? There are no photographs of God, but in the

pictures depicting him we see the image of a man. The Bible could be the works of a very

creative mind.  Other worlds, compassion, morals, life lessons, governing, and comic-book

like characters - the perfect theme for a story...and the perfect theme for life.

Charles Darwin was the first man to put the theory of evolution into effect, although

the idea had been proposed before his birth. It was in the Galapagos Islands that he began

to understand what caused evolution. Each island had a slightly different species of bird,

each adapting to its environment. For example, there were 13 varying species of finches on

the islands, each with a different kind of beak. Darwin concluded that over time all species

are modified slightly for their survival. The individuals of a species that had a variation had

the advantage of staying alive long enough to reproduce. Their genes were passed onto

the next generation. Those genes became more popular, and thus the population evolved.

Darwin called this "descent with modification." I believe, therefore, that man has descended

from the gorilla and chimpanzee populations. Our skulls and our limbs are very much alike.

Besides sharing the same anatomic structure and thought patterns, we have many indentical

blood proteins and biochemical characteristics. The earliest apes arrived 25 million years

ago - derived from fossil evidence - giving them adequate time to be modified. Some of

the earliest humans, like the famous Lucy, resembled gorillas. Certain body parts such as

their teeth, however, had dulled down. This signifies less agression between the species

- a start to a bright society.  The question "Where did the first organisms come from?" can

be easily explained through a scientist's eyes. Around 10 to 20 billion years ago, a cosmic

explosion pushed matter in all different directions, creating the universe. (It used to be

concentrated into a small area.) Since the Big Bang, the universe has been continuing to

expand...proven by the red shift in nebulas. From then on, atoms grouped together to

form elements, and eventually uni-cellular organisms were formed.

All creatures are born, live their lives (no matter how short it may be), and then die.

Their bodies are returned to the soil, so that decomposers can form nutrients. One hundred

years later, you'll still find remnants of bodies six feet beneath the ground. So how can it

be that they've gone to Heaven or Hell? Your heart comes to a halt and you stop functioning.

Soon there is just darkness. There is nothing. There is no solid proof such as photographs of

the soul leaving the body at death. I believe that your soul is your brain and your unique

genes - they make you who you are, but not invincible. Prayers are merely hopes for

something better.  It would make sense that fifty percent of the time, if you pray for cures

or happiness, that they would happen.  If you prayed for a million dollars, (even though that

would be considered 'being greedy')  what are the chances you'd actually receive it? One in a

million. God is a crutch. People want to believe that there is something better for them out

there. The idea of death, of a blank world...of rotting- none of it is pleasant or

comprehensible. Wouldn't you much rather have this so called Heaven awaiting you? I

would, but I want the truth. You should be your conscience, rather then a being that might

not even exist. Strive to be successful and above all, be a good person. There don't need

to be set rules for this. 'Sinners' will have the same fate, but won't have golden hearts. People

pray to God, but they are actually consulting themselves. When they think that God has

acknowledged their wishes, they start moving towards them on their own, unknowingly.

This is the power of 'prayer'. Self-motivation. Where was God during the Holocaust, the

Depression, and 9/11? According to the Ten Commandents, "Thou shall not kill."  This is

a contradiction. If God had the power to make things right- to plan our futures- then He

would stop the suffering. All this world really needs is some harmony.

One of the strongest human emotions is fear. Could this have driven us to create

religions? We are so scared to die that we create alternate endings. Creation verses evolution

will always be an argued topic, merely because of this emotion.

Description
Evolution Vs. Creation

Have you ever wondered about your origins or how the universe came to be? There

are various explanations for this, both religious and factual.  Some people say we will never

know.  My belief, however, is that the world came to be by way of evolution instead of a

higher being.  There are far too many contradictions in the religions of the world and too

many unexplained questions that lead to skeptical minds. Only one religion or non-religion

can hold the complete truth.

Possibly one of the most classic inquiries is "Where did the first organism come

from?" The general debate from religious peoples is that the universe was formed by a

creator.  He, she, it, or multiple figures were there before the first atom was made. Their

existence is not to be questioned.  Requests to God for a helping hand are called prayers

in the Catholic religion. Sometimes these wishes are granted. A woman dying of cancer

will suddenly be cured. Then come the long, detailed holy books such as the Bible and the

Koran. Catholics and Muslims would argue that their age (over thousands of years old)

makes them realistic. What about the supposed connections between priests and God?

Church-goers proclaim that the fierce energy behind gospel songs is from God himself.

Others have visions or dreams in which the spirit of this being comes to them, usually to give

advice.  Two alternate worlds exist in the Catholic religion- a Heaven and a Hell.  If you have

been a good person throughout your life, your death will be nothing to fear. Your spirit, an

invisible image of yourself, will detach from your body and be entered into a peaceful place

for the remainder of time. Many people believe that they can contact their deceased

ancestors.

           If you consider for just a moment how fictional creation is, then maybe you could look

at it in a different light.  How could a creature neither man nor animal, not made of flesh or

fur appear out of nowhere to create a universe? Every living thing has spawned from another,

and there are no proven accounts of immortality. These elements are used in science-fiction

stories.  Nobody has ever had the brain capacity, unique power, or skill to do the things

that religious figures have done. "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that

night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The

waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground with a wall of

water on their right and on their left." (Exodus 14:21-22) This is an example of inhuman

strength. How could it have been possible? There are no photographs of God, but in the

pictures depicting him we see the image of a man. The Bible could be the works of a very

creative mind.  Other worlds, compassion, morals, life lessons, governing, and comic-book

like characters - the perfect theme for a story...and the perfect theme for life.

Charles Darwin was the first man to put the theory of evolution into effect, although

the idea had been proposed before his birth. It was in the Galapagos Islands that he began

to understand what caused evolution. Each island had a slightly different species of bird,

each adapting to its environment. For example, there were 13 varying species of finches on

the islands, each with a different kind of beak. Darwin concluded that over time all species

are modified slightly for their survival. The individuals of a species that had a variation had

the advantage of staying alive long enough to reproduce. Their genes were passed onto

the next generation. Those genes became more popular, and thus the population evolved.

Darwin called this "descent with modification." I believe, therefore, that man has descended

from the gorilla and chimpanzee populations. Our skulls and our limbs are very much alike.

Besides sharing the same anatomic structure and thought patterns, we have many indentical

blood proteins and biochemical characteristics. The earliest apes arrived 25 million years

ago - derived from fossil evidence - giving them adequate time to be modified. Some of

the earliest humans, like the famous Lucy, resembled gorillas. Certain body parts such as

their teeth, however, had dulled down. This signifies less agression between the species

- a start to a bright society.  The question "Where did the first organisms come from?" can

be easily explained through a scientist's eyes. Around 10 to 20 billion years ago, a cosmic

explosion pushed matter in all different directions, creating the universe. (It used to be

concentrated into a small area.) Since the Big Bang, the universe has been continuing to

expand...proven by the red shift in nebulas. From then on, atoms grouped together to

form elements, and eventually uni-cellular organisms were formed.

All creatures are born, live their lives (no matter how short it may be), and then die.

Their bodies are returned to the soil, so that decomposers can form nutrients. One hundred

years later, you'll still find remnants of bodies six feet beneath the ground. So how can it

be that they've gone to Heaven or Hell? Your heart comes to a halt and you stop functioning.

Soon there is just darkness. There is nothing. There is no solid proof such as photographs of

the soul leaving the body at death. I believe that your soul is your brain and your unique

genes - they make you who you are, but not invincible. Prayers are merely hopes for

something better.  It would make sense that fifty percent of the time, if you pray for cures

or happiness, that they would happen.  If you prayed for a million dollars, (even though that

would be considered 'being greedy')  what are the chances you'd actually receive it? One in a

million. God is a crutch. People want to believe that there is something better for them out

there. The idea of death, of a blank world...of rotting- none of it is pleasant or

comprehensible. Wouldn't you much rather have this so called Heaven awaiting you? I

would, but I want the truth. You should be your conscience, rather then a being that might

not even exist. Strive to be successful and above all, be a good person. There don't need

to be set rules for this. 'Sinners' will have the same fate, but won't have golden hearts. People

pray to God, but they are actually consulting themselves. When they think that God has

acknowledged their wishes, they start moving towards them on their own, unknowingly.

This is the power of 'prayer'. Self-motivation. Where was God during the Holocaust, the

Depression, and 9/11? According to the Ten Commandents, "Thou shall not kill."  This is

a contradiction. If God had the power to make things right- to plan our futures- then He

would stop the suffering. All this world really needs is some harmony.

One of the strongest human emotions is fear. Could this have driven us to create

religions? We are so scared to die that we create alternate endings. Creation verses evolution

will always be an argued topic, merely because of this emotion.