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Creationism Vs. Creationism : Theories Based On Personal Beliefs, Religious Values, And Scientific Information

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Throughout history, there has never been a more debatable question than that of evolution versus creationism. Human evolution always tends to cause a heated dispute in modern society. “These conflicts between Evolution and Creationism occur when evolutionists argue that creationism is not a scientific theory because it cannot be tested by the scientific method (Sarfati Ph.D., n.d.).” Science requires a hypothesis or theory be testable and reinforced by physical evidence, but religion requires one to believe in the Holy Bible without analysis or judgment. The Bible’s Old Testament was written around 1400 BC by the Israelites; thus, it can never be proved wrong because of its long-standing religious belief, that God created this …show more content…

Genesis continues to describe how God created the sun, moon, water, skies, plants, animals, and stars in six days and God saw that it was all good. From the Biblical standpoint, God spoke all that we see into this natural realm, this is confirmed in John chapter one, verse one, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Religious beliefs, such as creationism, cannot be tested or investigated but are based on a strict interpretation of the Bible and have to be accepted by faith. Genesis chapter two delves deeper into the creation of man. Moses gives accounts of the first man, Adam, and how he was formed from the dust of the earth. Adam was alone until Eve was created from the tissue taken from his side. "God created man in his own image," as stated in Genesis chapter one, verse 27. Thus, setting man in a class by himself, created in the image of God and placed in dominion over all other creatures (Gen 1:26). One learns that all animals were brought forth after their kind in Genesis chapter one verse 24, this limits any genetic changes in the same species. The current evolutionary theory cannot explain how new animals developed in the distant past. Has anyone seen a cat evolve from a dog? Only dogs create different species of dogs. This fact proves that bacteria cannot become anything other than bacteria. Evolution states that everything on earth evolved from bacteria. However, where is that proof? There

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