The_Butcher
08-15-05, 10:28 AM
I ran a search to see if this topic was created before, and it seems it wasn't. Like the topic name says, do you think we Evolved, are were we created? Before you post your opinions here is some information I got from a website that I found.
"The media delight in talking about the warfare between evolution and creation science. However, there are not just two conflicting belief systems concerning the origin of plants, animals, humans, the rest of the world and the rest of the universe. There are literally hundreds of theories which can be grouped into four categories:
Creation science:
This is a group of about a dozen different belief system which form some of the approximately 500 religious belief systems described below. They are very popular among conservative Christians. They can be divided into two different groups: New Earth creationists believe that the earth, its life forms, and the rest of the universe were created by God, less than 10,000 years ago. Only very minor changes within various species have happened since creation; no new species have evolved or been created. This belief system is mainly promoted by Christians who believe that God inspired the authors of the Hebrew Scriptures (a.k.a. Old Testament) to write inerrant text.
Old Earth creationists believe that geology and, radiometric dating has shown that the world is billions of years old. However, they believe that God created the earth and the rest of the universe.
Hundreds of other religious views:
According David Barrett et al, editors of the "World Christian Encyclopedia" there are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many thousands of smaller ones. Among these various faith groups, we are guessing that there are probably at least 500 different creation stories to draw from -- all different.
Naturalistic evolution:
The origin of the universe occurred about 14 billion years ago. The earth coalesced about 4.5 billion years ago. Life subsequently began, probably as bacteria deep in rocks, and has been evolving ever since. The process of evolution has been driven by purely natural forces, without input from a God or a Goddess or multiple deities. Many people have associated this belief system with strong Atheism. Certainly, some scientists who support naturalistic evolution do not believe in the existence of a supreme being or beings. But others believe both in evolution and in one or more Gods and/or Goddesses who do not intrude on the outcome of natural forces. Some of the latter are Deists who believe that God created the universe, started it in motion, left the universe, and allowed natural processes to originate life and drive evolution.
Theistic evolution:
Evolution happened just as supporters of naturalistic evolution believe, but it was a tool created, used, and/or controlled by God."
I myself, fall into the category "Theistic Evolution." My reason for this is because I believe their is a GOD out their, but I also believe evolution. I think GOD created us trough evolution. Although, I don't think he controlled it. I think he just let it unfold as it should, just like the rest of the universe. I've posted this on all 14 forums I've visited and one thing I've learned is that people can become vulgar, please do not do so. Another thing I've learned is that people tend to go off subject such as the very first origin of the universe, I think that is ok. I've heard very good opinions on all sides of the argument. One person I know, used the bleeding example. That is a very simple but convincing argument, but I've heard very intelligent counters.
-TheButcher
"The media delight in talking about the warfare between evolution and creation science. However, there are not just two conflicting belief systems concerning the origin of plants, animals, humans, the rest of the world and the rest of the universe. There are literally hundreds of theories which can be grouped into four categories:
Creation science:
This is a group of about a dozen different belief system which form some of the approximately 500 religious belief systems described below. They are very popular among conservative Christians. They can be divided into two different groups: New Earth creationists believe that the earth, its life forms, and the rest of the universe were created by God, less than 10,000 years ago. Only very minor changes within various species have happened since creation; no new species have evolved or been created. This belief system is mainly promoted by Christians who believe that God inspired the authors of the Hebrew Scriptures (a.k.a. Old Testament) to write inerrant text.
Old Earth creationists believe that geology and, radiometric dating has shown that the world is billions of years old. However, they believe that God created the earth and the rest of the universe.
Hundreds of other religious views:
According David Barrett et al, editors of the "World Christian Encyclopedia" there are 19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many thousands of smaller ones. Among these various faith groups, we are guessing that there are probably at least 500 different creation stories to draw from -- all different.
Naturalistic evolution:
The origin of the universe occurred about 14 billion years ago. The earth coalesced about 4.5 billion years ago. Life subsequently began, probably as bacteria deep in rocks, and has been evolving ever since. The process of evolution has been driven by purely natural forces, without input from a God or a Goddess or multiple deities. Many people have associated this belief system with strong Atheism. Certainly, some scientists who support naturalistic evolution do not believe in the existence of a supreme being or beings. But others believe both in evolution and in one or more Gods and/or Goddesses who do not intrude on the outcome of natural forces. Some of the latter are Deists who believe that God created the universe, started it in motion, left the universe, and allowed natural processes to originate life and drive evolution.
Theistic evolution:
Evolution happened just as supporters of naturalistic evolution believe, but it was a tool created, used, and/or controlled by God."
I myself, fall into the category "Theistic Evolution." My reason for this is because I believe their is a GOD out their, but I also believe evolution. I think GOD created us trough evolution. Although, I don't think he controlled it. I think he just let it unfold as it should, just like the rest of the universe. I've posted this on all 14 forums I've visited and one thing I've learned is that people can become vulgar, please do not do so. Another thing I've learned is that people tend to go off subject such as the very first origin of the universe, I think that is ok. I've heard very good opinions on all sides of the argument. One person I know, used the bleeding example. That is a very simple but convincing argument, but I've heard very intelligent counters.
-TheButcher