Who created Who?
Posted by SanSan , Wednesday, April 14, 2010 8:50 PM
Did God create us all or did the Bible create God?
It was about 150 years ago when Charles Darwin published his book “On the Origin of Species”, provoking an enormous dispute between science and church. He claimed all life forms we know today came into being by evolution and shared a common ancestor. His theory also included humankind, suggesting not god formed us but mere natural processes. Not all of Darwin’s contemporaries – including genuinely scientists – were ready for this step yet.
This was not the first time church had been confronted with new scientific theories, which contradicted the bible. In the early 17th century Galileo Galilee argued that not the earth but the sun was centre of the universe. The inquisition forced him to recant and put him under house arrest for the rest of his life. Nowadays we know that Galilee’s claims are true and even the church cannot deny this fact anymore.
Recently the Vatican admitted that Darwin’s theory about Man descending from apes is probably right. To maintain the institution’s popularity it seems necessary to “update” occasionally and find a way to “install” modern elements, so Christians do not loose faith when confronted with conflicting but convincing scientific evidence.
But not everyone follows this example. Worldwide Creationists can be found. They might not share the same religion but all of them are convinced that life was created by a supernatural power – in the case of Christianity: God designed the world, as we know it today.
The most scientists assume that our universe is over 13 billion years old and came into being through what we call “The Big Bang”. For the age of the earth they estimate about 4.5 billion years. A large group of Creationists, the “Young-Earth Creationists” insist that god formed both about 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
- Transitional Fossils
Darwin predicted that many fossils of transitional forms will be found, which show us how organisms evolved. Evolutionists have found such fossils but creationists doubt their authenticity and interpretation.
- The complexity of life and organs
Creationists do not believe that complex organs such as eyes or the brain could have evolved just by chance, as Evolutionists say. For them it is beyond question that a supernatural force must have designed them.
- Morals
On both sides the answers to the four great questions in life are essentially different. Creationists complain about a lack of moral in evolutionists.
Which camp provides the best evidence?
I think that no matter how much evidence there is for evolution, creationists will always have a rebuttal for every single point. As for fossils, you mention that they question their authenticity, but on what grounds? Perhaps they believe that god put them there to test our faith? What a joker that god is. Young-Earth creationists believe that the Earth is that age because of what the bible indicates, yet we estimate the Earth to be 4.5 million years. We did not come to this conclusion on a whim, because they can calculate the age of rocks, and no I wouldn't have a clue how but even if someone told me it would probably be too complicated for me to understand. That's why I'm not a geologist.
It is common for religious people to believe that the non-religious are immoral. They seem generally dumbfounded as to where we get our morality from. As we grow up, each of us learn our morality from our parents, our peers and from observing our environment. I don't see why the bible has to provide morality for all, because it certainly doesn't. There are some pretty OK commandments in the bible, such as we shall not murder or steal, but this one?
"You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me"
So really, that argument is completely unfounded.