The Theories On Creating The World: Evolution And Creation

A widely debated topic among people is the question of how Earth came to be. Creationists and scientist have debated this topic for years and brought forth several pieces of evidence to prove their theories. Creationist claim the Earth was created in seven days by an almighty God, while scientist believed the different forms of life grew and further developed and diversified as time went on. However, the Creationist have a stronger case than the evolutionists. There seem to be more flaws in the evidence of the Evolution theory. For example, assuming numbers in Darwin’s evolution theory, radio metric dating, and several more. Although both points of view are reasonable, the creationists have supported their opinions forcefully with lots of evidence. Many may say that if the creation theory had more proof, the Evolution scientist would change their mind. However, Dr. Jason Lisle states in his article “The Ultimate Proof of Creation”, “the Bible tells us that people already have enough evidence of the God of creation”. Dr. Lisle continued to say that in Romans 1:19-20 it says, “because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.  . . so that they are without excuse,”(NIV 2020). God provides enough evidence for us to understand His creation process.

Evolution is the belief that life came from nonlife which over several years led to the creatures that roam the Earth today. More specifically, it is a process of organisms developing and changing to form the living creatures roaming the Earth today. This theory began in 1859 when Darwin, an important scientist who paved the way for the evolution theory, published his book “On the Origin of Species”. Darwin explained this as a process in which organisms develop over time and develop traits or body parts to help them better adapt to their environment. One of Darwin’s biggest issues is that never specifically defined natural selection, but based off his argument and that of other biologists' it has been understood that evolution by natural selection have several basic requirements including the following: “there must be variation among the traits of the individuals of a reproducing population, his variation must be heritable to some degree, and this heritable variation must have an effect on the differential ability of individuals to survive and reproduce in order for differential reproduction to occur.” (Evan 2014). Due to this it is said that the more offspring conceived the more fitted and is to live. This is also called differential reproduction. One example of evolution is the popular belief that humans developed from chimps.

The first person who tried to prove this was Thomas Henry, a colleague of Darwin. He used well-reasoned evolutionary thinking to draw conclusions and publish his book “Evidence as to Mans Place in Nature”. He was certain that humans were very similar to chimps and apes and that one of them was our “sister species” although he was not sure which one. Scientist today claim that humans and monkey shared an ancestor that lived 5-11 million years ago, but then each developed into their own species. However, there is lots of evidence that proves Henry’s conclusions wrong. One example is the jaw structure between a chimp and a human. A chimp's jaw is pushed further out than a human. Many other structure differences have been found that discredit Henry’s point. Overall, the evidence on evolution has been discredited by the existing facts scientist have been discovering yet evolutionist chose to ignore. An important point in the Evolution theory is the use of radiometric dating. Radiometric dating is the method of inferring how long-ago rocks and fossils were formed. Scientist use this method to conclude that Earth is about 4.2 billion years old. Although many people believe this statement, understanding how this process works make create more doubt due to many assumptions made by scientists. This process is performed by counting the percentage of carbon-14 in the material being dated and comparing it to the percentage of carbon-14 in its ecosystem and comparing the daughter and parent isotopes. Measuring this ratio will lead scientist to discover the age of the material being studied. When taking rock samples, geologists simply assume that all daughter atoms were produced by the decay of the parent. However, this is where problems arise. The scientists are making educated guesses with these numbers but are not 100% certain. Without proof, these numbers cannot be considered reliable. In addition, when all these rocks were formed no people were present. Due to this, the rocks cannot be tested to see whether the original rock already contained daughter isotopes along with parent radioisotopes. Furthermore, geologists assume there was no contamination. These rocks and fossils have been laying outside for years and were prone to gaining or loosing isotopes due to water from rain or lava from volcanic eruptions. This will influence the outcome of the dating process. Finally, geologists are unsure of a constant decay rate. Radioactive decay rates of parent radioisotopes have been studied in laboratories for years and have been found to be relatively consistent. Scientist have added extreme temperature, pressure and electric fields to try speed up or slow down the rate, but all methods have been unsuccessful in changing it significantly. This led geologists to believe these rates have been consistent for billions of years. In the article, “Radiometric Dating: Problems With the Assumptions” Dr. Andrew A. Snelling states, “this is an enormous extrapolation of seven orders of magnitude back through immense spans of unobserved time without any concrete proof that such an extrapolation is credible.” Regardless of this, scientist continue to claim the rates have always been constant and will continue to be. -conclusion, Radiometric dating is an evidence evolutionist use to defend their theory, however it has several flaws which cause it to be inaccurate.

It is often said and believed that because scientist have proven evolution, it must be true. People also say that Christians are not rational people because they do not believe the science of evolution. However, from the information stated earlier it is clear that there are many missing pieces in their theory. It is evident to all people that the world around us changes. However, Evolution is not simply the belief that the world is changing, but that life came from nonlife and developed into human being with complex body and mind systems. This does not make sense and cannot be proven through observational science. Through observational science the facts proven should be able to be tested, repeated and observed with all five senses. The idea that man came from a molecule is unfathomable and there is no evidence to prove it. Scientist have proven that overtime organisms do not gain genetic information, but instead they lose it. This same scientific study proves that life does not develop from a non-living creature. To add to this, it has also been proven that there is no known process in which genetic information can be added to the genetic code of another animal. For example, there is no way for an animal to change from a reptile to a bird without evolving and developing new genetic information. To summarize, science is unable to support and prove how our Earth was created.

Although science is not a reliable source as to how things are today, the bible is. It is clear to people that organisms on earth are very similar. All organisms are made of similar chemicals, genetic code and similar body and cell structures. Evolutionists believe these common points are received from common ancestors billion years ago, but there are too many missing pieces in this theory for it to be credible. However, the Bible will provide stronger support for these similarities. All organisms have similar traits, because they have a similar designer, God. He placed animals and humans to coexist on the planet under the same rules and conditions. It is reasonable to understand that there may be similarities between these organisms. One example is the repetitive swirl design in galaxies, plants and snail shells. This implies that there is a creator that wants beauty among his designs. All the different organisms like mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and so many more all have intricate designs that were outlined by a powerful creator. The Bible is a good source of information and provides information on the world we see around us. In conclusion, the Bible is a good theory of how our Earth was created and how it evolved into what it is today.

The argument between evolutionist and creationists will continue for years to come. Evolutionists continue to research their theory and supply more evidence and filling the holes in their theory. However, creationists are realizing the faults in Darwin’s theory, radiometric dating, and the theory that life comes from non-life. All these flaws discredit the science supporting evolution. Due to the information provided by both theories, it is clear the world had an almighty, all-powerful, and all-knowing ruler who created us in perfect detail as explained in the Creation theory.