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Abstract
Darwin and his theory of evolution is a scientific, evidence-laden theory, yet creationists deem it to be false. This essay presents a few of the creationist’s theories and presents supportable alternate theories for the evolutionary theory. Darwin himself asked ‘what about God? ...
Contents page
The Bible
Genesis
Planetary Science
Moon dust
Shrinking Sun
The Earth’s Surface
Earths Magnetic Field
Life on earth
Fossil Record
Darwin’s Dilemma: What About God? ... With Darwin’s publishing of The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859 the creationist theory was challenged. ... Creationists offer many evidences against the theory of evolution and these include topics under the Bible, planetary science, the earth’s surface and life on earth. ... This essay will offer the creationist’s point of view on the above topics and then refute the evidences of the creationist theory, so as to support Darwin’s scientific Theory of Evolution.
The Bible
Genesis
The bible, in specific, Genesis I and II are the basis for the creationist’s argument they use theses pieces of contradictory evidence as the basis for their scientific research. Genesis I outlines the creation of all life including the earth by a superior being, which is known as God. ... In the first verse, Genesis 1:1, it is written that "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth". ...
Several verses later in Genesis 1:5 it is quoted “And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. ...
Verses 11 and 12 states: “ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. ... Scientifically this has been found to be untrue because for the first three billion years of earth’s existence, all life were entirely aquatic and lived in the sea. ...
Genesis 1:14,15,16,17,18,19 asserts ”And God said, let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. ... And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also…. to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. ... It is known that rather than the stars being created several “days” after the earth he stars, like the earth’s sun, were created millions of years before the earth was formed. ... The moon didnt exist for about a billion years after the earth had already formed. ...
Genesis 1:21, “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. ...
Genesis 1:25 “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. ...
1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them“.
Approximate Word count = 3154
Approximate Pages = 12.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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