Darwin's Birthday Renews Evolution Debate
Pete Schaff
Issue date: 3/24/09 Section: News
In brief, the story of Genesis states that God created the earth in six days, including both "male and female" humans in His image, and gave them dominion over the living things He created, and commanded them to "be fruitful and multiply."
God fashioned a man from the dust and blew life into his nostrils. God planted a garden (the Garden of Eden) and set the man there, "to work it and watch over it," permitting him to eat of all the trees in the garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then God created the animals, attempting to find a help-mate for the man; but none of the animals were satisfactory, and so God caused the man to sleep and created a woman from his rib.
Then a serpent tempted the woman to eat from the Tree of Knowledge and she succumbed and gave the fruit to the man. Aware now of their nakedness, they made coverings of fig leaves, and hide from the sight of God. God, perceiving that they had broken His command, cursed them with hard labor and with pain in childbirth and banished them from His garden.
Following this is the story of Adam and Eve's family after they leave the garden: they have three children, Cain, Abel and Seth, as well as other sons and daughters, and Adam's lifespan is 930 years.
"God loves everyone, and this world is perfect. We are perfect. There is no way that this perfect creation could come from an ape," stated Jackson, affirming her belief in the Bible and discrediting the theory of evolution.
Pure creationists, who make up 15 percent of creation students polled, hold the belief that the Genesis story is true and support their belief with extreme zeal and flavor.
Regardless of whether someone believes that God created man (or God created evolution) or that man descended from the apes (without a helping hand), humans exist, they breathe, and they carry on through the ages.
Kyle Coughlin, a music technology major, stated, "Just because there is evolution, it does not negate the theory of God," but likewise, several others contend just because there is a God, it does not negate the theory of evolution.
Each side has its points and will most likely argue about who is right for the next millennium. In certain high schools, officials have often argued over which curriculum to teach, but luckily for college students, the debate between evolutionism and creationism is encouraged, regardless of which a student's faith leans toward.
God fashioned a man from the dust and blew life into his nostrils. God planted a garden (the Garden of Eden) and set the man there, "to work it and watch over it," permitting him to eat of all the trees in the garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Then God created the animals, attempting to find a help-mate for the man; but none of the animals were satisfactory, and so God caused the man to sleep and created a woman from his rib.
Then a serpent tempted the woman to eat from the Tree of Knowledge and she succumbed and gave the fruit to the man. Aware now of their nakedness, they made coverings of fig leaves, and hide from the sight of God. God, perceiving that they had broken His command, cursed them with hard labor and with pain in childbirth and banished them from His garden.
Following this is the story of Adam and Eve's family after they leave the garden: they have three children, Cain, Abel and Seth, as well as other sons and daughters, and Adam's lifespan is 930 years.
"God loves everyone, and this world is perfect. We are perfect. There is no way that this perfect creation could come from an ape," stated Jackson, affirming her belief in the Bible and discrediting the theory of evolution.
Pure creationists, who make up 15 percent of creation students polled, hold the belief that the Genesis story is true and support their belief with extreme zeal and flavor.
Regardless of whether someone believes that God created man (or God created evolution) or that man descended from the apes (without a helping hand), humans exist, they breathe, and they carry on through the ages.
Kyle Coughlin, a music technology major, stated, "Just because there is evolution, it does not negate the theory of God," but likewise, several others contend just because there is a God, it does not negate the theory of evolution.
Each side has its points and will most likely argue about who is right for the next millennium. In certain high schools, officials have often argued over which curriculum to teach, but luckily for college students, the debate between evolutionism and creationism is encouraged, regardless of which a student's faith leans toward.
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posted 12/30/09 @ 8:59 AM EST
Charles Darwin was an outstanding scientist.
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