Is evolution a myth? Why do so many religious people deny evolution?

Thank you very much for raising this interesting issue. For centuries, man has been taught through the teachings of the Bible and the Church that the world and life on it is the result of the intelligent design of a Creator (God). People have become habituated according to the teachings of the Bible.It was only in 1859 that a man called Charles Darwin, born in 1809, published a book that apparently challenged that long-nurtured concept.

Why would people change their mindset due to the statement of a non-religious person, a scientist? It seems to be quite a part of human nature to want to reject such a proposition. Though the scientific proof is an excellent one.

Apart from the mindset, it has been claimed that the theory has some great scientific anomalies, like these quoted below: Darwin asserted that "living beings evolved gradually". In this case, there should have lived millions of "transitional forms." Yet there was no trace of these theoretical creatures in the fossil record.

Darwin gave considerable thought to this problem, and eventually arrived at the conclusion that "further research would provide these fossils. " How could natural selection explain complex organs, such as eyes, ears or wings? How can it be advocated that these organs evolved gradually, bearing in mind that they would fail to function if they had even a single part missing?

How did the first organism, the so-called ancestor of all species according to Darwin, come into existence? Could natural processes give life to something which was originally inanimate? Darwin’s theory violate (great scientific anomalies) the following scientific laws and concepts: • Evolution violates the first law of thermodynamics • Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics • Evolution violates the Law of Biogenesis • Evolution is unable to explain the Cambrian Explosion • Alleged frauds and forgeries such as Piltdown Man and Haeckel's embryo drawings • Evolution is not observable • Evolution is only a theory and not a fact So, the religious people tend to think that they not only have their long-held belief, but also some scientific points in their favor.

These are perhaps the reasons why some people consider evolution as a “myth�. In other words, this is why they deny the idea. http://tinyurl.com/mas-wans.

Thank you very much for raising this interesting issue. For centuries, man has been taught through the teachings of the Bible and the Church that the world and life on it is the result of the intelligent design of a Creator (God). People have become habituated according to the teachings of the Bible.It was only in 1859 that a man called Charles Darwin, born in 1809, published a book that apparently challenged that long-nurtured concept.

Why would people change their mindset due to the statement of a non-religious person, a scientist? It seems to be quite a part of human nature to want to reject such a proposition. Though the scientific proof is an excellent one.

Apart from the mindset, it has been claimed that the theory has some great scientific anomalies, like these quoted below: Darwin asserted that "living beings evolved gradually". In this case, there should have lived millions of "transitional forms." Yet there was no trace of these theoretical creatures in the fossil record.

Darwin gave considerable thought to this problem, and eventually arrived at the conclusion that "further research would provide these fossils. " How could natural selection explain complex organs, such as eyes, ears or wings? How can it be advocated that these organs evolved gradually, bearing in mind that they would fail to function if they had even a single part missing?

How did the first organism, the so-called ancestor of all species according to Darwin, come into existence? Could natural processes give life to something which was originally inanimate? Darwin’s theory violate (great scientific anomalies) the following scientific laws and concepts: • Evolution violates the first law of thermodynamics • Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics • Evolution violates the Law of Biogenesis • Evolution is unable to explain the Cambrian Explosion • Alleged frauds and forgeries such as Piltdown Man and Haeckel's embryo drawings • Evolution is not observable • Evolution is only a theory and not a fact So, the religious people tend to think that they not only have their long-held belief, but also some scientific points in their favor.

These are perhaps the reasons why some people consider evolution as a “myth”. In other words, this is why they deny the idea. http://tinyurl.com/mas-wans.

Evolution may or may not be a fact. There is certainly a great deal of scientific evidence (including all those fossils) that support it. However, keep in mind two things.

First, as is the case with any scientific theory, it is in principle impossible to prove it, just to support it with ever-greater body of evidence. Second, if one believes in an omnipotent G-d, it is possible to make a plausible assertion that He could have created the world about 6000 years ago, and just put everything in place so it would seem as if the universe is 14 billion years old (give or take a billion years), that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and that species evolved and died off over the eons that are all just make-believe. That is not to say that I believe the above to be the case, nor is it necessarily the case that most or all religious people believe it.

However, hopefully this will poke a small hole of doubt in your absolute certainty. You may find the following relevant question and answers interesting reading: mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/d... The answer selected there includes a possible way to have both a literal belief in the Genesis story and accept science including evolution. The bottom line is that religious faith and scientific fact can coexist in the same person, but unfortunately, many people seem to believe that one or the other is absolute truth, while the one they do not believe is pure fancy.

Couldn't resist. First we need to look at what is a Myth, to see if the theory of evolution would fall into that category. A Myth is, as defined by Princeton University, ‘’’a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people’’’ So no, the Theory of Evolution, not being a world view of a people or culture, not being a story of a history of an event or person (as in mythical people (elves) or events (Battles o the Greek Gods)) the Theory of Evolution is therefore not a myth.

The theory of Evolution as a ‘’’whole’’’ is a “theory’’. The word Religious encompasses a very large body of peoples of many faiths and religions. It is not necessarily “Religious�

People who deny evolution, but perhaps a specific segment of religious people who do. I am not sure, without getting into a long discourse with you, but I think when you refer to religious you are most likely implying a segment of the Christian religion. But even on that premise, it is still just a small and specific segment of the different Christian religions that hold to or deny the theory of evolution.

What is evolution and what is the theory of evolution, simply put, the theory of evolution expands, from a scientific perspective and observation (truth), on what is a proven fact, we “life evolves� , be it plants or animal. Now the theory of evolution takes that fact and expounds upon it to explain the process and then further to explain the human process and then further to take it back further to explain the origins of life and human development.

You see how it builds ever wider. Well as it expands in its explanation (theory) it becomes less true fact and this is where the term theory gets implied. Evolution is a scientific fact, we and all life evolve, even the flu evolves, cold viruses evolve, mutation if is strengthens and creates a stronger species evolves, fact not theory.

But, when we apply this fact to the origins of the human species we are now theorizing that because humankind evolves, therefore we can argue that these evolutionary steps must have happened i.e. The theory part of evolution theory.So evolution is not a myth and it in itself is not a theory, but an observable and measurable scientific fact. The theory of evolution which applies to Darwin is species origin and this is a theory that is based on the facts of evolution, that attempts based on the rules of science to explain the origin and past evolution of life.

Life evolves, science has been measuring, observing and tracking human evolution, and this has lead them to make small adjustments to Darwin’s theory, and based on the current observations of human evolution, the theory of evolution has been strengthened but not proven. Now to look at religion again, I cannot speak for individual beliefs, but if we look at the organized religious belief then we can argue again that it is a small portion (very vocal portion) that you speak of. Christianity is not opposed to evolution!

For one, the Roman Catholic Church is not opposed to nor do they deny evolution. The Catholic Church is not opposed to the theory of evolution, nor doe the Anglican or Protestant Church’s. The addition they add to it is that God is the creator and that the theory of evolution expands on describing the process of God’s creation.

Self insert: God crated mankind (Adam) from the earth, clay etc.Not too far off what the theory of evolution says, the Bible does not say how long God took in this process. From observation and scrutiny and it being evident from their outspokenness that the main body that deny the theory of evolution, evolution, and many other things, belong to a certain fundamental aspect of Christianity who take the Bible as the absolute, irrefutable, direct words from God, and therefore applying their own interpretation of the Bible, refute the theory of evolution. The “New Young Earth theory�

Is based upon “an interpretation� Of the inexact time lines of the Bible story. First God does not define a day or any period of time, as we reference as Humans.

The argument of the Bible story time line is therefore based on a speculation of time as measured by humans and assumptions as to longevity etc. But that’s beyond my answer to this question.To wrap it up, if you have gotten this far, lol, it is a small minority of religious people as a whole who deny the theory of evolution and replace it with their Biblical interpretation. It is even a small minority of Christians as a whole who fall into this group as well. Not saying the numbers are not large but in the scope of the worlds 6.802 billion (as of December 8th 2009) population of which a large number fallow some religion, and a very large number of them are follow a Christian religion (approximately 2.2 billion, almost 34% of the world) even if the specific religious group you speak of were a few million people it is still a very small percentage of religious people, let alone religious Christians.. I.D.

Personally, (and I know I'm going to hear alot of complaints about this opinion, so I apologize in advance and won't visit the questions again) I think people take the Bible too literally and that's what makes such a huge issue. In the eyes of those devoted to the Bible, if evolution were to exist, then God wouldn't be represented as well. Adam and Eve cannot be Adam and Eve if they are one celled organisms because that might mean that humans are not as grandiose as they think they are.

The Bible is a great book, filled with lots of stories with morals (whether some of these morals might be distorted is a whole other topic. ) The churches fail to recognize that the Bible was written in the hand of man who cannot do anything without serving his or her own interests. The thoughts in there may have been guided by God, who knows?

But they were not written by God. God and evolution can (and do) exist at the same time and it would be great if people would realize this. Just as an example, even the most brilliant minds will acknowledge that time is relative.

What is described as 7 days in the Bible may have an entirely different meaning than 168 hours as we know it. I could go on and on about this, but it won't do any good. When people get fanatical you cannot change their minds.

I would not say evolution is a myth as much as it is a theory, a well supported but incomplete theory. However by definition a myth is... Quote---------------- –noun 1. A traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp.

One that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. 2. Stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth.3.

Any invented story, idea, or concept: s account of the event is pure myth. 4. An imaginary or fictitious thing or person.5.An unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution.

End Quote-------- via dictionary. Com Using this definition we cannot then define evolution as a myth. Evolution loosely can be called both fact and theory, it a long list of facts being strung together by a theory.

It is not unproven or false, nor is it an invented story. More an explanation of facts. If we were unable to prove the fact that organism on earth have evolved then it could be considered a myth, but that part of evolution is proven.

This is a really awesome page that explains a little better than I do how evolution manages to be both theory and fact: actionbioscience.org/evolution/lenski.html As for why many religious people deny evolution, I'd say it's simply denial. Few of the real hard core religious fanatics that oppose evolution have truly thought out the concept. There is is no reason that a "God" could not have sparked evolution in the first place.

Evolution does not actually interfere with most religion. I suppose facts and religion will just never become warm and snugly so nor will religion and evolution.

Some people just take what they are told as fact - I happen to agree with you. Science is truth. It doesn't mean the things that the evolutionary process isn't a miracle in and of itself, it's just that science shows us what is going on and how it came about - not necessarily the beauty or reason behind it.

Just yesterday I stated that living things are miracles, and they are. Still, that doesn't mean that things just APPEARED on the planet *poof! * Instead, things developed over millions of years and adapt to their surroundings; it seems like just looking around the planet, common sense would tell you the same thing.

Look at (just to play devil's advocate, no pun intended) how many different kind of snakes there are: there are snakes that live underwater and have adapted to that habitat, there are snakes that live in caves and adapted to THAT habitat. Bats - same thing - all over the world, but ADAPTED thru evolution to their environment wherever they may be. Don't get me started on jellyfish (I mean wtf are they even FOR?

Lol! ) As far as humans vs. chimps, simply because we have not found a "missing link" doesn't negate the fact that, physically, anatomically and in some cases mentally we are definitely related. As to WHY these folks refuse to see things in spite of the evidence that so strongly supports these facts, I just don't know and don't get it either.

Like I said, they refuse to believe that anything other than what they were told is possible. I won't lie, I'm a little scared of them - anyone who will so blindly believe whatever they're told is borderline dangerous.

I would have to say it's primarily one (or both) of the following, depending on the individual: 1. They don't really understand what evolution actually means, and don't want to know because someone they respect told them that evolution is incompatible with their religion. Evolution is either an evil ploy to lead good people astray from the true path of God, or it actually is true and would completely disprove their religious beliefs, leaving them alone in a cold, godless, purposeless universe.In either case, they fear that if evolution does start making sense to them, it will destroy their spiritual core and make their life empty.

Because the potential perceived consequences to accepting the Theory of Evolution as truth are so horrible, it makes some people unwilling to honestly consider it. It also leads to situations like when someone claims that "microevolution" is perfectly acceptable and true (so, they understand how bacteria evolve to become drug resistant, for example), but still claim that "macroevolution" is impossible, and that somehow invalidates the theory of evolution.In trying to reconcile observable fact with a preconceived "truth" (the theory of evolution must be wrong), these people have made a nonsensical distinction to allow themselves to have their cake and eat it too. For people who don't see Genesis (or their creation myth of choice, for different religions) as being literally true, the Theory of Evolution isn't so much of a threat.

In fact, many religions and most major Christian denominations are officially not anti-evolution (see the 1st Pew link below). For those in Judeo-Christian religions, if Evolution is true, God can still have made everything. He has shaped us (albeit over a longer period of time, and in more complex ways), and may very well have molded us into his image through evolution.

It isn't difficult to reconcile the general events described in Genesis with the Theory of Evolution and other scientific observations about the development of the world as we know it.It has always struck me as odd that so many Christians are adamant that Genesis is literally true, given how much parable and allegory figures in the Christian Bible. If people are willing to accept that Jesus taught many of his most important lessons that way, why is it impossible for God to have done so in the Old Testament? 2.

Pride is interfering with their ability to think logically about it. A major part of the Judeo-Christian religions is the idea that mankind is special. We were made specially by God, in his image, with dominion over all the animals.

We are the most important things in the universe (besides God, of course). Anything that interferes with that thought is regarded with hostility. That's one reason why the Church (in general, not just Catholics) had a problem with heliocentrism.

If God made the Earth the center of the universe, that fit in with the idea that what was happening in our world was the most important thing in God's creation. If the sun was the center, then we would be just one of many planets orbiting it--not even the 1st or the last. Evolution, for some people, undermines humanity because it underscores man's animal nature.

The Bible tells us we were God's greatest creation, made specially in God's image, and given a special place of dominion over the animals. It exhorts us to turn away from earthly things and seek to be Godly. If evolution is true, we share an ancestor with apes.

Not only that, but if we're still evolving, it leads people to question whether we are really a perfect creation. It is difficult for some to reconcile these concepts. Evolution seems to indicate that we aren't special, and that we are closer to the beasts of the Earth than the Bible makes us out to be.

This is not only an assault on religiously-inspired pride, but can also viewed as being a threat to morality--people might see themselves as animals acting according to natural law as opposed to moral beings.

I just have to throw this story into the mix: a religious organization I passed by was once giving away free books about the "young earth" theory (i.e. Their belief that the world is only 6,000 years old, as the bible's timeline would suggest) and I swear on my life they said that while evolution is a lie, their explanation for why species change over time is that some genes are more beneficial to survival, and thus become more dominant in the genotype, while less beneficial traits tend to fade out of the gene pool because those individuals are less fit to survive and reproduce. But they don't believe in evolution.(Yes, really!) These people hate "evolution" without knowing what it means, or what the theory really says.

They all believe that evolution is directly contradictory to the idea of god, while a reasonable person (as reasonable as a religious person could be) could actually believe in both without being a heretic. They also hate evolution because their demi-gods, Pat Robertson and his lot, hate it.It's sad that people deny their children access to ideas and to learning because they are afraid, but that's it. Plain and simple.

Sorry, not a "best answer" but that experience has always stuck with me! I wish I still had the book.

If you want to prove evolution is wrong... For those intent on disproving evolution for whatever reason. Find one, just one fossil that shows something, anything, that according to evolution, could not have existed at that time in history . Show me one that is out of order.

There are thousands of fossils showing us how species and traits evolved over billions of years. But never has one been found to not fit the timeline. There are missing pieces, which is no surprise if you understand the conditions required for fossils to exist at all.

The fact that they do says a lot. Believe what you want if it helps you sleep at night but the truth is the truth regardless. Now go find that fossil!

There are many holes in the theory of evolution which science can not explain. The theory of evolution is still a work in progress. The bible could be used to explain some of these holes until a better explanation is found.

Some people believe in evolution, while others dont. Personally, I don't believe in evolution because of my religion. Evolution is taught in schools because of what these scientist "discovered.

There is conflict between religion and science because they are two completely opposite entities. Religion is based on faith and science is based on facts. The problem is, religion has been around a heck of a lot longer than science, so despite how much proof there is for a particular scientific theory, if it flies in the face of a two thousand years of tradition and strong belief, it's still going to be denied by some.

Personally, I believe the truth lies with both. I do believe evolution is fact, but I also believe in God. Until these two entities put aside their differences and meld their views, the truth will not be seen.

Religion is wrong in many respects, but the very fact that science only accepts a truth that CAN be and is proven (no reliance on faith whatsoever) also makes it a weak source of truth. Science is like this for a reason and I understand why it is so, but some things do have to be taken on faith until they are able to be proven.

Evolution is a scientific theory that Charles Darwin introduced us to. He believed that all species evolved over time from common ancestors. Does anyone really want to think about coming from an animal type form?

Many people believe this to be a myth. Especially religious people. In my personal opinion I do not believe in evolution at least not in the scientific sense.

I believe we all keep evolving on a spiritual level which most religions would agree. I also think it' hard for so many religious people to accept this because they don't look at things from a scientific sense. They believe that God created man within his present form.

Besides doesn't Evolution mean that God had no part in it? In most religions people rely on faith and prayer. Scientists rely on prediction and theory.To them God and Evolution is like mixing oil and water.

But keep in mind there are some religious people who do believe in both. As I was researching for this answer I have to admit I didn't know that Evolution is considered a scientific fact in the scientific community. I mean how do you explain dinosaur fossils?

None of us can really know for sure. So I say believe what's in your heart not your mind.

The answer is because for them the evolution is a religion of no religion. You don't have to believe in facts. If you mean by Evolution the theory that people come from Monkeys, its just a theory with not enough facts.

Here is a quote from wiki on how judaism deals with evolution. "Evolution that we can observe and measure with our senses is certainly part of the science curriculum that ought to be encouraged. But to extrapolate backwards in time on the basis of circumstantial evidence to so absurd an extent as to supplant the account of the creation of life given by the Torah with that of unverifiable human speculation is not a question of science but rather a revision of history.

" Another interesting arickle I found on AISH.

No! Evolution is certainly not a myth. It is a fact and I believe in and support it to the core of my heart.

But the only problem is that human life is too short to witness, record and chalk-out the whole process of evolution within a human life-span and that's why it seems like a myth to many. There have been numerous evidences in support of the Theory of Evolution and you too can witness it yourself. Let us begin with witnessing the evolution ourselves.

You might have seen that children of parents with big physique are bigger and stronger; those of fat and obese people often tend to be fat and obese from their birth and those of short, lean and thin people are likewise. Children of fair/white people are white and those of dark skinned people are dark. Now, if the situations are kept unchanged for generations to come, i.e.

Each generation of gigantic or bigger people are fed well and let to grow their muscles with the help of exercise; shorter or smaller people are under-fed and not let to grow; obese people are fed with fatty foods and not let to exercise and dark and white skinned people are not let to mix up with each other, then? If this thing continues for generations and generations, then after millions of years, the progeny of the bigger people will be so big in size that their first ancestor may look like a dwarf to them and a whole new species of gigantic men will come into existence that may look entirely different from their forefathers. The same rule apply to all the other groups and the characteristics will grow so prominent in them that they will look like entirely new species.

This is evolution and that's how present days species have evolved from their forefathers. There are numerous evidences to prove this. Here are some of them; 1.

Embryonic Similarity: The embryos of all mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes and amphibians look amazingly similar in their first few weeks of development. They are so similar that they can hardly be distinguished from each other by a common man, just from their looks. home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~pine/book1qts/... bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTM... 2.

Homologous Organs: An organ of an animal is said to be homologous with that of another when both are thought to have the same evolutionary origin, although their functions may differ widely or body parts of different species (or sexes) that are structural equivalents, such as the arms of humans and the forelegs of dogs and cats.. Homology is generally deduced from similarity of structure and/or position of the organ relative to other organs, seen particularly during embryonic development; e.g. , in the plant kingdom the fertilization of the lower plants (e.g. Bryophyta) is often effected by motile male gametes; this is homologous to the male gamete of Spermatophytes which is non-motile and transferred in the pollen grain. http://www.answers.com/topic/homologue http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O7-homologous.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homology_%28biology%29 3. Vestigial Organs or Rudimentary Organs: This is a very strong proof of evolution.

An organ that was once useful in an animal’s evolutionary past, but now has no apparent nor predictable function based on the behavior of the species (or sex) in which they are found, or the anatomy of the particular feature: e.g. , male mammae, rudiments of pelvis and hind limbs in snakes, wings on many flightless birds. It is a well known thing that an ordinary human being has 32 teeth in his mouth. But have you ever counted it?

You will be surprised to know that human beings no more have 32 teeth in their mouths (except in rare cases). They had it a few centuries back. This number has now been reduced to 28.

This is because we have lost 4 teeth in the process of evolution as we did not need them as much as we did a thousand years ago. Thanks to soft, highly processed and easy to chew foods. Our Vermiform Appendix is also such an organ and it will also not be there in our body a few thousands years from now, since we do not need it.

Similar things will happen/has happened to a few other body parts like the Coccyx or Tailbone, Plica Semilunaris, Wisdom Teeth, Tonsils etc. This is not that it is happening to human beings only, numerous other species have plants and animals are undergoing loss of vestigial organs, since they do not need them anymore due to change in their food-habits, surroundings, life-style, threats etc. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Vestigial_organ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestigiality http://www.creationinthecrossfire.com/Articles/VestigialOrgans.html http://atheism.about.com/od/evolutionexplained/a/VestigialOrgansAppendix.htm bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTM... http://www.creationinthecrossfire.com/Articles/VestigialOrgans.html 4. Fossils: Although they are considered indirect evidences, but they are very strong ones. They can be used to trace the development/evolution in a particular species.

http://www.agiweb.org/news/evolution.pdf http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/benton.html 5. Genetic Structure: Every animal/plant has some genetic similarity with the other which shows that they have evolved from a common ancestor and genetic structures of many present days animals/plants have been found similar to those obtained from the preserved dead-bodies or fossils which shows that a present day's species has evolved from an earlier species through evolution. http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/reprint/31/3/711.pdf http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0831_050831_chimp_genes.html http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25335 There are innumerable other theories, evidences and examples in support of evolution which cannot be stated here for obvious reasons (whole books can be written on them).

Here are a few sources that you may find helpful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence_of_common_descent http://anthro.palomar.edu/evolve/evolve_3.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/22446/Evidences.html bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTM...0 bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTM...1 bioweb.cs.earlham.edu/9-12/evolution/HTM... Finally, I would say that just as there are millions of followers of different religions who oppose the theory of evolution, there are millions who believe in it. If many people believe in something false or absurd, then it does not make it true or fact.

The truth remains unchanged. You might know that these religions once said (and still now say) that earth is flat and sun revolves round the earth (and many such absurd things) and they blamed thousands of blasphemy who opposed them. They burnt alive those believers of science.

But what now? Haven't it been proved that the Earth is round in shape and it revolves round the Sun? It is due to science that we are venturing into space, diving deep into oceans, trying to build colonies in other planets, giving life to thousands dying of diseases and making many things possible which were considered impossible once.

And what about proofs and evidences from their side. Can any religion prove any of their theories or have proved before? Can they give any evidence in support of Theory of Special Creation or Creation of this World?

The answer will be a big "No"! They cannot prove anything. All they did over the centuries is opposing the rational thinkers and scientists and blaming them of blasphemy.

The very definition of science says it all. Science is the study of truth behind any phenomenon. I am ready to go with science even if it takes me to hell.

That's it. Hope that answers your question. Thanks.

As I stated in the question about dinosaurs..... The assumption is that the bible is the gold standard that conservative Christians use as historic fact so the scientific evidence we find for evolution has to be reconciled with this book, not the other way around. Modern historians have written hundreds of books discrediting the bible as historic fact, but despite that there continues to be a very small population of evangelicals who interpret the bible literally. (this does not hold true for Catholics and a few other denominations of Christianity, as they believe in evolution and dinosaurs, they also believe that god set everything in motion) Anyway the first thing that is a point of contention with scientists is that the bible says the earth is only 6000 years old...if the bible is the truth than how could dinosaurs be millions of years old, some evangelicals argue that scientists are lying and the bones are fake, others claim that they are real but carbon dating is not accurate and they are only a few thousand years old, while still others believe that god placed the bones in the ground to test our faith.

The next point of disagreement is that scientists say that many dinos are carnivores, but genesis clearly states that all animals eat herbs as meat. Not sure how they reconcile the fact that there are carnivores in the world (lions and tigers and bears) but the quote from genisis is : Genesis 1 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.So clearly either the big pointy teeth on t-rex was used for grinding vegatables, not sure how they explain why their mouths are not full of just molars for grinding but anyway.

They believe that noah took all 20 million species of plant and animal on the ark including dinos to protect them from the big flood. Here is an example they point to to prove that man walked with dinos Look at the Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly!

S tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. S bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God.

" --Job 40:15-19 hmmm could this be an elephant or some other large mamal...no it's dinos. Okay that's all the "devils advocate" I can take.

The bible was written by man. Inspired by devine intervention and kept alive by faith. So going by the timeline of creationism, the belief of 6 thousand years ago everything was created.

Using that date a a refrence point one would think we would have more to show for who we are and what we have done. We dont. The majority of mass communication has taken place no more than in the past ten years.

Computers cellphones HDTV and other digital information devices have shown that religon has been mans bottleneck for furthering the worlds social education state. Even the bible indicated God wanted to keep adam and eve from learing form the tree of knowledge. So I would say In the beginning not that there were only two people on the planet but those were the two who gained knowledge of momotheism.As for evolving we can only hope we as a species can change into a society in which preservation of us comes first.

For their will be a time when man no longer walks on this planet. When that time comes no amount of religon will matter. Time will not exist.

God help us all.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.