So let's discuss the evidence around us that supports the conclusion of Evolution over Creation! Woop woop!
For the purposes of this thread, we'll define "creation" as a single event over a brief period of time during which all life on earth was created in more or less its present form by a deliberate, intelligent designer.
We'll concentrate on a few basic evidences: The fossil record Gross morphology Genetics
First up: The fossil record!
Using an evolutionary model we would expect to see life on earth going from less complex to more complex as adaptations compound. From a creation standpoint where the animals were created at around the same time we would expect to see animals at all stages of complexity mixed together.
Well, which circumstance do we actually observe?
If we look at the fossil record, we see the former example: Simple invertebrates to fish to reptiles to mammals and so on. These are separated by distinct geological layers. And while we do of course see simple organisms coexisting with complex ones ( just look at an earth worm) we never see something like a ichthyosaur in a fossil bed with trilobites. Nowhere. Ever. AND we find fossil beds comprised entirely of simple organisms and we never find things like a mosasaur alongside a whale or a triceratops alongside a rhino.
How does creation account for this data? Can it account for the data better than an evolution model?
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I am not a believer in creationism, but, if one believes in an all powerful, knowing deity and wanted to create, they would create all of those levels at one time. So when earth was created some rocks were created millions of years old at the time.
But they were created with fossils already in them? I mean...sure. If an omnipotent being so desired it could do this but it's not the most logical explanation of the evidence.
@Pikachu that is correct. I didn't say I believe it, just that is the way the ultra-orthodox have explained it to me. There is no way to argue against that.
Certainly. If one begins with the conclusion and has a supernatural option for any explanation then there is no way to disprove it. But these days creationists are often interested in claiming the legitimacy of science to support their worldview because they recognize that they are losing followers.
