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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Not a believer of creationism yet I must point out not all believers of it say it happened all at once. I have encountered a few that have argued with the time factor, since in their view "a day is as a thousand years" .
Please note the "is as" is not a exacting figure and could be a million as as likely as a thousand years.
That is how some account for the evolution factor. Also other biblical references are giving by them. Yet I won't go into those because of other fallacies like devils mating with other creatures.
Actually i think even the old earth earth creationists run into into trouble when they try to account for the fossil record because the order of creation doesn't match up.
@DeWayfarer I find in my experience that most persons use the term creationist to refer to those who believe in a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis. That is to say, literal young earth creationists. However, that is a mouthful to say, and even more annoying to type, every single time.
