Evolution vs. Creationism Club

Creationism is religion, not science

Saw a news item recently whilst search through my r4 card for some documents, about creationism being a religion. It got me thinking so I researched the idea that creationism is a religion and not a science.

Creationism is the belief that all life and things in the universe were created by a supernatural higher power such as God. The creation of life by God in creationism is a supernatural act described in the Book of Genesis. The fact that creationism references a religious text puts it firmly in the religious realm, thereby making it religion, and not science.

There has been a move towards “creation science”which tries to offer scientific explanations for creationism, essentially using scientific terminology to describe events from religious text. In doing so, creation science comes in direct conflict with accepted scientific knowledge, especially that pertaining to evolution and cosmology. Creation science is firmly rooted in religion, as it uses scientific language, but not fact, to explain the creation of life on Earth, often ignoring proven scientific facts backed by scientific evidence.

Across the board, scientists have categorized creationism and creation science as religion, and not science, because of the lack of scientific empirical evidence. Creationism’s main view hinges on the supernatural, with a supernatural event creating all life and matter. Science is involved with the study and observation of natural events in the world, through repeatable, controllable experiments. Given this, science cannot explain the supernatural.

Creationism, with its supernatural roots, is therefore not science. The supernatural cannot be controlled or repeated, which means it cannot be proven scientifically.

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Proof is impossible…unless you read the proof

There are some things in life that can be definitively proven: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, how many marbles are in a particular jar, how old I am. Even how much alcohol is in my system can be fairly easily determined through hair alcohol testing. And scientists can demonstrate the age of the universe through carbon dating and other means; and it’s possible to demonstrate the truth of the theory of natural selection through fossil evidence as well as observation.

I was reading a National Geographic article a few weeks ago which reported on a Russian genetic experiment which bred wolves and foxes and artificially selected individuals for breeding on the grounds of their adaptability to human company. This isn’t definitely a proof of the theory of natural selection of course – it’s an experiment in artificial selection which is designed to explore the way in which humans and domesticated animals may have come together. But it’s a demonstration of the fact that the behaviour and even the nature of organisms can change according to circumstances.

What does this tell us? For a start, it would seem to demolish the creationist argument that the world and the universe were created in more or less the way we have them now. It doesn’t necessarily disprove the idea of a God – after all, Darwin himself was a Christian – and it seems silly for people to criticise the idea of religion as such. But the “creationist”argument doesn’t quite stand up if we look at the world and see it for what it is.

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