<p>So, please make me feel a little better by participating this completely non-valid self-selecting survey of a number of college students using an internet message board: Do you believe in the scientific theory of evolution? </p>
<p>I would say no flaming, etc., but who really cares, have at it. I will just ask people who post answers to be prepared to defend their position if challenged and not resort to a "WELL IT JUST IS THAT WAY OK" argument (and science people can do this too!).</p>
<p>God created the earth in 6 days? The earth is 6000 years old? There's so much evidence to the contrary it disproves creationism beyond all reasonable doubt.</p>
<p>-Dinosaurs existed over a million years ago. Last I checked, they were on planet earth.
-Humans existed over 100,000 years ago. Last I checked, they were on planet earth.
-When you tell me, someone who is an atheist, that there is a higher being that created the universe in less than a week, the burden of proof rests upon you.
-You can't possibly expect someone who is an atheist to believe that some higher being, which I do not believe in the existence of, decided that there should be light and dark and there it was.
-I also have a hard time believing that there is even such a place as the Garden of Eden, not to mention that the Bible makes pretty ridiculous claims. People living 500+ years? A guy with a staff that parts the ocean? Plagues? A virgin birth? It all goes to credibility.</p>
<p>And since most creationists believe, along with this ridiculous theory that the earth was created in less than a week, that homosexuality is a cardinal sin, Saddam had something to do with 9/11, water is a threat to aviation security, anyone who's muslim is a terrorist, Harry Potter is the devil, and that this is a christian nation. Last I checked, homosexuality is NOT explicitly against the law, Saddam had NOTHING to do with 9/11, the binary liquid bomb theory is scientifically impossible, terrorists come from all races and nationalities and only compose a tiny minority of muslims, Harry Potter is a fiction book that's just kind of something you read to entertain yourself, and the constitution explicitly provides for the complete separation of church and state, not to mention freedom of religion.</p>
<p>I have a hard time believing anything that comes out of their mouths.</p>
<p>Okay, 6000 days, what's that, like 15 years? It took us 40 years for the US and Russia to come to their senses and stop bashing each other. What makes me think that the entire earth can be created in 6000 days, let alone 6?</p>
<p>Besides, the Bible has no credibility for me. So I tend to give scientists the benefit of the doubt, partly because they rely on evidence and research (most of them anyway) rather than doctrine.</p>
<p>It took the human race, like, all of written history to realize that blowing each other up doesn't accomplish anything. In fact, we still haven't realized it. What makes me think the earth can be created in 15-20 years? It takes us longer than that to pay off our homes.</p>
<p>I don't oppose teaching creationism in school. In fact, if it is a religion class, it SHOULD be taught. It should be taught as a RELIGIOUS theory, NOT a scientific theory, because it's NOT. I think kids should be taught to be open to different ideas and be encouraged to think critically, rather than indoctrinated. Just keep it out of the goddamn biology classroom. It's like teaching the Bible in a criminal law class. You teach THE LAW in law school, you teach SCIENCE in a science classroom, and you teach RELIGION in a religion class. But you DO NOT teach RELIGION in a SCIENCE class. Teaching creationism in biology is NOT appropriate.</p>
I agree with maden and andrea. IMO, evolution, the big bang theory, etc. don't make any sense.
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<p>wait, i am an evolutionist.</p>
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<p>by this, i mean that i think that evolution is a fact. for example, i wouldn't say "i believe i was born in 1990." i was born in 1990. that's just how it is. i feel the same way about evolution. i don't believe in evolution - evolution is what it is. it's not something to believe in. it's a fact.</p>
I agree with maden and andrea. IMO, evolution, the big bang theory, etc. don't make any sense.
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<p>You misinterpreted what they said. They said evolution isn't something you believe in, because to believe in something is to put faith in something with no logical support.</p>
<p>To accept it as fact is to reason, to compare logical arguments and empirical observations and formulate your own conclusions, which is what rational beings do, and is why I, even if I wanted to, could not "force" myself to believe in something I can't prove logically.</p>