Scienve V Religion

Creation v Evolution

"Where do I come from?" This is a common question that all children ask their parents at some time in their lives. Usually they are given a simplistic answer. However, as one gets older the answers get more complicated. One must decide whether to believe in science or religion. Religion is based on faith and the supernatural. Science is knowledge obtained and tested through the scientific method. Many people believe the science or religion explanation to know from where they come. However, there is no concrete answer. Many different views have been debated and remain in question today. This paper will focus on each viewpoint. Growing up in New Jersey, I was taught the scientific view. Students were told that they may believe in other possibilities, but would be taught according to Darwin.

The most commonly taught view of the origin of mankind is known as naturalistic evolution. It means a gradual process by which one kind of living creature changes into something different. Evolutionists feel that the "Big Bang explosion" created the universe. The Big Bang theory states that the world was formed by an explosion in the universe. The explosion formed the planets, and for billions of years the universe evolved. Another part of the idea is that more complex forms

have arisen from simpler forms. For example, human are classified in the mammalian family Primates. In this arrangement, humans, along with our extinct close ancestors, and African apes, are sometimes placed together in the family Hominidae because of genetic similarities. Fossils and other evidence show that humans come from primates. This is not surprising since humans are almost identical to a chimpanzee. Evolution theory states that in the beginning, very simple life forms began gradually appearing. These simple life forms gradually change to complex ones, and there have been "links" between the different kinds, such as fishes and primates. They both have the same types of bones and seem to be related to a common ancestor. Traces of an organism's ancestry sometimes remain even when an orgainisms development is complete. These are called vestigial structures. For example, many snakes have rudimentary pelvic bones. Vestigial does not mean useless, i means the structure is a vestige of a structure inherited from an ancestral organism. People in this society