Introduction
For many years creationists and evolutionists have had conflicting views about the origin of life. Creationists base their arguments on biblical context, while evolutionists rely on evidence to explain their views on how life began. Creationists believe that the earth and the life in it were created by a God who is a supreme being. On the other hand, scientists argue that life began as a slow process of molecular changes, which gradually grew into complex and differentiated living things. Although creationists argue their points using evidence, their arguments lack adequate credibility as they fail to explain the origin of the first molecule of life without mentioning super intelligent power.
Even though the views held by both sides are important in understanding the origin of life, creationists have stronger arguments than evolutionists. For these reasons, some scientific views lean on religion from a critical point of view.
Views on the Origin of the Earth
Notably, creationists argue that the earth has a beginning but fails to state the exact time of its creation because, before then, time, space and matter were non-existent. On the other hand, evolutionists suggest that the earth is ageless as it has always existed. It is indisputable to argue that the earth, like everything else, has a starting point. However, evolutionist dispute the creationist about the beginning of the earth, suggesting that the earth had existed even before the creation time mentioned in the Bible but failed to provide evidence about the earth’s eternity. The evolutionist claims about the earth’s eternity suggest the timeless nature of when the earth began, a view that creationists hold. Therefore, creationists’ argument emerges superior as scientists cannot prove the earth’s existence before the instance quoted in the Bible.
Origin of Human Race According to Creationists and Evolutionists
Undeniably, the arguments of creationism about life’s origin are clearer than those of evolutionists. Arguably, the creationist view about the human race originating from Adam and Eve is more credible as procreation is evident as the process by which new lives are made. Living things give birth to their kinds, a notion that disputes the possibility of all living things originating from a single source. Therefore it is impossible to believe that life came from a simple molecule through evolution because today, there is no living evidence showing how molecules form a source of life. Evolutionists have weak evidence about the origin of life as they focus on explaining life processes that lead to the formation of species through biological means, which the Bible also explains in a creationism version.
Science Teachers Cannot Rule Out Creationism While Teaching Evolution
The former confirms the latter’s arguments no matter how much science tries to dispute creationism. As a result, creationism continues to gain more popularity globally compared to evolution theories. Some recent scientists agree that creationism arguments are indispensable. Therefore, some evolutionists are worried that creationism might dilute evolutionism because a substantial percentage of science teachers are teaching evolution from a creationist perspective due to several factors. These factors include diversity of students in a science class. In addition, some science teachers are creationism advocates who believe understanding both theories and makes teaching evolution more interesting.
Conclusion
In conclusion, arguments from both creationists and evolutionists are important in understanding the origin of life. However, creationism is superior to evolutionism because the former explains life to originate in God’s creation. In contrast, evolution theories focus on explaining the formation of different species and adaptive changes that occur during the life of an organism. However, the evolutionist fails to explain where the species originate. A single molecule evolving to produce all life forms with diverse characteristics is a self-contradicting claim. In addition, evolutionists cannot explain why molecular evolution, which marks the begging of life, stopped and never occur today while procreation has persisted as a form of life-generating process. Therefore creationism arguments outweigh those of evolutionists in terms of credibility and clarity.