Creationism vs Evolutionism
- This is a preview of the essay.
To view the full text you must login!
Creationism vs. Evolutionism
The topic I chose for this paper is Creationism vs. Evolutionism. I chose this topic because I thought it was interesting and I thought it was remarkable how it has created such a debate between people and between what to teach in America's public schools. Creationism and evolutionism are the two main theories that detail the origin of humanity. Creationists, or creation scientists believe the Bible provides a better record of the worlds order than the theory of evolution does. They also believe that "some 6,000 years ago the earth and all living things were suddenly created in a process similar to that detailed in Genesis." (Rainert) Some creationists have even gone back to the most basic laws of nature to see if evolution is even possible. When they did that, they found a problem when they looked at the second law of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics states, "All natural systems degenerate when left to themselves...