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Can Evolution Exist w/o Creation (and vice versa)?

Posted by lotusb • 9/24/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: evolution vs creation

Think about the Big Bang theory. Most of the several theories relating to that one, consists of the idea that at one time two particles of matter collided creating a reaction or explosion that began the formation of the universe (to sum it up). How could this be, if a particle of matter was never "created"? Is that possible?

Is it possible that a god or God created bacteria that would eventually form into, through millions of years, species and humans? Do you believe that creationism and evolution must co-exist?

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9/24/09

Rainhat

I don't think they necessarily have to, but in my opinion one doesn't exclude the other either. Science can come up with explanations that sound reasonable for stuff back to Big Bang, but what happened before that is anybody's guess. It could have been a deity going a bit overboard with the "Let there be light" thing, or it could have been a rapidly shrinking universe reaching critical mass and bouncing into expansion mode once more, or it could have been the great spaghetti monster accidentally dropping a meatball, or pretty much any other explanation. My money's probably on something like option 2 here, but I'm betting we'll never know for sure.

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9/24/09

jeremyjanson

I came to the conclusion along time ago that all creation stories were equally ridiculous, as all require something to be created without a creator, be it the world or God, and that one must come to their own conclusions from other areas and humbly admit that our reasoning means nothing here.

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9/24/09

nothingprofound

We have as much chance of explaining the origin of the universe as of remembering the first thought we ever had.

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9/25/09

pillownaut

"To me it is enough to wonder at the secrets." -- Albert Einstein

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9/25/09

harveyavatar

Previously written.

Evolution vs creation is yet another false debate - You can quite conceivably have creation and evolution.

What should be opposed to evolution is fixism. What should be opposed to creation is primordial chance.

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9/25/09

HollytheHousewife

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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