This is a
well argued topic and I think it important to state one's terms of reference and why. In other words; are we talking of an
intelligent being actually creating the
Earth, our
solar system and the
rest of the
universe? (and if so how did that being come to being?) Are we talking of a powerful, intelligent being creating the appearance of the world we know on a planet that happens to
exist? (as
Aslan did in
Narnia or did he actually create the world, I never thought so, I thought he just created Narnia ie. the plants, animals etc.) Or are we talking about an extra terrestial intelligent being creating Man on a planet already populated with plants, animals etc.? Definitions from Wiki then:
Intelligent design
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchFor other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation).
Part of the series onCreationismHistory of creationismCreation in GenesisGenesis as an allegoryTypes of creationism:Creation scienceIntelligent designIslamic creationismModern geocentrismNeo-CreationismOmphalos creationismOld Earth creationismProgressive creationismTheistic evolutionYoung Earth creationismControversy:Creation vs. evolution... in public educationAssociated articlesTeach the ControversyIntelligent design (ID) is the concept that "certain features of the
universe and of living things are best explained by an
intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as
natural selection."
[1][2][3] Its leading proponents are all affiliated with the
Discovery Institute.
[4][5][6][7][8][9] They say that intelligent design is a
scientific theory that stands on equal footing with, or is superior to, current scientific theories regarding the
evolution and
origin of life.
[10]Which is not to be confused with:
CreationismFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search"Creationism" can also refer to origin beliefs in general, or to an alternative of traducianism.
In many religious traditions, creationism is ideological support of the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, or the universe as a whole was specially
created by a
supreme being (often referred to specifically as
God[1]) or by other forms of
supernatural intervention. In other common definitions, it is referred to more precisely as the belief in a literal interpretation of specific religious works referring to God creating the universe.
[2][3] This divine intervention may be seen either as an act of creation from nothing (
ex nihilo) or the (re)-emergence of order from pre-existing chaos (
demiurge).
Evolution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, searchThis article is about evolution in biology. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation).In 1832, while travelling on the
Voyage of the Beagle, naturalist
Charles Darwin collected giant fossils in
South America. On his return, he was informed in 1837 by
Richard Owen that fragments of armour were from the gigantic extinct
glyptodons, creatures related to the modern
armadillos he had seen living nearby. The similarities between these two unusually scaly animals and their geographic distribution provided Darwin with a clue that helped him
develop his theory of how evolution occurs.
[1]In
biology, evolution is the change in the
heritable traits of a
population over successive generations, as determined by shifts in the
allele frequencies of
genes. Over time, this process can result in
speciation, the development of new
species from existing ones. All contemporary
organisms are related to each other through
common descent, the products of cumulative evolutionary changes over billions of years. Evolution is thus the source of the vast diversity of life on Earth, including the many
extinct species attested to in the
fossil record.
[2][3]Which should not be confused with the
Big BangFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from The big bang)
Jump to: navigation, searchFor other uses, see Big Bang (disambiguation).
According to the Big Bang, the
universe emerged from an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). Since then, space itself has expanded with the passage of time, carrying the galaxies with it.
In
physical cosmology, the Big Bang is the
scientific theory that the
universe emerged from a tremendously
dense and
hot state about 13.7 billion years ago. The theory is based on the observations indicating the
expansion of
space (in accord with the
Robertson-Walker model of
general relativity) as indicated by the
Hubble redshift of
distant galaxies taken together with the
cosmological principle.
Extrapolated into the past, these
observations show that the universe has expanded from a state in which all the
matter and
energy in the universe was at an immense temperature and density.
Physicists do not widely agree on what happened before this, although general relativity predicts a
gravitational singularity (for reporting on some of the more notable speculation on this issue, see
cosmogony).
Geddit?
We can actually view the Earth changing and taking shape now - click on the picture below to take you to the source: raincoaster's blog with more details of this happening.
So is this an indication of evolution and the power of the natural world happening? Or we in fact a science project in the bedroom cupboard of a deity?
