| As an Agnostic, I don't have a 100% belief in either side of the argument. However, who is to say that Creationism and Evolution are the only two sides of the arguement. The way I see it, there are four possibilities:
1. Creationism is true and Evolution is false - In this possibility, we see that evolution is incorrect, and everything in the universe was created by an ultimately powerful being, or a god. However, the question of which god created everything is still unanswered.
2. Creationism is false and Evolution is true - In this possibility, all of the religions of the world are false. A god did not create the universe, but we instead evolved from simpler single-celled organisms into the creatures that we are today. (Seeing as how there is more evidence of this, I tend to agree with it more often.)
3. Creationism and Evolution are true - In this possbility, the entire universe is created by a higher power, or a god. This god creates simple single-celled organisms which evolve into more complex creatures over time.
4. Creationism and Evolution are false - Before you ask me how this is possible, try to imagine that we are all alive 300 years ago, when the popular counter-theory of creationism was abiogenesis, the idea that life could form from non-living material (People actually got this idea when they would see maggots on or in rotting food). Abiogenesis, however, has been disproven for almost 200 years. Just because Abiogenesis was incorrect didn't necessarily mean that Creationism was correct, because the idea of Evolution came later.
Who's to say that either Evolution or Creationism have to be true. Perhaps in 100 years, a scientist would propose aother theory which would trump both of our current proposals. |