Once upon a time, I was a believer in creation. I believed the whole Christian creation myth along with the garden of Eden, the snake and what have you. Then I became a creation/evolutionist. I know that sounds weird, but the premise is that God created things to evolve and become what they are today. Now I am a staunch believer in evolution. No more creation myth for me. The change in paradigm comes from the fact that I no longer believe in a God.
Quite a lot of creationists still exist, despite the mountains of evidence in support of the theory of evolution. The demonize it and ridicule it, but their statements of ridicule only serve to show how little they actually know about the subject they are ridiculing. A lot of creationists simply don't understand the theory of evolution. For example, some creationists believe that evolution means that all the different parts of a body formed separately and then came together to form a body. Yet others believe that evolutionists think that the body was here first and all the other systems "evolved" as was needed, that it's ridiculous because they can't fathom a human being needing to take a piss for 3000 years before the urethra finally sorted its shit out and allowed us to do so.
The amount of ignorance regarding the issue is enormous.
Debating with a creationist is, by and large, a lost cause. The thing is, many of them have already made up their minds to the fact and trying to introduce new ideas to them would be pretty impossible. They would rationalize it to fit their worldview and summarily dismiss your evidence without even bothering to look at it. When it comes down to it, one must choose one's battles, and fighting a creationist is a losing battle. It will only serve to make you frustrated.
So as far as evolution goes, anyone who is inclined to seek out knowledge for the sake of knowing, the scientific community welcomes them, but for those who seek to "disprove" accepted science, we're perfectly fine without having to deal with the likes of people trying to convince the world that creationism has the same evidencial support as evolution.
Long Story Short: The theory of evolution is based on specimens across large time scales that show gradual change in a species. Creationism is based on the myths of Iron-Age shepherds. I know which one gets my vote.
Quite a lot of creationists still exist, despite the mountains of evidence in support of the theory of evolution. The demonize it and ridicule it, but their statements of ridicule only serve to show how little they actually know about the subject they are ridiculing. A lot of creationists simply don't understand the theory of evolution. For example, some creationists believe that evolution means that all the different parts of a body formed separately and then came together to form a body. Yet others believe that evolutionists think that the body was here first and all the other systems "evolved" as was needed, that it's ridiculous because they can't fathom a human being needing to take a piss for 3000 years before the urethra finally sorted its shit out and allowed us to do so.
The amount of ignorance regarding the issue is enormous.
Debating with a creationist is, by and large, a lost cause. The thing is, many of them have already made up their minds to the fact and trying to introduce new ideas to them would be pretty impossible. They would rationalize it to fit their worldview and summarily dismiss your evidence without even bothering to look at it. When it comes down to it, one must choose one's battles, and fighting a creationist is a losing battle. It will only serve to make you frustrated.
So as far as evolution goes, anyone who is inclined to seek out knowledge for the sake of knowing, the scientific community welcomes them, but for those who seek to "disprove" accepted science, we're perfectly fine without having to deal with the likes of people trying to convince the world that creationism has the same evidencial support as evolution.
Long Story Short: The theory of evolution is based on specimens across large time scales that show gradual change in a species. Creationism is based on the myths of Iron-Age shepherds. I know which one gets my vote.
First comment, good luck with your blog. I agree.
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