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MatthewSnell
Mrs.Hensel
EnglishIV
22October2015

DoesEvolutionProveThereisNoGod?
Throughouthistory,eversincethescientifictheoryofevolutionwasintroduced,most
christiansopposeditanddisregardeditasbeingevillies.Thisismostlyduetothefactthat
evolutioncontradictstheliterallyinterpretedstoryofcreationinthebookofGenesis.Thebook
ofGenesisintheBiblewritesthattwohumanbeingswereformedingodsimage,andmakesthe
claimthathumanshavesuperiorityoverallothercreaturesorlifeformsoftheearth.Theidea
thathumansmayshareasimilaritybetweenotherlifeformssuchashomosapiensmight
soundinsultingtopeoplewhoholdaliteralinterpretationoftheBible.Although,itisnot
entirelyunreasonabletosaythatpeoplearecapableofbelievinginboth.Evolutiondoesnot
disproveGodbecauseitisascientificprocesslikeeveryotherprocess,nearlyhalfofAmericans
believeinevolution,andCharlesDarwinwasneverreallyanatheist.
Likeallscientificmethods,
evolutionisaprocess,butitisnotanargumentagainst
God(Reason).Manymechanismsexistinthenaturalworldsuchasthewatercycle,andare
...bydefaultasignofanorganizerorsystemiser.Evolutionisalsoamechanismsoitmustalso
haveanintelligencewhosetitintomotion(Reason).Anexamplethatwaswrittenonthe
website,OneReason,statesthatifhumanshadcreatedrobotsthateventuallygaintheabilityto
reproduceandimprovethemselvesinaccordancetotheenvironmenttheyarein,thehumans


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thendiedoutandaftermillionsofyearstherobotscameupwithatheoryoftheirevolution
basedonbitsofoldmachinestheydugup(Reason),theirtheorywouldneverdisprovethe
existenceofhumansautomatically,butinsteadwouldshowsomesignsofahigherbeingthathad
createdthem.DrFrancisCollinswhoisoneoftheworld'sleadingexpertsonevolution,hasa
strongbeliefthatGodhadbroughtabouthumanitythroughprocessesofevolutionandnatural
selection.(Reason)
AccordingtoasurveyconductedbyPewResearch,ithasrevealedthatabout60%of
Americansbelievehumanshaveevolvedoveralongperiodoftime.Thismeans
manyofthose
whoarereligiousandbelieveinGod,alsobelieveinevolution(Federman),andtheydont
reallyviewitasathreat.Bothatheistsandreligioniststendtosplitthedebate.Atheistsusually
wieldevolutionasahatchettodiscreditreligion,(Federman)andreligiouspeoplemakethe
claimthatevolutionisusuallyincompatiblewithfaithbecauseitdoesnotconformtoaliteral
readingoftheBible'sBookofGenesis(Federman),theybothcannevermakeuptheirmindon
theissue.
CharlesDarwinwasneverreallythechampionofevolutionthatatheistsmakehimoutto
be.Whenyoulookbackatpeopleinhistorywhose
contributionsdidmosttomakeliteralist
faithintheBibleincredible(Brown),Darwinwasnotthatimportant,andhedidntbring
anythingnewtothetable.Infact,histheoryonlyoffersawayaroundthedifficultiesraisedby
others(Brown),becausebythetimeDarwinwrotehisbookin1859,itwasalreadyclearthat
thebiblewastakenoutofthephysicalworldview.Theliteralstoryofthebiblewasalready
deemedunreasonablebytheologiansbecauseoftheunimaginableyoungageoftheearth.
Darwinsworkdidlittletounderminethebelieverinaccordancetowhathisson,Francis


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Darwin,wroteAsaGrayobservedthatiftheorchidbook"hadappearedbeforetheOrigin,the
authorwouldhavebeencanonisedratherthananathematisedbythenaturaltheologians."
DarwinstheoryonlyshowedChristians...tounderstandthehideousandconstantcrueltiesof
theworldaspartofthemechanismsnecessarytoproduceanykindofintelligentlife(Brown),
Whethertheywanttoseeitthatwayornot.Sincenaturalselectioniswidelyacceptedasa
scientificfact,histheorywouldhavestillbeendiscoveredevenifhewasntborn.Interestingly,
histheorywasactuallyindependentlydiscoveredbyAlfredRussellWallace.
Thetheoryofevolutiondoesntdisprovegodbecauseofallthepointsthatweregiven
above.Wecouldtryasbelieversornonbelieverstoseeeachotherssideoftheargument,and
getalongwitheachother.Evolutionshouldntbeshunneddownupon,insteaditshouldbeatthe
veryleast,anacknowledgedscientifictheory.


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WorksCited
"DoesEvolutionDisproveGod?"
OneReason
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Federman,Eli."BeliefinGodDoesn'tUndermineEvolution:Column."USAToday.Gannett,31
Dec.2013.Web.21Oct.2015.
Brown,Andrew."TheChristian'sFriend."TheGuardian.TheGuardian,14Nov.2008.Web.21
Oct.2015.

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