The Short Documentary Evolution's Achilles Heel

Introduction: Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory has changed the way we see society, ethics and religion. It has cause multiple problems within religion. What Darwin directly challenged was the view that God had originally created all species of plant and animal life, just as they exist today. The ongoing debate about the most valid perception of the world's origins has troubled both the scientific and religious communities, causing, in many cases, intense conflicts and misconceptions. The goal of the current academic essay is to investigate the compatibility between the scientific theory of evolution and the christian beliefs about the origin of human kind.

“Every time you understand something, religion becomes less likely. Only with the discovery of the double helix and the ensuing genetic revolution have we had grounds for thinking that the powers held traditionally to be the exclusive property of the gods might one day be ours” (James Dwatson, 1953).Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. However, some people argue that entering technology in genetics is a normal process nowadays, while others think that this phenomenon is against religion. No one ever accepts the fact that anyone looks like his self, bit even in any detail. Cloning is a violation of the uniqueness of the cloned person.

During his time Charles Darwin was opposed by many scientists who did not agree with his discoveries. For example, Virchow, the German doctor and writer, did not like it. He said, “The idea that man had descended from apes was an attack on society’s moral foundations.” (“Charles Darwin). He publicly expressed his view and said that teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution should not be allowed to be taught in schools in Germany. His theory about natural selection was even less accepted.

While Charles Darwin influenced nihilism because of his scientific theories. Darwin challenged the idea that animals and human beings were indifferent and the doctrine of the divine rights of kings. Darwin believed that the origin of all living things were scientific not because of biblical faith. This influenced nihilism because many people began to question how they evolved although some people rejected Darwin 's ideas of

An example of evidence like this would be growth rings on trees. People who believe this hypothesis think that evidence of earth ageing like the growth rings on trees have been places by god when he created the earth. Old earth creationism states that god created the universe. This type of creationism accepts scientific dating of the world but but does not believe the theory of evolution. There are three types of old earth creationism, day age, gap, and progressive creationism.

In the article “Evolution as Fact and Theory” Stephen Jay Gould who is one of the leading theorists in evolution argues that the debate between evolutionists and creationists is pointless since creationists’ arguments lack support and evidence. Gould writes that creationists’ main argument is that evolution is only a theory. However, Gould states that it is not only a theory but also a fact. He suggests that humans evolved from apelike— whether or not is happened by Darwin’s mechanism. What Gould is saying is that there is more than enough evidence to support the theory of evolution and the question that scientists are trying to answer is how exactly all living organisms are linked.

The Fermi Paradox The Fermi Paradox, inaccurately attributed to physicist Enrico Fermi, suggests that if intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, there would be evidence of their visits to Earth, or presence in the galaxy and/or universe, but since there is no clear evidence, intelligent extraterrestrial life either does not exist, or some other explanation is required to explain the lack of evidence. The name of this concept improperly originates from the physicist, Enrico Fermi, who asked, “Where is everybody?”, when referring to the plausibility of interstellar travel. The question proposes that if Earth was able to develop interstellar travel, then it is plausible that other civilizations in the galaxy should be capable of developing

Edward O. Wilson, in his essay Intelligent Evolution, diagnoses the “gap between science and faith-based religion” as “tectonic” (556), and predicts the continuous expansion of the gap. This gap appears most vividly in the field of biology, over the question of the origin of species of life on the Earth. The scientific answer to this question is the theory of evolution, which explains that the force of nature, called natural selection, has shaped and diversified the species of life on the Earth. However, Christians viewed the theory of evolution as a threat to their fundamental dogma: the existence of a single almighty deity, who has created life in the forms they exist today. In response, creationists utilized scientific methodologies and

First, one of the most common arguments against cloning is that people will lose their individuality if they are cloned. However, it is important to remember that cloning only creates a genetically identical copy of an organism, with a completely different personality. Quoted from “‘Goodbye Dolly?’: the ethics of human cloning”, to clone Bill Clinton would not produce more Presidents of the United States, just humans who looked like him but had a different individuality. Another argument is that it is a waste of human potential to create a spare embryo for preimplantation testing and then discard it. But, if no spare embryo is created and the original embryo is tested and not implanted because it is damaged by the procedure, it is also a waste of human potential.

This can be passed over to offspring and they proceed with the development. Scientist does not take into account speculation on origin but concentrate on taxonomic of biology. Darwinian evolutionism believed natural selection is the main process of changing part not inclusive means. From his book Origin of species he stated that; there is a grad ear in this view of life with several powers, having been original breathed by the creator into few forms or one and that while this planet has gone circling according to fixed law of gravity, from simple at the beginning to endless form most beautiful and wonderful have been and are being evolved. Evolution of today is based on three assumptions mechanistic type which include the process of chemistry and physics,teleogical type which state that God created the living fossil to serve the certain end and final the emergent type which consist of developmental characterised by progressing stages which are unnoticed by the

Genes are blueprints that determine an organism’s traits. Organisms get a new combination of genes, hence, and new combination of traits from Genetic engineering. These combinations cannot occur in nature, and cannot be developed by natural means. It can only be done throughout technological achievements. A lot of scientists believe and deem that genetic engineering is a revolutionary breakthrough concept.

Who actually won the Scopes Monkey Trial? The case wasn’t closed with a clear winner or loser. In my opinion, there was no winner, there was and still is no set religion or set course of study for science. Many people have argued over whether creationism or evolution is right, but people don’t always focus on what the schools are teaching us. Creationism used to be the primary belief, and now more and more people are losing faith and looking at evolution.

I want to know why they are doing this because I think that I will understand the plot better. I understand that they want to try to find new organisms but I don’t know why. I believe that the scientists are collecting organisms because they want to find something new to see if non-earth-like organisms can live outside the atmosphere. The scientists have not had any luck finding anything new which means that from all the data that they have, there is no evidence of unknown organisms. I think the scientists should go and explore themselves instead of using capsules to collect stuff because the capsules may be missing some organisms or

In other words, they have eliminated the supernatural and replaced it with naturalism. In reality, they have eliminated the Christian worldview and replaced it with a secular, atheistic one! The moment in time that Ham’s fingertips typed the words,“unproven natural processes,” his argument became invalid. Evolution is a highly esteemed field of science with mounds of evidence supporting it. The scientific community is finding new evidence for evolution and a natural biogenesis daily.

So examining further the foundations elemental secular government becomes not just a matter of gently logical opinion but one of extreme political and practical desperation (Harris). "Theistic Evolutionists" believe that God conducted evolution over millions of years but only seven percent out of the thirty-nine percent thought themselves as "Darwinists", who believe that God played no role in either creation or evolution. These two groups further prove that contradicting ideas and theories can live amongst one another in peace (“American Decades”). In conclusion, secular and sacred groups have proved to have conflicts in the past and present but they also have proven that they can coexist