"since you were borne from my creator, you are now subject to the associated dogma"
I'm not 100% sure what you meant by this statement. Are you talking about holy war, jihad, and the like? Define "associated dogma" before I reply:)
Like I said, you have to either place your faith in science, or in history (such as the Bible).
Creation cannot be proven based on scientific tests, and Evolution cannot be proven based on historical events/texts.
Every truth in our world cannot be proven scientifically. You cannot prove that someone lied by using scientific instruments, studies have shown lie detectors to be fallable. You cannot prove that George Washington ever lived based on scientific testing, but you can prove it using historical documents and by observing the many influences he left behind on America.
It's very dangerous to place all of your hope on a scientific theory. Theories can change very dramatically as instruments become more precise. Scientists were convinced that the world was flat for hundreds of years, and were unwilling to consider any other possibility because of their faith in their instruments' precision. They could not be convinced until someone had actually sailed around the world. The same is with Evolution/Creation. Most people will not even consider the opposing theory, deciding to wait until they die to find out which was correct.
The theory of Evolution has branched out into multiple theories, which have been revised countless times as problems are discovered with them. The Bible, however, has remained constant for thousands of years. The only thing that has changed are the skewed interpretations of it made by men with alterior motives.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are ideologies. One states that we have evolved into existance from something, and the other states that we were created by something already alive. These are Biological beliefs, not Philosophical. Just because a person believes that we were created by someone, does not mean that person will obey the creator.
Note that there is no "Church of Creation Science" either. There are churches of religion, who believe in Creation Science, just like there are churches of religion who believe in Evolution.
When it comes down to logic, I see both Creation and Evolution equally. Neither answers what their "something" is. Evolution does not answer where the original "something" from which we evolved came from, and Creation does not answer where our creator came from. So when it comes down to it, both are at a stalemate.
The only deciding factor between the two, is the religious implications made by either theory. Evolution implies that there is no creator, and Creation implies that there is a creator. If Evolutionists are correct, and there is no creator, then Creationists have nothing to lose by seeking to find and serve who they believe their creator is. If Creationists are correct and there is a creator, Evolutionists have everything to lose at the hand of his vengance once they die.
I agree with you, anything that cannot be proven true must be accepted on the basis of faith. The fact of the matter is, neither evolution nor creation can be proven _true_. Both are faiths, because both require you to make large assumptions. Evolutionists assume that science is correct, and Creationists assume that the Bible is correct.
No historians were alive taking notes when the universe was created, so we cannot prove either theory by first-hand accounts. Science has changed its opinion on the matter countless times in the past, what we believe now will most likely be completely different from what scientists say in 100 years. And, the Bible has been accused of being a fabrication. So, neither belief has concrete evidence. Both require an amount of faith to accept.
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"since you were borne from my creator, you are now subject to the associated dogma" I'm not 100% sure what you meant by this statement. Are you talking about holy war, jihad, and the like? Define "associated dogma" before I reply :)
Like I said, you have to either place your faith in science, or in history (such as the Bible).
Creation cannot be proven based on scientific tests, and Evolution cannot be proven based on historical events/texts.
Every truth in our world cannot be proven scientifically. You cannot prove that someone lied by using scientific instruments, studies have shown lie detectors to be fallable. You cannot prove that George Washington ever lived based on scientific testing, but you can prove it using historical documents and by observing the many influences he left behind on America.
It's very dangerous to place all of your hope on a scientific theory. Theories can change very dramatically as instruments become more precise. Scientists were convinced that the world was flat for hundreds of years, and were unwilling to consider any other possibility because of their faith in their instruments' precision. They could not be convinced until someone had actually sailed around the world. The same is with Evolution/Creation. Most people will not even consider the opposing theory, deciding to wait until they die to find out which was correct.
The theory of Evolution has branched out into multiple theories, which have been revised countless times as problems are discovered with them. The Bible, however, has remained constant for thousands of years. The only thing that has changed are the skewed interpretations of it made by men with alterior motives.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are ideologies. One states that we have evolved into existance from something, and the other states that we were created by something already alive. These are Biological beliefs, not Philosophical. Just because a person believes that we were created by someone, does not mean that person will obey the creator.
Note that there is no "Church of Creation Science" either. There are churches of religion, who believe in Creation Science, just like there are churches of religion who believe in Evolution.
When it comes down to logic, I see both Creation and Evolution equally. Neither answers what their "something" is. Evolution does not answer where the original "something" from which we evolved came from, and Creation does not answer where our creator came from. So when it comes down to it, both are at a stalemate.
The only deciding factor between the two, is the religious implications made by either theory. Evolution implies that there is no creator, and Creation implies that there is a creator. If Evolutionists are correct, and there is no creator, then Creationists have nothing to lose by seeking to find and serve who they believe their creator is. If Creationists are correct and there is a creator, Evolutionists have everything to lose at the hand of his vengance once they die.
I agree with you, anything that cannot be proven true must be accepted on the basis of faith. The fact of the matter is, neither evolution nor creation can be proven _true_. Both are faiths, because both require you to make large assumptions. Evolutionists assume that science is correct, and Creationists assume that the Bible is correct.
No historians were alive taking notes when the universe was created, so we cannot prove either theory by first-hand accounts. Science has changed its opinion on the matter countless times in the past, what we believe now will most likely be completely different from what scientists say in 100 years. And, the Bible has been accused of being a fabrication. So, neither belief has concrete evidence. Both require an amount of faith to accept.