ResponsePaper

Theevolutiontheorydealswiththebeginningoftheearth,lifeofmanandanimals.
TherearedifferenttheoriesbetweenChristianityandevolution.Howeverthereisacombination
inboth.Evolutiontheorytriestoanswerhowtheearthcameabout.Myviewisrejectingthe
evolutiontheory.IrejectevolutiontheorybecauseIdonotbelievethatwecamefromanimals,
andIdontbelievethattheearthwascreatedbytheBigBangtheory.
IunderstandevolutiontheoryformedbytheBigBangtheory.Itstellingushowwe
cameaboutfromanimals.Thisistellingmethatlifeonearthstartedfromanimalsandthat'show
mancameabout.FromtheArmsRacevideo,theevolutioncausesthepoisontoincreaseinthe
newtsbythegardensnakeswhicheatthenewtsandtheydiebecauseofthepoison.Overtime
eatingmorenewtsbecomelesstoxic.
Science(evolution)isjustatheorytomebecauseit'saguess.Ibelieveincreationtheory
ratherthanevolution.Thisisnotalegitimatewaytoknowabouttheworldbecausesomepeople
havedifferentopinionsaboutevolutiontheoryandthehistoryoftheearth.Iratherwouldknow
abouttheworldinadifferentwaythanintheories.
IunderstandtheGenesisaccountofGodcreatingthebeginningoftheearth,andhow
longittookhim.GenesistellsusthatGodcreatedtheworldandthisiswhereitcamefrom.
GenesisalsotalksaboutGodbeingeverlastingandbeinginfinite,withoutabeginningandend.
Godinventedthebeginningsofeverything.Thisshouldbetakenliterallybecauseitisnotamyth
noraparable.Ithinkitsliteralbecauseit'srealanditactuallyhappened.Genesisdescribesour
relationshipwithGod,anddescribesexactlyhowGodcreatedouruniverseinsixdays.
IthinktheEarthis6,000to10,000yearsold.SoinmyopinionIthinktheearthisyoung

becauseinmyBiblealongthemarginandthebookofGenesis,theearthisyoungandisbetween
theseyears.Lifeformedonearthwouldtakealiteraldayasin24hours.Idonotthinkitwould
takeperiodsoftime,besidesthiswouldbeevolution.
WhenIfindfossilsIbelievethatthesefossilswerecreatedfromtheflood,duringthe
timeofNoahsdays,whenthewholeearthwascoveredinwater.Thenumbersdonotmatchand
Ihaveadifficulttimewiththedifferencesofthedatingoftheearth.ThismeansIdont
understandthedatingtechniques.Wemayneverknowhowolditis.Althoughwemaynever
knowtheage,itdoesnotreallymattertomeandmysalvation.Themajorconcernisour
relationshipwithGodwhichonlymatterstome.
Humansarealikealthoughtheydontlookthesame.Insomewaystheyarethesameby
theirstructurebutdifferentintheirpersonalities.Newspeciesaredifferentthanhumans,because
speciescanbeformedagainintoaneworigin.Newspeciescanbeformedbecauseitappearsto
becreatedinisolatedgroupsanddevelopdifferentcharacteristics.Peoplewerecreatedspecially
atacertainpointinhistorybecausehumanswerecreatedonthesixthdayinhistory,soweare
notcreatedinthepartoftheprocessofevolution.
ThisiswhatIthinkabouttheevolutiontheoryandwhatIunderstandaboutit.Ialso
includedmyopinionabouthowoldIthinktheearthis.
MariahBegay
February11,2014
Biology7thhour