Science & Religion, Evolution & Creation

CHRISTINE NGUYEN
Science and Religion, two of the mot u!held genre that urround dail" live, #oth create an
im!act of the utmot com!le$it" and contradiction% Each of thee !oee a variet" of
connotation, relating toward the !oitive and negative nature of the two individual% &t the
mot im!let term, although one ma" a!ire to gra! the full !otential of either cience or
religion, a we #egin to delve into the dee!, de!th of 'nowledge, undertanding the full e$tent
of a ingle idea ma" #ring a#out a!!reciation toward it rival idea% That i to a", in the
ma(orit" of individual, cience will give rie to the awarene of religion) and vice vera) which
in turn, will render acce!tance a formida#le ta'%
&lthough each, in re!ective, do !rovide an aorted arra" of aum!tion and the alleged
*evidence,* it i the underl"ing, !"chological characteritic of o#tinac", that trul" 'ee! u
awa" from aligning ourelve toward a choen ideolog"% However, it i through +r% ,enneth
-iller. #elief that #" triving toward cientific reaon, a more infinitel" com!le$ world i
revealed, allowing u to dee!en religiou faith% Yet, through the !rogreion of the cientific
world, individual of religion increaingl" #ecame divided at differing view!oint for the newl"/
founded theorie% Throughout time, the world ha 0uetioned the overall ha!e of the Earth, age
of the Earth, !oition of the Earth, and !rogreive life on Earth% 1" which at ever" ingle !oint
in time, u!holder of religion ha u!!orted their #elief with contrating, #i#lical !aage%
Graduall", a ene of religion molded into that of cience%
& cientific dicoverie !reed onward, evolution #ecame the mot #olded to!ic to
dicu% Evolution ha integrated into the educational main !oint% Since religiou neutralit"
mut #e maintained a managed #" law, !u#lic chool do continue to intruct on thi to!ic
im!l" a a matter of !roviding 'nowledge% &lthough, according to Eugenie C% Scott, the
!ur!oe i not to change the tudent. religiou view, a large amount of ociet" are not amica#le
toward the overall idea of Evolution% It i, a +r% -iller noted, that rather than #eing connected
to the leer #eing #elieved to #e #elow man'ind, man'ind would rather a!ire to an ancetr" of
divine tance%
& although mot are indignant at evolutional idea of man'ind #eing decendant of
mon'e", it i correct to a" that thi i a mi/commonl" 'nown fact% 2e are not decendant of
mon'e" a much a we are more cloel" related to all !rimate through a ingle !ivotal !oint, a
common ancetor% 3urthermore, geneticall" !ea'ing, almot 44 !ercent of gene are in common
with that of a chim!an5ee% Through thi 'nowledge, 6hilli! 7ohnon !lanted that idea that the
tranition from chim!an5ee to human, and vice vera, hould #e a relativel" uncom!licated
!roce, which ha given rie to 0uetion toward the authenticit" of evolution and what 'ind of
e$!lanation can #e in!utted from evolutionar" cience and religion%
Through com!arion anal"i, the num#er of u#tantial evidence toward either cae i
not within am!le range and, it i through m" o!inionated argument that neither cae can draw a
valid and relia#le concluion% Yet, it i #" m" undertanding, that a true cloure will #e mot
validated when cience and religion come alongide each other toward a focal !oint% The
ideolog" that !oee vat !otential, though, i the idea that the Creator ha formed matter from
nothing and ha continued to influence the creature He had created in term of what i 'nown a
Evolution% To further forward, dicover" of an" conidera#le evidence hould continue alongide
thee two cae, for an o#tacle in one genre ma" #ring a#out an e!i!han" in the other% &lthough
de#ate #etween cientit and creationit ma" not conclude with a mingling view!oint, the
heated e$!reion of defending one. #elief ma" draw a#out the wondering thought/!rocee of
the urrounding other%