Evolution Vs Creationism Research Paper

Evolution vs Creationism The contentious debate of how humans came to be between the ideas from evolutionists and creationists has always intrigued me. I grew up in the very religiously oriented state of Utah, and it seemed that the subject of evolution was merely skimmed over in school, most likely to avoid conflict within the classroom. I remember many of my peers sharing with me the creationist ideas they were raised to believe, with some of their parents even requesting their children be excused from the discussion and subject matter in my science classes when covering The Theory of Evolution. When my peers would share their taught beliefs with me, I always found the idea of a powerful man in the sky being responsible for the way our earth is today seemed a little hard to believe. My parents are not religious, so I was never taught the creationist ideologies, and naturally leaned towards the ideas presented by The Theory of Evolution. When I was introduced to these ideas in elementary school, it …show more content…
As the evolution of the human species has excelled for thousands of years, we have seen an exponential growth rate of the human population with little to no signs of reaching a carrying capacity like every other species. Because of this, we have a massive impact on the earth severely alter every single environment we inhabit. I compare the effects of humans on this planet to the perception that we are merely giant parasites on the earth. We thrive off the overexploitation of our natural resources and environment, and have very little factors that can control our population growth, and to me, that is indeed a parasite. I do appreciate all the amazing things that we can do as humans, but unfortunately, I have a hard time ignoring all the damage that we are responsible for on this