Creationism

Before spring break started, I had no clue as to what my next experience would be about. Every year in the spring, the Jehovah Witnesses have an assembly to encourage one another and to help them draw closer to God. This year the theme was “Maintain Your Love for Jehovah”. The assembly usually takes place in Jackson, but because of March Madness, we were sent to Hammond, Louisiana. A week before we had to go, my grandmother told me that I would have to drive this year. She knows I have a…

At times, it is necessary to go against society’s beliefs, as seen in the play Inherit the Wind written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. Cates, the protagonist, is suffering the consequences of teaching evolution to his science class in a creationism based society. He is arrested and his trial brings attention to their town of Hillsboro. His attorney, Henry Drummond, uses his open-mindedness, stubbornness, and optimism to defend and help others in times of need. To begin, Henry Drummond…

Since Darwin first published his groundbreaking theory of evolution, the origin of life has long been a controversial topic for scholars. For theists, they hold the idea that Darwin’s evolution theory fails to explain how first living organism comes from. They believe that failure to show how the fist living organism occurs implies that there is a creator for life who is God. However, the naturalists such as Miller and Haldane shows that chemicals can react each other and form amino acid and…

The 1920s in the United States were a decade commonly known as the “roaring” 20s. However, while the 20s was a fantastic era, there were many reasons not to call them “roaring,” as well. For farmers, it was a time of poverty and hardship. The Ku Klux Klan grew massively in the 20s, anti-immigration was a popular shared feeling among many Americans, and the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial divided the country into those who believed in modern science, and those who followed tradition and…

scholar, like all people, he was flawed. Origen often denied the history of the Scripture. He believed in universalism, which is the idea that all people would eventually be saved. Origen also believed in the preexistence of the soul, rather than creationism, and he often overlooked the literal truths of the bible. While Origen had many blemishes, the lifestyle he lead and his passion for teaching the gospel is one that many can follow even today. Not only was Origen a writer but also an…

There is a huge controversy in the United States between whether teachers should educate students on Natural Selection. South Carolina passed a law to allow students to begin learning it this year, but their teachers cannot use the term ‘Natural Selection’ because it does not agree with their senators religion. Evolution has been an issue for many years and goes back to when Darwin created the theory in 1858. He informed the world of his findings after a long period spent observing the…

Taylor’s example of evolution best compliments the challenge of evolution against creationism. When Taylor tries to explain that he had come from another planet, Dr. Zaius replies with, “Then how is it we speak the same language? Even in your lies, some truth slips through! That mythical community you're supposed to come from -- ‘Fort Wayne'…

Samuel Elenwo 08/28/16 BIOL 2013 Discussion 1 The introduction of evolution and creationism in my household can be debatable. My first exposure to the idea of evolution or evolution as a topic was in church. Growing up in a strongly religious and faith based home the idea of humanity beginning through the whole idea of evolution was shunned. My parents were very open to informing us on what they felt we were of age to know but the idea of evolution always resulted in the same answer and…

A Glance at Three Religions Judaism, Santeria, and Scientology are three religions that originated in different parts of the world, at different times, and with a variety of similarities and differences. These religions all vary in their origins and beliefs. Judaism is one of the oldest religions, founded over 3,500 years ago in the Middle East. Santeria originated in Cuba out of slave trade, and Scientology is the most modern religion, founded in 1954 by a man named Ronald Hubbard in the United…

natural selection, and human and plant systems. If we did any science in primary school, I don’t have any memory of it. We did not do any science investigations or experiments since most of our work for every subject was book-based and involved creationism for science due to the school’s denomination. I enjoyed high school science and remember learning about electricity quite vividly. It was a very hands-on…