Monday, May 18, 2009

Evolution vs Creationism

A few public schools around the country have been debating whether or not to teach evolution along with Creationism. There have been lawsuits that, in some cases, resulted in stickers being placed on textbooks. These stickers say that evolution is only a theory and that Creationism should be taught alongside evolution. In Georgia, a judge ruled that the stickers were unconstitutional and had them removed.
I guess, most people don't care what is taught, because there is relatively little controversy concerning what is taught as a whole around the country.
It is hard for many people to agree that humans probably descended from monkeys, or at least we don't want to believe it.
It is hard to believe that the origin of life on Earth began when a few chemicals just happened to come together at the right place and time and organic matter was created which eventually evolved into life.
There is a different kind of life here on Earth that is not like ours. Our bodies are based on the element carbon. Life found at the bottom of the ocean at "thermal vents" is based on the element sulfer. The tube worms and other creatures exist in 750 degree temperatures and get their energy from the hot waters and nutrients coming out of the earth. They exist without sunlight. However, these tube worms appear to bleed a blood-like fluid whenever severed. There are 42,00 mile of rifts under the ocean, which is where thousands of these vents occur. Life (as we know it) may have begun on Earth at these vents.
Another theory is that life came from outer space on a space rock, perhaps from Mars. Mars has what appears (through a telescope) to be some creature-made pyramids and a city. Or life could have come from a comet (which has ice and therefore water).
Life could have come from God creating it. We may never know.