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Allen Lu
Professor Emilia Grant
UWRT 1102
February 1, 2015
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gained anything from praying to a god at all; everything that I have now is from
my own personal work.
In our current modern society, the universal explanation for the worlds
creation is depicted through word in The Bible. The current methods for
spreading the word of religion are through the media (television/radio) and also
through books. I have a fond memory from a couple years back when I saw a
church protest on television stating that the well-known trading card game,
Pokmon was a game that stimulated a satanic world. Christians believed this
mans theory only because of the fictional characters in this demonic world such
as Haunters ability to hypnotize, Kadabras ability to emit negative energy and
ultimately, the starter Pokmon that the player first chooses (Charmander,
Squirtle and Bulbasaur). The starter Pokmon were only called due to their
abilities to Evolve. This propaganda was initially quite humorous to me, seeing
how desperate some religions such as Christianity have become to push their
controversial beliefs among gullible individuals around them. It is as if they have
become so dependent and fixated on religion that it has taken over their lives and
has enslaved them in chains.
In the earlier years up to the 18th century, most Europeans believed that
God created the world in seven days according to The Bible. A British scientist
soon challenged this orthodoxy by the name of Charles Darwin, the brain behind
the Natural Selection theory. Darwin was the first individual to lay a foundation for
the theory of evolution. Charles Darwin ultimately transformed the way that we
perceived the world and mankind, challenging the previously accepted biblical
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orthodoxy. There were five different theories that Darwin hypothesized; evolution,
common descent, species multiply, gradualism and natural selection. There are
many examples in todays world that point to natural selection and how an
organism evolves in order to stay fit for their environment such as insects and
their resistance to pesticides. When an organism reproduces, they are able to
pass their unique combination of genes to their offsprings, giving their offsprings
the ideal genetics for their continued survival. Darwin had a grand idea that these
all werent different but they all occurred together, causing a species to gradually
change over time so that they can best suit their environment allowing them to
have higher chances of surviving and reproducing.
These theories provide proof that natural selection allows an organism to
evolve and that apes are the origins of all humans living on earth today. Earlier
last year in 2014, a heated debate became the trending topic between Bill Nye
The Science Guy and Ken Ham. In this debate between these two famous
figures, one of the most sensitive controversies was discussed. Bill Nye, who is
for Evolution stated many credible points in his side of the debate including the
famous tree in Sweden, Old Tjikko that is 9,550 years old or the ability for
unskilled humans at that time to create a wooden ship that would house 14,000
individuals (Bill Nye).
Even though I support and side with Science over religion, I believe that
those who believe in religion are just exploring the real world and I have no
business bashing their faith and belief in a god. Nobody knows the true meaning
behind human life but to me, the meaning of life is to leave a legacy behind,
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passing on our DNA to our offsprings. The main question that should be asked
about evolution is Do you UNDERSTAND evolution? rather than, Do you
BELIEVE in evolution?
Works Cited:
Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham : Behind the Scenes of the Great Creation Debate. Perf.
Bill Nye and Ken Ham. ABC News, 2014. Bill Nye vs. Ken Ham : Behind the
Scenes of the Great Creation Debate. UNCC Library, 23 Nov. 2014. Web. 29
Mar. 2015.