Critical Thinking Blog #2

This is always a tricky discussion, but Jacoby presents some sharp arguments about the debate between evolution and creationism. For this blog, create your own discussion about this debate. Where do you stand and why? What critical criteria have you used to consider this issue (if at all -- maybe it's the first time you've thought about it)? Where does this issue stand among the issues of the day?


I was raised Catholic, forced to go to Catholic school. I was raised to believe in creationism. It was not until I was in high school that I began to start questioning my beliefs. I started to do very well in science classes and was introduced to the idea of evolution. I then formed the concept that evolution happens everyday, we evolve into the people we are today. Once I understood that concept, I began researching and discussing with other the idea of evolution and natural selection. Today, it does not even seem fathomable to even think for a second that creationism makes any logical sense. I do not have faith. I don't even think anything really happens after death or before birth. We are animals, just like birds and dogs. They don't revolve their lives around worships something that have no idea is real or not. They live day to day trying to survive. I believe in the concept of survival of the fittest. Those that are the most equipped have higher levels of success, no argument there. I have thought long and hard about this subject and the discussion could go on forever. Today I stand by science. I have faith in things that are real and tangible, things that can be proven. The only issues my recent beliefs bring me are that some friends, coworkers and various other people do not agree with me. They stand by their religious beliefs and sooner or later they cut off contact with me because faith rules their life. I see believing in God as the same concept as believing in Santa clause or the tooth fairy, it just seems bogus. I do have an open mind to the concept of a higher power, but not in God or creationism.