| One must first note a very important conflict:
though scientific views on creation differ greatly from
that of religious beliefs, it is still wise to discuss
both, shall we say, sides of the story. Though creation
is a topic that is not taken lightly by either group, I
feel that it is necessary to discuss here and cannot be
avoided in modern science. Many scientists agree that our sun, its planets,
our galaxy, and the universe as a whole were created
through a system that science calls evolution. One may
ask "Do you believe in evolution?" Hidden in
this statement is a very important word: believe- faith.
This is where the conflict arises and is where the line
can be drawn between science and religion.
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Religion is based on faith,
and science is based on fact through experimental
observation. Nevertheless, a point can be made about both
religion and evolution. Websters College Dictionary defines
evolution, "Any process of formation or growth and
development," and it is, "The theory that all
existing organisims developed from earlier forms by
natural selection." A view that is highly
controversial in the religious community is that humans
evolved from earlier forms of primates. A world full of
twentieth-century primates is not quite what the Apostles had in mind.
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