There has been debate about teaching creation or intelligent design versus evolution. Upon looking at the genetics and the evidence for evolution, I believe it makes a very strong case. There is a lot of evidence that shows extreme similarity between multiple organisms, and parts of organisms. The oddity is that the similar structures often have different uses within the organism.

 

I do not know how much of our genes are intelligently designed, but I have a feeling that someone in our distant prehistoric past may have had a hand in editing the genetic material that existed before them, wherever that material may have come from. This brings forth a chicken vs egg problem that is very perplexing, and so I am very skeptical about it. The scientific level that we currently work at allows us to edit our genes in whatever way we may wish, and we may also create totally new organisms as a simple matter.

 

Upon making the above rant, I realise that although science is the way we go about learning how the world works, it has become its own religion in many ways. This is where creationism comes in handy. Although it is not easy to scientifically prove or disprove the existence of a supernatural being, it is certainly a compelling argument for those with a faith. Creationism is important in this way, it stands to keep science from becoming an exclusive religion. By religion, I mean that people have beliefs about gods and other such things. Many of the people in the scientific community have the belief that such things do not exist, and therefore, they are, in my definition, practicing a religion.

 

I do not mean to say that I am against religion. The human brain uses belief in a greater power to get people through troubled times, and all those who had no such belief have since perished. Religion has inspired many great advances in science itself, which I believe far outweighs any harmful effects. I personally don't believe that people should use bias in scientific matters, but people do not always know they are biased and need oversight. I understand that I am personally biased towards creationism or intelligent design as far as the complexity of genes goes, but I am also biased towards evolutionism as far as the scientific approach that has been made. It also doesn't usually say exactly how we were created by any spirit being, so I think there is room for both, with clear use of evidence to decide any dispute.

 

Although the proponents of creationism are constantly giving ground over to evolutionism, it is not because of the idea that god exists, it is because they added details that do not properly show what their religious material says. Every one of the faulty details will be destroyed as science advances. Only people who believe things without being backed up, and without having a basis in religous material or science, will make this kind of mistake. It completely insults everyones intelligence. We are decades to centuries away from knowing whether a god exists with science, and I am content to wait, and simply hold a non-scientific belief, with the hope that there is some truth to this, and that I will someday be able to exist for eternity without any problems.

 

On a more positive note, many cutting edge advances in science have affirmed the teachings of religious texts in the areas of psychology and other social sciences. The teachings in books, for example, the bible, can enrich the lives of everyone, and create a positive atmosphere of love and peace for all. Although many criminals have tricked people into doing terrible things with religion, it was not the direct fault of religion, and religion should not be blamed for such things, in the same way that science should not be blamed for guns or atomic bombs. We must look at religion and science in a complex way, the way that we view eachother. In this way of thinking, if a child steals a cookie from a cookie jar, that child should not be sent into the desert to die for his/her crime. If a person burns dinner, that person should obviously not go to jail for making his/her family starve that night, they will survive, as the human race will.