Creation or evolution – what is the truth?
Sword&Spirit makes a commendable beginning by saying “Definitions, here, as always, are important”. They are. Creation is a story taken out of a book written by primitive civilisations well over 4000 years ago. Today, we can tell the age of the Earth with remarkable scientific accuracy, back then they only had the benefit of, well, guessing. Evolution is a scientific theory. The definition of a scientific theory is that which is no longer a hypothesis, a postulation, but, thanks to piles of mounting evidence and peer-reviewed agreement, becomes as effective as saying the ‘Law’ of gravity. There is no, absolutely no evidence whatsoever that suggests the truthfulness of the story of biblical Creation. Creationists take aim at the gaps in the evidence (presumably at a murder trial, they would not accept any evidence short of complete cinematic footage of events) and assume that the absence of evidence in some areas is enough to conclusively prove their theory, which presents no evidence a
