The battle for hearts and minds between creationism and Darwinian evolution theory goes on and on. And on.

Charles Darwins theory of evolution offers an explanation for the development of modern man, and all life on Earth, over millions of years, by a process of natural selection and mutation. Creationism suggests that, essentially, the world and everything therein was created in between six days and ten thousand years, by God.

Scientists, academics and clerics are all getting involved in the argument as to which is the definitive explanation for the development of life on Earth. The argument is raging on as it has been for years, and it looks like it shows no sign of slowing.

What are the basics of Darwinian evolution theory? What are the creationists main arguments, and why is creationism dangerous?

Creationism v Evolution

The pseudoscientific offshoot of creationism, basically creationism in a lab coat, is Intelligent Design, or ID which holds that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an undirected process such as natural selection, and claims to be backed up by scientific research. Creationism is not restricted to Christians as a theory for the development of life some Muslims also believe that, as an example, animals were created from water by Allah.

Lets get my position on this clear from the outset, as if it wasnt clear already. Evolution theory is the best explanation we have for the development of life on Earth, backed up by an overwhelming amount of fossil evidence as well as the physiological evidence present in numerous species, including humans. Creationism is untenable, unproven hokum; an attempt by religion to ascribe our development as a species, our entire lives, to the work of a divine entity. I find the idea that millions of years of struggle, survival, mutation and development by life on Earth, and that we have become Earths most successful species, awe-inspiring and the idea that it was all the work of a divine creator abhorrent and laughable.

Creationism versus evolu