I'm a scientist, specialized in biochemistry with a special interest in nucleotide biochemistry.

The issue of evolution and creationism has been a bone of contention over years and surveys has been carried out in different countries to account for the percentages that believe in either of the two.

This is a project I'm working on and I believe nairaland holds a substantial sample size for me to get a figure from Nigeria.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION OR CREATIONISM? GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER. Thanks everyone as you participate in this survey.

Choose from the following options:
1. I don't believe in evolution because it's against my religion
2. I don believe in evolution because I don't know how it works
3.I believe in evolution but I don't know how it works
4. I believe in evolution and I know how it works.

Seun, mynd44 and lalasticlala can kindly help us to move this to front page, so we can get more participants. It's a work l intend using for my current research. Thanks

EVOLUTION IS A BIG LIE DESIGNED TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM WORSHIPING THEIR CREATOR.

I'm yet to find sense in the entire theory of evolution

I believe in the two

chucks185:
EVOLUTION IS A BIG LIE DESIGNED TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY FROM WORSHIPING DEAR CREATOR.

OK thanks, meaning yours is on religious basis.

Thanks for your contribution

servercodes001:
I'm yet to find sense in the entire theory of evolution

sorry, I have to compile very specific reasons. It doesn't make sense to you because of religion or you don't understand how it works?

beatmonster:
I believe in the two

can you throw more light to this?

You don't need believe in Evolution for it to be true as its still taking its course as you read this piece.

Since the birth of the Universe some 13.5 billion years down to the birth of Earth 4.5 Billion years ago down to our ancestors who has been around for about 6 millions year, Got wiped out before nature selected mordern form of human(homo sapien) to survive and we have been around for roughly 200,000 years ago.

Civilization started 6000 years ago and industriallization started just in the 1800s.

The reason i had to break this statistically for yall creation believers folks is because, it wasn't taught in school like how i took my time breaking them down and there are still lots of explanation to it all but on your own read to see beyond the creation myth y'all were taught in school.

Man only lives for a period of 100 years old hence his lifespan is too short to observe Evolution but i tell you what, it's still happening around you and taking its course.

nwabekeyi:
can you throw more light to this?

Evolution is scientific, it doesn't matter whether you believe or not.

What religion calls creation is the advanced reprogramming of Ape's DNA by advance intelligent extraterrestrial beings.

let's make man in our own image and likeness

If you follow evolution, it makes sense until you reach the transition between apes and human. something happened - Creation

aaronson:
You don't need believe in Evolution for it to be true as its still taking course as you read this piece.

ok, I got the message

beatmonster:


Evolution is scientific, it doesn't matter whether you believe or not.

What religion calls creation is the advanced reprogramming of Ape's DNA by advance intelligent extraterrestrial beings.

let's make man in our own image and likeness

If you follow evolution, it makes sense until you reach the transition between apes and human. something happened - Creation

can I say you believe in "intelligent design"?

Evolution is a myth. Nothing is evolving. It's impossible to morph from Ape to Human.

Experiment with viruses if you want to fasttrack evolution. Viruses cannot morph into another specie of virus even with natural selection. They only tend to adapt.

servercodes001:
I'm yet to find sense in the entire theory of evolution

it's either you don't understand evolution due to its complexities or you just choose to ignore it.

OpenYourEyes1:
Evolution is a myth. Nothing is evolving. It's impossible to morph from Ape to Human.

Experiment with viruses if you want to fasttrack evolution. Viruses cannot morph into another specie of virus even with natural selection. They only tend to adopt.

OK, thanks for your contribution though your assumption is wrong.

Thanks anyway

OpenYourEyes1:
Evolution is a myth. Nothing is evolving. It's impossible to morph from Ape to Human.

Experiment with viruses if you want to fasttrack evolution. Viruses cannot morph into another specie of virus even with natural selection. They only tend to adopt.

Evolution is as real as the language you typing in. Language is also another factor that explains the success of evolution and ensures its continuity.

aaronson:
Evolution is as real as the language you typing in. Language is also another factor that explains the success of evolution ans ensures its continuity.

Example of something evolving?

OpenYourEyes1:


Example of something evolving?

a new speice of bacteria was identified to have evolved from the genus of ideonella called ideonella sakaiensis in 2016
It evolved as a result of increasing polyethene in the environment from plastics. It evolved with the ability to degrade plastics. Lot of examples are there but this is not the time. I just need your opinion.

Thanks

OpenYourEyes1:


Example of something evolving?

lots of sea creatures are being discovered due to previous evolved specie same as diverse land animals in the wild. Human isn't evolving pass this point because of our intelligence on self identity but some gene change (DNA), mutation and human variation are still on going, that's another proof of evolution.

Primitive human of the stone and mediaval ages down to current post modernism age and looking forward to super computer/hi tech era. Another proof.

These changes occurs with medication so you either see them as advancement of sophistication but this is evolution taking its course.

[quote author=nwabekeyi post=73685127]can I say you believe in "intelligent design"?[/quote

Yes, when it comes to creation

nwabekeyi:
a new speice of bacteria was identified to have evolved from the genus of ideonella called ideonella sakaiensis in 2016
It evolved as a result of increasing polyethene in the environment from plastics. It evolved with the ability to degrade plastics. Lot of examples are there but this is not the time. I just need your opinion.

Thanks

The bacteria were probably engineered to degrade plastics or they already have the ability to degrade plastics. If a group of Humans survive on grass in a famine it doesn't mean they evolved.

Both go alike

Evolution, if you rearrange dna, you will definitely get a new form( Mutation)

Creationism, something must have come out of something.

But what....

[quote author=beatmonster post=73686345][/quote]thanks for you contribution

OpenYourEyes1:



The bacteria were probably engineered to degrade plastics or they already have the ability to degrade plastics. If a group of Humans survive on grass in a famine it doesn't mean they evolved.

OK, thanks for your contribution

helinues:
Both go alike

how?
Can you be specific?

nwabekeyi:
how?
Can you be specific?

I already modified my post. Read above

nwabekeyi:
I'm a scientist, specialized in biochemistry with a special interest in nucleotide biochemistry.

The issue of evolution and creationism has been a bone of contention over years and surveys has been carried out in different countries to account for the percentages that believe in either of the two.

This is a project I'm working on and I believe nairaland holds a substantial sample size for me to get a figure from Nigeria.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION OR CREATIONISM? GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER. Thanks everyone as you participate in this survey.

Choose from the following options:
1. I don't believe in evolution because it's against my religion
2. I don believe in evolution because I don't know how it works
3.I believe in evolution but I don't know how it works
4. I believe in evolution and I know how it works.

Seun, mynd44 and lalasticlala can kindly help us to move this to front page, so we can get more participants. It's a work l intend using for my current research. Thanks

I made the following modifications to the original post.

helinues:


I already modified my post. Read above

you believe in evolution but you think something must have started the initial process of evolution?

nwabekeyi:
you believe in evolution but you think something must have started the initial process of evolution?

Of course. Earth journey started when Theia collided with earth. Theia brought life I guess.

helinues:


Of course. Earth journey started when Theia collided with earth. Their brought life I guess.

OK, hope you know that if you believe in the law of evolution,you can't believe in creationism? Creationism suggests that the earth is just less than 6,000years old and that organisms were all created without change afterwards.

They are two different ideologies but I get your point and I share your opinion too.

aaronson:


Primitive human of the stone and mediaval ages down to current post modernism age and looking forward to super computer/hi tech era. Another proof.

This is Development not Evolution. It is unique to only humans otherwise birds and apes that depend on Primitive tools should have developed advanced tools as well.

super computer/hi tech era. Another proof

Again this is Development.
IPad morphing into Laptop(which is not possible) is evolution.

nwabekeyi:
OK, hope you know that if you believe in the law of evolution,you can't believe in creationism? Creationism suggests that the earth is just less than 6,000years old and that organisms were all created without change afterwards.

They are two different ideologies but I get your point and I share your opinion too.

Everybody has their own definition of things. There are some many questions both science and religious cant answer/explain. See, I am fascinated with cosmos so I always make research on my own.

My conclusion about the earth , universe;
Not all the questions have the right answers

helinues:


Everybody has their own definition of things. There are some many questions both science and religious cant answer/explain. See, I am fascinated with cosmos so I always make research on my own.

My conclusion about the earth , universe;
Not all the questions have the right answers

thanks a lot for your contributions, trust me when I say that we have same ideology