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Vincent S. Newbill
July 30, 2002
Eng 100
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Creation vs. Evolution


On November 24, 1859, a man named Charles Darwin started a controversy that has lasted to present day. His work, entitled “Origin of Species”, stated the possibility that humans were not created but evolved from natural processes. Although, he was not the first to express these ideas, Darwin’s published theory was neither accepted nor appreciated by the religious community. Creationism, as believed in religion, assumes that the creation story in Genesis is accurate; that God created the universe and all life forms (lawyernet.com).
The term evolution basically translates to alterations through time. These changes are slow and are over a long interval of time. Evolution states that earth was created around 4.6 billion years ago; and that the universe is around 15 billion years old. This theory is due to many years of......

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