Evolution or Creation ? How did life start here on earth ? what did the first sunrise light on this earth ? Complex organisms as we see today or single celled ones ? It is an age old dialogue, started more than a century ago and still not settled. Now before reading ahead, do not assume that I am a top notch scientist or a known religious scholar, no I am not I am just as knowledgeable as you are, but for some reason I was thinking about this, so it's more like a 'thinking out loud' scenario here.
Coming back to this theory of evolution that Charles Darwin presented (1859), we see the world divided in two groups, one that agrees with Darwin and the other that believes in the Theory of Creation. Darwin said organism as we see them today were not created in this shape or state but infact have evolved from single celled organisms and then gone over transformation stages through time. In contrast to what Darwin believed, supporters of the theory of creation advocate that every thing has been created by one supreme being 'as is', they do not agree with the idea that a bird with no wings learned to grow wings over time and started flying neither would the agree for such an event going other way round.
This is where I think they have both ignored one simple fact, why can't both the theories be correct ? ofcourse the theories step on each others toes at some points, but if we look closer we will find that minus some points from Darwin's theory , they compliment each other ! How you may ask..
Well, have you ever heard of chess playing computer programs, that learn from their opponent i.e. they become wiser every time they play with a human, how ? they learn how the human reacts to their moves. Similarly, there are robots that haven't been programmed with any particular senses but learn through their reflexes and sensors like vision and sounds. The thing to notice here is, when we humans can create 'devices' that can 'learn' or in other words evolve , why can't the one who created humans themselves do the same ? The difference is , we do not have the technology to create things that can evolve physically today, but that supreme being does !
So in my view, Darwin is correct in saying that certain organisms did evolve but he is wrong in dismissing the fact that the organism has completely evolved from a single cell or humans were actually apes. In my humble opinion each organism was created by God and because he has unmatched mastery of creation , his creations are able to learn and evolve mentally as well as physically, a bird might have evolved wings to fly higher or faster , a fish might have evolved fins that can help it glide in air above water level but that bird and fish were created by God to what they were before they evolved to their new shape. They were given the power to evolve so they can fit in changing circumstances.
I have seen,heard and read religious scholars denounce Darwin, I think we need to open up and analyze opinions with scientific minds, extract the parts that ooze logic and then assess it instead of dismissing theories right away because they are defying our beliefs, because buried in those theories might be true answers which may actually help us witness the true grandeur of our Lord.
