What Is a Human Being
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What is a Human Being?
God vs. Cod
Outline
THESIS: Human beings have come into existence due to Evolution, Creationism or some type of a combination of them both.
I. Human beings came into existence by a biological way of means
A. Darwinism
B. Materialism
C. Empiricism
D. Determinism
II. Problems with Section I
A. Technical Details
B. What it means for the world
III. Human beings came into existence by a religious/mystical way of means
A. Creationism
B. Intelligent Design
IV. Problems with Section III
A. Technical Details
B. What is means for the world
V. My Point of View
What is a Human Being?
God vs. Cod
“Human being
-noun
1. any individual of the genus Homo, esp. a member of the species Homo sapiens.
2. a person, esp. as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species: living conditions not fir for human being; a very generous human being.”
(Dictionary.com)
The total area of Planet Earth is approximately 510 million square kilometers. In those hundreds of square kilometers live around 6 million to 100 million different species of animals, almost one million known species of insects and an estimated 10 million undescribed group, and over 30,000 species of fish (Tree of Life). Is it possible that all of that was the lucky byproduct of a random occurrence? Or perhaps it was all the handiwork of a mighty Creator above? People have believed in their Gods for centuries before Charles Darwin’s Evolution, but now they are finding holes in this theory and are starting to question their beliefs. Was life as we know it made by a man who popped out of nowhere or has it evolved through monkeys and pond scum? And what exactly does that mean for us humans?
Darwinism is essentially a term to...
God vs. Cod
Outline
THESIS: Human beings have come into existence due to Evolution, Creationism or some type of a combination of them both.
I. Human beings came into existence by a biological way of means
A. Darwinism
B. Materialism
C. Empiricism
D. Determinism
II. Problems with Section I
A. Technical Details
B. What it means for the world
III. Human beings came into existence by a religious/mystical way of means
A. Creationism
B. Intelligent Design
IV. Problems with Section III
A. Technical Details
B. What is means for the world
V. My Point of View
What is a Human Being?
God vs. Cod
“Human being
-noun
1. any individual of the genus Homo, esp. a member of the species Homo sapiens.
2. a person, esp. as distinguished from other animals or as representing the human species: living conditions not fir for human being; a very generous human being.”
(Dictionary.com)
The total area of Planet Earth is approximately 510 million square kilometers. In those hundreds of square kilometers live around 6 million to 100 million different species of animals, almost one million known species of insects and an estimated 10 million undescribed group, and over 30,000 species of fish (Tree of Life). Is it possible that all of that was the lucky byproduct of a random occurrence? Or perhaps it was all the handiwork of a mighty Creator above? People have believed in their Gods for centuries before Charles Darwin’s Evolution, but now they are finding holes in this theory and are starting to question their beliefs. Was life as we know it made by a man who popped out of nowhere or has it evolved through monkeys and pond scum? And what exactly does that mean for us humans?
Darwinism is essentially a term to...