1. Origin Theories

2. The Theory of Evolution “…man’s world view.. Dominated by the knowledge that the universe, the stars, the earth and all living things have evolved through a long history that was not foreordained or programmed, a history of continual, gradual change shaped by more or less directional natural processes, consistent with the laws of physics…(Mayer)

3. The Theory of Creation “… special creation ‘in the beginning’ during which all the basic laws and categories of nature, including the major kinds of plants and animals, as well as man, were brought into existence by; special creative and integrative processes which are no longer in operation…(being) replaced by processes of conservation designed by the Creator to sustain and maintain the basic systems…” (Morris) “… special creation ‘in the beginning’ during which all the basic laws and categories of nature, including the major kinds of plants and animals, as well as man, were brought into existence by; special creative and integrative processes which are no longer in operation…(being) replaced by processes of conservation designed by the Creator to sustain and maintain the basic systems…” (Morris)

4. Definitions --ism – “ adherence to a system or class of principles ” --ism – “ adherence to a system or class of principles ” Creationism – “a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and, usually, in the way described in Genesis ” Creationism – “a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and, usually, in the way described in Genesis ” Evolutionism – “the theory of biological or metaphysical evolution.. a belief in that system” Evolutionism – “the theory of biological or metaphysical evolution.. a belief in that system” (from Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary,1940) (from Webster’s 20th Century Dictionary,1940)

5. Definitions

6. Darwin’s Finches

7. The Fossil Evidence

8. Archaeopteryx