Creation and ScienceWe have all heard of the evolution/creation debate. Two camps opposing each other in fits of passionate passion. One group believes that humans originated from apes, while the other group is made up of religious fanatics. Does this sound somewhat familiar? This is one of the most stereotypical views of conflict, but unfortunately it is the one that many people believe. So what is it about? What makes these groups (there are actually a little more than two) so determined to fight and try to convince others? In the answers to these questions lies the truth about why humans take this aspect of science so personally. There must be some pretty important reasons why individuals are committed to making their point in the evolution/creation debate. Many creationists believe that without supernatural creation by an intelligent being, the universe has no purpose or reason to live (Wager, 1997). Many Christian creationists hope that by convincing others of God's role in the origins of life, they can more effectively lead others to salvation. Still others believe it is the duty of Christians to “defend ourselves against the ungodly dogma of evolutionary humanism” (Tyler, 1995). It's easy to see why this topic is so important to people. If one believes that evolution and Christianity are mutually exclusive, as many people believe, then it is natural that Christians would want to refute evolution and eliminate what they perceive as a threat (Wright, 1989 ). However, the debate is also significant for evolutionists. Many evolutionists believe that attempting to discredit evolution amounts to ignoring facts and scientific reasoning (Tyler, 1995). Some evolutionists who dominate middle of paper....../Biol410/Biol410SrSemPapers97/millerl.htmlMyers, Jesse. (1996). Senior Biology Seminar Student Papers: “A Look at Scientific Creationism.” http://www.goshen.edu/bio/Biol410/Biol410SrSemPapers/myers.htmlNelkin, Dorothy. (1982). The controversy over creation. Boston, MA: BeaconPress. Scott, Eugenie C. (1996). “Confronting Anti-Evolutionism.” (10/25/98)http://www.natcensied.org/deal174.htmTyler, David J. (1995). Review of: “Creation-Based Science by Phillip Johnson.” (10/22/98) http://www.pages.org/bcs/Bcs057.html Wager, Michael. (1997) “Evolution: the lie”. (25/10/98) http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/~mlwager/evovscrt.htm Wright, Richard T. (1989). Biology: through the eyes of faith. New York, New York. HarperSanFrancisco. Zook, Marc E. (1987). Student documents from the senior biology seminar: “Origins: a collection of thoughts."