Evolution Persuasive Speech

Argumentative Speech

“It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the Universe going.” (Stephen Hawking). Evolution versus Creation is a debate going on since Charles Darwin first sparked the idea in his origin of species. Evolution is the theory that life started off as bacteria; Creation is the belief that a god or a group of gods created the Earth and life as it is present day. However, there are multiple types of both sides. There is theistic and atheistic views on Evolution, and there are many religions, that each tell a different creation story. Evolution, while in its current state may not be 100% accurate, it has evidence backing it up and no evidence disputing it, so it should be considered fact.

It doesn’t require faith at all. As stated earlier, it is just traits that descend over time. We all know that we inherit genes from our parents. Now evolution is just that. Maybe someone at some point got a mutation. This mutation allowed them to survive better than the others. So, their offspring were the ones who survived because they had this mutation. Now, if it was a mutation that made them worse off, then their offspring would not have survived at all. This is how creatures evolve to make them better off. Scientists are actively working to improve what we know about evolution. Meanwhile, the Bible was written many years ago, and has been wrong before. Children are taught in school to use evidence that is recent. Yet people trust this old scripture that has been proven wrong. Galileo’s discovery that Earth is not the center of the Universe, for example. Now, just because one thing in it is wrong, doesn’t mean that everything in it is. However, because of that mistake, it questions the validity of the rest. The other things should be questioned and not just accepted. Children are also taught in school to use evidence to back up claims. Most religious documents have no evidence whatsoever. Quite often times they are written in the form of a hypothesis; an explanation of an observable phenomenon. They were never proven. Many people claim that evolution is just a theory, therefore it may not be correct. No, a theory is an analysis of facts and putting them together to make an idea. Gravity, is a theory, but I don’t see people (who aren’t part of the Flat Earth Society) actively trying to get people to stop believing it. Theories often times, are fact, but can be improved upon through study and