Darwin and Evolution
Darwin’s theory of evolution has been thought to present a challenge for people who believe in God. Instead of imagining God making each species, one by one, ‘by hand’, as was once thought, Darwin’s theory implies that one species can give rise to another, gradually across time.
To come up with his ideas, Darwin studied plants and animals around the world. His conclusion was that the amazing range of living things we see here now, have come from simpler creatures from long ago. The timescales are huge so don’t expect to see species changing before your eyes!
The idea that humans have evolved from tiny, simple, single-celled creatures seems hard to believe. It also sounds like a challenge to the belief that humans are special because we were put here by God. How do scientists who believe in God react to this? Surely they have to agree that we humans are kidding ourselves if think that we are special?