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Objections to evolution
Contents
History
Defining evolution
Scientific acceptance
Status as a theory
Degree of acceptance
Scientific status
Religious nature
Unfalsifiability
Tautological nature
Evidence
Lack of observation
Unreliable evidence
Unreliable chronology
Plausibility
Improbability
Unexplained aspects of the natural world
Impossibility
Creation of complex structures
Cambrian explosion complexity argument
Creation of information
Violation of the second law of thermodynamics
Moral implications
Humans as animals
Social effects
Atheism
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

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Arguments that have been made against evolution
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Objections to evolution have been raised since evolutionary ideas came to prominence in the 19th century. When Charles Darwin published his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, his theory of evolution (the idea that species arose through descent with modification from a single common ancestor in a process driven by natural selection) initially met opposition from scientists with different theories, but eventually came to receive overwhelming acceptance in the scientific community. The observation of evolutionary processes occurring (as well as the modern evolutionary synthesis explaining that evidence) has been uncontroversial among mainstream biologists since the 1940s. Since then, most criticisms and denials of evolution have come from religious groups, rather than from the scientific community. Although many religious groups have found reconciliation of their beliefs with evolution, such as through theistic evolution, other religious groups continue to reject evolutionary explanations in favor of creationism, the belief that the universe and life were created by supernatural forces. The U.S. -centered creation–evolution controversy has become a focal point of perceived conflict between religion and science . Several branches of creationism, including creation science, neo-creationism, and intelligent design, argue that the idea of life being directly designed by a god or intelligence is at least as scientific as evolutionary theory, and should therefore be taught in public education. Such arguments against evolution have become widespread and include objections to evolution's evidence, methodology, plausibility, morality, and scientific acceptance. The scientific community does not recognize such objections as valid, pointing to detractors' misinterpretations of such things as the scientific method, evidence, and basic physical laws . Contents
1 History
2 Defining evolution
3 Scientific acceptance
3.1 Status as a theory
3.2 Degree of acceptance
4 Scientific status
4.1 Religious nature
4.2 Unfalsifiability
4.3 Tautological nature
5 Evidence
5.1 Lack of observation
5.2 Unreliable evidence
5.3 Unreliable chronology
6 Plausibility
6.1 Improbability
6.2 Unexplained aspects of the natural world
7 Impossibility
7.1 Creation of complex structures
7.1.1 Cambrian explosion complexity argument
7.2 Creation of information
7.3 Violation of the second law of thermodynamics
8 Moral implications
8.1 Humans as animals
8.2 Social effects
8.3 Atheism
9 See also
10 Notes
11 References
12 Bibliography
13 Further reading
14 External links
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