Darwin's theory of evolution & creationism are mutually exclusive.

OutlineI. IntroII. Opinions, are just that opinionsIII. Confusing origin life and origin of species.IV. Different approaches to finding conclusions.V. Mental gymnastics leads to reinterpretation of holy textsVI. Three models, pure religion, pure science, and odd hybrids.VII. ConclusionI. IntroMy opponent gives opinions and uses mental gymnastics to example how the two could coexist. II. Opinions, are just that opinionsMy opponent used a lot of opinions of famous people. Yet, they are just that opinions. There seems to be a lack of supporting evidence or logic to make these claims feasible. III. Confusing origin life and origin of species.My opponent delves into the origin of life. That is a separate debate of abiogensis [3] versus God's divine will. Evolution explains how the first humans walked the face of the Earth. They are other lifeforms on the Earth like trees, fungi, and single cell organisms, not just humans. In contrast abiogensis explains how the very first unicellular lifeforms formed. IV. Different approaches to finding conclusions.One looks at religious texts the other at scientific theories. These aren't anywhere near the same. One forms hypothesis and experiments while the other reads religious texts and sends missionaries to the far corners of the Earth. V. Mental gymnastics leads to reinterpretation of holy textsYou have to perform mental gymnastics to explain the dinosaurs' fossils and creationism at the same time. If the Earth is less than 10,000 years old, how come there are dinosaur fossils that are over a million years old [4]? A non-conflicting answer would be one is correct and the other is wrong. A religious explanation would be that the dinosaur fossils are fakes created by Satan to throw us off. Therefore, the world really is less than 10,000 years old.Oppositely a non-conflicting scientific explanation would be that God doesn't exist and the dinosaur fossils really are more than a million years old. Either explanation a person could sleep easy at night. Yet, if you think both are true, you have to really stretch your mind in an unnatural way. For example, God created the dinosaurs and since time has no meaning or less meaning for God, that the dinosaurs went extinct within the same day. Even though that day is over a million years. This makes me go "whaaaat" even thinking about it. Yet, this is common from what I've read and heard. On some level one day equals one day. Everything becomes confused when one day = one million years. Think about it you are saying 1 = 365,000,000. Imagine if math teachers taught math that way. I mean come on how would we even count to ten? You literally destroy the field of mathematics by thinking in such terms. 1 is no longer 1, 1+1 no longer equals 2. That's right, if you belief both creationism and evolution you are saying 1+1 =! 2. Imagine trying to tell your math teacher that one plus isn't equal to two because of dinosaur fossils and creationism. Ultimately, for there to be peace of mind one must take precedence over the other. If you side with pure creationism, 1 + 1 = 2. If you side with pure atheist evolution, 1 + 1 = 2. Combine the two, and you get a grotesque hybrid where 1 + 1 no longer equals two. In fact, a person can only speculate at what 1 + 1 is equal to under such an ideology. This effectively gnaws away rational thinking. Not only that, but simultaneously all the religious texts are open to reinterpretation on a whole new level. If dinosaur fossils are over one million years old, then maybe God didn't literally part the Red Sea. Yet, what's the point if the Red Sea didn't part? Are we supposed to think Moses and his followers perished at that location? How about Jonah getting swallowed by the great fish for three days and three nights. Maybe it was a metaphor for something else. Yet, what for? This line of thinking opens all sorts of bizarre doors. Nay, I'm pretty sure the Bible was supposed to be interpreted literally or not at all. Think about it, if Jesus didn't literally die on the Cross, what was the whole point of it all? If instead, some other event happened this destroys the meaning of the Christian Cross. Finally, religion is about community and conformity as much as it is about spirituality. If everyone in the congregation starts interpreting the Bible in a different matter it defeats the purpose. For example, let say one person thinks God created a spaceship to help perform miracles, and another pure magic, another person think that other Gods exist, and so on. VI. Three models, pure religion, pure science, and odd hybrids.There are three models, purely believers who fully reject the theory of evolution, atheist scientist who fully reject creationism. Then finally there is the odd hybrids which makes an unhappy compromise. As with a lot of compromises both sides end up unhappy. How can you perform math to your fullest capacity when you think 1 = 365,000,000?! VII. ConclusionCreationism and Evolution are mutually exclusive. You can attempt to cater to both ideologies, but your deluding yourself. You'll never reach maximum happiness and you'll always have an inner struggle between the two. Mathematics and logic fall apart when believing in creationism. Meanwhile religion become unbound and loses its tether. Like an asteroid launched far into the void of space. Anyone can believe anything and there's no reeling the asteroid back in. The uniformity of religious beliefs is lost and descends into a endless spiral of reinterpretations and madness. Thanks for reading and thanks for my opponent for debating this topic. VIII. Sources3. http://www.allaboutscience.org...4. http://www.scholastic.com...