Evolutionism: The Truth Behind The Existence of Life

TITLE: Evolutionism: The truth behind the existence of life

SPECIFIC SPEECH PURPOSE: To alter the mindset of the audience and make them believe that evolutionism is indeed the most reliable theory that explains the origin of all life forms.

PROPOSITION/CLAIM: Evolutionism as a product of scientific analysis is the sole theory that reliably clarifies how life came about.

INTRODUCTION

ATTENTION STEP:

I. A short clip from the music video of lazy song by Bruno Mars will be shown to the audience.

II. In the music video, no one can deny that somehow there is a striking resemblance between the monkeys and Bruno.

III. If scientists have proven the fact that we all came from apes will you be able to accept it? Or will you just pretend that you know nothing but the allege truth that people are supernaturally created to our present form?

IV. Before you react negatively to the claim that humans are mere product of random natural phenomena and became what we are today through evolution; you must first understand the scientific evidences of evolutionism, then you can make a rightful judgment.

BODY

NEED STEP:

I. Despite the apparent lack of evidence, majority of the people still firmly believe that the theory of creationism is the crucial foundation that explains life's origin.

A. According to the statistical data presented by Gallup world poll, from 1982 to 2010 about 40 to 47% are creationist while only 9 to 16% are evolutionist and the remaining 36 to 40% are theistists.

* In another poll which was conducted last july 7, 2010 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 42 percent of respondents held strict creationist views, agreeing that "living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time. In contrast, 48 percent said they believed that humans had evolved over time. But of those, 18 percent said that evolution was "guided by a supreme being," and ONLY 26 percent said that evolution occurred through natural selection. In all, 64 percent said they were open to the idea of teaching creationism in addition to evolution, while 38 percent favored replacing evolution with creationism.

B. Religion's endearing impact to the lives of most people is a great hindrance towards the acceptance of evolutionary theory as well as for further scientific studies of life's origin.

* Human beings do not ascribe life to words, but God's Words are full of power and life as testified in Genesis 1. From that point where God released His Word the entire universe and all the potential it held began.

II. Not believing in evolution may result to a number of negative effects.

A. Refusal to adhere to the principles of evolutionism will hinder one's understanding not only of the origin of life but as well as the underlying principles of different fields of sciences such as biology, paleontology, physics, astronomy, chemistry and geology.

B. The problem with being an anti-evolutionism is that one pushes an ideology that has no practical, real-world usefulness as an alternative to a scientific theory which has had great deal of proven usefulness.

SATISFACTION STEP:

III. The theory of evolution is strengthened by reliable data and evidences obtained through comprehensive scientific studies.

A. "On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection" written by Charles Darwin pioneered the evolution theory and is widely recognized for providing scientific evidence of evolution.

B. The