Darwinian theory of evolution | Vedic theory of evolution | |
Natural evolutionary process created living forms on earth | Everything that exist in the universe is the creation of supreme universal Brahman(God) | |
There is no creator. First living cell was created from inert matter which later evolved into different plants and animals through natural evolutionary process | Brahman (God) is the source of all spiritual and material entities. He is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of all worldly entities. Whole universe along with millions of other universes are just a small subset of his vast creation | |
Universe was created due to big bang | Brahma dream is the big bang that caused the creation of the universe | |
Similar to natural nuclear fission, First life on earth was created by the combination of various chemicals under specific environmental conditions | Life on earth is formed by a special element called ‘ATMANwhich is nothing but the subtle energy of the universal Brahman. Soul never dies, it only transmigrate from one body to another. | |
Natural processes like genetic mutation and natural selection guides the formation of higher forms of life from a single cellular living organism | Higher forms of life are obtained by the soul desiring for higher level of consciousness. Soul transmigrates to lower or higher form of life as per their desires and karma. Soul is unaffected by all environmental factors and genetic mutations | |
Illogical concepts like random chance, genetic changes, ecological factors, preference of food, death etc are all part of evolutionary process | Soul can either evolve to higher forms of life or devolve to lower forms of life. Evolution is devolution is guided by the soul desires and past karma | |
DNA and genes similarity indicates common ancestry. It is possible to design an evolutionary chart using DNA match of all animals | Since god is the creator of all living beings, they are bound to have similarities. Similarity depicts everything to be the plan of one universal creator | |
Death is either natural or because of the organism failure to adapt quickly to the ever-changing environment or ecological imbalance | Timing of death is decided by the karma of the soul. Everything including death is decided by the action-reaction of the soul. Ex: Accidental death is neither natural death nor because of environmental changes | |
Evolution is a random process that may cause new species or the degeneration of the present species | Soul would evolve or devolve to any one of the 84, 00,000 species. There is nothing new or old, total number of species is fixed. | |
Evolution was a random process. There was no creator, no plan nor a purpose. | All entities are interrelated, inter-dependent and have the relationship with god. They were created by god with sole goal of spiritual enlightenment. | |