"IN THE BEGINNING..."
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." - (Genesis 1:27)
"One's beliefs concerning origins will inevitably condition his beliefs concerning intrinsic meanings and ultimate destinies." - Henry Morris, Evol. & the Modern Christian
INTRO.:
1️⃣We do not question the sincerity of the evolutionist-scientist, nor his evidences...simply the interpretation of that evidence.
2️⃣God has definitely revealed Himself in the rocks (Geology), the animals (Zoology), etc., but also in His Word.
3️⃣Since both the revelation in nature and the Revelation of His Word must agree, scientific findings must fit into this framework.
4️⃣God is consistent, men are not always so!
I. THE EVOLUTIONIST MUST RECOGNIZE THE SCIENTIFIC ALTERNATIVES TO HIS ONE-SIDED, SIMPLISTIC APPROACH TO THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES:
1. He must examine all the evidence available.
ILLUS.: One scientist, more honest than most, put it this way: "The only alternative to Evolution is Special Creation, and that is unthinkable."
2. He must be willing to consider all the possibilities.
a. Organic evolution - amoeba to man.
b. Theistic evolution - God and evolution.
c. Progressive Creation - stage creation with time gaps between symbolic "days".
d. The Gap Theory - creation, destruction, re-creation. (Genesis 1:1-3)
e. Recent Creation - six literal days, approximately 6,000 years ago.
II. THE EVOLUTIONIST MUST EXPLAIN THE "GAPS" IN THE EVOLUTIONARY PICTURE HE HAS PAINTED WITHOUT RESORTING TO DECEIT:
1. The Gap between the non-living substance and the living creature.
2. The Gap between the one-celled and the multi-celled creature.
3. The Gap between the invertebrates and the vertebrates.
4. The Gap between mammals and man.
III. THE EVOLUTIONIST MUST ANSWER THE OFTEN AVOIDED QUESTIONS RAISED BY HIS OPPONENTS:
1. Why has evolution stopped?
2. Why are there no "half and half" or intermediate creatures living today?
3. How did the intermediate creatures survive without the high degree of complexity in various specialized organs, etc. during the evolutionary process?
4. What about "living fossils"? e.g. Coelacanth, crocodiles, etc.?
5. What about man and "pre-historic" animals living contemporaneously?
6. What about evidences of intelligence throughout creation?
7. What about the first two laws of Thermo-dynamics?
a. Energy Conservation – Energy is neither being created nor destroyed. Creation is an event of the past.
b. Entropy – All physical systems left to self wear out, run down, become disordered, die.
THE EVOLUTIONIST, TO DEMAND RESPECTABILITY FOR HIS THEORY, MUST ABANDON THE OBVIOUSLY UNSUPPORTABLE IDEAS OF HIS PREDECESSORS:
1. Embryonic Recapitulation is ridiculous.
2. The Geologic Column is a myth.
3. Blood Precipitation Tests are inconclusive.
4. Vestigial Organs are becoming scarcer and scarcer.
5. Comparative Anatomy reveals a Common Designer more than relationship of species.
THE EVOLUTIONIST MUST ANSWER FOR THE SYSTEMS SPAWNED BY HIS GODLESS THEORY:
1. Humanism… places man above God; even makes man into a god.
2. Nazism… the “Super Race” of Hitler was based on “the survival of the fittest.”
3. Rationalism… places the intellect of man above the Revelation of God.
4. Communism… promises man a utopia through an anti-God program.
5. Scientism… a pseudo-scientific approach to the problems of humanity. Says, “Science has all the answers.”
6. Hedonism… We are only animals, without morals, etc., thus we should only live for the animal appetites. This is the current “Playboy” philosophy. “Eat, drink, and be merry,” live only for pleasure.
7. Materialism… “Dog eat dog” – gain is good – use any means to compete with fellow “animals”. No God to answer to.
CONCL.:
If Evolution is correct, we are evolving in every area. We are moving toward a Utopia where man, learning from the mistakes of his past, eliminates war, poverty, disease, exploitation of his neighbor, etc.
If the Bible is correct, we are devolving in every area. We are moving toward destruction and importantly, His Special or Supernatural Revelation; His Word. (The Word of God takes two forms: Written [the Bible] and Living [the Christ].)
Evolution is a dead end! It says man is just a higher animal without a future after death.
The Bible presents hope for today and tomorrow! But to enjoy this hope you must be willing to accept the Word of God in both forms. You must accept the written Word
(“…faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17) and the Living Word, the Christ.
(“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.”, Jesus said. John 14:6)
True science and the Bible will always agree. There is no real contradiction between the two. The apparent discrepancies are a result of insufficient knowledge on our part or a misinterpretation of the data available. The God of nature is also the God of salvation. He cannot contradict Himself!
MORE FRAUD PERPETRATED BY EVOLUTIONISTS OR
“I’M NO KIN TO THE MONKEY”
EMBRYONIC RECAPITULATION: This nonsense still shows up in textbooks to brainwash students that the human embryo or fetus (baby!) goes through (recapitulates) all the stages of evolutionary development: fish, amphibian, primate, human (what, no birds?!). What a hoax! With the development of tiny cameras which can photograph the baby in the mother’s womb, this hoax is exposed.
THE GEOLOGIC COLUMN: The drawings(!) [Why no photos, Dr.?] continue to show up in textbooks to indoctrinate students into believing that the strata in the earth clearly depicts the evolutionary ages and that the fossil record is complete. What a hoax! There are no (zero, zip, nada, none) intermediate “evolutionary” (transitional) creatures in the fossil record. Hydrologic sifting (at the time of Noah’s flood) is a better explanation for the increasing complexity of creatures in the earth’s strata. The same phenomena occurs in local floods today. “Go west young man” and start digging in strata laid down last summer and see for yourself; worms at the bottom, more complex creatures as you go up! The hoax is exposed. (No where on earth does the “geologic column” appear but in textbook drawings!)
VESTIGIAL ORGANS: Old “scientific” and biology textbooks had dozens of vestigial (rudimentary or atrophied) organs which were supposed to be leftovers of our evolutionary development (like ear lobes, the “tailbone” [coccyx], tonsils, etc.). The list has disappeared. Everything God placed in our bodies is necessary and functional. What a hoax! This hoax too has been exposed by increased knowledge. Why don’t the “scientists” apologize? Are you kidding?!
BLOOD PRECIPITATION TESTS: This hoax is rarely mentioned today. It is too embarrassing! “Scientists”(?!) used to match blood samples to attempt to prove species relationships. One test proved conclusively that bats and whales were close relatives! (The bats were in the belfries of the learned scientists.) Question: When these scientists need a blood transfusion, why don’t they go to the zoo? (Maybe they can get one from a chimpanzee – their cousin!)
MISSING LINKS: Where are they? Produce just one! (“Sorry – wrong number.”) If evolution is true there should be hundreds of thousands or millions of transitional creatures in the fossil record. Alas, another hoax. Look around – do you see any “cardjays” (half cardinal and half blue jay) or “lygers” (lions/tigers) or “doats” (dogs/cats) or “lizirds” (lizards/birds), etc.? For the scientists out there: when a mommy dog and a poppa dog get together, they only produce baby dogs – never cats, cows, or cowboys! Get the picture?! No dolphins (mammals) are crawling on the beach or climbing trees and no land creature is going back into the sea (as some “scientists” suggest occurred with dolphins, whales, etc. Proof? Are you kidding?!) The evolutionists are so determined to “prove” their theory, they occasionally “create” (dirty word) their own missing links: Piltoown man, Australopithicus (Lucy), Cro-Magnon man, et.al. from pig’s teeth, a quarter-sized skull bone, a shin bone, here a bone – there a bone…then they pay artists(!) to use their imagination to “create” (I guess it’s okay when they use this word) whole races or civilizations! A hoax by any other name…all the missing links are still missing!!!
BILLIONS OR MILLIONS OF YEARS: The learned “scientists” tell us that the reason we do not see transitional creatures today is because evolution is veeeerry slow. But, given enough time – anything can happen. (“Dear Doc, take one of your geologic rocks and put it in a jar of water and let it sit there for 10 years or 10,000 years or 10,000,000 years and see if it sprouts an eyeball or a leg or anything!”) All the “laws” of science are against “spontaneous generation” or life from non-life! In fact, the first “missing link” is the development of life from inorganic matter. Then there is the problem of the missing link between one-celled and multi-celled creatures and between vertebrates and invertebrates and between monkey and man! The fact is there is not enough time for any kind of evolution!! What a hoax!
P.S. Since we are about to shift to the sublime (God’s Word), we will not stoop to the absurd, viz., the tragic, inaccurate, prejudiced, non-scientific, evolutionary dating methods.
GOD’S WORD SAYS: “In the beginning God…” (Genesis 1:1) – That’s all you need!
MORE FRAUD PERPETRATED BY EVOLUTIONISTS OR
“I’M NO KIN TO THE MONKEY”
GOD’S WORD SAYS: “All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.” (I Corinthians 15:39) End of argument!!!
I like the simple song by Theron Babcock:
“I’M NO KIN TO THE MONKEY”
VERSES:
1.It seems so unbelievable, And yet they say that it’s true;
They’re teaching our children in school now, That humans were monkeys once, too.
2.Although it’s so ridiculous, They teach them now it is true; The teachers that came from a monkey, Would be better off in the zoo.
3.It’s so much more believable, And surely, surely it’s true;
That God made man in His image, No monkey story will do.
4.This monkey business has to go, Because it just isn’t true; It’s such a disgrace to the monkey, Disgrace to the human race, too.
CHORUS:
I’m no kin to the monkey; The monkey’s no kin to me;
I don’t know much about his ancestors, But mine didn’t swing from a tree.
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