#macro evolution

Why The Bible Part 2 evolution

I felt it was necessary to write about evolution and science separately this is part two in my series of why I chose the Bible. If you want part one go here http://justbeyondthebend.com/why-the-bible/. I wanted to address this because there are some out there who feel as though Christians reject science. There are some who would feel as though I am uneducated or weak minded and am unable to think…

Lots of people try to reinterpret the original word translated as “day” to mean something longer than a 24 hour period, calling it a more poetic translation which allows for a longer amount of time to pass and therefore claiming God used evolution to create the world.

This comes mostly from the fact that children in schools are taught one form of science growing up: evolution. Although macro evolution has never been conclusively proven, it is not taught as a theory but as scientific fact.

Kids who grow up in church are shown from a young age this disconnect between science and faith and just accept it. Faith is for the spiritual aspects of life, science explains the practical, and evolution is the true science. Kids who are raised outside of church and come to faith later on also already have preconceived notions about the beginning of the world and many don’t ever stop to question it. They’ve been pretty much brainwashed to believing the religion of evolution and since it’s been taught to them by the education system for years and years, they have no reason to question. Most Christian parents will tell their children “oh we don’t believe in evolution because the Bible says God created” but the conversation doesn’t go further, and it needs to. Let your family and your friends know that this is not a blind faith, but a faith by which all other things can be explained.

What we need to be able to teach our children is that there is no disconnect between science and God.

Could God have used macro evolution to create the universe? I mean, he’s God, so arguably yes. Did he? No.

It doesn’t line up with any provable science

it does not line up with his revealed word

it doesn’t match up with the doctrine of Original Sin - how eons of death and decay could occur before sin entered the picture

it forces you to have to explain how/why God decided Adam and Eve were sufficiently developed to be considered the first man and woman

it attacks the truth of God saying we are made in His image

it is a belief system completely based on random chance instead of divine ordination

it reinforces a wrong belief that the Bible is filled with just “really good moral stories” instead of the historical account of God’s working with humanity.

If you doubt the creation account’s truthfulness or reliability it calls into question the entire foundation of your faith. But there’s no reason to doubt. Science through a creation worldview makes sense. What we see in the natural world is entropy and things continuing to fall apart as a result of the Fall, not evolution as things supposedly continue to get better and more complex.

But God and science are not at odds. You don’t have to try to fit God into a box of evolution where He doesn’t belong. He created science and the laws of nature, and in the creation event they are not contradicted as evolution consistently contradicts other known and proven scientific laws.

Who are we going to believe? Man, who, as Christians, we believe is fallen and fallible? Or the one who made us, who has never failed?

Evolution Destroyed in 3 minutes

In the video above, a Christian Brother tries his best to refute evolution, I guess after a heated exchange with an atheist online. This video has gone viral. Many Christians are declaring, “Yeah he told them!” Except he didn’t.

He gets a lot wrong. So have I in the past and certainly in the future. (Heck maybe in this blog but I don’t think so.) As disciples of Christ, we are supposed to be getting better together. I share some corrections below not to “dog" my brother, but to prevent my friends from quoting or reposting this well-intended but flawed video.

New readers should understand my worldview.

My beliefs are as follows:

- I believe the Scriptures are infallible.

- I don’t believe in the macro-evolution of humans from a lower life form.

- I believe that Jesus is both Christ and God in the flesh.

So these corrections are not coming from a ‘hater.’ I make these corrections because I care about how we, the Body of Christ present ourselves. In particular, I am concerned with our college students.

1). Assertion: Evolution is not observable and therefore not science.

Answers:

A). Science has observed the Atlantic tomcod develop a resistance to lethal PCB’s.

Here is the research:

Wirgin, I., Roy, N. K., Loftus, M., Chambers, R. C., Franks, D. G., and Hahn, M. E. (2011). Mechanistic basis of resistance to PCBs in Atlantic tomcod from the Hudson River. Sciencexpress.

B). In addition, many fields of science do not observe the actual event.

Example: Astrologers don’t have stars under their laboratory coats.

2). Assertion: Evolution is just a theory.

Answer: If you are witnessing to someone who has a S.T.E.M. degree, and you say evolution is just a theory, you MIGHT look like an idiot. The term “Theory” in the scientific community means a well thought out and well tested explanation for an event or phenomena. In the scientific community, a theory is past the “Hunch” phase.

3). Assertion: Evolution conflicts with the Second law of thermodynamics. Order can not come from chaos.

Answer: His assertion is true within a closed system. The universe as a whole is getting colder, and it is decaying. The Earth as an example is not a closed system, it is constantly receiving energy from the sun. Therefore, order can increase on the Earth.

4). Assertion: The brother says toward the end, “You believe in the Big Bang, but my bible says ‘Let there be’! (Paraphrase)

Answer: The vast preponderance of Christians with backgrounds in cosmology and astrophysics believe:

A). The Big Bang Theory is settled science.

B). The cosmology of the Christian Scriptures aligns with Big Bang cosmology.

If interested in learning more about these topics, please check out Dr Stephen Myers book “Darwin’s Doubt” or the ministry of Dr Hugh Ross at Reasons.org. (Books by both gentlemen can be found to the right.).

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