Creation Or Evolution

Consider the Evidence

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Evolution

The theory of evolution itself, is a theory universally accepted not because it be can proved by logically coherent evidence to be true but because the only alternative, special creation, is clearly incredible.

David M.S. Watson"Adaptation," Nature, Vol. 124, 10 August 1929, 233

Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College, London 1921-51

Charles Darwin

The Natural-Selection Model

First Published 1859

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Origins

For of him and through him and to him are all things, to whom be glory and honour forever, Amen

Rom 11:36

But to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things

1Cor 8:6

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Chlorophyll

Plant Cell

Variation Biston Betularia In the 19th century, pollution

in Britain killed the lichen on trees and blackened them

Pale coloured moths which had been well camouflaged before were now visible.

Birds began to eat the pale and not the dark moths

The moth population changed from majority pale to majority dark

Is this an example of the evolutionary process of natural selection? No. The change is a small-scale variation within the species. Both types of moth existed before and after the industrial revolution. The moths remained moths. Fixity of kind applies Gen 1:11-12.

Origin of SpeciesWhen I was asked by the publishers of this new edition of The Origin of Species to write an introduction ... I felt extremely hesitant. I admire, as all biologists must, the immense scientific labours of Charles Darwin and his lifelong, single hearted devotion to his theory of evolution. But I am not satisfied that Darwin proved his point or that his influence in scientific and public thinking has been beneficial.I do not of course deny that a great amount of valuable information was gathered in these studies, but I think it could have been obtained more effectively on a purely objective basis. My impression is, also, that though it was unproductive from a Darwinian standpoint, this was not usually admitted and the reader is left with the feeling that if the data do not support the theory they really ought to.This general tendency to eliminate, by means of unverifiable speculations, the limits of the categories Nature presents to us, is the inheritance of Biology from The Origin of Species. To establish the continuity required by theory, historical arguments are invoked, even though historical evidence is lacking. Thus are engendered those fragile towers of hypothesis based on hypothesis, where fact and fiction intermingle in an inextricable confusion. That these constructions correspond to a natural appetite, there can be no doubt.

Prof WR Thompson, Introduction to the 1956 Edition, page i, xxi, xxv

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Fossil RecordThe extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology. The evolutionary trees that adorn our text books have data only at the tips and nodes of their branches; the rest is inference, however reasonable, not the evidence of fossils. Yet Darwin was so wedded to gradualism that he wagered his entire theory on a denial of this literal record … The history of most fossil species includes two features particularly inconsistent with gradualism:1. Stasis: Most species exhibit no directional change during their tenure on earth. They appear in the fossil record looking much the same as when they disappear; morphological change is usually limited and directionless.2. Sudden appearance: In any local area, a species does not arise gradually by the steady transformation of its ancestors. It appears all at once and "fully formed,"

Evolution’s Erratic Pace, Stephen Jay Gould, "Natural History," May, 1977, p14, 16

Consequences of Evolution

“Darwinism, consistently applied would measure goodness in terms of survival value”.

“Science” Aug 11, 1939, p121 Prof S.J. Holmes,

University of California

Spiritual: AtheismMoral:ImmoralityEconomic: Corporatisation & MonopolyPhysical: Racial PuritySocial: Accumulation of WealthPolitical: Militarism

Consequences of Evolution

Any crossing of two beings not at exactly the same level produces a medium between the level of the two parents. Such mating is contrary to the will of Nature for a higher breeding of all life. The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Only the born weakling can view this as cruel, but he after all is only a weak and limited man ...The consequence of this (is) racial purity. No more than Nature desires the mating of weaker with stronger individuals, even less does she desire the blending of a higher with a lower race, since, if she did, her whole work of higher breeding, over perhaps hundreds of thousands of years, might be ruined with one blow.

vol1:11, p259-60

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GOD

Israel

Fear not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Jer 46:28

Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock.For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.

Jer 31:10-11

IsraelLatter years The last stage of the

Divine plan

Land brought back Nation brought out of from the sword persecution

Gathered out of Current population 6 million many people from over 130 countries

“Israel” First formed in 1948

They shall dwell Safely = to be bold, confident safely to the point of carelessness

Ezek 38:8

Joachim Neander

Hymn 118

Radiometric dating

Assumptions:• Laboratory does not contaminate• C14 levels at beginning are the same

as they are today• C14 rate of decay is same as today

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Richard Dawkins

The Bible & Science

Water Cycle Ecc1:7Evaporation Psa 135:7Condensation Job 26:8Snow Job 38:22Shape of Earth Isa 40:22Rotation of Earth Job 38:12Gravitation Job 26:7Erosion Job 14:18Number of Stars Jer 33:22Uniqueness of Man Gen 1:26Human Nature x

The Evolutionary Model

Natural selectionPeppered mothP26-27 does God exist (3000miles

atlantic)Gen 1:11 fixity of kinds.

The Bible & Science

Astronomy Pleiades, Orion, Ursa Major, Draco, Comets, Sun, Light, Saturn, Venus, Meteors, Moon

Climatology

Science in the Bible

Evolution

Anaxamander 610-546BCEmpedocles 490-430BC

Is The Bible Compatible With Science?

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