Why not theistic evolution?

• Because evolution is scientifically wrong!

  • The Bible indicates that man and dinosaurs lived side by side.

    • An iron hammer was found embedded in rock containing fossils.

    • A trilobite fossil was found inside a human footprint

  • The “horse series” of evolution

    • “never happened in nature” – George G. Simpson

  • What about evolution’s “Biogenetic Law?”

    • “Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.” – Coined by Ernst Haeckel

    • The idea that embryo development goes through adult forms of ancestors as they develop.

    • Haeckel redesigned the middle stages to support his idea. It was a fraud discovered in 1921.

    • The fraud continues to be taught because it gives comfort to those who approve of abortion.

• Because evolution is Biblically wrong

  • The Bible’s order of creation totally contradicts theistic evolution.

  • There are no bad mutations or trillions of dead ends in Genesis. God said His creation was good!

  • The Bible does not allow for vast periods of time, only six literal days.

    • Genesis 1:5 defines one, 24-hour day!

    • Exodus 20:8-11

The impact of evolution on society

• “Survival of the fittest” = “Might makes right”

• “If it feels good, do it.” – Darwin, paraphrased

• How has indoctrination with evolution affected our society?

  • It has not helped us spiritually!

    • Hebrews 13:4; Matthew 5:28; 18:6

  • It has not helped us academically.

  • It has not helped crime or suicide rates.

John 8:32

Museums of natural history all over the world proclaim Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Genesis 1:1-2:3 – Is this fact or fiction?

Evolution – fact or fiction?

What is evolution?

• The general theory of organic evolution.

• It is a theory – not a fact.

• All living things have arisen from a single source (molecules to man, “Atom to Adam”)

• This should not be confused with the “special theory” of evolution. This is breeding genetically compatible living things together. This kind of evolution is a fact!

• Evolutionists’ “bait and switch”

  • Variation in a kind vs. change from one kind to another.

  • Peppered moth – “Darwin’s missing link”

    • Proof of evolution?

      • Falls far short of a mechanism for evolution.

      • This is just a change of demographics.

      • Also, the moths fly at night and do not rest on tree trunks!

      • Later experiments showed that moth colors did not change to match the tree trunk colors as expected.

Evolution is not a scientific theory

• Evolution is unproven and not subject to the experimental method.

• Evolution is a philosophy which relies on time for its miracles. That makes it a religion!

• The only proof for evolution is not wanting to believe in creation.

• Evolution is a religion that:

  • Is atheism

  • Contradicts the 2nd law of thermodynamics

  • Contradicts the law of biogenesis

  • Preaches the false concept of spontaneous generation

  • Evangelizes by “academic peer pressure”

Science against evolution

• Is evolution even mathematically possible?

  • What are the odds that unthinking molecules could eventually become a thinking human being?

  • The “simple cell” contains 1012 bits of information, equivalent to a hundred million printed pages.

• Evolutionary trees did not “evolve” from fossil data.

  • There are no transitional fossils at all!

  • The actual content of the geologic column

    • All kinds of creatures present in full complexity at the bottom of the column.

  • The process of fossilization itself indicates a massive catastrophe, not slow deposition.

  • The abundance of polystrate fossils causes problems for the slow deposition theory.

    • What is the age of the fossil strata?

    • What is the method of formation?

• What about dinosaurs?

  • The Bible says man coexisted with all the animals, which would include dinosaurs.
    • Job 40:15-24

• Bombardier beetle

  • How would the prototype beetle evolve without blowing himself up?

John 8:32; Romans 1:16

Faith is under attack!

• Already Gone by Ken Ham and Britt Beemer

Exodus 20:8-11 summarizes Genesis 1-2.

• God made the world in six literal days.

Evolutionary view of history

Evolutions believe “time,” not God, “performs miracles!”

• The Origin of Life by George Wald

Time does not minimize the problems of evolution!

Two reasons the earth is 6,000-10,000 years old:

• Genesis 1-11 indicates this.

• Science indicates a young earth and a global flood.

False theories

• Gap theory

• Progressive creation theory

• Day age theory

• Framework hypothesis theory

Scientists try to date the earth by two main methods:

• The relative dating method:

  • How old is the fossil embedded in the rock? Find out by determining how old the rock is.

  • How old is the rock? Find out by determining how old the fossil is that is embedded in it.

  • Circular reasoning!

• The absolute dating method

  • Radioactive decay measurements

  • Only used for igneous rocks – NOT sedimentary rock.

  • The issue is not the rate of decay. It is about the assumptions used in the calculation:

    • Constant rate of decay

    • Always a closed system

    • Knowledge of initial conditions

  • Presence of daughter elements at the beginning makes rocks date old at the start!

  • Radiometric dating has proven to be hugely unreliable on rocks for which we know the age. How can we trust it for rocks of unknown age?

Other indications of a young earth:

• Population growth rate for humans has been about 2% per year through recorded history, even with wars and natural disasters. From a single couple, you’d reach 7 billion people in 1,100 years. There is no way humans can be millions of years old with anywhere near that sort of growth rate!

• Earth’s magnetic field

  • The field has been steadily decaying since we started measuring it in 1829.

  • If the earth was ancient, the magnetic field would have started out like a neutron star!

• Ocean sediment accumulation rate shows a young earth. If the earth was ancient, the sediment would be over 100,000 feet thick. Instead, it is roughly 1200 feet thick.

• Salt content of the ocean indicates a young earth. Starting from fresh water, the water would attain its current salinity in roughly 60,000 years just by natural processes.

• The shape of galaxies

  • Spiral galaxies spin too fast to be ancient. If they were that old, they would be featureless disks of stars with no visible arms.

Some misquote II Peter 3:8, saying that for God, one day is a thousand years.

• The verse doesn’t say that. It says “But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.”

• The context is speaking of how time doesn’t matter to God in terms of fulfilling His promises.

Old earth theories:

• Try to redefine a day

  • Genesis 1:1-5; Exodus 20:11 – The days of creation were the same as those the Israelites had in the wilderness.

• Try to redefine God

• Contradict Jesus in Mark 10:6 by making man a recent newcomer to the planet

• Make Jesus and Paul out to be liars

  • Mark 13:19; I Timothy 2:13-14; II Corinthians 11:8-9 – Creation was a literal event!

What difference does it make?

• John 3:12

Acts 2:47; I Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:21

But by what procedure does one become a member of a local church?

• Acts 22:1-16

What is the purpose of local church membership?

• It is God’s arrangement for saints in an area to work and worship together, doing what God has ordained. The purpose is to glorify God, edify each other, and seek and save the lost.
  • Ephesians 4:16; II Corinthians 11:7-8
• All members have special obligation.

Who is really in the local fellowship?

• One that joined and is actively serving God with the local church.

• Those who cease to function in their service to God are not really in local fellowship. I Corinthians 5.

Is a local church to control its fellowship?

• Yes! I Corinthians 5

• Acts 9:26 – The saints tried to keep Paul out when they thought he was a threat.

What is to be the action of a member toward one who has been refused fellowship?

• II Corinthians 6:14-17

• II Thessalonians 3:14-15

• I Corinthians 5:11

When one insists on having company with one who has been withdrawn from, what is to be the action of the local church?

• That member must be disciplined as well and withdrawn from if necessary.

• Numbers 16 – Israelites who sympathized with the rebellion of Korah were killed.

• What about students? They are members where they are working and worshiping at the time.