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What does Scientific Theory Offer as an Origin? Resources: The Institute for Creation Research: http://www.icr.org/ Creation Today: http://creationtoday.org/ Answers in Genesis www.answersingenesis.org Henry Morris – Books: The Genesis Flood, The Genesis Record, The Long War Against God Scientific-minded Christians started this endeavor of testing and seeking but it was all to study God’s grand creation. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and Boethius (480 – 524), Johan Kepler (1571-1630), Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) “We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy. I find more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatsoever” The word evolution has many meanings – 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Cosmic Evolution – the origin of time, space, matter, Big Bang Chemical Evolution – the origin of higher elements from Hydrogen Stellar and Planetary Evolution – the origin of stars and planets Organic Evolution – the origin of life Macro-Evolution – the changing from one kind of plant or animal into another kind. Micro-Evolution – the variations within kinds (This is the only evolution that has been observed) Big Bang Theory – Prior to 1920 – The Universe was believed to be eternal Science goes from disagreeing with the opening lines of Genesis…In the beginning – to validating it. A singularity means that every planet, star, galaxy – all of it was all packed together in one spot…A space smaller than a marble – about the size of a BB Where did this come from? “It must have existed in a dimension that we can’t perceive” Astrophysicist George Ellis, “People need to be aware that there are a range of models that could explain the observations” The 1st Law of Thermodynamics – Conservation of Energy - Energy cannot be created nor destroyed – it can only change forms… If energy cannot be created…Where did it come from? The atheist's model begins with an even more impressive miracle – The appearance of all matter in the universe from nothing, by no one, and for no reason. Therefore, the atheist has no "natural explanation" nor "supernatural explanation" for the origin of space-time and matter. The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics – The Law of Entropy - In every exchange of energy – a certain amount of energy is passed on as non-reversible heat energy. In the middle of a decaying universe – atheists would argue that the universe is starting new things after Billions of years of decay… Charles Darwin is credited with evolution but it can be traced back through history. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) published books on evolution before his more famous grandson, Charles was born. Evolution can be traced all the way back through the Middle Ages, Rome, Greece, and Babylon….Even back to Babel – with Nimrod In 1785 James Hutton published – Theory of the Earth - He said that the earth must be much older to allow erosion to take place to the extent that it could form the geologic formations we observe. In 1830, Sir Charles Lyell published – “Principles of Geology” - This led the thought process of the Doctrine of Uniformitarianism In 1859, Darwin publish “On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection” Evolution was possible if there were enough time. An old earth is needed in order for Geology to make sense and for Evolution to make sense. For the first 18 centuries of church history the almost universal belief of Christians was that God created the world in six literal days. Over the past 200 years, Christian leaders have made various attempts to fit the millions of years into the Bible. The Gap Theory proposes that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the second verses of Genesis. This theory allows the insertion of millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 Day-age Creationism holds that the six days referred to in the Genesis account of creation are much longer periods (of thousands or millions of years). Yom – Hebrew word for Day When Yom is used it usually means a literal day. When it is not representing a literal day the context clearly shows this. Exodus 20:11 – Clearly 6 Days Exodus 32:16 - The tablets were the work of God. Progressive creationism is the belief that God created new forms of life gradually over a period of hundreds of millions of years. Theistic evolution is a range of views about how the science of general evolution relates to religious beliefs in contrast to special creation views. Thomas Huxley (1825-1895) His claims were that if Jesus and Paul and New Testament writer referred to historical events that were NOT historical then the very foundations of Christianity were built upon quicksand The result of conforming to a world view… no more respected than if you believe in a literal 6 Day creation. Carbon Dating is used to date once living things. Critical assumption is to assume that C-14 and C-12 ratios in our atmosphere have been constant throughout all time. Diamonds contain Carbon-14. Given their age, we should expect to find no C-14 in them. New, growing wood from actively growing trees has been dated at 10,000 years Mortar from the Oxford Castle in England built 785 years ago was dated at 7,370 years Freshly killed seals have been dated at 1,300 years. Radiometric Dating - Used to date rock samples – non-living things In Hawaii, Lava flows known to have taken place in 1800-1801 are dated to 2.960 billion years-old 50 year-old lava flow in New Zealand dated at 3.5 million years Mt. Etna basalt in Sicily dated at 122 B.C. produced an age of 225,000 years New lava dome at Mr. Saint Helens formed in 1980 has been dated as being 2.8 million years-old Scientific Evidence for a Young Earth - Natural Chronometers Moon Dust, Oil Gushers, Atmospheric Helium, The Decay of the Earth Magnetic Field, Moon Recession from the Earth, Saturn’s Rings, Comets, Earth’s Magnetic Field, Mississippi River Delta, Micrometeoroids, Population Growth, Coral Growth “Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable” Sir Arthur Keith Charles Darwin proposed that since we can see changes within a species that these changes, GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, would result in the formation of new species. Pasteur's experiment is generally known to have refuted the theory of spontaneous generation in 1859. Cell Theory states: New cells must come from existing cells. Haeckel’s Confession – Spontaneous generation must be true, not because it has been proven in the laboratory, but because otherwise…it would be necessary to believe in a creator. Questions about Macro-Evolution: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. How did a single-celled organisms spawn into a 100 trillion cell organisms? How did plants exist for millions of years without any pollenating animals? When an organism is in a transitionary stage they are NOT THE BEST FIT for any environment How did Sexuality develop? Birds and Flight Migratory Instincts Human Eye Charles Darwin – “To suppose that the eye… could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree.” Charles Darwin Fossils Record Darwin predicted that we would find fossils that would show a slow, gradual change. The fossil record does not show this – so they changed the theory to punctuated equilibrium. “The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages….has been a persistent and nagging problem for….evolution” Dr. Steven J. Gould, Professor at Harvard University Vestigial Structures Appendix is part of the immune system and stores good bacteria Whale pelvis is used for sexual reproduction and movement Coccyx is a vital connection point for muscles, tendons, and ligaments Homologous Structures show a common designer. Does not offer explanation for organisms that are not similar… Embryology – Embryo Development - Gills in human embryos are pharyngeal arches and develop into the jaw bones, and structures in the throat – they never serve or function as a gill.