Transcript Two views of origins

EVOLUTION vs. SCIENCE &
THE BIBLE
A study of origins
Creation & Evolution: Two different views of origins
•How did everything get started?
•Where did we come from?
•Whatever happened to the dinosaurs?
•What about cavemen?
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 Where
can we find answers to these and
other questions?
 Should we ask scientists or should we
believe the Bible?
 Can we do both?
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 As
a Christian, I believe that God created,
just as He tells us in the Bible.
 In the very first verse of the Bible, we find
out that “In the beginning God created
the heavens and the earth.”
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 The
Bible is not the only place that we can
learn about creation.
 The facts of science also tell us much
about creation.
 By carefully studying the facts of science, I
have become convinced that the universe
could not have created itself, and that
living things, including people, could not
have happened just by chance—they had
to be created by God!
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“Things
just happen to be the way they are,
there is no real purpose in our being here; we
got here by chance.” This is the theory of
evolution.
God
created everything. This is the theory
of creation.
No one can really believe what the Bible
tells us about creation and also believe in
evolution.
Neither can one really believe in the facts
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of science and believe in evolution!
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 Evolutionists
claim belief in evolution
because science supports evolution.
 To say this is to be either ignorant of the
truth (the real facts of science), or to deny
creation no matter what the facts say,
because in order to believe in creation,
one has to believe in God.
 People don’t want to believe in God and
what the Bible says because belief
requires accountability.
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 No
matter what evolutionists want to
believe, the facts of science do not support
evolution.
 There is a mountain of scientific evidence
that supports creation.
 Science is very interesting, and learning
how the facts about our world support
creation is truly an amazing story.
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Why is This Subject Important?
 “How
we got here?” and “ Why are we
here?” are the most fundamental of
questions
 The answer to these questions affects how
we think about the world, our “world-view”
 Creation is a God-based world-view,
evolution is not
 The truth about origins is not being taught the possibility of special creation being true
is disallowed, leading to atheistic thinking
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World-view Implications
 Creation:
man is special, different from
animals; put here for a purpose; God is in
control
 Evolution: man is nothing special, just an
advanced animal; man is an “accident” of
nature; man is in control
 What are the “fruits” of an evolutionary
world-view?
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World View Today
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Evolution is Everywhere
 Taught
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in public schools
Biology textbooks
Library books
 Television
shows about nature
 Natural history museums
 Zoos
 Popular magazines
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Confusing?
 (Most)
churches say “creation”
 Almost all other respected influences say
“evolution”
 What are we to believe?
 Could all those scientists be wrong?
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What is Creation?
 “Creation”
is the idea that our universe and
the natural things in it were created by
God
 The creation events are described in the
first chapters of Genesis in the Bible
 The creation events took place over six
24-hour days, after which all creating
ceased
 The age of the earth is “young”, about
6,000 to 10,000 years
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The Bible Has Answers
1. Who created?
God
2. What was created?
All things
3. How was it created?
By His power
4. When was it created?
In the beginning
5. How long did it take to
6 days
create?
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Creation Model
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Sin was the cause of death
God destroyed the world by a worldwide
flood
Man was created in the image of God
God created ALL things
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What is Evolution?
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“Evolution” (“naturalism”) is the idea that undirected
natural processes have transformed primeval
energy/matter into the structures of the universe, our
earth, first life, and eventually people
Our universe started with the “Big Bang” - an
explosion/expansion of a dense collection of
subatomic particles and radiation
The Big Bang material has existed eternally or
“fluctuated” into existence from nothing
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Evolution
 Evolution
is based on materialism
 Evolution
is the ideology there is no
Creator God
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The “Theory of Evolution”
 The
“Theory of Evolution” as outlined by
Darwin applies to living organisms
 “Neo-Darwinism” updates Darwin with
genetics
 “Mutations” supply the new raw material
 “Natural selection” retains the mutations
which provide a reproductive advantage
 All life (plant and animal) has derived from
a common ancestor
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Evolutionary Origin of Life
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Evolution Model
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About 15 billion years ago the universe
exploded into existence
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About 4.6 billion years ago the earth evolved
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About 3.5 billion years ago life evolved
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Humans evolved from ape-like creatures
Time, chance, and natural processes
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Two Models of Origins
CREATION
EVOLUTION
Life from the creator
Life from inanimate matter
Life from natural processes
First plant and animal
types were complete
All life from same living source
Each type produced by slow
change from ancestor
Variation limited
within a type (kind)
Variation unlimited
Sudden appearance of
types in fossil record
No transitional forms
between higher categories
Gradual change in fossil record
Transitional forms between
all categories
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Two Worldviews in Conflict
Evolution
Bible
The universe exploded
into existence out of
nothing
In the beginning
God created
Life evolved from a pool
of chemicals by natural
processes
God created all life
Different life forms evolved
from a common ancestor
over millions of years
God created all life
after its kind
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World Views of Scientists
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Truth about Scientists
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Interpretation of Scientific Data
Assumption of
Evolution
Assumption of
Creation
Scientific Data
Evolution is
Seen
Creation is
Seen
Interpretation is influenced by assumptions and biases
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BIASES
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Evolution, Science, and the Bible
Laws of
Science
1st Law of
Thermodynamics
2nd Law of
Thermodynamics
Law of Cause and
Effect
Law of Biogenesis
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The Bible, Science & Evolution
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Christian Doctrine and Science
Danny Faulkner, Ph.D. Astronomy
“Many Christian apologists today accept the big
bang and claim that Genesis is in complete
agreement with the big bang. However this is a
situation driven by “science” and not by Biblical
studies….
Therefore those who accept the big bang and
make it part of their Christian apologetics are guilty
of interpreting the Bible in terms of current science.
This is a dangerous precedent.”
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Effects of Evolution
One of the main reasons we are drifting in
the church in reference to this subject is that
we cannot defend our belief in the Bible
What can be done?
The Bible teaches what can be done
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be
ready always to give an answer to every man that
asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with
meekness and fear: (1 Peter 3:15)
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Meaning of 1 Peter 3:15
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We must understand what we believe
We must understand why we are
Christians
We must be able to articulate this belief
reasonably and biblically
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Evolution is a religious belief system
It must be accepted by faith
The Bible Has Answers
1. Who created?
God
2. What was created?
All things
3. How was it created?
By His power
4. When was it created?
In the beginning
5. How long did it take to
6 days
create?
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Results of Evolutionary Teaching
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The Starting Point
 Scripture
is true (John 17:17)
 All Scripture is inspired (God-breathed)
(2 Timothy 3:16)
 God’s
Word is understandable
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