Transcript Evolution - Svetlost Istine

“EVOLUTION:
Fact or Fiction?”
Part 2
Presented By:
Randy Ruggles
“Evolution is unproved and
unprovable. We believe it only
because the alternative is special
creation, and that is unthinkable.”
- Sir Arthur Keith, evolutionary anthropologist and anatomist
“Scientists who go about teaching that
evolution is a fact of life are great con men,
and the story they are telling may be the
greatest hoax ever. In explaining evolution
we do not have one iota of fact . . .”
- Theodore N. Tahmisian, nuclear physicist,
Atomic Energy Commission
“Evolution is promoted by its practitioners
as more than mere science. Evolution is
promulgated as an ideology, a secular
religion - a full-fledged alternative to
Christianity, with meaning and morality.
I am an ardent evolutionist and an ex-Christian,
but I must admit in this one complaint . . .
the literalists [i.e. creationists] are absolutely
right. Evolution is a religion. This was true of
evolution in the beginning, and it is true of
evolution still today.”
- Michael Ruse, National Post, May 13, 2000, B3.
“10 Arguments Against
EVOLUTION
Christians Should NOT Use”
Argument #1:
“GOD put
dinosaur fossils
in the ground to
TEST our faith.”
(or “SATAN put dinosaur fossils
in the ground to DESTROY our faith.”)
Argument #1 (cont.):
1. God is not a deceiver
2. Fossils are real and can
be easily explained by a
global flood
“First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers
will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires . . .
they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the
heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and
by water. By these waters also the world of that time was
deluged and destroyed.”
2 Peter 3: 3, 5-6
Argument #2:
“Evolution is
just a THEORY!”
“In scientific terminology, a theory is a
hypothesis that has been supported by
so many cases that few scientists
seriously doubt its validity . . . Thus, a
scientific theory is similar to what we
would call a “law” or a “fact” in common
English usage . . . People who refer to
evolution as “just a theory” profoundly
misunderstand what scientists mean by
that term.”
- “Life on Earth” by Gerald and Teresa Audesirk
Instead try:
“Evolution is not a proven fact,
so it should not be promoted
dogmatically.”
Argument #3:
“If man EVOLVED
from apes,
why are there
still APES?”
Evolutionists claim that humans and modern
apes are descended from a common ancestor
whose population split to become two (and
more) different lineages. The question is a bit
like asking, “If Canadians and Americans
are descended from Europeans, why are
there still Europeans?”
Or if you and your cousin are descended from
your Grandmother, why is your Grandmother
still around?
Argument #4:
“The world is
TOO COMPLEX
to have arisen by
CHANCE.”
What do people most often get wrong when
they try to understand evolution?
Richard Dawkins: “It's the idea that it is a theory of
random chance. That single misunderstanding alone
accounts for just about everything you will read on
so-called arguments against evolution, things like,
‘I can't believe that something as complicated as
an eye could come about by chance.’
“Well of course it couldn't come about by chance!
How could it be possible to be so stupid as to think
that anybody could ever suggest that it comes about by
chance? Natural selection is the very opposite of
chance – that's the whole point!”
Intelligent Design:
The theory of intelligent design holds
that certain features of the universe
and of living things are best explained
by an intelligent cause, not an
undirected process such as natural
selection.
Did Mount Rushmore come about by natural,
undirected forces such as million of years of
wind and rain erosion?
Designed
Not Designed
Argument #5:
“There are no
TRANSITIONAL FORMS
in the fossil record.”
Since there are candidates, (even though
they are highly dubious at best), it’s better
to avoid possible comebacks by instead
saying: “While Darwin predicted that the
fossil record would show numerous
transitional fossils, even 150 years later,
all we have are a handful of disputable
examples.”
Transitional forms should be the RULE
- not the EXCEPTION!
Argument #6:
“There are no
BENEFICIAL
MUTATIONS.”
This is not true, since some mutations
do confer an advantage in some situations.
Instead, we should say:
“We have yet to find a mutation that
INCREASES GENETIC INFORMATION,
even in those rare instances where
the mutation confers an advantage.”
Eg. antibiotic resistance to drugs
Argument #7:
“Darwin RECANTED
on his deathbed.”
Lady Hope story – likely not true
Francis Darwin (son) – “He could not have become
openly and enthusiastically Christian without the knowledge of his family, and no such change occurred.”
“Lady Hope’s account of my father’s views on religion is
quite untrue. I have publicly accused her of falsehood,
but I have not seen any reply.”
Henrietta Darwin (daughter) - “I was present at his
deathbed. Lady Hope was not present during his last
illness, or any illness. He never recanted any of his
scientific views, either then or earlier.”
Ultimately . . . SO WHAT?!!
Argument #8:
“Darwin’s quote about
the absurdity of
EYE EVOLUTION
proves even he knew
evolution was impossible.”
“To suppose that the eye
. . . could have been formed
by NATURAL SELECTION,
seems, I freely confess,
ABSURD in the highest
possible degree.”
- Charles Darwin,
Origin of Species, 1st
Ed., p. 186.
Citing his statement at face value
is subtly out of context. Darwin was
talking about its seeming absurdity
but then went on to explain how it was
quite easy to imagine that the eye
could be built step-by-step.
Argument #9:
“Women have
ONE MORE RIB
than men.”
Argument #9 (contin.):
1. NOT true (all humans have 12 pairs of ribs)
2. Would NOT affect future offspring
3. Rib can REGENERATE if the
surrounding membrane is left intact
Argument #10:
“Even EINSTEIN
believed in GOD.”
Argument #10 (contin.):
“I do not believe in a
PERSONAL GOD and
I have never denied this
but have expressed it clearly.
My position concerning God
is that of an AGNOSTIC.”
- Albert Einstein
“In the beginning
God created the heaven
and the earth.”
- Genesis 1:1 (K.J.V.)
“In the beginning (TIME)
God created the heaven (SPACE)
and the earth (MATTER).”
- Genesis 1:1 (K.J.V.)
TIME
SPACE
=
Past
Present
Future
=
Length
Width
Height
MATTER =
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Biblical Names and Their Meanings
Adam – Man
Seth – Appointed
Enos – Mortal
Cainan – Sorrow
Mahalaleel – The Blessed God
Jared – Shall Come Down
Enoch – Teaching
Methuselah – His Death Shall Bring
Lamech – The Despairing
Noah – Rest, Comfort
“Man (is) Appointed
Mortal Sorrow (but)
The Blessed God
Shall Come Down
Teaching (and)
His Death Shall Bring
The Despairing Rest.”