Tag Archives: Evolution

A Pre-Adamic World?

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There is a theory currently held by some conservative biblical scholars and many evangelical Christians known as the gap theory.  The theory posits a gap of time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.  Essentially, the theory proposes that Genesis 1:1 presents the original creation of the universe.  There then followed a lengthy period of thousands, or even millions of years.  It is believed that the initial cosmos was then destroyed and thrown into chaos.  Genesis 1:2 presents the beginning of a re-creation and reconstruction process.  Proponents of the theory assert that  the words “the earth was without form and void” should be rendered “became without form and void.”  Often the argument is offered that God would not create something formless and void, i.e., chaotic.

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Moldy Evolutionary Cake

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Theistic evolution is a classic example of wanting to have your cake and eat it too.  If you are not familiar with the theory, it is basically this:  God is the Creator of all things, but evolution is the means He used to bring about all organic life on earth.  So, according to this theory, the earth is billions of years old.  Life began spontaneously in some primordial oceanic goo millions of years ago.  The generally accepted secular geological time table is correct.  And human beings are evolved primates, descended from some ape-like ancestor of a few million years ago. Continue reading →

The Self-Contradiction of Evolution

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This morning I have been reading the latest issue of National Geographic (July 2015).  In one of the small half-page features that NG has near the beginning of the magazine there is found the tale of the quagga mussel.  Quagga mussels are a species native to the Ukraine.  They have apparently been hitching rides as stowaways in the ballasts of ocean-going ships and have made their way to the U.S.  Now this invasive species is overrunning the Great Lakes.  The quagga mussels are eating up native algae and changing the entire ecosystem of the Lakes.  You know what I say?  So what? Continue reading →

If By Chance…

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In discussing the theory of evolution, I have often mentioned the fact that processes of organic evolution are all random events.   Contrary to the idea of a Creator who designed the cosmos, evolution is squarely based on chance.  However, I have been taken to task for this assertion.  The objection I have heard is this:  Natural Selection is not a random process.  This is the position of noted scientist (and atheist) Richard Dawkins.  Dawkins asserts that natural selection is a “non-random force.”  He says there is an inherent determinism in natural selection.  Multitudes of generations of genetic selection have caused the inevitable survivability of a species.  There is a natural design and order in this process.  My question is this:  Is natural selection, and thus Darwinian evolution itself, something that is deterministic and non-random or is it truly random? Continue reading →

Mother Earth Is Only A Child

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I am foolish. I admit it. I have no qualms about saying it, confessing it. You see, I am foolish enough to believe that there are moral absolutes. I am foolish enough to believe that there is a God that rules in heaven and on earth. I am foolish enough to believe that the marriage covenant is sacred and should be inviolate. And, yes, I am foolish enough to believe that the Bible is trustworthy and accurate… even when it comes to such matters as the age of the earth itself. Continue reading →