“Evidence for Creation” (Review) - Chapter 5 “Evidence from Man” (Conclusion)
God’s Wrath on Mankind
Racism
DeRosa documents the racist undertones in some of the early Evolutionary literature. Though certainly not Darwin’s intention, the idea of Natural Selection fed an assessment of the races based on where each falls in the spectrum between advanced society and primitive ape. Such conclusions are offensive and unbiblical, and have a modern root in society’s acceptance of Evolutionary theory.
The late Stephen Jay Gould, a prolific evangelist for evolution, acknowledged evolution’s racist impact, stating,
“Biological arguments for racism may have been common before 1859, but they increased by orders of magnitude following the acceptance of evolutionary theory.”
Additional application of these “insights” has led to philosophies embracing racial purity and supporting abortion.
Nazism
Darwinian evolution undoubtedly influenced Hitler’s ability to rationalize the killing of 6 million Jews. I want to note that in addition to the 6 million Jews Hitler killed, he killed another 6 million people as well, including gypsies and homosexuals. As a natural philosophy, such killings can be rationalized away, as merely helping nature along. Such philosophies and their actions are evil.
Evolution and Communism
Karl Marx read Darwin, and “wrote a letter to Friedrich Engels in which he said, ‘… this is the book which contains the basis in natural history for our view.’” Later, Stalin saw Darwinian Evolution as a way to remove God from society, so that they “would be committed to the state.”
I have no argument with any of what DeRosa writes here. I am no expert in the historical details, but what he writes is consistent with what I’ve read, and I have no reason to think that he made up the quotes. It is a fact that a Godless Evolution has been the basis for the much of the evil in this world. However, where DeRosa denies the theory altogether, I deny that it is Godless. Where DeRosa believes Evolution results in evil because Evolution is evil, I believe it results in evil because people fail to see God when they saw Him. Just as people misused the Gospels during the Crusades, peopel misuse God’s processes in supporting Nazism, communism, racism, and abortion.
Frankly, if Evolution should be dismissed because of the evil done in its name, then so should Christianity. My choice is to give God His rightful place, which is at the center of both, and place the blame for all evil where it belongs: the fallen state of man.
Different From the Animals
So what makes humans different from animals? At least five observable characteristics: intelligence, language, creativity, moral conscience, and emotional depth. This illustrate the undeniable gulf between man and beasts.
I agree.
Evolutionists avoid this by blindly saying that over the years, man has gradually become aware of himself. They point out that this is an intellectual advancement due to evolutionary change. What the evolutionist fails to see is that this quality of knowledge of good and evil, is deeply embedded in the spirit of man.
Replace the word “evolutionist” with “atheist” and I agree. In my opinion, the trick is to realize that whatever happened, it was in fulfillment of God’s perfect will… and to me that includes Evolution.
Created in God’s Image
The evidence we have considered leads directly to the conclusion that all things–from molecule to man to the cosmos beyond–are the handiwork of a Creator of infinite intelligence.
I agree.
The random chaos that is the fundamental idea of evolution is altogether at odds with the rationality and design that we observe in creation.
I disagree. DeRosa simply fails to see the rationality of God’s design.
The mechanisms proposed for evolution do not square with the tenets of true science.
I disagree. DeRosa simply misunderstands or misapplies the applicable principles of science. I do not believe it’s malicious though.
Imagination, exaggeration, and in some cases, pure deception, are the hallmarks of the evolutionary movement.
Not as I have experienced it. And frankly, many evolutionists believe Creation Scientists do the exact same thing, and the church has an even longer history of it. Frankly, both extremes are wrong.
The remarkable thing after all this, is that DeRosa closes out his book with the following 3 paragraphs, with which I couldn’t agree with more (though we might mean slightly different things here and there):
Man is unique in the universe. He stands upright and is truly built for a noble purpose. The honest study of creation brings one to the inescapable sense that there is One far greater than we. That humbling realization also points to the fact that we are more than matter. We are not just body and mind, but creatures with a soul, who have been created in God’s image to have a relationship and to commune with Him.
Jesus Christ, the “Logos”, is the Creator, the one by whom “all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible” (Colossians 1:16). Yet He became flesh and came down to make the ultimate sacrifice at Calvary. The death and resurrection of our Creator give us a new hope. It is solely by His grace, not of ourselves, that we can come to Him.
It is when the Spirit of our Creator God convicts us that we realize we are part of the Creator’s plan. We simply cry out to Him in the realization of His great love for us, acknowledging that we are sinners and are willing to submit ourselves to the Creator, who is our Savior. If you have not already placed your faith in Jesus Christ, I urge you to do so–to meet your Maker, the One whose signature is engraved beyond question in the world He has made.
And on that agreeable note, I say Amen.