Archive for the 'Evolution' Category

Are YECs insane?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

“If Young Earth Creationists are out of their mind, it is for the sake of God; if Old Earth Creationists are in their right mind, it is for you.” — 2 Corinthians 5:13

Okay, I’m kidding.  People who believe in a young earth are not insane, but they are out of their mind… in the way 2 Corinthians 5:13 says.  Oh wait.  That isn’t really 2 Corinthians 5:13, is it?  Sorry about that.  Couldn’t resist.  As much as I emphasize that YECs have admirable faith and should not be converted to being Evolutionists at the cost of their faith and fellowship, the very tension of the Creation debate sometimes finds its release in potentially offensive jokes.  So for that, I apologize.  …

Evidence that the Fall in the Garden was Spiritual

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

One of the primary criticisms of Old Earth views of the universe stems from the introduction of death into the world.  According to a young earth perspective, God created the world perfect, and in that perfection there was no sin, and therefore no death.  Death was introduced by Adam’s and Eve’s disobedience in the garden.  Therefore, because death was not in the world before the fall, evolution would be impossible, because the theory of evolution is based on fossils that are thought to have died long before the fall.  If the reasoning is correct, then this contradiction is clear proof that evolution is a fallacy, that the earth is young, and God truly means to communicate that in scripture.  It is …

Romans 6 - From spiritual death to spiritual life!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Recall these verses from Romans 5: ”12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned— 13for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law.”  Paul is drawing a distinction between legality and morality.  This is an important distinction for those who lived before the law, because even without a law to break, there was still sin.  There may have been no law upon which to base punishment, but sin was still in the world.  After all, “14 …death reigned from the time of Adam …

“He believed in Evolution, and God credited to him as righteousness”

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Okay, this isn’t exactly a verse in the bible, but I wanted to get your attention.

As I’ve been doing my word study on righteousness, thoughts naturally gravitate back to Evolution, Creationism, and Geocreationism. I’ve been reading this great book which I cannot find in my morning haze, but it advances the common argument that God’s testimony is in scripture and in science.  In other words, what we discover about the world, is knowledge that God wants us to have… and why wouldn’t He?  I mean, anything we learn about Him, whether it be how He saved us from our sins, or created the world in which live, is more knowledge about Him and His love for us.  Why wouldn’t I want …

Evolution as Proof that Earth is Righteous

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Jesus told us that without man to bear witness of God, the very rocks would cry out.  I believe they do, through the evidence for Evolution.  Rocks indeed.  For if Evolution happened, then it was according to God’s plan, design, and will; the earth apparently believed God where many of us today do not… and the earth obeyed.

Assumptions of evolutionists

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Over the last 2 years of studying and writing Geocreationism, I have slowly come to accept evolution more than before.  Though I still have questions in my mind, I keep finding more reasons to believe that God a created a universe in which life would evolve according to His predetermined plan.

Early on in my blog, I found a post entitled Mass Delusion - 10 Reasons Why the Majority of Scientists Believe in Evolution.  I never responded to it, but at the time as I was merely sympathetic to Evolution.  While I am not full-on advocate for Evolution, it is the most logically choice to me, and fits my interpretation of scripture better than anything else I’ve studied.  This …

What Geocreationism has in Common with the Passover

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

In “Beyond the Firmament” (Review) - Genesis is Literal, I write about an interesting phenomenon.  It would seem that Moses — some would dispute whether it’s Moses, but that’s beside the point for now — wrote what he thought was a historically accurate account of Creation.  We now know that he was wrong — it was not historically accurate.  However, as GJG of BTF points out, when we put on our Moses hat, and try to view the world as the ancient Hebrews did, we realize that what Moses echoed the account with which they were already familiar, but with the added detail that God is the one who did …

“Beyond the Firmament” (Review) - Introduction

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I have just completed reading Gordon J. Glover’s excellent book, “Beyond the Firmament”.  It was very helpful in helping me clarify my views on Creation and Genesis 1, and has made me open to the idea of abandoning the umbrella of “Theistic Evolution”, in favor of just unabashedly saying “Evolution”.  This is no small feat.

I have documented on this blog a scriptural basis for seeing Jesus at Creation, and His involvement in it.  I stand by it, but I realize that I must soften some of my language.  I have historically sounded like the insights I write of was God’s own message.  I want to clarify that I do not believe that is true.  On the contrary, I agree …

Does “Full Humanity” Predate Homo Sapiens? (Part 3 - Language)

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

After taking a hiatus, I am back to the task of reviewing Glenn Morton’s evidence for humanity extending back 5.5 million years, which is when Morton believes Adam and Noah lived.  In Does “Full Humanity” Predate Homo Sapiens? (Part 1 - Altars), I concluded that it was reasonable to consider Altars as evidence of humanity.  Even Hugh Ross uses that as a criterion for dating the beginning of humanity, though he only goes back 24,000 years.  Then, in Does “Full Humanity” Predate Homo Sapiens? (Part 2 - Neanderthals), I reviewed …

“Evidence for Creation” (Review) - Chapter 5 “Evidence from Man” (Conclusion)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

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 …