Dust and Rib
Evolution is back in the Drudge headlines today. A
survey by YouGov shows that (1) 37% of Americans believe that God
created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years, (2)
25% believe that God guided the process of evolution from lesser
life forms, and (3) 21% believe God had NO part in the development
of humans.
The headline on CBSDC online reads: “Majority Of
Americans Believe God Played Role In Human Evolution.” The headline,
no doubt formulated by a Liberal, is deceptive…unless you consider
25% a majority.
Creation and evolution are mutually exclusive
concepts! I am somewhat pleasantly surprised that as many as 37% of
those polled (nearly 4 in 10) agree with the biblical account in
Genesis: however, slightly more than 4 in 10 (41%) believe that
evolution played a role in the development of man.
The 25% who think God guided the evolutionary process
do so in an effort to harmonize science with the Bible. But
evolutionary theory is faux science. NO alleged scientist has EVER
observed the evolution of a simple (or any) life form into a more
complex life form. Evolution theory is the fruit of speculation, not
observation…a fundamental of true science.
Secondly, what has been observed is the principle of
atrophy. That is, life forms tend to devolve or break down from one form to a
less-complex form. There is NO empirical evidence to suggest
otherwise!
A few minutes of reflection upon the biblical account
of creation will lead one to disavow any role for evolution in the
appearance of man. First, the Bible states that God created man from
the “dust of the ground” in full-grown form. How else can you
explain the presence of nostrils?
But Adam was lifeless UNTIL God breathed into those
nostrils the breath of life. Since he was NOT technically a life
form UNTIL that first breath, it is impossible for Adam to have
evolved from lifelessness! While atmospheric oxygen served to
SUSTAIN Adam’s life, only God could have STARTED his life…and did so
in a moment of time!
Secondly, the Bible says God created the woman from
the “rib” of the man. Whereas Adam was formed from lifeless dust,
God used the living tissue of the man to create the woman…and did so
in the time it took for Adam to take a nap!
These exercises in Bible-based logic destroy
evolutionary theory. They should also put an end to the baseless
“one day equals a thousand years with God” argument, which has two
big problems. First, it represents the bastardization of 2 Peter
3:8, which was written to draw a contrast between time-conscious
“scoffers” and the God who inhabits eternity…where time is
meaningless!
Secondly, it is an intellectually dishonest exercise
by those seeking to establish a bridge between the Bible and
science. Question: IF a day could mean a thousand years, would that
be a literal or figurative number? The fact is Evolutionists who
claim to be Biblicists want that thousand years to represent as many
billions of years as they think necessary for human development.
It's pure guesswork!
Bottom line: The theory
of evolution depends on the development of increasingly complex life
forms in order to bring man to the pinnacle of the evolutionary
chain. But Adam had NO life form predecessors! Dust is NOT a life
form! But Eve DID have a life-form origin: ADAM!.
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