Evolution: A Theory in Trouble
The theory of evolution is scientifically bankrupt and
becomes more so with each new discovery.
The reasons "scientists" and educators have not recognized
or admitted the truth by now include:
* Ignorance of each others' fields of study
* Blind faith in what they have been taught
* The huge investments of time and self they have dedicated
to this theory
* And (last, but not least) the pride and fear that prevent all
but the most childlike from admitting, "The Emperor has
no clothes!"
The following partial list of serious flaws in evolutionary
theory provide an outline for a fascinating study of God's
magnificent Creation.
10 Best Evidences for Creation
by Dave & Mary Jo Nutting and Dan Korow,
Alpha Omega Institute
1. The Fossil Record.
The fossil record provides evidence for a complex,
instantaneous creation. Why?
A. The lower geologic layers reveal a sudden proliferation
of complex life forms with every phyla represented. This Cambrian
Explosion or “Big Bang” of life is preceded by no simpler forms.
B. Today's living forms show no change from their supposed
ancient ancestors.
C. There are large and systematic gaps between the
different kinds of fossils rather than gradual, evolutionary
changes.
2. Irreducible Complexity
Prepackaged, highly engineered systems exist in our bodies
that are so complex they defy evolutionary explanations.
These systems involve integrated multiple parts and
reactions that work together only as a whole. If you eliminate
any one piece, none of the system works at all.
Evolution supposedly operates by natural selection
perfecting less developed systems. However, natural selection
requires something working and in place to perfect!
Examples in the human body are the immune system, blood
clotting, and any one of hundreds of biochemical pathways.
3. Gaps in the Living World
If isolated members of a species change by evolutionary
processes, the main population group can still continue.
We should be able to read the history of the evolutionary
progression right across the very top of the evolutionary
branching tree.
We can't! Just as the fossil record contains large
systematic gaps, the living world does too.
We see evidence for creation of distinct kinds -- not one
kind changing into another.
4. Laws of Probability
The odds are enormously great against the successful
occurrence of each of the myriads of needed evolutionary changes!
Even the probability of 1 small protein occurring by
accident is 1 chance out of 10,260. Since we have thousands of
even larger proteins, it is inconceivable they all happened by
chance.
Coupling that with intricate structures like eyes, wings,
hearts, lungs, etc., the laws of probability scream out,
“Creation!”
5. Law of Cause and Effect
The Law of Cause and Effect is one of the best documented
principles of science and of everyday experience. Every event
must have a sufficient cause.
Since the origin of the universe and the origin of life are
events, they too must have a cause.
The physical universe consisting of time, space, energy, and
matter must all have a cause outside themselves.
Likewise, life must have a living Cause.
Following this reasoning to its logical conclusion, leads to
an infinite, eternal, powerful, intelligent, living First Cause
-- our awesome Creator!
6. Chicken or Egg Principle
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This question has
plagued philosophers for a long time.
The question is even deeper, however. Chickens have many
proteins. Each protein is coded for by the DNA/RNA system.
However, many specific proteins are needed in order to
manufacture DNA/RNA.
So which came first: proteins or DNA/RNA?
The logical explanation is that they were both created.
7. Intelligent Design
Intelligent Design demands an Intelligent Designer.
The airplane, computer, and digital camera originated not by
random, undirected, chance processes, but by engineering genius.
Such sophisticated achievements however, pale in comparison to
the extremely complex, systematically ordered, precision
regulated systems of living tissue.
The superior flight of the dragonfly, the mind boggling
information mega-processor of the human brain, and the eye as a
self-focusing, fully-automatic, high resolution, 3-D motion
picture camera are the natural prototypes for our acclaimed tech
marvels.
It is scientifically inconceivable, unreasonable, and
illogical to credit blind, brainless chance as their maker.
God alone is wise without limits, and deserves the Glory.
8. The Anthropic Principle
The Anthropic Principle observes that the universe,
including our beautiful, blue planet appears to have been
specifically designed for man to inhabit (just as Isaiah 45:18
says). Without the delicate balance of multitudes of physical
properties, life would be impossible.
Examples include the strength of the four basic forces in
the universe (gravitational, electromagnetic, strong and weak
nuclear forces), the size and shape of the earth, the distance
from earth to sun, the tilt of the earth's axis, the
concentration of atmospheric gases, and the presence of abundant
liquid water.
It couldn't just happen.
9. Information Theory
Information has intelligence as its source, not haphazard
chaotic chance.
A computer programmer instills purpose, plan, and design by
implementing and organizing recognizable bits of data into an
understandable language framework. In biological systems,
information is encoded as DNA, the programmed software of cells.
As evolutionist Dr. Michael Denton says in his book
Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, “The capacity of DNA to store
information vastly exceeds that of any other known system; it is
so efficient that all the information needed to specify an
organism as complex as man weighs less than a few thousand
millionths of a gram.”
Since raw organic molecules have no intrinsic cognitive
capacity, who injected the information into the DNA?
God alone is able.
10. Extreme Complexity
Complexity beyond comprehension characterizes all life
forms, including the so-called “simple cell.”
As Dr. Michael Denton states referring to the cell, “...we
would find ourselves in a world of supreme technology and
bewildering complexity...beyond our own creative capacities.”
Everything, from atomic structures to cells, organs, organ
systems, and living creatures speaks of incredible order,
balance, and unity as a whole.
. . . and God Said It!
It is really hard to argue with the only One who claims to
have been there when the universe and life began.
He said He created everything to reproduce "after its own
kind" -- not one kind changing into another.
Dave & Mary Jo Nutting are the directors of Alpha Omega
Institute.
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