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Prove God created the world in which we live on page 11

81 How to get evolutionary and wrong teaching our of your kids schools .

Creators FEED So why is the topic of evolution

can just as easily support

so important? Because its one

creation. 3, Sooo much more.

of the biggest tools satan uses to combat the Christian faith.

What if I told you and could go as far as proving that: 1, evolution hasn’t been verified. 2, evidence that supports evolution

In our articles this month, we showcase just how strongly the concept or evolution has polluted our cultural and scientific worldview today, but not only that, we get into what Christians like you and I can

- Linda Pintus

Who created the worlds? We answer that question and more for the world to know!

Managers FEED wouldn’t really know whether or not it should be combatted at all.

One things society needs today is an understanding of evolutions error. I mean, we hear about it in magazines, television and more, not realizing its never been proven and has questionable origins.

But what really irks me about it is, nobody much has stood up to it or knows how to combat it at all. Who am I kidding, without this edition of Faith FEED I

I was very much interested in, ‘Christian Thinkers In Science’ and personally requested the book review of ‘Signature in the Cell’ by Stephen Myer. All in all, each of our editions is taking our readers to a higher place in Christ; A higher understanding of what Gods plan is for our lives. And most importantly, a more solidified faith whereby He will be pleased.

- Jamiel Cotman

Finally someone stands up to the darkness of evolution.

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So where is the evidence that supports the creation position?

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f you saw a painting in the middle of the street, you would instinctively know

there were a painter. This is the argument most creationist use to support Gods existence. That creation proves a creator.

[though that’s a good one] but biological information.

However, what if I told you its way more to it than that. That in reality, its not the painting, its what the painting communicates and does that should be examined. That is to say, the best case for creation isn’t life

Information proves conscious activity. We know from the world we observe today that minds produce information. Saying that the information in DNA was coded by chance, is sort of like saying a monkey can type a

How to have a kingdom impact using the arts such as music.

Shakespeare play. Sure, jamming his hands on the keyboard, he may get a few words put together, given enough time; he might even put a sentence or two together. But

just as we know a monkey could

back to its source and find a

never type a complete, chapter

mind, not a material process.

by chapter Shakespeare play, we should know that the code in human DNA couldn’t sequence itself by chance. In fact, there is enough information in one humans’ DNA to fill the Grand Canyon 40 times! That coding predetermines what you’ll like and dislike, have a bent towards and beyond. Saying that all of that could formulate in proper sequence by chance is foolish.

Because whether it’s the words in a book, the commercial on a radio station or the script of a Shakespeare play, we can repeatedly trace information

The basis of the creationism is scientific evidence, though what it implies is religious in nature.

Don’t get the two confused. No, it doesn’t speak to the identity of the designer, rather, that it was designed. Digital code, molecular machines, symbiotic relationships [one thing that can’t exist without another] are best answered within the creation model. Yes, it may have religious implications, but that is separate from the theory itself. Whether or not its ever accepted as such, creation is a valid theory in science.

Reflective Salt flats in Bolivia

6 Amazing Things God Created

Will Doniker

Spider web cocooned trees in Pakistan.

The underwater forest of Lake Kaindy.

Volcanic lightening also known as dirty thunderstorms

Shimmering shores of Vaadhoo, Maldives.

Frozen air bubbles in Abraham Lake.

Why Schools Must Teach Creationism

Should creationism be taught alongside evolution? Is it fair to give students only one theory to believe? Is it legal to do so in the public schools?

Evolution only shows one point of view There are no criticisms of the theory of evolution in any of the textbooks or course materials, despite the fact that evolution cannot be stated as a scientific law and remains, for well over a century, a theory. For one thing, evolution cannot be validated to be factual because it cannot be proven through scientific testing. How can evolution ever be established to be conclusive by empirical scientific methods? Can evolution be observed in a laboratory? Is evolution repeatable? Is it predictable as to what will mankind look like in a million years from now? How can it be falsified? The classic historical structure of having scientific beliefs pass from theory to law is by having something be observed, repeated, to make predictions based upon those observations and have a repeated outcome and then falsify that the results.

Evolution alone won’t allow kids to think critically It seems that public schools value critical thinking skills yet they are cramming an unproven theory down the student’s throats and so it appears that they won’t even consider other possibilities. These educators are like dictators who essentially spout “It’s my way or the highway.” Since educational leadership want students to think outside of the box, why aren’t they allowed to do so regarding evolution?

Why don’t I see anything evolving today?

It seems that public schools value critical thinking skills yet they are cramming an unproven theory down the student’s throats and so it appears that they won’t even consider other possibilities.

If all our kids are hearing is one side, they’re not being educated, they’re being indoctrinated.

Evolutionary thought is being rotated before our children on a regular basis. But has it been proven?

Those who claim that God used evolution to complete His creation are robbing God of glory and God will not ever share His glory with another [Isaiah 42:8].

Evolution is a historically based theory based upon assumptions from what took place millions of years ago.

Creationism is what parents really want A 1991 Gallop Poll (Nov 28th, 1991), which was the last time a comprehensive polling results on a national scale was undertaken, indicated that 47% of Americans believe in creation over evolution and 40% believe that God used evolution as a process of creating life. Since almost 9 out of every 10 Americans believe that God was involved in creation and just under half of those believed that the origin of life was not naturalistically caused, why do almost 100% of college professors and staff teach that evolution is the only option possible?

Creationism voices the students point of view I believe that students should have the option of stating their own beliefs and base them upon what findings they gain in their education. Former President George Bush once said that “Both sides ought to be properly taught so people can understand what the debate is about. Part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought [and] people ought to be exposed to different ideas.� Academic freedom is what brought the theory of evolution to the classrooms in the first place and so what is wrong with the idea of allowing others to provide their views on how life came into being and

if it did evolve or didn’t evolve. Shouldn’t we let them freely express what they believe and provide the reasons for why they believe what they do believe?

Part of the reason that creationism or at least, intelligent design should be allowed to be discussed in the classroom is because evolution presents a world view without God and that there is only “survival of the fittest” and that there is no real purpose for mankind other than “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” The theory of evolution portrays mankind as only a collection of molecules as a result of blind, accidental chance with the only reason we were born was to survive. God did create us for a purpose and it wasn’t to be moved up to the highest order on the food chain. It was to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

Jack Wellman is Senior Writer at What Christians Want to Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians.

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impact using the arts such as music.

During debate, one common trick from none Christians to get you to think that if you’re using the Christian worldview, that you’re not using science.

Whether its news, music, movies or videos or more, there has probably been a time when you read a hateful comment, directed towards you, your beliefs as a Christian, or both.

We have to do better customer service for God online.

Unbelievers want their questions answered logically.

Debate and evangelism go hand in hand.

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f you’re a modern day Christian, you’ve been to one of your favorite sites. Whether its news, music, movies or videos or more, there has probably been a time when you read a hateful comment, directed towards you, your beliefs as a Christian, or both. These comments can be anything from criticizing a minister you enjoy to personal attacks at you. And by the looks of it, most believers don’t know what to do. I mean let’s face it, most of us, came to Jesus, because we were inspired, felt something, or, it’s just how we were raised. That doesn’t mean we were wrong, but it does mean we may not, like Paul said, have the ability to give a good answer for why we still hold the faith [1 Peter 3:15]. So let’s do it! Let’s learn to serve the LORD with our minds as Jesus said. Let’s learn to advance the kingdom through debate online and abroad

Here are some starters “I’m not a debater, I’m a believer!” you may be thinking. Or, “I’ll just live right, walk in Gods best, and that should do the trick!” are both very common attitudes from most Christians Even evangelicals mistakenly think debate isn’t needed. And though it’s very unlikely that the person you’re debating will change their mind, it’s the by standers who are targeted..

Christians need to understand that filling up the comment sections, social media timelines and blog posts are tons of remarks from none Christians awaiting a response. These are each opportunities to showcase the validity of Gods Word and our faith in His person. However, when they go unanswered, you’re helping project the Christian faith as a cold organization that doesn’t interact with others about its views.

Stay in faith During debate, one common trick from none Christians to get you to think that if you’re using the Christian worldview, that you’re not using science. This is called affirming the consequent, a form of being illogical. It is also seen as a presupposition. It’s sort of like saying, “which group did humans evolve from? A)

Pierolapithecus catalaunicus B) Oreopithecus bambolii or C) Samburupithecus kiptalami.” “You may be thinking, “Wait! What if I don’t believe they evolved at all?” Then you’re getting my point! Questions like this are given in school textbooks, debates and online to Christians all of the time. They exclude the Christian worldview by limiting your options. Your responding with one of those answers puts you in agreement that the Christian worldview isn’t true.

Fear not Often, none Christians will bully, criticize and try to sound smarter than they are. Usually, this is an attempt to alienate you or make you feel that you’re in over your head. But don’t worry, you don’t have to be a scientist at all to understand science,

debate, or logic. Just be sure you have a solid point that makes since, you’re not being puffed up about what you know, and then use tools like Google to punch in anything else they throw at you.

Choose your battles Unfortunately, you won’t be able to fight every battle for Christ online. Some things need be handled by Christian Scientist websites, blogs and authors. For instance, if you’re in a forum where there are 20,000 none Christians all pushing their beliefs, its unlikely you’ll win. But, if you’re on a Christian website and a few none believers have questions, comments or concerns about what was said, and you understand it clearly, have at it! As you get better you can take on more.

Stay up to date Do keep up with new happenings in religion, science and news. No, you shouldn’t be looking at these things more than you do Gods Word, but you should be knowledgeable. Even if it’s wrong, you want to know, because many none Christians will come to your Facebook page, website or blog with questions, thoughts and ideas formed by these events. Your not being able to give a good answer just shows that Christians are behind, not relevant, or outdated.

Connect with active Christians online Follow, link up with and join other intelligent believers who are able to defend the faith in addition to winning hearts and minds via the internet. Type in accounts like @DiscoveryCSC , @creationtoday, and @evidenceanswers on Twitter [you don’t have to have a Twitter account to do this] and link with who they are connected to as well! Ask questions. Send emails. Get strong!

Christians need to understand that filling up the comment sections, social media timelines and blog posts are tons of remarks from none Christians awaiting a response.

1. Judaism and Christianity teach that God desires to make himself known to those whose hearts seek him.

2. Judaism and Christianity teach that God’s self-revelation will be hidden from those who reject his holiness and righteousness.

3. Therefore (1 and 2) knowledge of God is a matter of heart attitude as much as (or more than) evidences.

Do keep up with new happenings

in

religion,

science and news.

Clarity trumps persuasion Finally, remember to be clear. You’ll get to the point where you’re going to run into all of the evidence that supports the Christian faith, when you do, remember clarity, not necessarily knowledge is far more effective. Instead of slashing none Christians with wad loads of new findings and ancient knowledge, speak in laymen about what all of that stuff lead you to conclude instead. Only then should you get into the details of why.

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hat if we could give strong,

fully persuaded faith to everyone? Were I to break it down into a recipe, and hand it out, I’m sure it would raise the body of Christ to another level.

The ingredients and steps would go like this:

Ingredients

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Fully persuaded faith sees. What we see determines how we behave. Many believers believe, but aren’t fully persuaded. That is to say, they don’t have in depth conviction about their faith in God.

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aith sees from Gods

of God, the language of faith!

perspective. God, He sees His

God calls those things that be

plans and purposes as already

not as though they were [Rom

done! God told Abraham, “Look

4:17]. Likewise, to have full

at the stars, to see if you can

persuasion, you have to speak

number them. So shall your

Gods view on the world in your

seed be.”[Gen 15:5], when he

discussions with other. Sex

wanted a child. This was just

outside of marriage is

before changing his name from

fornication, not love. That’s

“Abram” to “Abraham” which

Gods view. Drugs and alcohol

means father. That leads to the

aren’t fulfilling, but temporary

second trait of faith. .

pleasure with a high cost. That’s

Fully persuaded faith speaks. Most Christians seldom mention Christ outside of church. Believe it or not, the U.S. is a post evangelical

Gods view. And creation is how the world came about, not random chance. That’s Gods view.

Fully persuaded faith acts.

nation, in spite of what the

Believers go the extra mile and

statistics are saying. Not only

act out on their convictions.

that, fully persuaded faith has a

Faith without works is dead

language. It’s the very language

[Jam 2:17]. Could it be that

you’re not doing anything, and

textbooks? Are you actually

as a result, your faith is weak?

teaching your kids the creation

Are you actually going to the

account of the world in which we

schools and demanding that

live?

evolution be taken out of the

What are the ingredient for

faith

that

never

wavers?

Putting It Together Step 1, - Apply fully persuaded faith to your daily life. This means you see, speak and act based on whole counsel of God, not just a few scriptures. Not only must you know the bible, but you must also know biblical apologetics which defends the bible’s validity.

If you don’t know the latter, your faith will weaken as time goes by. This is because you’ll have no defense against Satan’s arrows of doubt, unbelief and wrong unbiblical thinking.

Step 2, - Be a communicator. Now that we know to live by faith, we must also learn to transfer it properly. Faith comes by hearing but it stays by understanding [Matt 13:19; Rom 10:17]. If you’re someone who enjoys sharing your knowledge of God’s word, you’ve only come half way. Learning to be a clear, concise and logical communicator is just what you need to live as a fully persuaded believer.

Step 3, - Keep at it. Over time, you become better. However, if you give up on this with the first bloody nose, you’ll never see its fruit. Ecclesiastes says, “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning and the patient in spirit is better than the proud” [7:8].

Be patient. As you hear yourself and other strong believers live a life of full persuasion, you’ll notice your own faith beginning to come up.

Every Christian needs a spoon full of full persuasion!

Ask yourself this, are you following God simply because it was how you were raised, or, have you been fully persuaded via scripture?

Masculine Christianity

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enowned atheist Richard

‘Religion has No Place in The

Dawkins appeared for a debate

21st Century’ was the argument

at the University of Cambridge

he stood to present. And though

in England. The motion,

it wasn’t necessarily about

Christianity, the Christian faith

therapeutic, relational areas, it’s

was the only religion he

not going to appeal to men.” she

targeted. As he spoke, the

said, explaining how Christians

students of Cambridge cheered,

today are not taught to defend

clapped and stood with

their beliefs and how that alone

comments of support.

pushes men away.

And how many Christians took

Many view God as a two-

their stand, to explain their

play act. One being ferocious in

position for Christ?

the Old Testament, while the

Zero.

other is gentle in the New. But

Author and evangelist

God doesn’t change. And He is

Nancy Pearcy believes this is

just as wild at heart in the front

due to a lack of masculine

of the book as He was in the

Christianity. “The more

back. That’s the part of that

traditionally masculine side of

engages men. Virtues such as

Christianity enjoys crossing

love and beauty are important,

swords with hostile secular

but we must not overlook justice

worldviews. So, as long as

and strength. Jesus made it

Christianity appeals to the

clear that He came not to do

emotional

away with these [Matt 5:17; 23:23]. “Men love defending the

faith. They love competition.

conflict with sin, the flesh and

Anything where there is a clear

the world, if they’re to reach

winner or loser” says Pearcy.

men. Don’t get hung up on the

“Apo” means from and “logos”

emotional and spiritual stuff,

means logic. Apologetics is one

while neglecting the intellectual

of the major ways men show

part of our faith. It’s critical for

their love for God, by defending

them to win others to Christ.

His reputation when it’s called

Men are hungry to see a form of

into question [1 Pet 3:15; 2 Cor

Christianity that stresses

10:3-5; Acts 2; Acts 17]. It’s not

challenge, debate and

about apologizing, though it may

confrontation, just as much as it

sound that way.

does singing, dancing and

While many believe that

emotions. One that they would

Christianity is about being and

be honored to give their lives

making others happy, men tend

defending, be it in the form of

to like it presented as a quest,

actual martyrdom or a Richard

challenge or heroic exploit. As

Dawkins debate.

did Jesus when recruiting His disciples in Luke 10, believers must emphasis the dangers of following the Christ, including

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Cross Commerce. We all know what it is and what it means today. But what if I told you that what we know as a system of exchange derives directly from God? Oh sure, it’s been widely perverted and misused. But commerce is divine. And a huge form of commerce or exchange took place through Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. It’s a purchase made by God that you should never forget.

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The Problem

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 2:17

The violation of Genesis

curse. The earth was cursed,

2:17 was the world’s first sin.

not necessarily because of what

And, as a result, mankind fell

Adam did, though that was its

into a lost state. Separated from

source, it was cursed because it

God, we would have been

was separated from the source

eternally damned. Why?

of its blessing. Creation was

Because life without God is a

cursed through separation from

curse. Money without God is a

its creator.

curse. Anything without God is a

The cross exchange satisfied God and saved humanity.

The Price To bridge the gap

make up a rule that says He

between the creator and what

doesn’t have to.” But remember,

was created, a price had to be

God is holy, He is righteous,

paid. Now, you may be thinking,

and He won’t violate a law that

“God is God, He shouldn’t have

He Himself established.

to pay anything. He can just

Spiritual death birthed natural death

That law is, ‘The wages of sin is

take on spiritual death on our

death’ [Rom 6:23]. Spiritual

behalf. Sure, we would all still

death, or separation from God,

die naturally, but, we would

birthed natural death. However,

never have to stay dead

Jesus, who never sinned, could

spiritually through that sacrifice.

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Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive [He led a train of [a]vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men.9 [But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth?

Ephesians 6

Jesus was separated from God,

grieving in Luke 22:42 was all

without having ever sinned. In

about. Jesus didn’t’ grieve the

essence, he took on a

natural death that was coming,

punishment [ours] that wasn’t

rather, he didn’t want to be

his. That’s what all of the

separated from God.

The Promise Now, through Jesus, we

debt is paid, and, through the

have access to God again! The

one who paid it, allows access

separation has been

to Him for those of us who

permanently bridged, in the

receive.

since that justice was satisfied.

God, the Holy and righteous one, is now content that this sin

Every day, you should realize what that means. It means, you can walk with

The son of God became the son of man, so that the sons of men could be sons of God.

without fear or condemnation. It means

Without fear or condemnation.

It means that everything thateverything God is,is,you have

It was paid for at the cross. paid for at the cross

youaccess have access to, because to, because it was all

Agony and defeat? Yes, but never forget its purpose. Jesus death, burial and resurrection was a place of divine exchange between the creator and the created.

Jesus Living

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our

Water

Immersion was far from a new idea when Jesus first went to John the Baptist to be baptized in the living waters of the Jordan River.

Bobbie Ann Cole

Bobbie Ann Cole traces Christ to Genesis, through the Jewish

Mikvah. on was far from a new idea

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mmersion was far from a

mikvah. Several ancient

whennew Jesus first went toexamples Johnhave been idea when Jesus first

went to John the Baptist to discovered, such as at Masada, the Baptist to be baptized in the be baptized in the living waters

a cliff-top city, surrounded by

of thewaters Jordan River.of the Jordan orangeRiver. desert, towering above living Every Jewish community in ancient Israel, and still today, has an immersion bath, the

the shimmering Dead Sea. The word mikvah appears in the Creation story:

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the water [mikvah] called He Seas: and God saw that it was good Genesis 1:10 Like the seas, the water of the mikvah immersion bath must be living water.

Israel was a country of

earth. It is small wonder that

stagnant, malaria-carrying

fresh, living water, like that of

ponds, parch-dried rivers that

the Jordan River, so rare and

bred cholera and a very salty

precious, came to symbolize a

Dead Sea, the lowest place on

fresh start in life.

Every Jewish community in ancient Israel, and still today, has an immersion bath, the mikvah.

Like the seas, the water of the mikvah immersion bath must be living water.

state. In the book of Ruth, The mikvah signals the crossing of a threshold to a holy

Naomi tells Ruth to ‘wash

yourself and anoint yourself,

His immersion in living water signalled the beginning of His holy ministry. His message was that God is living water to our souls.

The word Mikvah appears in the creation story!

put on your best garment’ in

At the time of Jesus, several

preparation for going to the

Jewish groups, such as the

threshing floor to woo Boaz.

Essenes, were observing daily ritual immersion, in order in order to be ready for the

Messiah, who might show at any moment.

And, of course, He did.

His immersion in living water signalled the beginning of His holy ministry. His message was that God is living water to our souls.

At the Temple in Jerusalem, He told the people: ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living waters.’

He spoke these words on a special day during the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, Hoshana Rabba or ‘The Great Day’, the day of the water-drawing ceremony.

To the music of flutes, the High Priest would have led the faithful to the Pool of Siloam.

He had a golden pitcher of wine and filled a second from the spring-fed, ‘living waters’ of the pool, as the choir sang Psalm 118: ‘Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.’

The ram’s horn shofar sounded the return, through the Water Gate, to the Great Altar at the Temple, where the water was poured out.

Tabernacles was a time of joy, thanking God for his provision, as well as of supplication, requesting abundant rain to water the crops in the coming year. ‘Anyone who has not seen this water ceremony has never seen

rejoicing in his life’ an ancient

Indeed, the water I give them

rabbi wrote.

will become in them a spring of

Psalm 118 included the timely words, ‘Blessed is He

water welling up to eternal life.

His description echoes the

who comes in the name of the

bubbling, swirling, living mikvah

Lord. From the House of the

of the Creation, at which, surely,

Lord we bless you.’

He was present. The Gospel of

One this day, at this moment, in the House of the Lord, Jesus

John confirms that, He was with

God in the beginning.

invited the throngs who had

The Hebrew of the

converged on the city for this

opening sentence of the whole

pilgrimage festival to believe in

Bible, ‘In the beginning, God

Him and never thirst again.

created the heavens and the

He spoke similar words to the Samaritan woman who had come to draw water at her local well: ‘Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.

earth,’ upholds this interpretation. God’s name ‘Elohim’ , is a plural, although the word for created, ‘bara’, is a singular.

Bobbie Ann Cole is author of ‘She Does Not Fear the Snow’ ‘A Jewish women searches for God’s guidance and finds love indescribable, hope and adventure.’ Her free testimony training program is at TestimonyTrain.com .

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maybe they could get a word or he scientific community is now realizing what the bible had claimed all along. The world

was created. Isn’t it strange that with all of the technology we

two right, or, slam a sentence in order. But the complexity, sequence and communication required would be impossible for them to assemble.

The complexity of human

have today, we still are unable

life is the greatest evidence

to create life? Who am I kidding,

against evolution. Indeed the

not only can’t we make life, we

coding in our DNA is far more

can’t make one piece of a living

complex, orderly, arranged and

cell. I’m unsatisfied with the

communicative than 1,000

theory that life arose by chance.

Shakespeare plays. Only an

What are the odds that if we get

intelligent agent, such as the

a bunch of monkeys together

God of the bible could have

and put them on a computer

arranged

that they could type a Shakespeare play? Oh sure,

John 1:3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.

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If Evolution Tr Were My question isn't about how did something happen, but rather how didn't it happen. And rather than bringing up the Intelligent Design vs Evolution debate, I will focus on the status quo that assumes evolution happened and it happened the way they think it happened. And so, here are my questions:

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1. If evolution were true, then not all the intermediates (missing links) would be extinct. Let's ignore that we cannot find any

intermediate fossils or traces. Assuming they did exist, they can't all be extinct. We should find creatures with features and DNA that belong to different yet combined animal phylum. We should find a transitional breed between skunk and rabbit or platypus and otter living today. Then again, some transitional creatures must go extinct as they could not survive. (But if they could not

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survive how do we get their transitioned offspring which does?)

Where are the living transitional species? And what is beyond the mammal world? Too many questions, not enough scientific thought about it- those dang lazy scientists!

2. If evolution were true, it must have happened fast and it should occur today. Look at the development of the fetus how fast he or she develops, or the metamorphosis of the butterfly. That's pretty fast compared to the gradual change of species over millions of years. I'm not talking about the fantasy of punctuated

equilibrium. I do understand that if scientists and archaeologists and anthropologists and geologists decided that evolution happened fast, then the whole theory of millions of years would be thrown out and that is taboo.

3. If evolution were true, again, it should occur today and should not have stopped. What could cause it to stop? When did it stop?

Things grow. Things adapt and change within the species. We

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should see it (macro-evolution) happening now. We should be

able to observe chickens developing to fly so they don't end up at KFC. We should see fish developing little hands so they can take the hooks out of their mouths when they get caught by a fisherman. We should see deer developing some sort of

intelligence that overrides their staring into the headlights. And to observe it means we should be able see it happen anywhere in the world.

Questions

4. If evolution were true, where's the second wave? The first wave apparently happened giving us fish, amphibians. reptiles, birds, mammals, and man. Each emerged after the other, supposedly.

Why isn't there a second wave - does evolution only have one starting point? Can't it randomly start another chain, let's say,

500 hundred years ago? Another primeval creature should have arisen and dinosaurs again should be walking the earth. Earth is the only world which has the conditions for life emergence, we should see another stream or wave of it happening all over again. We should see different fish, and then fish walking out of

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the water onto land. Then reptiles growing bigger and bigger. We should see primates developing into humanoids, similar to us, living in caves. Where's the second wave?

5. If evolution were true, then where are the intelligent animals?

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I'm not talking about smart parrots or chimps. I'm talking about

the next level - a pachyderm man, an ostrich man, or even a bat

man (not Adam West.) I'm referring to intelligence at our level. A race of animals that develop culture. Man did it in a few million

years. Come on, the reptiles have been here longer and none of them can develop into a society? No iguanas building houses

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and driving cars. Possibly, the movie Planet of the Apes, was a dream? Apes have been around just as long as us - their branch of the evolutionary tree offered just as much opportunity as it did for humans. We won't discriminate against knuckle-walkers we're a tolerant society. So why haven't they evolved beyond their stinking level? They're just a bunch of losers. (Sorry for the humor, I do not mean to offend any ape lovers.)

6. If evolution were true, then why worry about endangered species? It's survival of the fittest in this jungle we call Earth, and if they can't cut it, they can get out. Seriously, endangered species is just part of the process. Whether a species goes extinct because of a global flood, or asteroid catastrophe or at the hands of man, it's simply a part of nature and we should not interfere. Take the dodo bird, for example. He is gone, but so

Problems what? Nature has compensated for his loss. Whatever place he had in the food chain has been filled. On the other hand, if

evolution were true, endangered species are replaced with new

species - something will emerge. Maybe one day, again, we will see something like the dodo bird as long as evolution does its job.

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7. If evolution were true, then the opposite must be true. Evolution, as many believe, is the development and change upwards.

Change is from simpler to more complex. Supposedly change is from good to better. Evolutionary believers state that more and more information is gathered to aid in the change. (Where doesthis extra info comes from, I do not know.) So, the opposite, de-evolution, must also be true. We should see loss of

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information. We should see frogs de-evolving into fishlike

creatures. We should see whales losing their lungs and [hopefully] growing back gills. If evolution had a starting point,

Problems shouldn't de-evolution have one too? Then again, they both

couldn't start at the same time, could they? They sort of just

cancel each other out. If we've reached the epitome of evolution, then we should fear de-evolution is just around the corner.

8. If evolution were true, we should see "cross" evolution. This is my term for major transitional creatures, such as half snake and half vegetable or a tree with blood flowing in it. We should see an amoeba with eyes (or even one). We should see an insect with fish scales or a dandelion that walks. I'd like to see the punctuated equilibrium of the plant kingdom, you know, you plant a corn kernel and a tomato plant grows instead.

9. If evolution were true, then there should be species and races of mutants. Scientists have been saying that mutation is evolution in action. When a two-headed calf is born, I'm looking for a twoheaded bull so we can breed two-headed cattle. Then when a rancher tells the bank he needs a loan based on his livestock of 100 head of cattle, he's getting a bargain (his 50 cows each have

2 heads!) Sorry for the humor, this is how I evolved. Really, if you interbred mutants, you should have a race of mutants.

10.

Question

If evolution were true, there should be more than two

sexes. We have asexual worms and we have duo-sexual

animals [male and female]. But why have 2 sexes. Why didn't a

Answers third sex arise? It's funny that both sexes for every species

emerged concurrently, but did any species have only one sex emerge and no one to mate with? I was also thinking about

homosexuality. I'm only asking questions and this is in my mind: if homosexuality is normal and has been happening since the

beginning of time, shouldn't there be an organ adaptation of the homosexual mammal to produce off-spring? If homosexuality is

part of the Grand Evolutionary Plan set by nature, then bodies of such should be complimentary to each other so they may properly mate. Don't be offended, my question isn't so much about homosexuality but rather evolution.

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If evolution were true, then most creatures should have

regenerative powers. There's a lizard that grows back a severed

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tail. Our bones grow back together and our flesh heals after

having been cut. Then shouldn't we grow back a new eyeball if

the original is removed? If life has been here for millions of years and developed so many wonderful things, the why can't we grow back a severed pinky? Even if it took ten years to grow, it would

be worth it. Regeneration is actually the most logical process that evolution can give us yet it is rare and far between.

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If evolution were true, we should not hear scientists and

teachers saying "we don't how it happened, but we know that it did." How can you know it did if it hasn't been observed?

-Rob Lattin

If evolution is so true, why aren’t we observing it today?

To understand the cross, we have to start at the Garden. No silly, not the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden of Eden.

Faith

In the garden, Adam made a mistake that would alter the course of all humanity.

The Story of the Glory This price was too big to pay for anyone born into sin, because of all of us were guilty of it.

Why did Jesus die on the cross?

spiritual death that gave birth to

To find out, we have to start with

what we know today as death in

the first Adam.

the physical. In this spiritually

He, was created in the image of God, for all cases and points, he was Gods son or offspring. But he disobeyed and as a result, he was separated. This was a

dead state, Adam gave birth to human kind, who, like him, were also born spiritually dead. We are all separated from God.

In order to bridge that gap

everyone was guilty of it. God

between a broken humanity and

needed the obedience of His

a holy God, a cost had to be

son Jesus, who was without Sin,

paid. This price was too big for

and not born into the race of

anyone born into sin because

those separated from God [from a man], to do the trick.

And there you have it. Through

we have access to His

Jesus, we have success.

goodness and glory all of the

Through Jesus, we have love.

days of our life. All we have to

Just as an adopted child can

do is believe and act on His

now live a better life through

word on a regular basis.

their new parents, through God,

In order to bridge that gap between a broken humanity and a holy God, a cost had to be paid.

When you see the cross, remember the cost.

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You don’t just have to stand by why evolution is taught to your child. It hasn’t been proven so rise up and say so.

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ere are some

Get educated. Research the

practical suggestions

educational structure,

students and their

educational standards, and

parents can use to fight

annual textbook selection

evolution in the classroom. It

process of your state. Use the

certainly is unfair to use tax

internet and your phone book.

dollars to promote the religion of

State and local officials will be

evolution and, at the same time,

impressed and more ready to

destroy the faith of Christian

cooperate when they see you

children in school.

have done your homework.

Talk to your teacher about evolution and creation issues privately, after class. Try to not confront them in class, if possible.

Consider the distinction between scientific weaknesses in evolutionary theory and scientific evidence for creation.

Inform teachers of their right to

Courts allow requiring the

teach creation in public school.

former, but not the latter in

Many are fooled by the

public school science courses,

propaganda from groups like the

because they [wrongly] assume

ACLU into thinking they are not

that evolution is scientific but

allowed to talk about creation

creation is religious.

when they really are.

Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life’s origins

Review In Signature in the Cell, Stephen

As he tells the story of

Meyer has written the first

successive attempts to unravel

comprehensive DNA-based

a mystery that Charles Darwin

argument for intelligent design.

did not address—how did life

The digital code embedded in DNA begin?—Meyer develops the case for this points often-

powerfully

to a designing intelligence

one of the enduring mysteries of misunderstood theory using the

modern biology, Meyer

same scientific method that

convincingly reveals that the

Darwin himself pioneered.

argument for intelligent design is

Offering a fresh perspective on

not based on ignorance or "giving up on science," but instead on compelling, and

In 2004, Meyer ignited a firestorm of media and scientific controversy when a biology journal at the Smithsonian Institution published his peer-reviewed scientific article advancing intelligent design.

mounting, scientific evidence.

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Let There Be Light: Faith and Science Converge Again he Big Bang, of course, is

created much later than the Big

not a surprise to Christians. The

Bang, but there are striking

first words of Genesis, chapter

similarities: “The earth was

one of The Bible: “In the

without form and void” and “Let

beginniTng God created heaven

there be light.” The Bible is a

and the earth. And the earth

cornerstone of the Christian

was without form, and void; and

faith, but it is not just the

darkness was upon the face of

Christian faith that has lead

the deep. And the Spirit of God

Christians to believe in the Big

moved upon the face of the

Bang, there is also the work of a

waters. And God said, Let there

mathematician and Catholic

be light and there was light.”

priest who used the scientific

There are differences, of course, between the Biblical account and the scientific proof which indicates planets were

method—created by another

Though scientists Catholic—to author the originalare

just

theory ofitthe Big Christians Ban figuring out, always

believed in a big bang!

Aristotle wrote of the “unmoved mover.” To simplify his theory: objects in motion were

Who or what made the set in motion. From Brittanica.com: “Aristotle’s fundamental principle is that everything that is in motion is moved by something else.” But, motion has not been a constant, something had to begin the motion, hence the unmoved mover. Aristotle believed, in other words, that there was a time when all was still and there was no

motion until something—an unknown force—set Nothing in the new data indicates

what caused the Big Bang. What caused that initial motion—a motion that exceeded the speed of light, which Einstein predicted could not happen—is still a mystery. But, something—unknown and

worlds? What does the science say?

everything else in motion. Nothing in the new data indicates whatgaping caused the Big in Among the many holes Bang. What caused that initial motion—a motion that exceeded the speed of light, Darwin’s theory that we all randomly which Einstein predicted could not mutated still from a singleBut, life-form—and happen—is a mystery. something—unknown and presumably there are enough holes in it that unmoved—started that movement.

Darwinists are quite literally afraid to debate any serious scientist proposing a different theory—there is the hole that Charles Darwin himself admitted

Science and faith agree that there was no physical motion and then there was

physical motion.

Among the many gaping holes in Darwin’s theory that we all randomly mutated from a single life-form—and there are enough holes in it that Darwinists are quite literally afraid to debate any serious scientist proposing a different theory. to start with the

The term Cambrian

arthropods (crustaceans,

Explosion described what is, in

insects, and trilobites),

geological terms, the rather

echinoderms (sea star and sea

sudden appearance of multi-

urchins), and the chordates, the

cellular animals. In the

phylum to which all vertebrates

Cambrian period of geologic

including humans belong.

time, as many as forty one separate life forms suddenly appeared in the fossil record.

There are no fossil records for any “transitional species” related to these new life forms. Further, these life forms—again, quite suddenly in geological time— displayed new and distinctive body types. Body types are, of course, driven by DNA, a fact of which Darwin was unaware.

Some examples: cnidarians (corals and jellyfish), mollusks (squids and shellfish),

Why, then, is it impossible that life appeared? Can the unmoved mover create an entire universe at a rate so fast it could never be seen but could not create life? The universe and all of its complexities, all of that was the result of a chain-event started by a Big Bang, but the complexities of life, the hyperspecific, readable, replicable and observable, testable and predictable information in our DNA could not have simply appeared? There could never

Thinker In Scie have been a biological Big

Bang? Hm

Christian

Nope. Don’t ever except the lie that if you believe the world was created that you can’t be a scientist. These guys sure didn’t.

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Are science and the bible completely separate?

Many scientists strongly disagree.

Upon closer investigation, science points to God, not nothingness as the reason the universe exists.

Since the universe was designed by a creator, Christian astronomer Johannes Kepler rightly concluded it must function by some logical pattern.

Faith has aided in the discovery of many scientific principles and theories.

Renowned chemist Louis Pasteur argued strongly against evolution on scientific grounds.

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here is a widespread, but erroneous, view today that real scientists do not accept the truth of the Bible. It is therefore interesting to learn that many of the founding

fathers of modern science were Bible-believing Christians, as were many of the less-well-known scientists who expanded our scientific knowledge. This book tells of the life and work of some of these great scientists who were Bible-believing Christians.

Each of these scientists either publicly acknowledged the Creator, or opposed evolutionary thinking, or, in many cases, did both.

These scientists found their faith in God’s Word to be perfectly compatible with their scientific investigations. In some cases, their faith sustained them through times of physical hardship and professional difficulties. Samuel Morse, the American who invented the telegraph and Morse code, endured many frustrating years during which his ideas were rejected. Although he was penniless and frequently hungry, Morse never stopped trusting God because he believed that God’s guiding hand was on his life.

In other cases, the influence of their faith on the development of science was more direct, providing a framework of thinking which helped lead them to their discoveries. For example, astronomers had charted the paths of the planets across the sky, but could not make sense of the complicated paths they saw. Many scientists gave up searching for a simple logical pattern. After all, they reasoned, hadn’t the universe emerged from chaos anyway? In contrast, German astronomer Johannes Kepler reasoned that since the universe was designed by an intelligent Creator, it should function according to some logical pattern. To him, the idea of a chaotic universe was inconsistent with God’s wisdom. Kepler’s Christian faith led him to a

way of thinking which eventually enabled him to solve the riddle of planetary motion.

This book includes scientists who have worked since Charles Darwin made evolutionary thinking popular. This should clearly show that confidence in the Bible was not replaced by Darwin’s ideas. Those scientists who have remained faithful to the Bible since Darwin’s time have continued to find that the Bible and scientific investigation are completely compatible.

While the contradiction between evolutionary thinking and the Bible certainly provides theological grounds for rejecting evolution, many famous scientists have argued strongly against evolution on scientific grounds. These include the brilliant French chemist, Louis Pasteur.

Spontaneous generation-the idea that a living organism can arise spontaneously from non-living matter is an essential part of the theory of evolution. Despite all the efforts of evolutionary scientists, not one case of spontaneous generation has been observed. Pasteur’s scientific findings clearly demonstrated the opposite-that life comes from life. Pasteur’s findings conflicted with the idea of spontaneous

generation (as do scientific results since). Consequently, Louis Pasteur was a strong opponent of Darwin’s theory.

While each of the scientists discussed in this book was a creationist or Bible-believing Christian (or both), none of them was perfect in his professional, spiritual, or personal life. Although they greatly advanced our scientific knowledge, many followed wrong courses and blind alleys on the way to their scientific discoveries. Many of their findings have been modified as a result of subsequent investigations. Such modifications are part of normal scientific investigation, and in no way diminish the magnitude of these great men’s contributions.

Similarly, some of these men seem to have been wrong regarding some details of their religious beliefs. They came from numerous Christian denominations and held differing views on many, often minor, religious issues. However, they all seem to have believed that Jesus died on the cross so we could be forgiven for our wrongdoings. They believed that God created the universe and everything in it. They rejected the idea that these things came about by random, purposeless events.

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The strongest evidence for creation

It is impossible for DNA to be written on accident.

is the complexity of coding in our DNA.

DNA is more complicated than any computer algorithm known to man.