The Myths of Myth #1
Myth #2
Evolution is a scientific theory
Life began before intelligence
In order for something to be a scientific theory, there must be observation, testing, and duplication. A scientist has to be able to measure it, test it, and make it happen again. That’s the scientific method of investigation described in your biology text. No one has observed evolution and no one could ever test it.That would take millions of years. Evolution, like creation, can’t be duplicated. Evolution is a model. A model is a description of something that people believe to be true.The evolution of life is a model.The creation by God is also a model. Did life evolve on its own or did God create it? Which model best fits the facts?
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Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Here’s another one—which came first: intelligence or life? Evolution says life came first; Christianity believes God came first. Which is more likely? How likely is it that this world started on its own and evolved into every living thing? Count all living things—all the different plants, birds, insects, fish, mammals, reptiles and, of course, the platypus. There must be hundreds of thousands of different living things! Consider these odds: Bristlecone pine trees live to be 4,000 years old. Could this tree actually evolve? Or how many leaps from tall trees did the squirrel survive before it developed wings and became the flying squirrel? Or what are the chances that the mayfly (that lives three days) and the giant tortoise (that lives 150 years) are cousins? How likely is it that all living things came from one instance of evolution? What is the probability that all the hundreds of thousands of different livings things spontaneously evolved separately and are here today? Obviously, the odds are too enormous to overcome. Intelligence must have preceded life and is responsible for life. In other words,“In the beginning, God . . .” As a Christian you believe that God created everything in six days. God created light, the universe, time, earth, air, and water.The Creator also created everything that lives—plants, animals, birds, fish, the platypus, and the flying squirrel.Then the Lord created Adam and Eve. And behold, it was very good.“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). (And, by the way, the chicken came first.)
