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Evolution – a Theory in CrisisEvolution – a Theory in Crisis
Part 3 of 3 Part 3 of 3 The Biblical Creation Alternative and Its ImplicationsThe Biblical Creation Alternative and Its Implications
Part 1 – The Scientific Bankruptcy of Darwinian EvolutionPart 2 – The Philosophical Bankruptcy of Darwinian Evolution.
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They changed…They changed…
Lord George LytteltonGilbert West
Frank MorrisonC.S. Lewis
Josh McDowellJohn Montgomery
Malcolm Muggeridge Sir. William Ramsay
Lee Strobel Anthony Flew
A.N. Wilson
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The stakes are highThe stakes are high
If FALSE: nothing matters.If TRUE: nothing else matters.
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Spot the contradictionSpot the contradiction
“There is no such thing as absolute truth.”
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What is faith?“A brainwasher…a state of mind that leads people to believe something…in the total absence of supporting evidence…a kind of mental illness” and “one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eradicate.”
- Richard Dawkins
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Universe from nothing by chance
Odds: 0 Proof: none
Life by chance
Odds: 0 Proof: none
ConsciousnessOdds: 0 Proof: none
The blind faith of atheismThe blind faith of atheism
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“Since the creation of the worldHis invisible attributes are clearlyseen, being understood by thethings that are made, even Hiseternal power and Godhead,so that they are without excuse.”
Romans 1:20
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Darwinian evolution Biblical Creation
Man from apes Man from dust
Reptiles before birds Birds before reptiles
Life from chemicals Life from God
Blind chance Intelligent design
Irreconcilable SystemsIrreconcilable Systems
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
1.1. Origin of Origin of the Universethe Universe
Evolution “the most reasonable belief is that we came from nothing, by nothing & for nothing.”
Creation “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Gen 1:1)
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
2. Origin of a 2. Origin of a Life-friendly PlanetLife-friendly Planet
Evolution
Luck
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1 chance in 10129
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A Life Sustaining Planet?A Life Sustaining Planet?
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
2. Origin of a 2. Origin of a Life-friendly PlanetLife-friendly Planet
Evolution
Luck
Creation
“God formed it to be inhabited ” (Isaiah 45:18)
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
3. Origin of Life3. Origin of Life
Evolution
Life came from non-living chemicals by accident.
‘Abiogenesis’
Creation
Life came from the ‘living God’ by intelligent design
‘Biogenesis’
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
4. Origin of the 4. Origin of the Genetic Digital Code (DNA)Genetic Digital Code (DNA)
Evolution
DNA organised itself.
Creation
DNA was intelligently designed
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
5. Origin of 5. Origin of ConsciousnessConsciousness
Evolution
“Mind is a function of matter.”
‘Monism’
Creation
Man is body and spirit.
‘Dualism’
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Theodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius Dobzhansky(1900-1975)(1900-1975)
“Nothing in biology makes sense without evolution.”
The RealityThe Reality
“Nothing at all makessense without creation.”
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What is the Best What is the Best Explanation?Explanation?
6. Origin of Morality6. Origin of Morality
Evolution
The lice picking habits of apes
Creation
God imprinted the demands of His law on human minds (Romans 2:15)
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“There is no difference for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom 3:22-23)
“For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph 2:8)
“For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God” (1 Pet 3:18)
The Bible says: