Creation or EvolutionCreation or Evolution

What Really Makes What Really Makes

Scientific SenseScientific Sense??

Part 4: Philosophical Implications,Part 4: Philosophical Implications,

Cultural Impact & Cultural Impact & ““Social EntropySocial Entropy””

Previous ConclusionsPrevious Conclusions

•• DarwinismDarwinism is is ‘‘FalseFalse’’ Knowledge and based on Knowledge and based on

‘‘BadBad’’ ScienceScience

•• CreationismCreationism is is ‘‘TrueTrue’’ Knowledge and is based on Knowledge and is based on

‘‘GoodGood’’ ScienceScience

•• Darwinian Evolution is Nothing More than:Darwinian Evolution is Nothing More than:

�� Wishful ThinkingWishful Thinking

�� SelfSelf--delusiondelusion

�� An elaborate hoax being selfAn elaborate hoax being self--perpetuated by a perpetuated by a

powerful interest grouppowerful interest group——HumanistsHumanists

Romans 1:18Romans 1:18--2525

Why Study the Subject?Why Study the Subject?

•• By Attacking Creation, Evolution is Undermining By Attacking Creation, Evolution is Undermining

one of the Foundations of Christianityone of the Foundations of Christianity

–– Colossians 1:16Colossians 1:16--2020

–– Revelation 4:9Revelation 4:9--1111

–– Revelation 5:9Revelation 5:9--1414

•• If Supernatural Creation did not Occur, then Jesus is If Supernatural Creation did not Occur, then Jesus is

Not Creator or Qualified to be RedeemerNot Creator or Qualified to be Redeemer

•• The Humanist Understands this: {H.G. Wells}The Humanist Understands this: {H.G. Wells}

•• By Understanding the Importance of this Issue a By Understanding the Importance of this Issue a

Christian is much better equipped for Evangelism.Christian is much better equipped for Evangelism.

The Stakes are HighThe Stakes are High——The Salvation of SoulsThe Salvation of Souls

““If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?””

——Psalms 11:3Psalms 11:3

Two FortressesTwo FortressesFrom From The Lie: EvolutionThe Lie: Evolution, Ken Ham, 1987, page 92, Ken Ham, 1987, page 92

Implications: WhatImplications: What’’s At Stakes At Stake

What You Believe What You Believe ‘‘FlavorsFlavors’’ Your Attitude & BehaviorYour Attitude & Behavior

Design & Purpose

Ultimate peace & hope

Chance & Random Process

Ultimate meaninglessnessOrigins

Morality/Truth

Religion

PhilosophyMeaning found in God

Absolute Truth

Meaning found in self

Relative Truth

EvolutionEvolutionCreationCreation

Supernatural:

Life has purpose

Natural:

Life is an “accident”World View Basis

Relative & ChangingAbsolute & Constant

ManSpecial creation:

In the image of God

���� Human life sacred

Evolved animal:

Survival of the fittest

���� Human life is cheap

Theistic: God centered Humanistic: Man centered

Contend Earnestly and Be Ready to Contend Earnestly and Be Ready to

Give a Defense with Meekness & FearGive a Defense with Meekness & Fear

•• Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to

you concerning our common salvation, I found you concerning our common salvation, I found

it necessary to write to you exhorting you to it necessary to write to you exhorting you to

contend earnestly for the faithcontend earnestly for the faith which was once which was once

for all delivered to the saintsfor all delivered to the saints. . −−−−−−−− Jude 1:3.Jude 1:3.

•• But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and

always be always be ready to give a defense to everyone ready to give a defense to everyone

who asks you a reason for the hope that is in who asks you a reason for the hope that is in

youyou, with , with meeknessmeekness and and fearfear; ; −−−−−−−− 1 Peter 3:15.1 Peter 3:15.

The The DoctinesDoctines of Creation & Redemption of Creation & Redemption are Knit Togetherare Knit Together

““You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and

power; for power; for You created all thingsYou created all things, and by , and by Your will they exist Your will they exist

and were createdand were created..””——Revelation 4:11Revelation 4:11

And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the

scroll, and to open its seals; for scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have You were slain, and have

redeemed us to God by Your bloodredeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue out of every tribe and tongue

and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to

our God; and we shall reign on the earthour God; and we shall reign on the earth..””——Revelation 5:9Revelation 5:9--1010

For by Him all things were createdFor by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on , both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesrulers or authorities——all things have been created through Him all things have been created through Him and for Himand for Him. He is before all things, and . He is before all things, and in Him all things hold in Him all things hold togethertogether..””——Colossians 1:16Colossians 1:16--1717

““If all animals and man evolved, then there If all animals and man evolved, then there were no first parents, no paradise, no fall. were no first parents, no paradise, no fall. And if there had been no fall, then the And if there had been no fall, then the entire historic fabric of Christianity, the entire historic fabric of Christianity, the story of the first sin, and the reason for the story of the first sin, and the reason for the atonement collapses like a house of cards.atonement collapses like a house of cards.””

−−H.G. Wells [1866H.G. Wells [1866--1946], 1946], The Outlines of The Outlines of HistoryHistory , 2 Volumes (1920), 2 Volumes (1920)..

The Atheist Understands This IssueThe Atheist Understands This Issue

Perhaps better than most ChristiansPerhaps better than most Christians!!

““I had motives for not wanting the world to have a I had motives for not wanting the world to have a

meaning. For myself, as no doubt for most of my meaning. For myself, as no doubt for most of my

contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was

essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we essentially an instrument of liberation. The liberation we

desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain

system of morality. We objected to the morality, because it system of morality. We objected to the morality, because it

interfered with our sexual freedom. We objected to the interfered with our sexual freedom. We objected to the

political and economic system, because it was unjust. The political and economic system, because it was unjust. The

supporters of these systems claim that in some way they supporters of these systems claim that in some way they

embodied the meaning embodied the meaning ---- a Christian meaning, they insisted a Christian meaning, they insisted

of the world. There was one admirably simple method of of the world. There was one admirably simple method of

confusing these people and at the same time justify confusing these people and at the same time justify

ourselves in our political and erotic revolt. We could deny ourselves in our political and erotic revolt. We could deny

that the world had any meaning whatsoever.that the world had any meaning whatsoever.””

−−−−−−−− Aldous Huxley [1894Aldous Huxley [1894--1963], 1963], Ends and MeansEnds and Means (1937)(1937)..

Evolution: Science or Excuse for Immorality?Evolution: Science or Excuse for Immorality?

The Tragic Consequences Become ManifestThe Tragic Consequences Become Manifest

“Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts,

to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God

for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,

who is blessed forever. Amen.”

“For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women

exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men,

leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another,

men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the

penalty of their error which was due.”

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave

them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being

filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness,

maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are

whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of

evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving,

unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that

those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same

but also approve of those who practice them.” —Romans 1:24-32

Philosophers Have Prepared the WayPhilosophers Have Prepared the Way

George Fredrick Hegel [1770-1831]:

Philosopher who developed the idea of Moral Relativism during

the 1820’s. He rejected the traditional idea of moral absolutes

by developing the ‘Dialectic Theory’. Basically, this theory says

that the history of ideas is made up of three steps:

�� The conflict between an established thesis and an The conflict between an established thesis and an

antianti--thesis that challenges it.thesis that challenges it.

�� The synthesis of both viewpoints.The synthesis of both viewpoints.

�� The new accepted thesis The new accepted thesis

Since ideas are in a continual state of flux, the logical conclusion

is that there is no ‘absolute truth’. There is really no fixed

standard of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’.

Marxism is Based on This Principle

Philosophers Have Prepared the WayPhilosophers Have Prepared the WayLudwig Feuerback [1804-1872]:

German philosopher of the 1830’s who argued, based

on Hegel’s conclusion, that if there is no absolute truth

then there can be no (absolute) God. Humanity’s

concept of God has been imagined and invented. He

said, “Christianity has in fact long vanished, not only

from reason but from the life of mankind. It is nothing

more than a fixed idea.”

This naturally led to the establishment of socially

accepted atheism and the development of ‘Humanism’

which maintains that man is the master of his own

destiny. It opened wide the door of the “God is dead”

movement.

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin

&&

The The ““EvolutionEvolution”” of His of His

Dangerous IdeaDangerous Idea

• Voyage of the HMS Beagle, Dec. 1831 – Oct. 1836

• Wrote “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural

Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the

Struggle of Life” (1859, 1st edition; 1872, 6th edition)

Charles Darwin: The Man Who Started it AllCharles Darwin: The Man Who Started it All(Feb. 12, 1809 (Feb. 12, 1809 –– April 19, 1882)April 19, 1882)

Charles Darwin did not lack religious influence in his Charles Darwin did not lack religious influence in his

youth. Baptized an Anglican and steeped in his youth. Baptized an Anglican and steeped in his

mothermother’’s Unitarianism* (she died when he was 8), s Unitarianism* (she died when he was 8),

young Charles was brought up to pray. He used to young Charles was brought up to pray. He used to

run the mile or so from home to school, concerning run the mile or so from home to school, concerning

which he wrote:which he wrote:

DarwinDarwin’’s Early Religious Backgrounds Early Religious Background

““I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and

from being a fleet runner was generally successful but from being a fleet runner was generally successful but

when in doubt I prayed earnestly to God to help me, when in doubt I prayed earnestly to God to help me,

and I well remember that I attributed my success to and I well remember that I attributed my success to

the prayers and not to my quick running, and I the prayers and not to my quick running, and I

marveled how generally I was aided.marveled how generally I was aided.””*Unitarianism is considered a religious cult because it denies t*Unitarianism is considered a religious cult because it denies the deity of he deity of Jesus Christ, the Trinity, Original Sin and Salvation through faJesus Christ, the Trinity, Original Sin and Salvation through faith alone.ith alone.

Darwin had dropped out of medical studies after two Darwin had dropped out of medical studies after two

years at Edinburgh (1826years at Edinburgh (1826--1828), and his father 1828), and his father

suggested to him the calling of an Anglican clergyman. suggested to him the calling of an Anglican clergyman.

Charles wasnCharles wasn’’t sure whether he could accept t sure whether he could accept

everything in the everything in the ThirtyThirty--Nine Articles of the Church of Nine Articles of the Church of

EnglandEngland. However, he later wrote:. However, he later wrote:

DarwinDarwin’’s Early Religious Beliefss Early Religious Beliefs

““I liked the thought of being a country clergyman. I liked the thought of being a country clergyman.

Accordingly, I read with care Accordingly, I read with care Pearson on the CreedPearson on the Creed

and a few other books on divinityand a few other books on divinity——and as I did not and as I did not

then in the least doubt the strict and literal truth of then in the least doubt the strict and literal truth of

every word in the Bible, I soon persuaded myself that every word in the Bible, I soon persuaded myself that

our Creed must be fully accepted.our Creed must be fully accepted.””

DarwinDarwin’’s Theological Studiess Theological Studies

““I could have written out the whole of the I could have written out the whole of the EvidencesEvidences

with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear with perfect correctness, but not of course in the clear

language of Paley, and, I do not think I hardly ever language of Paley, and, I do not think I hardly ever

admired a book more than Paleyadmired a book more than Paley’’s s Natural TheologyNatural Theology. I . I

could almost formerly have said it in my heart.could almost formerly have said it in my heart.””

However, Darwin ended up studying plants, animals However, Darwin ended up studying plants, animals and later geology.and later geology.

During his three years of theological studies at ChristDuring his three years of theological studies at Christ’’s s

College, Cambridge (1828College, Cambridge (1828--1831), Darwin was greatly 1831), Darwin was greatly

impressed by Paleyimpressed by Paley’’s s Evidences of ChristianityEvidences of Christianity and his and his

Natural TheologyNatural Theology (which argues for the existence of (which argues for the existence of

God from design). Darwin later recalled:God from design). Darwin later recalled:

Then came the event that shaped DarwinThen came the event that shaped Darwin’’s lifes life——an an appointment as an unpaid naturalist on the exploring appointment as an unpaid naturalist on the exploring ship ship HMSHMS BeagleBeagle. It left England on Dec. 27, 1831, to . It left England on Dec. 27, 1831, to make astronomical observations, chart the southern make astronomical observations, chart the southern coasts of South America, and sail around the world. coasts of South America, and sail around the world. The voyage, with many side trips on land, lasted until The voyage, with many side trips on land, lasted until October 1836.October 1836.

During those five years Darwin examined geologic During those five years Darwin examined geologic formations, collected fossils, and studied plants and formations, collected fossils, and studied plants and animals. He also began to doubt that the many species animals. He also began to doubt that the many species of living things had come into being at one moment. In of living things had come into being at one moment. In 1837, soon after returning to England, he began to 1837, soon after returning to England, he began to analyze and formalize his ideas on the subject now analyze and formalize his ideas on the subject now called Evolution or Darwinism.called Evolution or Darwinism.

DarwinDarwin’’s Voyage on the HMS Beagle s Voyage on the HMS Beagle (1831(1831--1836)1836)

Sir Charles LyellSir Charles Lyell’’s (1797s (1797--1875) Idea:1875) Idea:

Lyell was a British geologist whose writings established the Lyell was a British geologist whose writings established the

Principle of Uniformitarianism which states that the Principle of Uniformitarianism which states that the

gradual processes shaping the earth today, such as erosion, gradual processes shaping the earth today, such as erosion,

also formed the earth's features in the past. It forms the also formed the earth's features in the past. It forms the

basis of modern geology. It stands in opposition to the idea basis of modern geology. It stands in opposition to the idea

of of ““catastrophismcatastrophism””. (. (Cataclysmic events are ignoredCataclysmic events are ignored).).

Lyell set forth the Theory of Uniformitarianism in his Lyell set forth the Theory of Uniformitarianism in his

threethree--volume work volume work Principles of GeologyPrinciples of Geology (1830(1830--1833). He 1833). He

stated that most of the earth's structural features could be stated that most of the earth's structural features could be

explained as the result of constantly occurring erosion explained as the result of constantly occurring erosion

processes acting over periods of millions of years. processes acting over periods of millions of years.

Famous for saying:Famous for saying:

““The present is the key to the pastThe present is the key to the past..””

““On 7 March 1837 I took lodgings in Great On 7 March 1837 I took lodgings in Great Marlborough Street in London and remained there Marlborough Street in London and remained there for nearly two years until I was married[for nearly two years until I was married[……. ] . ] ““During these two years I was led to think much During these two years I was led to think much about religion [about religion […….] But I had gradually come, by this .] But I had gradually come, by this time, to see that the Old Testament, from its time, to see that the Old Testament, from its manifestly false history of the world [manifestly false history of the world [……] was no ] was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindus, or the beliefs of any barbarian.Hindus, or the beliefs of any barbarian.””

––Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin, ““AutobiographyAutobiography””; reprinted in ; reprinted in The Voyage The Voyage of Charles Darwinof Charles Darwin, edited by Christopher Rawlings (BBC, , edited by Christopher Rawlings (BBC, 1978), 1978), ““A ScientistA Scientist’’s Thoughts on Religion,s Thoughts on Religion,”” New ScientistNew Scientist, vol. , vol. 104, (December 20/27, 1984), p. 75104, (December 20/27, 1984), p. 75..

‘‘EvolutionEvolution’’ of Darwinof Darwin’’s Belief Systems Belief System

Quite Possibly, During His Voyage Around The World, Quite Possibly, During His Voyage Around The World, Darwin Allowed His Experiences With The Beliefs Of Darwin Allowed His Experiences With The Beliefs Of

Pagan Cultures To RePagan Cultures To Re--Shape His Views On Christianity.Shape His Views On Christianity.

““Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and have never since doubted even for a distress, and have never since doubted even for a single second that my conclusion was correct. I can single second that my conclusion was correct. I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true, for if so the plain language of Christianity to be true, for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.””––Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin, ““Autobiography,Autobiography,”” reprinted in reprinted in The Voyage of The Voyage of Charles DarwinCharles Darwin, edited by Christopher Rawlings (BBC, 1978), , edited by Christopher Rawlings (BBC, 1978), ““A A ScientistScientist’’s Thoughts on Religion,s Thoughts on Religion,”” New ScientistNew Scientist, vol. 104, (December , vol. 104, (December 20/27, 1984), p. 75.20/27, 1984), p. 75.

DarwinDarwin’’s Belief System Was Tainted by s Belief System Was Tainted by His Rejection of the Gospel His Rejection of the Gospel

This is DarwinThis is Darwin’’s Legacy to Modern Evolutionists!s Legacy to Modern Evolutionists!

The Basis of The Basis of ““Origin of SpeciesOrigin of Species””

“Analogy would lead me to believe that all animals and plants descended from some one prototype. All organisms start from one common origin and from some low and intermediate forms both animals and plants may have been developed. All organic things which have ever lived on the earth may be descended by some one primordial form.” -- Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin, p. 23.

Darwin basically adopted LamarckDarwin basically adopted Lamarck’’s idea of s idea of externally acquired traits and applied Lyellexternally acquired traits and applied Lyell’’s s Geologic Theory of UniformitarianismGeologic Theory of Uniformitarianism to to biological organisms he observed on his voyage.biological organisms he observed on his voyage.

Charles Darwin Wrote the 1Charles Darwin Wrote the 1stst edition of edition of ““Origin of Species Origin of Species By Natural Selection [By Natural Selection [……]]”” in 1859 in which he advanced in 1859 in which he advanced his ideas of Macrohis ideas of Macro--EvolutionEvolution

Many Want to Believe This by “Blind Faith”

Dr. George Wald (1906-1997) was professor Emeritus of

Physiology at Harvard University and shared the Nobel

prize in that field in 1967. He has written,

“There are only two possibilities as to how life arose. One is

spontaneous generation arising to evolution, the other is a

supernatural creative act of God. There is no third possibility.

Spontaneous generation, that life arose from non-living

matter was scientifically disproven 120 years ago by Louis

Pasteur and others. That leaves us with only one possible

conclusion: that life arose as a supernatural creative act of

God. I will not accept that philosophically because I do not

want to believe in God. Therefore, I choose to believe in that

which I know is scientifically impossible—spontaneous

generation arising to evolution.”—Scientific American,

August 1954, p. 46.

In another book Charles Darwin Wrote:

““At some future period, not very distant as At some future period, not very distant as

measured by centuries, the civilized races of man measured by centuries, the civilized races of man

will almost certainly exterminate and replace the will almost certainly exterminate and replace the

savage races throughout the world. At the same savage races throughout the world. At the same

time, the time, the anthropomorphic apesanthropomorphic apes* will no doubt be * will no doubt be

exterminated.exterminated.””

–The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to

Sex.(1871) *Referring to the aboriginal peoples of Australia & Africa

Darwin Predicted An Evolutionary Legacy of Darwin Predicted An Evolutionary Legacy of Racism & Ethnic CleansingRacism & Ethnic Cleansing

The full title of DarwinThe full title of Darwin’’s book is; s book is; The the Origin of The the Origin of

Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the

Preservation of Favoured RacesPreservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Lifein the Struggle for Life..

What Can We Conclude About DarwinWhat Can We Conclude About Darwin’’s Beliefs?s Beliefs?

“When I am dead, know that many times I have

kissed and cried over this.”—C.D.

Having rejected creation, theistic or “designed

evolution”, but not totally committed to atheistic or

chance evolution, Darwin seemed to have been

hopelessly confused on the question of the origin of

life. He became a self-described agnostic. It is an

irony that Darwin's hypothesis is taught as fact by

many but his confusion on the subject is not.

In a touching letter written by Darwin’s wife (and cousin),

Emma, to her husband she appeals to him the humblest way

possible to try and understand her Christian beliefs and at the

same time come to terms with the difficulties of his theory.

Here is what Darwin wrote at the end of that letter:

Compare Richard DawkinCompare Richard Dawkin’’s s ““ConversionConversion””Do you know of someone who thinks this way?

Richard Dawkins, a leading evolutionary protagonist, describes his childhood as “a normal Anglican upbringing”. He was confirmed, and embraced Christianity until his mid-teens, at which point he concluded that the Theory of Evolution was a better explanation for life's complexity, and ceased believing in a God.

Dawkins states: “the main residual reason why I was religious was from being so impressed with the complexity of life and feeling that it had to have a designer, and I think it was when I realized that Darwinism was a far superior explanation that pulled the rug out from under the argument of design. And that left me with nothing.”

Huh! The complexity of life Huh! The complexity of life ““had to have a designerhad to have a designer”” but but Darwinism pulled the Darwinism pulled the ““rug out from under the argument of rug out from under the argument of designdesign””? This is either confusion or willful ignorance or both.? This is either confusion or willful ignorance or both.

The Bible DescribesThe Bible Describes This ProcessThis Process

“…...because what may be known of God is manifest

in them, for God has shown it to them. 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, because, although they knew

God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were

thankful but became futile in their thoughts, and their

foolish hearts were darkened.

Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed

the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made

like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed

animals and creeping things”.—Romans 1:19Romans 1:19--2323.

““For even though they knew God, they did not honor For even though they knew God, they did not honor

Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile Him as God, or give thanks; but they became futile

in their speculations and their foolish heart was in their speculations and their foolish heart was

darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools

and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God

for an image in the form of corruptible man and of for an image in the form of corruptible man and of

birds and fourbirds and four--footed animals and crawling footed animals and crawling

creatures.creatures.””——Romans 1:21Romans 1:21--2323

By Rejecting GodBy Rejecting God’’s Word One Rejects the s Word One Rejects the Truth and Forfeit Their Own Salvation!Truth and Forfeit Their Own Salvation!

““Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace

that could be theirs.that could be theirs.””——Jonah 2:8Jonah 2:8

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German philosopher and

son of a Lutheran minister.

� Rejected the claims of Christianity and the immortal soul.

� Considered Christianity weak and a religion for women and

weaklings.

� “Devout” atheist who coined the phrase “God is dead”.

� Developed the idea of the “perfect” man who he called the

“Ubermensch” (Superman) which was the basis of Hitler’s

“Master Race”.

� Laid the groundwork for Humanism and Materialism.

Many Philosophers Have PreparedMany Philosophers Have Preparedthe Way for Darwinthe Way for Darwin

Marxism: Marxism: ““Social DarwinismSocial Darwinism””

Karl Marx [1818-1883]: Social-Economic ‘Evolution’German political activist of the midGerman political activist of the mid--18001800’’s. Marx asked that if s. Marx asked that if

there are no absolutes and no God then what is the purpose and there are no absolutes and no God then what is the purpose and

future of mankind? So he wrote future of mankind? So he wrote Das CapitalDas Capital (1848), the (1848), the

‘‘communist manifestocommunist manifesto’’ to explain the purpose and future of to explain the purpose and future of

mankind in a world without absolute standards of right and wrongmankind in a world without absolute standards of right and wrong

and no God. and no God.

Marx proposed that change in society, to make it more Marx proposed that change in society, to make it more

““equitableequitable””, would only come about by violent revolution to , would only come about by violent revolution to

overthrow the established classes. He believed the end justifieoverthrow the established classes. He believed the end justified the d the

means. It doesnmeans. It doesn’’t matter if there is suffering and death, it must t matter if there is suffering and death, it must

exist as part of real and violent change. Marx believed the wayexist as part of real and violent change. Marx believed the way to to

begin this process of revolution was by considering onebegin this process of revolution was by considering one’’s self a s self a

foreign bodyforeign body within the system to accelerate its death.within the system to accelerate its death.

Death Toll Of Communism: 50Death Toll Of Communism: 50--60 million Worldwide.60 million Worldwide.

The Birth of Modern PsychoanalysisThe Birth of Modern Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian neurologist who

developed the modern theory of “psychoanalysis” at the

turn of the 20th century.

Since the philosophers have “proved” that God does not exist,

� Freud asked the question: “Where did man get the idea of

God?”

� Freud concluded that we get our idea of God from a need for

security and our childhood fathers become God figures.

�To eliminate this need, Freud argued that mankind is

motivated primarily by sexual pleasures and eroticism.

�Freud advocated total freedom to pursue these sexual urges

because he believed that if they are inhibited or quenched, it

would lead to all sorts of neurosis—the basis behind

psychoanalysis. {No repentance needed: Revelation 9:20-21}

Racism: Racism: ““Ethnic DarwinismEthnic Darwinism””

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) Austrian born chancellor & dictator

of Germany. Greatly influenced by the philosophies of Nietzsche

and Darwin. Developed the “final solution” for Jews. Since the Since the

philosophers have philosophers have ““provedproved”” that God does not exist & Darwinism has shown that that God does not exist & Darwinism has shown that

man is evolving via man is evolving via ““survival of the fittestsurvival of the fittest”” ……......

� Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Fight or Battle) to develop what he thought was a practical application of Darwinism.

� If only the ‘fit’ survive, then those who fight will live, those who don’t will die.

� Just like with cattle, horses, dogs, and sheep, he believed that higher breeding of the “right” kind of people would insure the ‘survival of the fittest’ – nature red with blood in tooth and claw.

� Because of his humanist, evolutionary beliefs he believed that Jews (along with Africans) were inferior to whites on the evolutionary scale.

� Hitler therefore re-classified the Jews as ‘non-persons’ so he could rationalize destroying them!

Approximately 6 million Jews killed over a four year period [1941- 1945]

The Religion of The Religion of

HumanismHumanism

United State Supreme CourtUnited State Supreme Court

Torcaso v Watkins (1961)Torcaso v Watkins (1961)

““Among Among religionsreligions in this country in this country

which do not teach what would which do not teach what would

generally be considered a belief in generally be considered a belief in

the existence of God are Buddhism, the existence of God are Buddhism,

Taoism, Ethical Culture, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Secular

HumanismHumanism and others.and others.””

Secular Humanism = AtheismSecular Humanism = Atheism

Darwinian Evolution is a Belief System (Humanism)

Dr. George Wald was professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at

Harvard University and shared the Nobel prize in that field

in 1967. He has written, “There are only two possibilities as

to how life arose. One is spontaneous generation arising to

evolution, the other is a supernatural creative act of God.

There is no third possibility. Spontaneous generation, that life

arose from non-living matter was scientifically disproven 120

years ago by Louis Pasteur and others. That leaves us with

only one possible conclusion: that life arose as a supernatural

creative act of God. I will not accept that philosophically

because I do not want to believe in God. Therefore, I choose

to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible --

spontaneous generation arising to evolution.”

-- Scientific American, August 1954, p. 46.

And ………….

Dr. D.M.S. Watson said, “Evolution is a theory

universally accepted not because it can be proved

by logical, coherent evidence to be true, but

because the only alternative, special creation, is

clearly incredible.” -- Nature, August 10, 1929,

p.233.

Evolutionist in Public Debate:Evolutionist in Public Debate:““The most devastating thing though that biology did to The most devastating thing though that biology did to

Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution. Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution.

Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real

people, the central myth of Christianity is destroyed. If people, the central myth of Christianity is destroyed. If

there never was an Adam and Eve there never was an there never was an Adam and Eve there never was an

original sin. If there never was an original sin, there is original sin. If there never was an original sin, there is

no need of salvation no need of salvation …………If there is no need of salvation If there is no need of salvation

there is no need of a savior. And I submit that puts there is no need of a savior. And I submit that puts

Jesus, historical or otherwise, into the ranks of the Jesus, historical or otherwise, into the ranks of the

unemployed. I think that evolution is absolutely the unemployed. I think that evolution is absolutely the

death knell of Christianity.death knell of Christianity.””

--Frank Zindler; Public debate with William Craig,

video, Zondervan, 1996

•• ““Religious humanists regard the Religious humanists regard the

universe as selfuniverse as self--existing and not existing and not

created.created.””

•• ““We find insufficient evidence for belief We find insufficient evidence for belief

in the existence of a supernatural; it is in the existence of a supernatural; it is

either meaningless or irrelevant to the either meaningless or irrelevant to the

question of survival and fulfillment of question of survival and fulfillment of

the human race.the human race.””

American Humanist AssociationAmerican Humanist Association

Human Manifesto I (1933)Human Manifesto I (1933)

In the magazine called The Humanist, the

following statement appears in an article

entitled, A Religion for a New Age: The Secular

Classroom (1985)

“The battle for humankindThe battle for humankind’’s future must be s future must be

waged and won in a public school classroom by waged and won in a public school classroom by

teachers who correctly see their role as the teachers who correctly see their role as the

proselytizers of a new faith. The classroom must proselytizers of a new faith. The classroom must

and will become an arena of conflict between the and will become an arena of conflict between the

old and the new old and the new –– the rotting corpse of the rotting corpse of

Christianity and the faith of humanismChristianity and the faith of humanism.”

The Humanist Understands the The Humanist Understands the ““StakesStakes””

“Explanations on how the natural world changes based on myths, personal beliefs, religious values, mystical inspiration, superstition, or authority may be personally useful and socially relevant, but they are

not scientific.”

--National Academy of Science Guidelines for

teaching evolution

Humanists Describe the Blindness of Humanists Describe the Blindness of Their Own Belief SystemTheir Own Belief System

Matthew 15:14; Romans 1:22Matthew 15:14; Romans 1:22--2525

"By fighting for reproductive freedom, and making it possible, I have

made a contribution to a safer and more caring society where people

have a greater opportunity to realize their full potential. . . . Well-loved

children grow into adults who do not build concentration camps, do

not rape and do not murder."- Canadian Henry Morgentaler, a

Canadian abortionist who "went through four jury trials and spent 10

months in jail for providing abortions" before the Canadian Supreme

Court struck down abortion laws in 1988.

-- Federalist Chronicle, June 22, 2005.

Darwinism Leads to Perverted Thinking

Regarding Human Life

"I do think that it is sometimes appropriate to kill a human infant. For

me, the relevant question is, what makes it so seriously wrong to take a

life? Those of you who are not vegetarians are responsible for taking a

life every time you eat. Species is no more relevant than race in making

these judgments."- Peter Singer, Princeton University Professor.

-- Federalist Chronicle, April 20, 2005; No. 0516

Margaret Sanger [1883-1966], founder of what eventually

became the Planned Parenthood organization, was also

greatly influenced by the teachings of Darwinism. In 1932

she proposed a 3-Step plan to secure the health, security

and peace of the world. It was her humanistic Utopian

dream.

First StepFirst Step: Congress to pass an act to set up a special

department called the Parliament of Population, to study

and control population problems. This body would be

empowered to direct and control the population through

birth rates and immigration, and to direct its distribution

over the country according to national needs consistent

with taste, fitness and interest of individuals.”

The Principals of Planned Parenthood are The Principals of Planned Parenthood are

Founded on DarwinismFounded on Darwinism

• to raise the level and increase the general intelligence of population.

• to increase the population slowly by keeping the birth rate at its present level of fifteen per thousand

• decreasing the death rate below its present mark of 11 per thousand

• to keep the doors of immigration closed to the entrance of certain aliens whose condition is known to be detrimental to the stamina of the race, such as feebleminded, idiots, morons, insane, syphilitic, epileptic, criminal, professional prostitutes, and others in this class barred by the immigration laws of 1924.

• to apply a stern and rigid policy of sterilization and segregation to that grade of population whose progeny is tainted, or whose inheritance is such that objectionable traits may be transmitted to offspring.

The Main Objects of this Department would be The Main Objects of this Department would be ……..……....

Second StepSecond Step::

“Take an inventory of the secondary group such as

illiterates, paupers, unemployables, criminals,

prostitutes, dope-fiends; classify them in special

departments under government medical protection,

and segregate them on farms and open spaces as long

as necessary for the strengthening and development of

moral conduct. Having corralled this enormous

part of our population and placed it on a basis of

health instead of punishment, it is safe to say that

fifteen or twenty millions of our population would then

be organized into soldiers of defense---defending the

unborn against their own disabilities.”

Third StepThird Step:

“The third step would be to give special attention to

the mothers' health, to see that women who are

suffering from tuberculosis, heart or kidney disease,

toxic goiter, gonorrhea, or any disease where the

condition of pregnancy disturbs their health are placed

under public health nurses to instruct them in

practical, scientific methods of contraception in order

to safeguard their lives---thus reducing maternal

mortality.”

-- A Plan for Peace, Margaret Sanger) was published in Birth

Control Review (April 1932, pp. 107-108) and given before the

New History Society, January 17th, New York City

Margaret Sanger Concludes By Revealing Her Margaret Sanger Concludes By Revealing Her

Utopian Dream:Utopian Dream:

“The above steps may seem to place emphasis on a

health program instead of on tariffs, moratoriums and

debts, but I believe that national health is the first

essential factor in any program for universal peace.

With the future citizen safeguarded from hereditary

taints, with five million mental and moral degenerates

segregated, with ten million women and ten million

children receiving adequate care, we could then turn

our attention to the basic needs for international

peace.”

“The traditional twoThe traditional two--parent family is outdated, parent family is outdated,

authoritarian and the cradle of many of societyauthoritarian and the cradle of many of society’’s s

injustices. The family is a structure not worth injustices. The family is a structure not worth

saving. The Holy Family, the model of Jesus, Mary saving. The Holy Family, the model of Jesus, Mary

and Joseph, is essentially a repressive one, teaching and Joseph, is essentially a repressive one, teaching

authoritarian psychological patterns and a belief in authoritarian psychological patterns and a belief in

the unchanging rightness of male powerthe unchanging rightness of male power.

Shari Hight, feminist researcher, The Commercial

Appeal, Memphis newspaper, Tenn., ~spring 1994.

Feminist Philosophy has its Basis in Darwinism Feminist Philosophy has its Basis in Darwinism

and Sees Society As and Sees Society As ““EvolvingEvolving””

“During times of social stress humanity usually

regresses into the family. In the 1920’s the Ku-Klux-

Klan urged the nation to adopt family values and to

return to ‘old time religion’. Adolf Hitler launched a

family values regimen. Hitler’s methodology centered in

his ideas of ‘motherhood’. Fanatics in the Ku-Klux-

Klan, Nazi party and the Hezbolah, or any other

intolerant organization referred to themselves as

religious warriors. As warriors, fanatics censor the

thoughts of others and love to burn books. In the

modern United States new proponents of ‘family

values’ continue this tradition of fear and intolerance.”

News Media ‘Weighs In’

---- Hugh Downs, television commentator on 20/20, spring Hugh Downs, television commentator on 20/20, spring

1994.1994.

Rape Reinterpreted in View of Darwinism:Rape Reinterpreted in View of Darwinism:

Psychologists, biologists and anthropologists have all

taken to explaining human behavior in purely

Darwinian terms. In the past few years, scientists have

argued that behavior such as jealousy, altruism, and

even infanticide, have their origins in our ancestors'

struggle to survive and pass on their genes.

The newest addition to the list is rape. In their book, A

Natural History of Rape, published Jan., 2000, Randy

Thornhill and Craig T. Palmer, argue that rape is

“natural.” That is, it occurs in nature and can be

explained in biological terms.

Rape reinterpreted in view of Darwinism:Rape reinterpreted in view of Darwinism:

The authors reject the view that rape is “an act of

aggression, designed to intimidate women.” Instead,

they contend that rape has its origins in what could be

called the “Darwinist imperative”, to reproduce and

pass on one's genes. According to the authors, rape is

what they call “an adaptive reproductive strategy.” In

other words, males resort to rape when all other efforts

to attract a mate fail. They cite examples of rape

among animals and point to the fact that most rape

victims are of child-bearing age. They conclude that

rape must be motivated, however unconsciously, by the

desire to impregnate.

The Cosmos: A The Cosmos: A ““NewNew”” GodGod

Perhaps no one has promoted the cause of

naturalism with a religious fever more than the

late astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan. On his award

winning series Cosmos on PBS he looked more

like a televangelist than a scientist. One has

only to read Sagan’s books or listen to his

lectures to realize that Humanism was his

religion.

The Cosmos: A The Cosmos: A ““NewNew”” GodGodCarl Sagan has stated:

(1) "A universe that is infinitely old requires no Creator”.

(2) ”….we are, in the most profound sense, children

of the Cosmos"

(3) "Some part of our being knows this (i.e., the

cosmos) is from where we came. We long to return ....... Our ancestors worshiped the Sun, and they were far from foolish ..... does it not make sense to revere the Sun and the stars?

(1) Broca’s Brain, Carl Sagan, Random House, N.Y., 1979, p. 287

(2), (3) Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Random House, N.Y., 1980, p. 242, 243.

The Cosmos: A The Cosmos: A ““NewNew”” GodGod

The opening line in his book Cosmos, his book based on

the television series, Sagan begins with his trademark

phrase;

“The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be.”

Ever since the early church, Christians have sung the

Gloria Patri: "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and

to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now,

and ever shall be, world without end." Sagan is clearly

offering a substitute liturgy, a humanistic cadence to the

cosmos. Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Random House, N.Y., 1980, p. 4.

““CosmosCosmos””——The God of the Religion The God of the Religion

of Humanismof Humanism

Sagan capitalizes on the word Sagan capitalizes on the word ‘‘CosmosCosmos’’ just as just as

religious believers capitalize the word religious believers capitalize the word ‘‘LogosLogos’’. But . But

he mockingly describes God as he mockingly describes God as “…“…......an outsized, lightan outsized, light--

skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne

somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of

every sparrow.every sparrow.””

----BrocasBrocas BrainBrain, Carl Sagan, Random House, N.Y., 1979, p. , Carl Sagan, Random House, N.Y., 1979, p.

282.282.

The Logos: The Only GOD!The Logos: The Only GOD!It is noteworthy that John opens his gospel up with these words;

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”.

Sagan would substitute the word “cosmos” for the Greek word “logos” here for to him the cosmos was deity!

Even more interesting to note is John 1:10; “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him”. The word used here in the Greek for “world” is “cosmos”! The cosmos was made by Him, Jesus Christ – the living Word, but the cosmos does not know Him!

Carl Sagan considered himself (and all of us) a part of the cosmos, but he did not acknowledge the author of the cosmos or recognize its designer!

“You turn things upside down, as if the potter were thought to be like the clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, ‘He did not make

me’? Can the pot say of the potter, ‘He knows nothing’?”—Isaiah 29:16

“because, although they knew God, they did not

glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts (imaginations), and their foolish hearts were darkened.”—Romans 1:21

Vain Spiritual ConditionVain Spiritual Condition

The ScopeThe Scope’’s s ‘‘Monkey Monkey

TrailTrail’’

By "anthropomorphic apes," Darwin meant the black races and Australian Aborigines, people he considered members of inferior races—races that became ‘fair game’ for extermination. Darwin continued:

“The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state as we may hope, even the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of now between the Negro or Australian and the gorilla.”—Charles Darwin (1871), The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.

Darwin unwittingly promoted racism. He said there was a superior race of men, and some were on their way up, but they hadn't arrived where we are today. Little wonder that Hitler felt justified in declaring: "I have the right to exterminate an inferior race that breeds like vermin." He was talking about the Jews as an inferior race.

The Time Was The Time Was ““RightRight”……”……..The early 1920's found social patterns in chaos – it was the

“Roaring Twenties”. Traditionalists, the older Victorians, worried

that everything valuable was ending. Younger modernists no

longer asked whether society would approve of their behavior,

only whether their behavior met the approval of their intellect.

Intellectual experimentation flourished.

Who would dominate American culture--the modernists or the

traditionalists? Journalists were looking for a showdown, and

they found one in a Dayton, Tennessee courtroom in the summer

of 1925…….

Americans danced to the sound of the Jazz Age, showed their

contempt for alcoholic prohibition, debated abstract art and

Freudian theories. In a response to the new social patterns set in

motion by modernism, a wave of revivalism developed, becoming

especially strong in the American South.

How It StartedHow It Started…………....

John Scopes John Neal (lawyer) George Rappalyea

(Note Trial Related Banner on Building)

On the way to a court hearing.

Standing: B.M. Willier (Justice of the Peace); W.C. Haggard (attorney)

W.E. Morgan; Dr. George W. Rappalyea (chemical engineer); S.K. Hicks

(attorney); T.E. Robinson (chairman, Rhea County Board of Education);

Seated: H.E. Hicks (attorney); John T. Scopes (school teacher); Walter

White (Rhea County Superintendent of Schools); J.G. McKenzie (county

judge). [ Reenactment ]

Principal Figures of Scope’s Trial Grouped Around Table in Robinson’s Drug Store

After hearing about the new state law, Rappalyea convinced the American Civil Liberties Union to

finance a court case, and he persuaded high-school teacher John Scopes to get himself arrested for violating the law. Besides wanting toembarrass Christians, Rappalyea was also looking for a way to boost the economy of Dayton, and apparently the idea worked.

Scope’s Defended By Super-Intelligent

Chimpanzee-Man from Future

SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL RAISES TROUBLING QUESTION:

IS SCIENCE BEING TAUGHT IN OUR SCHOOLS?

SHOULD CHILDREN BE EXPOSED TO FACTS?

Are Reason and Empirical Evidence

Suitable School Subjects?

Headlines of the DayHeadlines of the Day

““All the news thatAll the news that’’s fit to prints fit to print??””

ScopeScope’’s Trial Satires Trial Satire……......

Scope’s defense lawyer, Clarence Darrow, was a well-known agnostic who took every opportunity to ridicule the Bible. He saw this trial as a platform for his views, and even though he lost the case, he aroused doubts that remain to this day.

“There Ain’t No Santy Claus” (Ward in Judge)He’s Always Seeing Things (Orr, Chicago Tribune)

Playing It for All It’s Worth

(Knott, Dallas News)

The Scope’s Trial generated lots of publicity and revenue for the coal mining town of Dayton, Tennessee.

Racist Conclusions of Darwinism

Page 196 of textbook Scopes

used to teach evolution reads:

The Races of Man. −−−− At the present

time there exist upon the earth five races

or varieties of man, each very different

from the other in instincts, social customs,

and, to an extent, in structure. These are

the Ethiopians or Negro type, originating

in Africa; the Malay or brown race, from

the islands of the Pacific; the American

Indian; the Mongolian or yellow race,

including the natives of China, Japan and

the Eskimos; and finally the highest type

of all, the Caucasians, represented by the

civilized white inhabitants of Europe and

America.

Now some may object to the charge that the

Theory of Evolution is racist by saying, “Wait

a minute. Many people have used the Bible to

justify slavery but you wouldn’t want to say

that the Bible is bad.”

That’s true. But here’s the big difference.

Regarding the Theory of Evolution, “racism”

is a CORRECT application of evolutionary

teaching, regarding the Bible, “slavery” is an

INCORRECT interpretation of scriptural

teaching.

Fair Criticism?

Scopes Trial (July, 1925)Scopes Trial (July, 1925)

All evidence presented to support All evidence presented to support

evolution has since been falsified!evolution has since been falsified!

FictionFiction vs. Fact:vs. Fact:

Note: It was the ACLU who sponsored this trial as Note: It was the ACLU who sponsored this trial as

a a ““test casetest case”” to to embarrass & mock the Christian to to embarrass & mock the Christian

belief in creation and promote the theory of belief in creation and promote the theory of

evolution. evolution.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

Haeckel’s Fake Drawings

1.

2.

3.

Vestigial Organs ?

���� Neanderthal Man

Originally found in the Neander

Valley (Germany) in 1857 and

appear to have lived in caves

probably during the Ice Age. Had a

brain volume slightly larger than

that of modern man. Site evidence

indicates a well developed culture,

art and religion. They crafted and

used tools, had a spoken language,

kept records and buried their dead

with religious rites. Totally human

individuals. [Also in Asia & Africa]

[Skeletal abnormalities found in some

Neanderthal fossils indicate bone disease caused

by lack of sun induced vitamin D necessary for

calcium absorption. Neanderthal fossils found

in the Palestine area do not have the more

stooped and massive features.]

���� Java Man (Pithecanthropus Erectus, later called Homo Erectus )

Found in 1891 by Dr. Eugene

DeBois consisting of an ape

skullcap, human thigh bone

(femur) & two teeth scattered

over 50 feet! From these four

bones the drawing to the right

was sketched. However, more

human bones were found closer

to the thigh bone, complete with

tools and other evidence they

were humans. Dr. DeBois later dismissed his own find as

the unrelated parts of a human and giant

gibbon. In 1889 he had found two

completely human skulls at a deeper level.

He had hid these skulls under the

floorboards of his house for 30 years!

���� Piltdown Man

(Eoanthropus Dawsoni)

This was the cornerstone of

Scopes evidence. Part human

skull and part ape jaw. Found

in 1912 and, in 1953 using a

fluorine dating test, admitted to

be a fraud! Modern bones

stained to look old, the ape’s

teeth were obviously filed to

make them look more human.

Basically, the skull of a human

was attached to the jaw bone of

an ape. Handcrafted tools had

been fraudulently placed next to

the bones to give the appearance

of an “intelligent” ape.

Alvan Marston explains that Piltdown Alvan Marston explains that Piltdown

man is not a missing evolutionary link, man is not a missing evolutionary link,

but a "most elaborate hoax." but a "most elaborate hoax."

The Three Australopithecines

Zinjanthropus:

Extinct Ape

�������� AustralopithecusAustralopithecusOriginal specimen, A. Africanus,

was found by Dr. Raymond Dart

in South Africa in 1924 several

months before the Scopes Trial.

It was dubbed the “missing link”

and has come to be known as the

“Taung child”, after the quarry

in which it was found. It consists

of facial bones and lower jaw.

Today this specimen is dismissed

by many as that of a chimpanzee.

But the hunt for the “missing

link” in Africa was on continuing

with the finds of Drs. Louis &

Mary Leakey, their son Dr.

Richard Leakey and Drs. Donald

Johannson and Tim White

playing central roles……..

�������� A. A. BoseiBosei (Zinjanthropus)(Zinjanthropus)Since tools were found with

Zinjanthropus (1959), Dr. Louis

Leakey assumed that creature

had made the tools. Thirteen

years later, Richard Leakey

found beneath the bones his

father had unearthed, "bones

virtually indistinguishable from

those of modern man" throwing

doubt on the whole tool-maker

hypothesis. At the time, Richard

Leakey said his discovery

shattered standard beliefs in

evolution. Zinjanthropus has since been reclassified A. Bosei, and it is now considered grossly apelike, an extinct line really not related to man at all.

““Nutcracker ManNutcracker Man””Talk about a No-Brainer

Two Independent Artist Conceptions of A. Bosei((ZinjanthropusZinjanthropus))

““WookieWookie””©©

From Star Wars?

The Three Australopithecines

Zinjanthropus:

Extinct Ape

�������� A. AfarenisA. Afarenis (‘Lucy’)

Most famous of these fossils is the 3 1/2 foot tall specimen A. Afarensis discovered by Donald Johannson in 1974 and nicknamed “Lucy”. About 40% skeleton remains with no skull but fully ape-like lower jaw. Johannson points out that in the area he finds these fossils he finds many indigenous African animals, but never “apes”!? Computer simulations have shown that if the so-called Australopithecines walked upright, it was in an ape-like manner. Today, many scientists believe these various remains are those of young apes or orangutans of an extinct species.

The australopithecines could not have been our

ancestors, of course, if people were walking around before Lucy and her kin were fossilized—and there is some evidence to suggest just that. Fossils of ordinary people in Mid-Tertiary rock were found in Castenedolo, Italy, back in the late

1800's, and the evolutionist Sir Arthur Keith recognized that accepting these "pre-ape" finds would shatter his belief in evolution (or at least its scientific support). Oxnard (1979) calls

attention to the Kanapoi hominid, a human upper arm bone found in rock strata in Africa laid down before those that entomb the australopithecine remains.

Inconclusive EvidenceInconclusive Evidence

�������� Nebraska ManNebraska Man(Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii)(Hesperopithecus Haroldcookii)

Additionally, this evidence was Additionally, this evidence was not introduced at the Scopes not introduced at the Scopes trial, but had been in the press trial, but had been in the press three years prior to the trial. three years prior to the trial. From a single tooth an apeFrom a single tooth an ape--like like man was drawn. The drawing man was drawn. The drawing shown here is a artistshown here is a artist’’s s conception of Nebraska Man conception of Nebraska Man from a London newspaper from a London newspaper published during the year of the published during the year of the Scopes trial. Two years later, Scopes trial. Two years later, Nebraska Man was back to being Nebraska Man was back to being just a tooth. The same type of just a tooth. The same type of tooth was found in the real skull, tooth was found in the real skull, attached to the real skeleton. It attached to the real skeleton. It turned out NOT to be the tooth turned out NOT to be the tooth of manof man’’s ancestor, but the tooth s ancestor, but the tooth of an EXTINCT PIG!of an EXTINCT PIG!

�������� Peking Man Peking Man (Sinanthropus, also incorrectly called (Sinanthropus, also incorrectly called

Homo Erectus )Homo Erectus )

Only the skulls, no lower skeleton, of Only the skulls, no lower skeleton, of

““Peking manPeking man”” have ever been found (in have ever been found (in

a cave outside Peking, China, before a cave outside Peking, China, before

World War II) along with the bones of World War II) along with the bones of

various other animals, a few tools and various other animals, a few tools and

evidence of human culture. The skulls evidence of human culture. The skulls

were very monkeywere very monkey--like and all were like and all were

bashed in at the rear. It was assumed bashed in at the rear. It was assumed

that the owners of the bashed in skulls that the owners of the bashed in skulls

must have used the tools and were must have used the tools and were ““tooltool--

usingusing”” apes. However, since monkey apes. However, since monkey

brains are even to this day a delicacy brains are even to this day a delicacy

eaten in that part of the world, many eaten in that part of the world, many

now believe the tools were used now believe the tools were used ““onon””

rather than rather than ““byby”” Homo Erectus.Homo Erectus.

2 Biology, 6 Ape2 Biology, 6 Ape--men Arguments men Arguments

Since Scopes DisprovedSince Scopes Disproved

1. Embryonic Recapitulation1. Embryonic Recapitulation

2. Vestigial (Useless) Organs2. Vestigial (Useless) Organs

1. Neanderthal Man1. Neanderthal Man

2. Java Man (Homo Erectus)2. Java Man (Homo Erectus)

3. Piltdown Man3. Piltdown Man

4. Australopithecus 4. Australopithecus AfricanusAfricanus

5. Nebraska Man (5. Nebraska Man (not part of Scopenot part of Scope’’s trials trial))

6. Peking Man (6. Peking Man (not part of Scopenot part of Scope’’s trials trial))

Evolutionary Box Score:Evolutionary Box Score:

2 Humans2 Humans

1 Hoax1 Hoax

1 Young Ape1 Young Ape

1 Pig1 Pig’’s tooths tooth

1 Monkey1 Monkey

0 0 ‘‘Ape MenApe Men’’

The Legacy of the ScopeThe Legacy of the Scope’’s Trials Trial

““There was no serious public threat to their There was no serious public threat to their

religious and family values until well after the religious and family values until well after the

Second World War. Evolution, for example, Second World War. Evolution, for example,

was not part of the regular biology curriculum was not part of the regular biology curriculum

when I was a student in 1946 in the New York when I was a student in 1946 in the New York

City high schools, nor was it discussed in City high schools, nor was it discussed in

school textbooks. In consequence there was school textbooks. In consequence there was

no organized creationist movement. Then, in no organized creationist movement. Then, in

the late 1950s, a national project was begun to the late 1950s, a national project was begun to

bring school science curricula up to datebring school science curricula up to date……....””

“…“…..A group of biologists from elite universities ..A group of biologists from elite universities

together with science teachers from urban schools together with science teachers from urban schools

produced a new uniform set of biology textbooks produced a new uniform set of biology textbooks

whose publication and dissemination were whose publication and dissemination were

underwritten by the National Science Foundation.underwritten by the National Science Foundation.””

““An extensive and successful public relations An extensive and successful public relations

campaign was undertaken to have these books campaign was undertaken to have these books

adopted and suddenly Darwinian evolution was adopted and suddenly Darwinian evolution was

being taught to children everywhere. The elite being taught to children everywhere. The elite

culture was now extending its domination by culture was now extending its domination by

attacking the control that families had maintained attacking the control that families had maintained

over the ideological formation of their children.over the ideological formation of their children.””

--Richard Lewontin, Billions and Billions of Demons,

N.Y. Review, Jan. 9, 1997.

Eighth grade school teacher from Eighth grade school teacher from

Washington suspended 2 days without pay Washington suspended 2 days without pay

for allowing a guest speaker to present for allowing a guest speaker to present

scientific evidence supporting creation and scientific evidence supporting creation and

young earth. (August 1996)young earth. (August 1996)

ACLU complained penalty not severe enough as teacher “shattered the foundations of the student’s science education”.

Have Things Changed?Have Things Changed?

In The Humanist magazine, the following statement appears in an article entitled, A Religion for a New Age: The Secular Classroom (1985)

“The battle for humankindThe battle for humankind’’s future must be waged s future must be waged and won in a public school classroom by teachers and won in a public school classroom by teachers who correctly see their role as the proselytizers of a who correctly see their role as the proselytizers of a new faith. The classroom must and will become an new faith. The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old and the newarena of conflict between the old and the new——the the rotting corpse of Christianity and the rotting corpse of Christianity and the faithfaith of of humanismhumanism.”

Is it any wonder that the public School System in many parts of the country is in such a state of confusion?

The Scope of This IssueThe Scope of This Issue

If weIf we’’re not prepared with the Truth, where will re not prepared with the Truth, where will our children & grandchildren find it?our children & grandchildren find it?

High school teacher in Hemet, CA, High school teacher in Hemet, CA,

reprimanded for merely discussing reprimanded for merely discussing

arguments against the theory of evolution arguments against the theory of evolution

(1995)(1995)

Berkeley professor, President for Science Berkeley professor, President for Science Education, speaking at the Hemet School Education, speaking at the Hemet School Board:Board:

““About the teaching of evidence against About the teaching of evidence against evolution, thereevolution, there’’s a big secret: There is no s a big secret: There is no evidence against evolution.evidence against evolution.””

Pattern of Censorship ContinuesPattern of Censorship Continues

That Depends on Which Type of That Depends on Which Type of ““EvolutionEvolution”” is Being Spoken Of!is Being Spoken Of!

The Theory of Evolution Has Been

PopularizedTime-Life Book Series had an article called “The Emergence of

Man”. This series is found in most all public libraries and public

schools. Here is a quote from that series:

““Today, that creature who first began to raise himself above Today, that creature who first began to raise himself above

other animals, no longer exists. He is become you. Unique, setother animals, no longer exists. He is become you. Unique, set

apart from the two million other species living on the planet byapart from the two million other species living on the planet by

a thumb that makes your hand a precision tool, by a knee that a thumb that makes your hand a precision tool, by a knee that

locks you into a comfortable upright position and by your locks you into a comfortable upright position and by your

capacity for abstract thought and speech. All this and more capacity for abstract thought and speech. All this and more

has enabled your species to dominate the earth. And yet you has enabled your species to dominate the earth. And yet you

share with every other creature that ever lived the same origin,share with every other creature that ever lived the same origin,

the same accident that led to the spontaneous generation first the same accident that led to the spontaneous generation first

celled slimy algae three and one half billion years agocelled slimy algae three and one half billion years ago……..

‘Popular’ Evolution …..

……..How did it all happen? What was the evolutionary ..How did it all happen? What was the evolutionary

process that led man to his conquest of a harsh and process that led man to his conquest of a harsh and

hostile environment? hostile environment? ……. You find the amazing story in . You find the amazing story in

TimeTime--Life BookLife Book’’s new series; s new series; The Emergence of ManThe Emergence of Man””. .

Your introductory volume, Your introductory volume, ““The Missing LinkThe Missing Link””, shows , shows

the stranger than science fiction world of the stranger than science fiction world of

Australopithecus Australopithecus ---- the ape man. You will feel a sense the ape man. You will feel a sense

of immediacy in visual adventure in incredible lifeof immediacy in visual adventure in incredible life--like like

pictorial technical photo paintings.pictorial technical photo paintings.””-- “The Emergence of Man”, a Time-Life Book Series

However Many Scientists of

Renown Were CreationistsJohannes Kepler, Sir Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, Joseph

Lister, William Ramsey, Michael Faraday, Lord Kelvin,

James Joule, Lord Francis Bacon, Samuel Morse all believed

that the Universe was created by a special act of God.

In the late 1800’s, Faraday, Kelvin and Joule all wrote essays

outlining the scientific objections to the claims Darwin made

in Origin of Species.

Sir Isaac Newton wrote, ““This most beautiful system of sun, This most beautiful system of sun,

planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and

dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.””

Now one should not put more trust in creation because these Now one should not put more trust in creation because these

scientists believed in it scientists believed in it –– rather, we can put more trust into rather, we can put more trust into

these scientists because they believed in creation.these scientists because they believed in creation.

Many Scientists Disavow the Theory of EvolutionMany Scientists Disavow the Theory of Evolution

Dr. Newton Kamacian, a physiologist for the Atomic Energy

Commission has stated, “Scientists who go about teaching Scientists who go about teaching

evolution as a fact of life are great conevolution as a fact of life are great con--men and the story men and the story

they are telling may be the greatest hoax ever. In explaining they are telling may be the greatest hoax ever. In explaining

evolution, we do not have one iota of fact.evolution, we do not have one iota of fact.””

Dr. Dr. EthridgeEthridge, of the British Museum of Science, says this: , of the British Museum of Science, says this:

““Nine tenths of the talk about evolution is sheer nonsense. It Nine tenths of the talk about evolution is sheer nonsense. It

is not founded on observation and wholly unsupported by is not founded on observation and wholly unsupported by

facts. This museum is full of proofs of the utter falsity of facts. This museum is full of proofs of the utter falsity of

their view.their view.””

Dr. Ambrose Flemming, was president of the Philosophical Dr. Ambrose Flemming, was president of the Philosophical

Society of Great Britain, said, Society of Great Britain, said, ““The evolution theory is The evolution theory is

purely the product of the imagination.purely the product of the imagination.””

““No one has ever produced a species by mechanisms of natural No one has ever produced a species by mechanisms of natural

selection. No one has ever gotten near it and most of the currenselection. No one has ever gotten near it and most of the current t

argument in neoargument in neo--Darwinism is about this question: how can a Darwinism is about this question: how can a

species originate and is it there that natural selection seems tspecies originate and is it there that natural selection seems to be o be

fading out and chance mechanisms of one sort or another are beinfading out and chance mechanisms of one sort or another are being g

invokedinvoked……. all one can learn about the history of life is learned . all one can learn about the history of life is learned

from systematics, from groupings one finds in nature. The rest ofrom systematics, from groupings one finds in nature. The rest of it f it

is storyis story--telling of one sort or another. We have access to the tips of telling of one sort or another. We have access to the tips of

a tree; the tree itself is theory and people who pretend to knowa tree; the tree itself is theory and people who pretend to know

about the tree and to describe what went on with it, how the about the tree and to describe what went on with it, how the

branches came off and the twigs came off are, I think, telling branches came off and the twigs came off are, I think, telling

stories.stories.””

Patterson, Colin, Patterson, Colin, ““Evolution and CreationismEvolution and Creationism,,”” Speech at the American Museum Speech at the American Museum

of Natural History, New York (November 5, 1981). Dr. Patterson iof Natural History, New York (November 5, 1981). Dr. Patterson is a senior s a senior

paleontologist at the British Museum of Natural History,.paleontologist at the British Museum of Natural History,.

Many Scientists Disavow the Theory of EvolutionMany Scientists Disavow the Theory of Evolution

““The Only People Who Doubt the Theory of The Only People Who Doubt the Theory of

Evolution Are Religious FundamentalistsEvolution Are Religious Fundamentalists””

= A Myth= A Myth

Evolution (without God):Evolution (without God): 10 %10 %Theistic Evolution:Theistic Evolution: 39 %39 %

Creation:Creation: 44 %44 %

Supernatural CreatorSupernatural Creator 83 %83 %Source: Gallup PollSource: Gallup Poll

ConclusionsConclusions

““Any account of nature should pass the tests of Any account of nature should pass the tests of

scientific evidence; in our judgment, the dogmas and scientific evidence; in our judgment, the dogmas and

myths of traditional religions do not do so.myths of traditional religions do not do so.”” Humanist Humanist

Manifestos I & II (1973); American Humanist AssociationManifestos I & II (1973); American Humanist Association

““...there is no debate within the scientific community ...there is no debate within the scientific community

over whether evolution occurred, and there is no over whether evolution occurred, and there is no

evidence that evolution has not occurred.evidence that evolution has not occurred.”” National National

Academy of Science Guidebook (1997)Academy of Science Guidebook (1997)

Christian ResponseChristian Response: : ““There is no debate There is no debate

within the Christian community over whether within the Christian community over whether

God created, and there is no evidence that God created, and there is no evidence that

creation has not occurred.creation has not occurred.””

Philosophical Arrogance, Philosophical Arrogance, Not ScienceNot Science, , Fuels Darwinian EvolutionFuels Darwinian Evolution

The Real Issue is Spiritual The Real Issue is Spiritual ̶̶ Not ScienceNot Science

They are all without excuse:

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.”

“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, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”

“Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.”—Romans 1:18-23

““For by Him all things were created that are in For by Him all things were created that are in

heaven and that are on earth, visible and heaven and that are on earth, visible and

invisible, whether thrones or dominions or invisible, whether thrones or dominions or

principalities or powers. All things were principalities or powers. All things were

created through Him and for Him. And He is created through Him and for Him. And He is

before all things, and in Him all things before all things, and in Him all things

consist.consist.””——Colossians 1:16Colossians 1:16--1717

By faith we understand that the worlds were By faith we understand that the worlds were

framed by the word of God, so that the things framed by the word of God, so that the things

which are seen were not made of things which which are seen were not made of things which

are visible.are visible.——Hebrews 11:3Hebrews 11:3

GodGod’’s Word is the Final Words Word is the Final Word

"God, who made the world and everything in it, since "God, who made the world and everything in it, since

He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in

temples made with hands. Nor is He worshipped with temples made with hands. Nor is He worshipped with

men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He

gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has

made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on

all the face of the earth, and has determined their preall the face of the earth, and has determined their pre--

appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that

they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is

not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and

move and have our being, as also some of your own move and have our being, as also some of your own

poets have said, poets have said, ‘‘For we are also His offspring.For we are also His offspring.’’

"...................."....................

The Conclusion of the MatterThe Conclusion of the Matter

“……“……Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, Therefore, since we are the offspring of God,

we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like

gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art

and man's devising. Truly, these times of and man's devising. Truly, these times of

ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all

men everywhere to repent, because He has men everywhere to repent, because He has

appointed a day on which He will judge the world appointed a day on which He will judge the world

in righteousness by the Man whom He has in righteousness by the Man whom He has

ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by

raising Him from the dead.raising Him from the dead.””——Acts 17:24Acts 17:24--3131

……..Conclusion of the Matter..Conclusion of the Matter

““Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not

all sleep, but we will all be changedall sleep, but we will all be changed----in a in a

flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last flash, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last

trumpet.trumpet.”” 1 Cor 15:511 Cor 15:51

““But in keeping with his promise, we are But in keeping with his promise, we are

looking forward to a new heaven and a looking forward to a new heaven and a

new earth, the one of righteousness.new earth, the one of righteousness.””

2 Peter 3:132 Peter 3:13