Smyrna Christian Church -- Lee Delbridge, Minister
910 Concord Road SE -- Smyrna, Georgia 30080 -- 770.435.1723
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The Creation Controversy
Part III

Suppose I told you that I owned a “boom box” (radio-tape player). One day it was in my car and the car was involved in an accident. Someone ran a stop sign right into the side of my car. It was a bad wreck with lots of damage. But as a result of that accident, the boom box (radio-tape player) became a 31 inch color TV. How many of you would believe my story? Or how about looking around this church building. How many things in this room are the result of a random “accident”? The beautiful stained glass windows? Did someone design and make them or did they just accidentally appear one day? How about the furniture (chairs and pews)? Did someone design and make them or did they just accidentally appear one day? How about the piano? How about the organ? How about the microphones? Everything here was designed, planned and built by someone EXCEPT the most complex thing here -- the people are just the result of a “random accident of nature.” Think about it!

Definitions:

  • Evolution is the belief that all living things evolved by natural processes from earlier and more simple forms of life. Evolution is a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse state to a higher, more complex, or better state
  • Evolutionists believe that the universe started in a "big bang," -- a natural phenomenon, not involving God in any way. The evolution of the earth, its life and the rest of the cosmos are also viewed as having proceeded strictly by natural processes.

    1. EVIDENCE IS AGAINST EVOLUTION
      • Charles Darwin, the “father” of the evolution theory believed that the fossil records would verify and prove his theory
        • The fossil records is an embarrassment to evolutionists. No verifiable transitions from one species to another have been found.
      • The different breeds of dogs are used by evolutionist to “prove” evolution
        • “Purebred” dogs are proof, not of evolution, but of intelligent purposeful design. We can get different sizes of dogs. We can get different colors of dogs. We can produce dogs with different temperaments. But when you breed dogs you always get dogs!
        • Left to “random processes” there would be NO “purebred” dogs in just a few generations!
      • There is lots of evidence of changes within a species -- there is no evidence of change from one species to another
        • In 1922 a tooth was discovered in Nebraska and they “developed” the “Nebraska man” (Hesperopithecus haroldcookii). Later geologist Harold Cook discovered an identical tooth. This time it was attached to the skull and skeleton of a wild pig. Thus the “scientific” discovery of this missing link was shown to be a myth.
        • “Java man” was “put together” from a few bones found on the Indonesia island of Java in 1891. Java man was later shown to be a fake, although many (ever the World Book Encyclopedia) still use him as evidence of evolution
        • “Piltdown man” was an intentional fraud “created in 1912” but not revealed as a fraud until 1953.

    2. THE LAWS OF SCIENCE ARE AGAINST EVOLUTION
      • The Law of Cause and Effect: “For every cause, there must be an effect and the effect will never be superior to its cause.”
        • Evolution says something came from nothing and that there was improvement (more complexity) every step of the way
      • The law of Energy conservation (first law of thermodynamics) states that while energy can be converted from one form to another, it can neither be created nor annihilated.
        • Evolution says that new energy and complexity is created every step of the way up the evolutionary ladder
      • The law of entropy states that everything runs from order to disorder and from complexity to decay (the second law of thermodynamics)
        • Evolution says that everything has gone from the less complex to the more complex
      • The laws of science that have tested and proven over and over says that evolution is impossible

    3. THE BIBLE IS AGAINST EVOLUTION
      • Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
      • Hebrews 3:4 - For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
      • John 1:1-3 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

    There is evidence against evolution. The known and proven laws of science are against evolution. The Bible is against evolution Yet evolution is taught in all our government schools and colleges. World Book Encyclopedia says: “The theory of evolution is supported by evidence from many scientific fields. When a theory is supported by so much evidence, it becomes accepted as a scientific fact. Almost all scientists consider the theory of evolution to be a scientific fact.” The study of origins is not science in the true sense of the word. There is no way to prove how the world began. It comes down to whose word you are going to believe. Are you going to listen to men who were not there and who change their story every few years or are you going to listen to God who was there, has never changed His story and has never told a lie. Which one do you believe?

    © 2002 Lee Delbridge

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