Evolution – a Theory in CrisisEvolution – a Theory in Crisis

Part 3 of 3 Part 3 of 3 The Biblical Creation Alternative The Biblical Creation Alternative

and Its Implicationsand Its Implications

Also available:Part 1 of 3 – The Scientific Bankruptcy of Darwinian EvolutionPart 2 of 3 – The Philosophical Bankruptcy of Darwinian Evolution

They changed…They changed…

Lord George LytteltonGilbert West

Frank MorrisonC.S. Lewis

Josh McDowellJohn Montgomery

Malcolm Muggeridge Sir William Ramsay

Lee Strobel Anthony Flew

The stakes are highThe stakes are high

If FALSE: nothing matters.If TRUE: nothing else matters.

Spot the contradictionSpot the contradiction

“There is no such thing as absolute truth.”

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

Universe from nothing by chance

Odds: 0 Proof: none

Life by chance

Odds: 0 Proof: none

The blind faith of atheismThe blind faith of atheism

“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

1.1. Passes the Passes the Transcriptional testTranscriptional test

• No. of Greek copies – 5,686• Time-gap – less than 50 years• Accuracy - over 99%

“The scrolls have shown that our traditional Bible has been amazingly accurately preserved for over 2,000 years.”

- Eugene Ulrich

2.2. Passes the Passes the Historical testHistorical test

Sir. William Ramsay:

“Luke is a historian of first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy…this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians.”

3.3. Passes the Passes the Consistency testConsistency test

• Breadth of subject matter

• 1,600 year time period

• 40 varied authors

4.4. Passes the Passes the ArchaeologicalArchaeological test test

William F Albright:

“There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition.”

5.5. Passes the Passes the Contemporary Contemporary Literature testLiterature test

Paul Maier:

‘‘Many facts from antiquity rest on just one ancient source, while two or three sources in agreement generally render the fact unimpeachable.’’

6.6. Passes the Passes the Predictive Predictive Accuracy testAccuracy test

Prof. Peter Stoner:

‘‘We find the chance that any man might have lived to the present time and fulfilled all eight prophecies is 1 in 1017…that would be 1 in 100,000,000,000,000,000.’’

7.7. Passes the Passes the Medical Medical Accuracy testAccuracy test

• Life in the blood (Lev 17:11)

• Quarantine (Lev 13:46)

8.8. Passes the Passes the Scientific Scientific Accuracy testAccuracy test

• The Universe had a beginning (Gen 1:1)

• Innumerable stars (Gen 22:17)

• Earth suspended in space (Job 26:7)

• Water cycle (Ecc 1:7)

• Earth round (Isa 40:22)

Jesus Christ confirmed:Jesus Christ confirmed:

• Adam & Eve (Matt 19:4-5)• Noah & the ark (Luke 17:27) • Jonah & the whale (Matt 12:40)• Sodom & Gomorrah (Luke 17:29)

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

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)

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

1 chance in 10129

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000

A Life Sustaining Planet?A Life Sustaining Planet?

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)

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’

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

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’

Theodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius Dobzhansky(1900-1975)(1900-1975)

“Nothing in biology makes sense without evolution.”

The RealityThe Reality

“Nothing at all makessense without creation.”

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)

“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 by 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:

The stakes are highThe stakes are high

If FALSE: nothing matters.If TRUE: nothing else matters.