1. EVOLUTION vs. SCIENCE & THE BIBLE
A study of origins

2. Creation & Evolution: Two different views of origins
How did everything get started?
Where did we come from?
Whatever happened to the dinosaurs?
What about cavemen?

3. Two views of origins
Where can we find answers to these and other questions?
Should we ask scientists or should we believe the Bible?
Can we do both?

4. Two views of origins
As a Christian, I believe that God created, just as He tells us in the Bible.
In the very first verse of the Bible, we find out that “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

5. Two views of origins
The Bible is not the only place that we can learn about creation.
The facts of science also tell us much about creation.
By carefully studying the facts of science, I have become convinced that the universe could not have created itself, and that living things, including people, could not have happened just by chance—they had to be created by God!

6. Two views of origins
“Things just happen to be the way they are,
there is no real purpose in our being here; we
got here by chance.” This is the theory of
evolution.
God created everything. This is the theory of creation.
No one can really believe what the Bible tells us about creation and also believe in evolution.
Neither can one really believe in the facts of science and believe in evolution!

7. Two views of origins
Evolutionists claim belief in evolution because science supports evolution.
To say this is to be either ignorant of the truth (the real facts of science), or to deny creation no matter what the facts say, because in order to believe in creation, one has to believe in God.
People don’t want to believe in God and what the Bible says because belief requires accountability.

8. Two views of origins
No matter what evolutionists want to believe, the facts of science do not support evolution.
There is a mountain of scientific evidence that supports creation.
Science is very interesting, and learning how the facts about our world support creation is truly an amazing story.

9. Why is This Subject Important?
“How we got here?” and “ Why are we here?” are the most fundamental of questions
The answer to these questions affects how we think about the world, our “world-view”
Creation is a God-based world-view, evolution is not
The truth about origins is not being taught - the possibility of special creation being true is disallowed, leading to atheistic thinking

10. World-view Implications
Creation: man is special, different from animals; put here for a purpose; God is in control
Evolution: man is nothing special, just an advanced animal; man is an “accident” of nature; man is in control
What are the “fruits” of an evolutionary world-view?

11. World View Today

12. Evolution is Everywhere
Taught in public schools
Biology textbooks
Library books
Television shows about nature
Natural history museums
Zoos
Popular magazines

13. Confusing? (Most) churches say “creation”
Almost all other respected influences say “evolution”
What are we to believe?
Could all those scientists be wrong?

14. What is Creation?

15. What is Creation?
“Creation” is the idea that our universe and the natural things in it were created by God
The creation events are described in the first chapters of Genesis in the Bible
The creation events took place over six 24-hour days, after which all creating ceased
The age of the earth is “young”, about 6,000 to 10,000 years

16. The Bible Has Answers God All things By His power In the beginning
Who created?
What was created?
How was it created?
When was it created?
How long did it take to create?
God
All things
By His power
In the beginning
6 days

17. Creation Model God created ALL things Sin was the cause of death
God destroyed the world by a worldwide flood
Man was created in the image of God
God created ALL things

18. What Is Evolution?

19. What is Evolution?
“Evolution” (“naturalism”) is the idea that undirected natural processes have transformed primeval energy/matter into the structures of the universe, our earth, first life, and eventually people
Our universe started with the “Big Bang” - an explosion/expansion of a dense collection of subatomic particles and radiation
The Big Bang material has existed eternally or “fluctuated” into existence from nothing

20. Evolution Evolution is based on materialism
Evolution is the ideology there is no Creator God

21. The “Theory of Evolution”
The “Theory of Evolution” as outlined by Darwin applies to living organisms
“Neo-Darwinism” updates Darwin with genetics
“Mutations” supply the new raw material
“Natural selection” retains the mutations which provide a reproductive advantage
All life (plant and animal) has derived from a common ancestor

22. Evolutionary Origin of Life

23. Time, chance, and natural processes
Evolution Model
About 15 billion years ago the universe exploded into existence
About 4.6 billion years ago the earth evolved
About 3.5 billion years ago life evolved
Humans evolved from ape-like creatures
Time, chance, and natural processes

24. Two Models of Origins CREATION EVOLUTION Life from the creator
Life from inanimate matter
Life from natural processes
First plant and animal
types were complete
All life from same living source
Each type produced by slow
change from ancestor
Variation limited
within a type (kind)
Variation unlimited
Sudden appearance of
types in fossil record
Gradual change in fossil record
No transitional forms
between higher categories
Transitional forms between
all categories

25. Two Worldviews in Conflict
Evolution
Bible
The universe exploded into existence out of nothing X
In the beginning God created
Life evolved from a pool of chemicals by natural processes X
God created all life
Different life forms evolved from a common ancestor over millions of years X
God created all life after its kind

26. Science and
Why It Matters

27. World Views of Scientists

28. Truth about Scientists

29. Interpretation of Scientific Data
Assumption of
Evolution
Assumption of
Creation
Scientific Data
Evolution is
Seen
Creation is
Seen
Interpretation is influenced by assumptions and biases

30. BIASES

31. Evolution, Science, and the Bible
Creation
Evolution
1st Law of Thermodynamics
2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Law of Cause and Effect
Law of Biogenesis
Laws of Science

32. The Bible, Science & Evolution
Opposite
Science
Same
Evolution
Bible (Creation)

33. Christian Doctrine and Science
Danny Faulkner, Ph.D. Astronomy
“Many Christian apologists today accept the big bang and claim that Genesis is in complete agreement with the big bang. However this is a situation driven by “science” and not by Biblical studies….
Therefore those who accept the big bang and make it part of their Christian apologetics are guilty of interpreting the Bible in terms of current science. This is a dangerous precedent.”

34. The Bible teaches what can be done
Effects of Evolution
One of the main reasons we are drifting in the church in reference to this subject is that we cannot defend our belief in the Bible
What can be done?
The Bible teaches what can be done
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: (1 Peter 3:15)

35. Meaning of 1 Peter 3:15 We must understand what we believe
We must understand why we are Christians
We must be able to articulate this belief reasonably and biblically

36. Evolution is a religious belief system It must be accepted by faith

37. The Bible Has Answers God All things By His power In the beginning
Who created?
What was created?
How was it created?
When was it created?
How long did it take to create?
God
All things
By His power
In the beginning
6 days

38. Results of Evolutionary Teaching

39. The Starting Point Scripture is true (John 17:17)
All Scripture is inspired (God-breathed) (2 Timothy 3:16)
God’s Word is understandable
Starting Point