Evolution and Creation
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I purposely did not name this section Evolution vs. Creation. I do not believe that evolution and creation need to oppose each other. While it is true that “young earth” creationism—the belief that the earth is 10,000 years old—cannot be reconciled with evolution, it is NOT true that evolution in any way suggests that there is not or cannot be a Creator.
There are some atheist scientists, such as Richard Dawkins, who believe that science proves that there is no Creator. However, Richard Dawkins is in the great minority of scientists. Most scientists will tell you that God is outside the scientific method. Science says nothing at all about God or the existence of a Creator.
The question, therefore, is not creation or evolution, but simply evolution, yes or no. For those of us who are believers in Christ, we know that even if evolution is true, there is still a Creator who made evolution happen. Our Father created all things, whether by divine fiat in six days or through evolution over billions of years.
This brings up many other questions, though. Are the days in Genesis literal 24-hour days? When God said that trees and other life reproduce after their kind, did he simply mean that they give birth to offspring like them, or was he setting limits that could never be crossed even by small steps over time? How literal are the Scriptures overall? How much can science be trusted, if it can be trusted at all?
It is these questions that I would like to discuss in this section. Because there are so many people who have written on this subject, there are a lot of external links. However, this section would be much less interesting if I didn't let you know my opinion, so I will also be linking my own short articles on the subject on this page.
These links will all be working in a few days. Most of them work already.
- My Articles: Referencing Scripture
- Who Is Making People Lose Their Faith?
- Are the Days in Genesis Literal 24-Hour Days?
- Was There a Vapor Canopy over the Whole Earth Before the Flood?
- The Firmament
- Nature: God's First Bible
- My Articles: Referencing Science
- Is Evolution Based on Chance?
- The Haymond Formation of the Marathon Basin in Texas
- Common Design and Damaged Genes
- My Articles: Answers to Specific Anti-Evolution Teachers
- Kent Hovind and the Geologic Column
- Ken Ham and Billions of Dead Things Buried Underground
- External Links: Christian, Pro-Evolution
- Glenn Morton (Christian, literal Bible-believer, geologist, former ICR teacher)
- External Links: Three most well-known Young Earth Creation organizations
- Answers in Genesis
- Institute for Creation Research
- Creation Research Society
- External Links: Non-Christian, Evolution Controversy Sites, Pro-Evolution
- Talk Origins