How we look at Evolution

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=300 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>We are regularly bombarded with the 'facts' of Evolution, for example:</B></div> <div> "<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >...the universe is concentrated into a single point, infinitely hot & dense. During the first billionths of a second, the universe goes through a brief phase of accelerated expansion, growing from the size of an atomic nucleus to the size of a volleyball. After a millionth of a second, the primeval universe is a violently expanding fireball, about 10 billion miles in radius. It is filled with protons, neutrons & electrons - the building blocks for atoms - as well as billions of tiny particles called neutrinos. After one minute the universe, about a million billion miles across, has become a giant thermonuclear reactor, building the nuclei of helium atoms from the hydrogen nuclei created in the big bang....etc"  </FONT></div> <div> "The story of mankind begins in the tropical forests of at least 65 million years ago. By then the first primates, the order of mammals to which Man belongs, had appeared. These tiny creatures of the night gradually developed hands for gripping branches, preying upon insects & testing fruit for ripeness. Since complex hand-to-brain nerve `wiring' was required for these tasks, the capacity to explore with the hand may have contributed to an inquiring & expanding brain..."  </div> <div> (<I>Atlas of the World, </I>Readers Digest, 1989, ISBN 0-276-42001-2, p4, & p50)</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>What do we feel inside when we see these sort of pictures?</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="188ea520.gif" border=0 width="234" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Or read or hear things about Evolution, (for example, what is on the left side of the screen)? Is Evolution true?</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="316" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>I see four different ways of looking</B></div> <div> <B> at this kind of talk about Evolution:</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>      (1) We totally accept the statements made by Evolutionists.</div> <div>      (2) We accept what they say, but add `God' into the areas of 'chance'. </div> <div>      (3) We accept the Genesis account in the Bible as being the truth, </div> <div>           which means that it is literally and historically true.</div> <div>      (4) We just ignore the whole subject, </div> <div>            and steer clear of the first few chapters of Genesis. </div> <bR> <div> Let's look at number (2) which is "We accept what they say, but add `God' into the areas of 'chance'." </div> <div> We would see Genesis as containing truth but it isn't literally & historically true.</div> <div> But to me there is an uneasy unity between the two.</div> <div> That is like having a proper brick house,  then put on an extension to it, made out of cardboard and sticks!</div> <div> The two things are incompatible.</div> <div> If we say that Evolution is right, why would God want a different order of events written down?</div> <div> He explained the process of Creation in a certain order: </div> <div> So why did He write down that <B>the sun and stars </B>came into being <B>after</B> the earth was formed.</div> <div> In fact God is saying that <B>the sun and stars </B>came into being <B>after</B> the earth was formed <B>and</B> after the earth's atmosphere, <B>and</B> after the earth's clouds, <B>and</B> after vegetation had grown on the earth? </div> <div> <B><U>If</U></B> the sun and stars came first, then surely God would have said so!</div> <div> It is obvious to everyone that the sun is essential for life on this earth, so in any account of the beginning of the world, we would naturally put the sun first.</div> <div> But God didn't!</div> <div> To our minds it isn't logical.</div> <div> We'll look at this more closely later.  </div> <div> <B>So this whole subject can make us jittery & lose faith </B>in the Biblical account.</div> <div> Perhaps in your eyes, science seems to be contradicting the Bible.</div> <div> And if the Bible is wrong in that area, then what about other areas?</div> <div> So, I want us to raise our trust in the Genesis account.</div> <div> I will do this under 5 points. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> To see the next point, please return to the menu below:</div> <bR> <div> Back to 'In the beginning - <A HREF="id120.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In the beginning Evolution? menu"><U>Evolution</U></A>?' menu</div> <bR> <div> Back to Church & faith <A HREF="church_faith.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church faith issues"><U>issues</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bible Explained"><U>Home</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Church Faith"><U>Comment or contact</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Evolution image: thanks to Serif ART Gallery CD.</div> <div> ©  2003 bible-explained.co.uk</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>