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Reasons Why Christians Should Not Believe In Evolution

Mike Riddle

Institute for Creation Research
www.icr.org

Two Models of History: Evolution and the Bible

• The origin of the universe
• The origin of stars
• The origin of the Earth
• The origin of life
• The origin of species

Five Biblical Evidences Why Christians Should Not Believe in Evolution

1. The process for creation

§         Evolution model

§         Creation model

§         Genesis 1: “And God said”

§         Psalm 33:6,9 “By the Word of the Lord”

§         Hebrews 11:3

§         What the Bible does not say

2. The order of events in creation

§         The Earth and stars

§         Reptiles and birds

§         The Earth and water

3. The cause of physical death

§         Evolution: natural processes

§         Bible

§         Sin: Romans 5:12 and 1 Cor 15

§         Genesis 1:31 “very good”

§         The first animal death

§         Plant death

4. The Genesis Flood

§         Evolution: myth or local flood

§         Bible

§         Worldwide flood

§         Geological evidences

§         Mount Saint Helens

§         Canyon formation

§         Rapid sedimentation

§         Polystrate fossils

5. Time and creation: the days of creation

§         Evolution demands long ages

§         Bible

§         The meaning of yom (day)

§         Yom with a number

§         Evening and morning

§         Genesis 1:14

§         Exodus 20:11

§         Words used to indicate time

§         Hebrew language structure

§         Genealogies

§         Consensus of the Hebrew scholars

Science and Why Christians Should Not Believe in Evolution

• Science and belief
• Testing the evidence: the fossil record
• What should we observe

§         Single cell to complex designs

§         Invertebrate to vertebrate (fish)

§         Fish to amphibian

§         Reptile to bird

• The meaning of evolution

§         Billions of years of death and suffering before sin

• The fossil record and geologic time
• Examining the evidence: Cambrian and Precambrian periods
• Science and belief

§         Why should we accept evolution

§         The fossil record supports the Bible: created after their kind

• Natural laws of science

• The First law of Thermodynamics
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics
• The Law of Cause and Effect
• The Law of Biogenesis
• The Bible, science and evolution

The Balance of Evidence

The Effects of Evolution

• Why many youth stop attending church
• There is an answer: 1 Peter 3:15

Conclusion

• Evolution is an ideology to do away with God
• Evolution is based on materialism
• Evolution is based on a wrong interpretation of science
• Evolution denies the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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