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Evolution: Fact Or Fiction Series
Contributed by Dave Kinney on May 6, 2004 (message contributor)
Summary: We’ll get the "boloney detector" out and examine the so called facts behind evolution.
Evolution’s Deception: Making a Monkey of Man, Pt. 2
“Evolution: Fact or Fiction”
A doctor, an architect, and a lawyer were arguing over who had the oldest profession. The doctor said, "Well the first operation was performed on Adam, so the medical profession is the oldest."
"No," said the architect, "Architectural planning and design was needed to create the earth and the universe out of chaos, so I represent the oldest profession." "Where do you think the chaos came from?" asked the lawyer.
Let’s put the facts on the table and see if it really is fact or fiction!
Evolutionists tell us all the time that there is plenty of solid evidence for their position.
The National Academy of Sciences official statement states, “Evidence for common descent (evolution) has been provided by paleontology, comparative anatomy, biology, geography, embryology, biochemistry, molecular genetics and other biological disciplines.”
The Council for Democratic and Secular Humanists on their official website states, “…Organic evolution is now documented by empirical evidence from geology, paleontology biogeography, anthropology…and physiology.”
Richard Dreyfuss made the following comment on “The Galapagos Islands” a PBS Nature program, with great emotion he describes a spectacular display of sea lions surfing the waves on the very island whose name is so frequently associated with Charles Darwin. As he watched in amazement he said, “I’m trying to understand the science of evolution. But right now, all I can see is a miracle.”
Dr. Heribert-Nilsson said with regards to evolutionists, that they (evolutionist) have, “The digestion or the brain function of a ghost.”
Finally, W.R. Bird, a Yale Law School graduate who argued the major case on the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also a member of the most prestigious legal institution, The American Law Institute and is listed in the Who’s Who in The World. He states…“Evolution is without significant evidence and that the theory of abrupt appearance (creation) is the better scientific theory.”
An embarrassing Silence… In his book “Darwin on Trial” Professor Phillip Johnson tells a story that is amazing to me! He was at the American Museum of natural History in 1981 with Colin Patterson who is a senior paleontologist at the British Natural Museum. This is what Phillip Johnson asked his panel of distinguished evolutionist… “Can you tell me anything you know about evolution, any one thing…this is true?” And the only answer I got back was silence…
Then I tried it on the members of a seminar at the University of Chicago and all I got was silence for a long time, but eventually one person got up and said, “I do know one thing, that should not to be taught in high school.”
You see strictly from logic and scientific research, Darwin’s theory, now over 160 years old, is severely lacking strong evidence!
That’s why when Dr. Henry Morris debates evolutionists, not one of them can give just 5 basic evidences for their position. He has spoken before 3000 audiences and not once has he had convincing facts given about evolution!
Also, creationist Dr. Duane Gish has actually debated over 300 leading evolutionist on university campuses and is virtually always the winner. In fact, they will not debate him any more!
Astrophysicists have found that there are over 60 criteria that are necessary for life on earth for you to live. Here are just 8 criteria about life existing! We could not exist in any form if one of the following were true:
If the earth’s rotation was slower, or faster
If we were 2% closer or further from the sun. Earth is 93 million miles away from the sun and if earth were not in perfect orbit we would be history! Every other planet in our solar system circles the sun in an elliptical orbit (a non perfect circle).
If earth had a 1% change in sunlight.
If the earth was any smaller or larger
If “I Love Lucy” ever went off the air
If the moon was any smaller or larger
If the earth’s crust was thinner or thicker
If Mike’s Pizza went out of business
Oxygen/Nitrogen ratio was greater or less
Ozone layer was greater or less
Evolutionists say that all we have to do is look into the sciences and the evidence and is there! Well let’s look at some of the so-called evidences and use our “Baloney Detector” Phillip Johnson’s phrase and look for facts and fictions!
1. The Power of Nothing.
The Big Bang Theory
Robert JastrowProfessor of Physics and Astronomy says, “The universe exploded out of nothing.” Think about that statement!
Nothing means - no space, no atoms, no molecules, etc.
John Mather, NASA’s top researcher of cosmic background says, “We have equations that describe the transformation of one thing into another, but we have no equations whatsoever for creating space and time…I certainly don’t know of any work that seriously would explain it when we can’t even state the concept.”
