Transcript Document 7143227

CREATIONISM:
Getting Back to the
Basics
In the beginning,
God created the Heavens and
the Earth
Genesis 1:1
What is Creationism?
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The belief that humanity, life, the Earth, or
the universe as a whole was specially
created by a supreme being (often
referred to specifically as God) or by other
forms of supernatural intervention.
How the World
Began…Condensed Version 
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For those of you who
don’t know the story,
here is a brief
synopsis of what
most Creationists
believe, according to
the book of Genesis.
On the first day…
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God called the light
“day.” He called the
darkness “night.”
There was evening,
and there was
morning.
On the second day…
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God said, “Let there
be a huge space
between the waters.”
God called the huge
space “sky.”
On the third day…
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God said, “Let dry
ground appear.”
Then God said, “Let
the land grow plants.
And let there be trees
on the land.”
On the fourth day…
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God said, “Let there
be lights in the huge
space of sky.” God
made two great lights.
He made the larger
light to rule over the
day and the smaller
light to rule over the
night.
On the fifth day…
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God said, “Let the
waters be filled with
living things. Let the
birds fly in the sky.”
On the sixth day…
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God said, “Let the
land produce living
creatures.” Then God
said, “Let us make
man in our likeness.”
And finally on the seventh day…
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God saw everything He had made. And it
was very good. There was evening, and
there was morning and on the seventh day
God rested.
Creationism continued...
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Creationism covers a spectrum of beliefs
which have been categorized in broad
types. Despite popular belief, most
“creationists” are those who object to
specific parts of science for religious
reasons, though many (if not most) people
who believe in a divine act of creation do
not categorically reject those parts of
science.
Creationism vs. Evolution’s
Frequently Asked Questions
What About the Dinosaurs?
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Simply put, they lived concurrent with man down through
the thousands of years of our existence, and they
appear to have gone mostly extinct prior to our modern
era. Remember that the word "dinosaur" is only about
160 years old. Legends of dangerous reptilian creatures
(a.k.a. dragons) have been passed down to us from our
ancestors across Europe, from China and the rest of
Asia, all over the Americas (North, South & Central), and
they're remembered in Africa too. The evidence is that
there have been these large dangerous reptilian
creatures. We have bones, recorded history and
footprints; we have strong evidence.
What About Noah’s Ark?
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Noah's mission was to preserve each kind of animal. You don't need to find
the biggest of each kind. And you don't need each sub-divided species
either. Did you know that most modern dog breeds are less than 100 years
old? 2 healthy young mutts could preserve the genome of the entire "dog
kind" of animals. The Bible uses the word "kind" for the different types of
life forms. Horses and zebras can (and have) physically mated producing
viable offspring; so have tigers and lions, indicating that they (according to
creation theory) probably respectively diverged from the same original
stock. Dogs and wolves (though considered quite different by humans
today) probably originated from their same "kind" too. There are a few large
animals (when fully grown) of course: giraffes, elephants, and T-rexes
among them. But the average animal size is about sheep size, i.e. the 3story Ark was plenty large enough to handle the variety of animal kinds plus
lots of food for them. Speciation could descend again from original healthy
"mutt" stock to start with. Thinking scientifically about this, it shows
incredible variable design.
And Radioactive Dating…?
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Rocks do not come with dates stamped on
them, nor has anyone witnessed them aging
over millions of years. Radiometric dating is
one-third fact and two-thirds assumption, and it
is irreproducible. Lava flows occurring in
recorded historic times have dated
radiometrically at millions of years old. This does
not give us confidence in the current
guesstimates of the earth's allegedly long age.
What About Hominid Evolution?
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Humans alive today vary in cranial capacity from about
700 cc to 2200 cc, with no relation of brain size to
intelligence. (The average is about 1300 to 1350 cc) If
we look at computers, one could argue that circuits that
are closer together are more efficient and faster, ... so a
smaller brain size may not necessarily be a
disadvantage. When evolutionists line up old skulls from
smaller to larger they make false assumptions linking
brain size to intelligence. Plus the radioactive dating
methods are questionable,so they have no idea how old
each skull is in the first place.
Hominid Evolution continued…
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What happens to the bones of a person who doesn't get
enough calcium in their diet? Or if they were lacking
copper, for example, it would detrimentally affect brain
development. If, in past times, many peoples only ate
local foods ... and the local soil in different places had a
lack of selenium, or magnesium, or iron, then this would
affect each person and animal in the respective area
over generations. When we come along now and look at
the hominid fossils left behind let's consider all of the
logical scientific possibilities (including potentially inbred
defects), The fossil record shows that each kind has
always varied within each kind.
Evidence in Favor of Creationism
and Evolution
Creationists and evolutionists, all have the same
evidence—the same facts. Think about it: we all have
the same earth, the same fossil layers, the same
animals and plants, the same stars—the facts are all the
same.
The difference is in the way we all interpret the facts. And
why do we interpret facts differently? Because we start
with different presuppositions. These are things that are
assumed to be true, without being able to prove them.
These then become the basis for other conclusions. This
becomes especially relevant when dealing with past
events.
In 2000, a poll conducted
estimated that:
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20% of Americans believe public schools should
teach evolution only.
17% believe that only evolution should be taught
in science classes.
29% believe that Creationism should be
discussed as a belief NOT scientific theory.
13% believe that Creationism and evolution
should be taught as scientific theories.
16% believe that only Creationism should be
taught.
What Do You Believe???
So in Conclusion…
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Maybe scientists, though smart in some ways, could be generally
weak in other areas, like spiritual perception. Possibly somewhat
like a "nerd" who's brilliant with computers, but who has trouble
dealing with others. Really good at details and complex formulas,
but possibly missing the big picture. You wouldn't want a brilliant
lawyer to perform open heart surgery on you (even though he or she
is smart). So don't think that science can prove everything beyond a
shadow of a doubt. If we knew EXACTLY what happened…could
we handle it? I seriously doubt it.
References
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Hazen, Robert M. Genesis: The Scientific
Quest for Life’s Origin. Washington, D.C: Joseph
Henry, 2005.
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Zimmerman, Paul A. Darwin, Evolution
and Creation. Missouri: Concordia, 1959.
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Creationism- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
11/30/2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index/php?title=Creationis
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