Stomach Pains (Continued)

1. No death before Adam’s fall
The Bible says that their was no death before the fall and that all creatures were made prior to that fall. Evolution requires generations by the multitudes to perish for even one positive outcome. So man was standing in the garden talking to God in the Bible, no death around. On the other side we see that death would have had to been present in the garden if God used evolution to create man. The two creation models are clearly conflicting. One based in the authority of God and the other in the imagination of men, so evolution and Genesis have a difference sequences. (Keep in mind that truth does not conflict with itself.) 2. Creation is finished (not in progress) When God was done creating at the end of the week He stopped and said it is finished. Finished doesn't mean new creations are being built. Evolution implies that new creations are still being built as it has no end in theory. This can't be true if God says it is not, now can it.

2. After his kind (no evolution)
A major fault of evolution is that mutations and natural selection are often seen as creating new kinds of animals (different breeds of dogs for instance), but this is not true as the both the Bible and observable science teach that no new kinds are ever created, only different types. Their are variations within each kind of animal, but never a whole new type of animal. God created each after his own "kind" and to then breed after his own kind. Plus God finished creating at one point and so again, the evolutionary principle of creating new kinds is at odds with the use of evolution within theology.

3. Genesis is literal history
Their is a major issue in Christian circles of not taking what the Bibles says as true. Often reasoning that certain things clearly spoken of are actually symbolic. How do they propose to discern that? Either you take it at face value (given science, culture, history, etc), or you don’t know what it means. If you don’t know what it means you are making it up as you go. If you are making it up as you go you are creating your own religion, your own beliefs, your own God. Genesis is written and built to be a litter account, no less. Their is simply no reason to change that.

4. Adam was created intelligent
Evolution imagines that the first life was brainless and that early man was low minded. Yet the Bible accounts for Adam being top of the game for all of mankind. He spoke and had named all the animals. He understood the command not to eat the fruit which was not a simple command, granted he didn't follow through on it. These are not the attributes of a poorly developed mind.

5. Theistic evolution = atheistic evolution plus God
While this may seem so subtle it isn't an issue at first, it's importance will grow the more you consider it. God wants you to believe in Him as the source and point of life, not by our means (evolution, atheism, etc..). We should be able to agree on that much. From their it isn't hard to see that God would not want us to simply modify atheism to include God. Evolution does not require God or it would have been made that way from the start so in no uncertain terms then theistic evolution is just the adding of a God concept to atheism. It's an appeasement. That is a second place offering and, as Cain found out, that will not cut it when it comes to pleasing God.

6. All people are descendants of Adam
Evolution does not stand that a single organism was spontaneously given life and then (alone) grew into a man. It needs several organisms to grow at the same level and time so that by multiplying it might gain positive changes. The Bible says God created man all by himself and in full form no less. The conflict is that God created (in complete) one full human while evolution needs lots of breeding by different entities to create stages of mankind until one full human is ready. The contrast in models is striking and they can't both be true.

7. All doctrines founded in Genesis
Marriage (earthly and Heavenly)...sin and salvation...death and life...purposed and meaning, all of these and so many more are first laid down in Genesis's creation account by God. These are not just dusty and out of date doctrines we are talking about, but the very basis for understanding all things. Simply put, when put under a bit of scrutiny evolution erodes and corrupts all these understandings. A clear conflict of what God intended. (While I would love to detail each one here and now I've already had to split this post once, so you'll have to email me or wait for another post on the topic.)