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to the Evolutionist:

In the beginning there was nothing.

And nothing said to itself, “Let us become something, explode, and become an ordered universe that is governed by laws of science, physics, and mathematics.

Let us become a universe that is able to sustain life.

And it happened.

All of the universe was created.

Nothing became something, exploded, and became everything.

And this all took billions of years…

Then the earth said, “let us make life from the primordial soup.”

And it was so; many chemical reactions happened over time.

These chemical reactions became more and more complex, and became a living cell that could reproduce and grow.

From this single cell came all of the different animals; the birds of the air, the fish in the sea, and the animals on the ground.

All of this happened through chance, random processes and mutations.

And this all took billions of years…

And there was a special group of animals, the primates.

And they said, “Let us make man in our image,” and it was so.

Over time, through chance mutations, the primate became a man.

This man was special.

He formed a much more complex brain than the primates before him.

He could reason.

He had a conscience that could tell right from wrong.

He formed emotions, human dignity, and reason.

And man was able to, through His intellect, find his purpose in life… Nothing.

And this all took billions of years.

Defining Evolution

What do you think about when you hear the word evolution?

The word has many meanings.

It can simply mean “change; a process of formation or growth.”

Here are two more common definitions given today:

“Evolution is the process by which a species changes or adapts to its environment through time...”5

“the descent of different species from a common ancestor over many generations.”7

When we think of the word, we are usually drawn to the third definition, which is usually referred to as Darwinian evolution.

But we will see in this lesson that evolutionists like to blur the lines as much as they can when it comes to defining evolution.

We are not going to do this.

We are going to define our terms properly and show some of the clear differences between them.

Is Evolution true?

Many smart people tend to think so.

You may have noticed that a good number of scientists today no longer talk about evolution as a theory, but as a fact.

My biology textbook does not even call it the “theory” of evolution.

It introduces it as a fact that has been happening since the origin of life!

A very outspoken atheist and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, made this statement about evolution:

“One thing all real scientists agree upon is the fact of evolution itself.

It is a fact that we are cousins of gorillas, kangaroos, starfish, and bacteria.

Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.

It is not a theory, and for pity's sake, let's stop confusing the philosophically naive by calling it so.

Evolution is a fact."1

Many scientists agree with Richard Dawkins and go as far as saying that if you question evolution, you are questioning science itself.

If you question it as a scientist, you aren’t even a real scientists in the eyes of some scientists.

The debate usually turns to being in between science vs. faith, with many unbelievers saying that science is the winner by default.

Then the next step is to call theists irrational and illogical because they believe we are contradicting known, observable science.

Is evolution really a fact?

Has it REALLY been observed?

The answer to these questions is “Yes and no.”

This debate is all about defining our terms, as we have already done.

Evolutionists try to mix definitions of the word “evolution” so they can say we have observed it in a laboratory.

Many scientists are not willing to make the distinction that I am going to make between two definitions because it kills their beloved theory.

The difference I am talking about is the difference between microevolution and macroevolution.

Evolution is True: Micro-Evolution

Micro-Evolution is the observed reality of variation within a kind (, ).

This might better be called variation, or adaptation.

You and I have observed micro-evolution.

For example, how many different types of dogs have you seen?

You have the Great Dane and the Chihuahua.

Both dogs, but clearly different.

The differences in dogs can be explained by breeding over hundreds and thousands of generations.

Micro-evolution has been observed.

Examples are Darwin’s finches, fruit flies, peppered moths, and many others.

This has been observed.

No rational person can deny micro-evolution is true.

Micro-evolution is from God.

And the Bible allows for it.

God created every animal after its kind.

We should expect to see over thousands of years changes within the different kinds of animals, such as the dog example we just talked about.

We see changes within a kind in scripture, even something simple as what we see in where Jacob gets Laban’s flocks to mate so they would bear flocks that were striped, speckled, and spotted.

As simple as this is, it is an example of differences within a kind.

It is an example of microevolution.

Microevolution is from God.

It is a fact.

Evolution is False: Macro-Evolution

Macro-evolution is a different story.

Macro-evolution is the teaching that through small changes, organisms and animals can jump from one species to another, such as a primate becoming a human over long periods of time through natural selection and chance mutations.

Scientists use micro-evolution to prove macro-evolution.

There is a huge difference between adapting to your environment and becoming a whole different kind of animal.

It is nothing more than speculation to say that many small changes within a species can lead to one animal becoming a completely different animal.

To say it can happen is not science, but a statement of blind faith.

Macro-evolution has never been observed in a laboratory.

If it has not been observed in a laboratory, it doesn’t qualify as observable science.

It does not qualify to be a hypothesis, let alone a theory.

To be classified as a hypothesis, it must be observable and testable.5

But the fact remains, an animal becoming an animal of a completely different species through adaptation or chance mutations has never been observed by a human eye.

It can only be a statement of faith.

Every example of macroevolution that evolutionists have pointed me to have been examples of microevolution; whales becoming whales, plants becoming plants, etc.

Scientific Problems with Evolution

There are also scientific problems with evolution.

I will mention two:

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The origin of life problem.

For Darwinian Evolution to be true, life had to come from non-life on its own at some point billions of years ago.

This has never been observed in a lab.

No one has seen non-living matter become alive on its own.

The probability that such a thing can happen is beyond the realm of possibility.