Evolution and Creation

Cky J. Carrigan, Ph.D. (July 2005)

Why is it important to study EVOLUTION (Darwinism)?

• Darwinism Poisons Morals

• Darwinism Poisons Evangelism

• Darwinism Poisons Truth (Not AJTB)

Topics for Discussion

• Epistemology (How Do We Know?)

• Metaphysics (What is Reality Like?)

• Cosmology (Origin of Universe?)

• Geology (Origin of Earth?)

• Biology (Origin of Life?)

• Anthropology (Origin of Man?)

What Counts as Knowledge?

• Belief

• True Belief

• Justified True Belief

• Appropriately Justified True Belief

View of Reality (Worldview)?

• Theism

-Creator God/Intelligent Designer

-Open Universe

• Naturalism (Atheism)

-The Universe is all there is

-Closed Universe

Origin of the Universe?

• Intelligent Designer

-Theistic God

-Creator

-Causer

• Big Bang (10-20 billion years ago)

-Necessary bc of Naturalism

-Matter has always existed

-Dense matter explodes

Big Bang Rebuttal

• First Law of Thermodynamics (Law of Energy Conservation):

-Energy can be converted, but cannot be created or destroyed by any natural means.

Universe Can’t Generate Itself.

Big Bang Rebuttal

• Second Law of Thermodynamics (Law of Energy Decay):

-Energy available for useful work tend to decrease.

-Organized complexity tends to become disorganized.

Universe should be out of energy.

Big Bang Rebuttal

• No accounting for the existence of galaxies or galaxy clusters, because Big Bang should have dispersed matter uniformly through space.

• No accounting for the existence of stars, because new stars need other stars to form.

Origin of the Earth?

• According to Naturalism, formed 4.5 billion years ago as a result of purely naturalistic causes.

• According to Intelligent Design & Theism, “God Created”

Origin of Life?

• According to Naturalism: by chance, over time, via mutations, non-living matter became the building blocks for life, which became a simple-celled organism, which became more and more complex organisms. (Tree of Life)

• According to Intelligent Design & Theism, “God Created” life after its own kind. (Orchard of Life)

Rebuttal of Darwinism – 4 Eyes

• Ignores Intelligent Design Possibility.

• Cannot account for Information Increase between species.

• Biochemistry’s Principle of Irreducible Complexity.

• Fossil record absent of any certain Intermediate Species.

Rebuttal of Darwinism

Principle of Irreducible Complexity applied to …

• Bird Lungs and Wings from Reptiles?

• Whale from Land Mammals?

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Three Christian Views of Origins

• Young Earth Creationism (6/24hdays)

• Old Earth (Progressive) Creationism

-Six 24hr days of creation followed by indeterminate Age

-Six Ages

• Theistic Evolution