Gen 1:24
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
– English KJV
” ויאמר אלהים תוצא הארץ נפשׁ חיה למינה בהמ ורמשׂ וחיתו ארץ למינה ויהי כן׃ "
– Hebrew Text
“'amar 'elohıym yatsa' 'erets nephesh chay miyn behemah remes chay 'erets miyn hayah ken”
– Hebrew Pronunciation
Today we will be looking at the most important link in the evolutionary chain: Macro Evolution
Macro Evolution is the theoretical process where one “kind” of animal becomes another “kind”.
According to evolution, we gradually evolved from some form of ape, which gradually evolved from another form of ape and so they trace our roots back to single celled organisms that “must have emerged from a primeval lake or another body of water”… From this body of water single celled organisms evolved, which split into various forms (“species”) along the evolutionary timeline. According to this theory the species are still evolving (and apparently have been for millions of years) and continue to grow stronger (the strongest survive…).
This theory has a few serious flaws and assumptions in it. We will start by looking at the assumption that species are improving:
Are We Continually Improving Through Evolution?
Evolution requires us to improve in order for the theory to be viable; therefore, they will answer “yes” to the above question without hesitation. Unfortunately (for them), the opposite has already been proven in the early 1940’s when advances were made in genetic research.
Species around the world (including us) are weakening with every generation. We are not growing stronger, we are actually degrading as time goes on. During the 40’s and 50’s the Darwinian Evolutionary theory was mostly abandoned and replaced by Neo-Darwinism. Neo-Darwinism was concocted by a large group of scientists that realized that genetic research was disproving some of the most crucial foundations of the evolution theory and that natural selection alone (as Darwin theorized) was not sufficient to explain the vast diversity of life on this planet.
Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism:
The old theory was based on fossils and a very badly thought-up fossil record. Those pictures in science books that show the various fossils buried in the ground, depicting the “newest evolved life” on top and older species the deeper you go down, are nothing more than myths. There is no place on earth where a complete (or even remotely complete) fossil record has ever been found. In fact, there are places where dinosaurs bones have been found along with human bones (modern-day humans – “homo sapiens”, as the scientists have classified us), as well as various other anomalies that completely contradict the standardized fossil record (such as fossilized trees that intersect through these layers that apparently took millions of years to form – known as Polystrate Fossil Tree’s.), however, these findings are not allowed to be published in scientific journals (unless you are trying to explain it away) as they contradict the foundation of the current evolution theory.
Neo-Darwinism or “modern evolutionary synthesis”, regarded by most evolutionary scientists as one and the same, is based not on any proof, but rather on far-fetched assumptions made specifically to fill the growing holes and errors within the evolution theory. For those interested in a more in-depth study I would recommend looking at some of the literature and seminars listed at the end of this study.
Some interesting facts:
- In America, only 14% of the population believes in the current evolution theory. 33% of the population firmly rejected it. The remaining 53% either does not know whether it took place or disagree with the current theory, but cannot replace it with another theory they are completely happy with.
- 45% of American scientists reject the theory of evolution
- Most of the Eastern scientists believe that evolution happened, however, they firmly reject the current theory and rather suggest that we are just unable to explain it. Due to the lack of Christian influence in the East, most do not know about the creation possibility and are often amazed when evidence for this is shown to them.
(Research done by National Geographic and is available on their website)
A quick look at DNA:
We looked at DNA last week, so you should all remember the ladder of DNA called genes. This ladder is far more complex than most can imagine. It consists of 4 different nucleotide subunits (Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine and Thymine), in the double helix (the ladder structure) each one of these can only merge with one other (Adenine can ONLY link up with Thymine and Cytosine can only link up with Guanine) – I know, who cares, right?
Well here is the interesting bit: The links created by these nucleotides create an amazing code that can be described as God’s Morse code… They usually consist of three “steps” on the ladder that forms one “codon”. A series of these codons will explain something like “blue eyes” or “brown hair” etc. What is more amazing is that after each one of these short sequences of codons there is a specific structure that indicates “stop”…
Ex:
The DNA structure is extremely complex (Not to mention the incredible duplication system…). It is the most complex coded system we have ever seen! It is like a million page book with no grammatical mistakes…and they want us to believe that this came together by chance. It would be like flying in a plane with millions of letters and emptying the bags from a few kilometers in the air and on the ground they find 1) all the letters the right way around, 2) the letters forming actual words and 3) these words creating coherent sentences… Simply put: It is impossible that DNA formed by chance in some primeval body of water…
We will now move on to one of the biggest stumbling blocks of evolution and the number one reason why so many scientists do not agree with the modern day evolution theory: Deteriorating DNA.
The Deterioration of DNA
The biggest problem with evolving from one “kind” of animal to another “kind” is that it isn’t genetically possible…
Information in the gene code can only be (1) copied, (2) lost or (3) mutated/scrambled.
In normal cell division we have genetic codes copied over. Sometimes some of the codes are lost and a part of the DNA structure is completely missing. Mutations are when the data is scrambled up – that part of the DNA structure then becomes a useless string (it does not improve or add information).
Evolutionists added a fourth option: Addition. Some claim that data can be added, however, this is impossible. We have never seen it happen. Also, as I explained in the previous section, DNA is far too complex for any coherent strings to form by chance.
Last week we saw that mutations in DNA occur. Since mutations and loss of DNA happens all the time the DNA becomes more and more deteriorated with every generation. Evolution requires the DNA to improve (since species are improving from the primeval single celled organisms – apparently).
The problem with going from “kind” to “kind” is that all the genetic information about a “kind” (a dog for example) is in the cells already. Nothing new can be added to that genetic code. We cannot get a cat from a dog because the dog simply does not have the DNA to EVER become a cat (even if we add millions of years – we will have funny looking dogs – based on the DNA in them already - but they will all be dogs)...
If you have the DNA to form an arm, your body will form an arm. If you have the DNA to form a leg, your body will form a leg. A single celled organism does not have the DNA to form anything other than a single-celled organism. It cannot become a dog because it does not have the DNA required to form anything that is in a dog. All that a single-celled organism can do is become weaker with each generation as the DNA becomes more and more corrupt…
Everything you need to become what you are is within your DNA already. Nothing more and nothing less.
Conclusion:
DNA is unimaginably complex; in fact, it is a miracle that it even works the way it does. DNA shows us that our genetic structure is deteriorating, not improving.
Evolution is not a viable option because it requires the DNA to improve. The Bible, on the other hand, clearly shows that man has been going downhill since the fall in the Garden of Eden.
DNA supports only the Biblical account. We cannot prove Creation, but we can disprove most of the pillars that the theory of evolution rests on. If the pillars supporting a theory are kicked out it will fall.
Since so much of our understanding of the world often comes from evolution (or rather from scientists who believe in evolution), we encounter many questions that need to be answered from a Creationist’s point of view. The next few weeks will focus on some of these questions.
Further Study:
There is much more on the subject of Macro Evolution, however, it is simply impossible to cram everything in. It would take me a few weeks just to go through this subject alone.
For those who are interested in learning more about Creation, I recommend the following resources:
DVD’s / Video’s:
- Creation Seminar Set (Lecture series by Dr. Kent Hovind)
- Creation Science Evangelism College Courses 101 – 104 (In depth lecture series by Dr. Kent Hovind)
- Incredible Creatures that Defy Evolution Part 1 – 3
- The Evolution of a Creationist DVD set (lecture series by Dr. Jobe Martin)
- Life’s Story
Literature:
- The Assumptions Behind the Theory of Evolution (Dave A. Schoch)
- The Evolution Handbook (Vance Ferrell)
- Thousands… not Billions (Dr. Don DeYoung)
- Creation’s Tiny Mysteries (Robert Gentry)
- Bones of Contention (Marvin Lubenow)
- Vestigial Organs Are Fully Functional (Jerry Bergman and George Howe)
- The Truth About Creation and Evolution (Robert Knopf)
- In Six Days (Dr. John Ashton)
- In The Beginning (Dr. Walt Brown)
- Darwin’s Black Box (Michael Behe)
- Icons of Evolution (Jonathan Wells)
Websites:
- www.drdino.com – Creation Science Evangelism’s Official website (All above mentioned DVD’s and literature is available through this site)
- www.answersingenesis.org – The official website of the Creation magazine “Answers” – a very detailed site (Dr Kent Hovind – and myself – disagrees with one or two of their Creation theories, however, he highly recommends them as a Creation resource.)
