originally published in 1991 by
Truth Baptist Church
Volume II
Summer 1999
illustrations by Cesar Feliciano
Inside
This Issue:
Explosion
or Creation? | Count the Stars |
The
Bible--A Medical Book?
A
Perplexity to Evolutionists |
Moon Dust--A Proof of Creation
What
About the Fossil Record? |
Comic Fiction of 'Missing Links'
Creation--
The same God loves you and has a beautiful purpose for your
life.
Which is most scientific?
Facts and Faith deals with this question.
The Bible and Science-- Examine the Facts
We believe that an honest evaluation of scientific facts will result in the conclusion that evolution is a myth--an attempt to explain the origin of the universe without belief in God. Discoveries in biology, astronomy, geology, archaeology, physics and paleontology have shown the impossibility of this theory.
Consider the Bible Claims Concerning Creation
- Genesis 1:1 states, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
- The Fourth Commandment says, "...for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is..." Exodus 20:11
- The prophet Jeremiah proclaims, "Ah, Lord GOD, behold thou hast made the heaven and earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm, and nothing is too hard for you" Jeremiah 32:17
Did Jesus Christ Believe In Creation?
A study of the gospels reveals Jesus Christ's view of creation.
When speaking about the coming period of tribulation, Jesus said, "For in those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of creation which God created until this time..." Mark 13:19.
Jesus believed that God was the author of the "creation".
In Mark 10:6 we see that man and woman were directly created from the start and were not the end result of a 4,000,000,000 year process, "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female." Consider also Matthew 19:4 where Jesus said, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female,..."
Surely no person who claims to believe in Jesus Christ could doubt the truth of creation.
An interesting point of controversy in our day exists over the question of the origin of the earth and the solar system. How did such perfect order and the delicate natural balance come about--trees, flowers, birds, fish, animals, oceans, streams, seasons, stars, planets, galaxies, etc. The Bible says that an infinitely wise God created all things by His Son, Jesus Christ, "For by Him were all things created" Colossians 1:16.
In Isaiah 45:12, God declares, "I have made the earth and created man upon it, I even My hands stretched out the heavens."
Others today say the earth and heavens came about from an explosion of gases 4.5 billion years ago. Which is most "scientific" to believe? Is it scientific to believe that perfect order can come from an explosion? A visit to Iraq after allied bombing should be evidence enough.
Do you believe a delicate and beautiful Swiss watch could come
from an explosion in a steel mill or that a dictionary could come
from an explosion in a print shop? If these ideas are
preposterous, what honest person could believe that all the
beauties and perfection of nature could result from an explosion
of hot poisonous gases. Is this science? 
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Years of experimentation and analysis have resulted in the discovery of several natural laws that govern the physical universe. Consider a couple of these.
This law called the First Law of Thermodynamics was developed by a Christian physicist, James Joule, and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz in the 1800's. No exceptions to this law have ever been found.
An honest person must ask, where did the abundant energy of the universe come from in the first place? Atheistic evolution has no credible answer that conforms with this universal principle of science. However the Bible reveals that God is the source of all things.
a. God Himself is not only the Author of the universe but of
the laws that govern it. At the time of creation He set in place
the First Law of Thermodynamics. Raw energy out of control or
having no order only creates destruction and havoc--consider
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This brings us to the Second Law of
Thermodynamics. Entropy measures the randomness, or disorder, in
a system. As energy is used it is not destroyed but it becomes
less able to do work. For example, a gallon of gasoline contains
much useful energy. However once it is burned, its heat is
randomly distributed into the atmosphere and is no longer capable
of doing work. The same is true of the sun. As the sun burns and
its energy is dissipated throughout the galaxy, the useable
energy in the solar system is diminished. Every housewife knows
that things do not tend toward order and cleanliness by accident.
It takes a lot of work to pick up, spruce up, and tidy up a
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This law also is true in the realm of biology. Left to itself, a prize winning herd of cattle will degenerate into a bunch of scrawny Texas longhorns. A prize winning apple orchard will degenerate over time into a few run-down trees with a few scabby apples.
We can be thankful that for the present time God actively works to prevent the heavens and earth from running down before His purposes are fulfilled. The Bible says that "He upholds all things by the word of His power" and "by Him all things consist [are held together]." Even so the day is coming that God will allow the earth and heavens to run down. This will demonstrate that things haven't simply held together by accident in contradiction to physical law. Consider the words of Hebrews 1:10-12,
"You Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the work of Your hands;
They will perish, but You remain;
And they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will fold them up and they shall be changed."
Agreement of Bible and Physical Law
The Bible conforms with the scientific stating that the earth and heavens will "grow old like a garment." Just as clothing gets old and wears out so will the creation.
How can people believe the incredible science fiction of evolution? The Bible explains that people who believe such absurdities are "willfully ignorant" that God created the earth and they "are without excuse."
Another testimony to the accuracy of the Bible is in the realm of astronomy. Jeremiah 33:22 says, "The host of heaven cannot be numbered." Scripture also compares the number of stars to the number of grains of sand on the seashore in Genesis 22:17. These passages which indicate that the number of stars is beyond counting were regarded by skeptics of centuries ago as a source of amusement. They were certain that the stars numbered only the thousand or so that could be seen by the naked eye. Therefore, the Bible's references to huge numbers were obviously wrong.
OR WERE THEY?
Galileo's optic tubes, the first telescopes used for viewing the
heavens. It was not until 1609, when Galileo turned his first
telescope toward the heavens that scientists slowly came to
realize that the number was far greater than originally believed.
Today, modern astronomers know that the number of stars in our
own galaxy alone is in the billions. Some estimate the total
number of stars to be at least ten sextillion. Written out this
number looks like this: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Others
estimate that the number is as high as one hundred octillion.
Written out this number looks like this:
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These numbers not only confirm the accuracy of the Scriptures but demonstrate the tremendous power of Almighty God. After detailing the creation of the sun and the moon in Genesis 2:14-17, the Bible simply states in verse 18, "He made the stars also". Man cannot even count the stars but for God creation of multitude of stars was a feat so small it is recorded in 5 simple words!
This passage of scripture also demonstrates the importance of man to God. Five words are used for one hundred octillion stars but nearly 1« chapters detail God's creation of man. Don't be fooled into thinking that your soul is not important to God.
Jesus said, "For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" Matthew 16:25
The individual human being is so important to God that He sent
His only begotten Son into the world to pay the price for man's
sin. You soul is worth more to God than all the physical
creation. Forgiveness of sin and everlasting life in heaven can
be yours by admitting to God your need of a Savior and asking
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What about medical science? One of its most important
discoveries is the importance of the blood to the body. Blood
transfusions are a common and effective treatment of many
disorders. This truth can also be found in the Bible. In
Leviticus 17:11, it states, "The life of the flesh is in the
blood." This statement, written about 1400 B.C., illustrates
the importance of the blood to the life of the body. God, who
created the human body, knew what sustained it and revealed this
to the ancient Jews many centuries before modern science
discovered it.
As recently as the nineteenth century, some doctors still
believed that sick persons should have part of their blood
drained out of their bodies in order to aid in healing. It was
this very practice of "bleeding" sick patients that
brought George Washington's death on December 14, 1799. He caught
acute laryngitis on December 12. The doctors "bled" him
"heavily four times" and he died soon after. Had the
Word of God been followed, such a practice, which actually
weakens the patient, would have been avoided.
One of the most interesting discoveries of modern medical science is the truth that the flesh and blood of animals is not the same as that of man. In the 1700's the leading physician of Paris, Jean Baptiste Denis, performed the first authentically recorded blood transfusion on human beings. Unfortunately, he used lamb's blood for the transfusion. One patient died. He was charged with murder in the courts. Blood transfusions were not attempted again for more than 200 years. At this time, human blood was used.
Thus it must be observed that it took medical science until
the 19th century to discover a truth that God had revealed to
Moses more than 33 centuries before; namely, that each living
species is totally distinct from and incompatible with every
other. In 1400 B.C. Moses recorded, "And God made the beasts
of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind,
and every living thing that creeps on the ground after its
kind." Genesis 1:25
The Apostle Paul had no difficulty understanding this truth in 55
A.D. when he wrote, "All flesh is not the same flesh, but
there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and
another flesh of birds, and another of fish." 1 Corinthians
15:39
The truth of the uniqueness of the species is especially
perplexing to evolutionists who deny the direct creation of man
and animals by God. According to their "theory" of
evolution, all life sprang up through one common line of
ancestry. This "theory" requires the flesh and blood of
all species to be basically compatible. However, modern medical
science has exposed the fallacy of this "theory"
through "discovering" the totally distinct,
non-transferable, and incompatible nature of the flesh and blood
of each species.
Should we not agree with Jesus Christ that, "the
scripture cannot be broken" John 10:35?
Moon Dust--A Proof of Creation
Exploration of the moon has provided us with more evidence of the trustworthiness of the Bible and the flaws in evolutionary thinking. Scientists know that many millions of tons of cosmic dust fall each year on both the earth and the moon. We do not notice it here because of erosion. But there is almost no erosion on the moon. Thus, the dust piles up continually on the moon's surface. If, as evolutionists believe, the universe is billions of years old, the accumulation of dust should be great, amounting to many feet in depth.
Prior to the first moon landing, most scientists predicted
that the loose lunar dust would be between 50 and 100 feet in
depth, presenting grave difficulties for the moon craft. One
prediction of only 12 feet was viewed with skepticism by the
scientific community. When man finally reached the moon, it was
discovered that the dust was between 1/2 inch and 3 inches deep.
Since there is no method by which the dust could be carried away,
the shallowness of it means that it has not been accumulating for
long. That, in turn, means that the age of the moon and earth
must be measured in thousands of years, not the millions or
billions required for evolution to have take place. This dilemma
has been carefully avoided by most scientific journals and the
news media.
What about the shape of the earth? The Old Testament writer, Isaiah, speaking of the Lord, wrote, "It is He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth." Isaiah 40:22
In 2000 B.C. Job spoke, "He has inscribed a circle on the
surface of the waters, at the boundary of light and
darkness." Job 26:10 The Hebrew word translated
"circle" comes from a verb meaning "draw
round" or "make circle". A similar noun means
"circle instrument" or "compass". Both Job
and Isaiah, writing under God's inspiration, revealed that the
earth was a round sphere in their time (before 700 B.C.), even
though modern science did not abandon its flat earth theories
until the fifteenth century voyages of Columbus and Magellan.
What Came First...The Chicken or the Egg?
This question is a dilemma only to those without faith in God. The Bible has the obvious answer. "And God created...every winged fowl after his kind..." Genesis 1:21 The answer is clearly that God created the chicken with the capacity for laying eggs used to "let fowl multiply in the earth." Genesis 1:22
Is Belief in God Unscientific?
A cursory study of science history reveals that some of the greatest scientists of all time had strong faith in God and in the Bible. Many of these attributed their great accomplishments to God's help to them. Sir Isaac Newton was a diligent student of the Bible as well as of science. He wrote a number of commentaries on various books of the Bible including Daniel and Revelation.
Robert Boyle, known to historians as the father of chemistry, studied the scriptures in their original languages and dedicated his scientific endeavors to witnessing to God's creation and control of the universe. In his will he designated funds for the "Boyle Lectures," a series of sermons each years to demonstrate that Christianity is both intellectually and scientifically more defensible than any other opposing philosophy.
Michael Faraday, an outstanding English physicist, was a devote Christian who attended a small Bible-believing Presbyterian church both on Sunday and the midweek service. A friend wrote, that Faraday "drinks from a fount on Sunday that refreshes his soul for the week."
It would defy reason to say that the faith of men such as Sir Isaac Newton, James Boyle, or Michael Faraday was the product of a weak mind. The following is a short listing (by no means comprehensive) of some key contributions of Bible-believing scientists of the past.
Contributions of Bible-believing Scientists
| Scientist | Date | Key Contribution |
| Francis Bacon | 1561-1626 | Scientific method |
| Johann Kepler | 1571-1630 | Scientific astronomy |
| Robert Boyle | 1627-1691 | Chemistry; Gas Law |
| Isaac Newton | 1642-1727 | Dynamics; Calculus; Gravitational Law; Reflecting Telescope |
| Crolus Linneaus | 1707-1778 | Taxonomy; Biological classification |
| William Herschel | 1738-1822 | Galactic astronomy; Uranus |
| John Dalton | 1766-1844 | Atomic Theory |
| Michael Faraday | 1791-1867 | Electromagnetics |
| James Joule | 1818-1889 | Thermodynamics |
| Louis Pasteur | 1822-1895 | Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Sterilization |
| Gregor Mendel | 1822-1884 | Genetics |
| Lord Kelvin | 1822-1907 | Energetics, Absolute Temperature |
| Joseph Lister | 1827-1912 | Antiseptic surgery |
| Joseph Maxwell | 1831-1879 | Electrodynamics |
| William Ramsay | 1852-1916 | Isotopic chemistry, Element transmutation |
The theory of evolution contends that life appeared "spontaneously" on the earth, and that over millions of years life forms changed and became more complex. Man is assumed to be the product of this process. Fossils, the remains of dead plants and animals, have left a record of the organisms that have populated the earth.
Does the fossil record support evolution? The fossil record is
the most powerful evidence possible against evolution.
Of all the
millions of fossils that have been discovered not one example of
a transitional form (part fish - part reptile, etc.) has ever
been found! If evolution were true, the fossils should be
literally full of evidence of these transitional forms. But, this
simply is not true. The fossil record in rock layers shows that
fish have always been fish, birds have always been birds, etc.
True "missing links" have never been found. When a
species appears in the fossil layers it is fully formed and
recognizable as a distinct member of a stable, major animal or
plant group.
Modern research has shown that in recorded history species are constantly moving toward extinction. Every day we live more than 50 species of life become extinct. If evolution were true, one would expect to see the process providing multiplied examples of emerging species. The sincere seeker asks "where is the emerging species?" Is it too much to ask for one new species--one type of life changing into another? If the millions of existing life forms did come from each other, change should be the rule not the exception. One man said, "Incredible! One hundred million years of evolution and no fossilized transitional forms."
Comic Fiction of "Missing Links"
Since Darwin's day, evolutionists worldwide have searched frantically to find one example of a true "missing link". If only one lizard could be found with wings, or a fish with legs, or a human with a tail, evolutionists worldwide would proclaim it from the housetops. One might ask, what about all elaborate evolutionary schemes found in museums around the world--complete with models, pictures, clothing, tools and even facial expressions! The answer to this is one of the most astounding cover-ups of modern history. In fine print you will find such terms as "artist's interpretation", or "presumed reconstruction," etc. In truth the missing link fossil men only exist in the fertile imaginations of evolutionist.
No theory launched upon mankind has made such an impact as
Darwin's theory of evolution. This eliminates the problem of
accountability to God and all absolute moral values. Evolution
accepts man as an animal responsible only to himself. Since Bible
has been removed from public education and the religious faith of
evolution substituted, America has slid into a moral and
spiritual quagmire. Suicide, animalistic murders, perverted
sexual behavior, drugs, divorce, abortion, lying, stealing, rape,
child abuse, homosexuality, low achievement and a host of other
ills have afflicted our nation.
There is only one solution for America's problems--a return to
the solid foundation of the Bible (and its morality) and faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ.
Consider Some Famous "Missing Links"
Nebraska Man
In the early 1920's, Henry Osborn, Director of the American
Museum of Natural History, discovered a tooth in a lonely sand
hill in Nebraska. He and several other eminent scientists held a
postmortem examination on this tooth. They declared it to be the
long-looked-for "missing link" which the world awaited.
This find was publicized far and wide as the ancient Nebraska
"ape-man". However upon more through examination of the
site, the entire skeleton was found. The ancient ape-man was
neither ape nor man but an extinct pig!
Piltdown Man
In 1953 the scientific community declared that the missing link
had finally been found. It was later discovered that Piltdown man
was a sophisticated hoax. A human skull and an ape jawbone had
been placed together and artificially treated to make them appear
much older than they were. The teeth had been filed down to make
them appear man like. Piltdown man made a monkey of the experts!
Java Man
In 1891, Dubois discovered the top of a skull. A year later a
femur bone and some teeth. The skull was ape-like, the femur was
man-like. This discovery was hailed far and wide as the
"missing link". After 30 years of silence, Dubois
admitted that he had found two human skulls at the same place and
his Java man skull was really that of a monkey.
Some "More" Famous "Missing Links"
Peking Man
In the 1920's, a single tooth was found. With no other evidence,
Dr. Davidson Black, Professor of Anatomy at Union Medical
College, Peking, declared that this tooth belonged to an ancient
humanoid creature in China. Other "significant"
fragments were later found. Before other scientists could look at
these fragments they were mysteriously lost except for 2 teeth.
Neandrathal Man
Discovered in the Neander Valley in Germany in the late 1800's,
this fossil man was thought to be a brutish sub-human man.
Further investigation has revealed that Neandrathal Man was
simply a human being who had a severe arthritic condition
probably due to a vitamin D deficiency.
Lucy
Lucy is a supposed "fossil woman" found in the 1970's
and on exhibit at Epcott Center in Florida. Lucy is 3.5 feet tall
with very long arms and long curved hands much like a pygmy
chimpanzee. The knee joint was reported to be human like--thus a
missing link. Further investigation has revealed that Lucy's
knees are very similar to those of an orangutan or a spider
monkey and not those of a human. Additional study has led many to
the conclusion that Lucy was a member of an extinct tree climbing
ape family--not the progenitor of the human race.
Next time you visit a museum or read a news release about "missing link fossil men", be sure to read the fine print or the follow-up report. Fossil men exist only in the minds of evolutionists and their artists.
And Now, For Some Compelling Conclusions...
What difference does all this make?
Your decision on these matters could determine where you spend eternity. If the Bible is in error, if God does not exist, if He did not create us, then man is no more than an animal as evolutionists indicate. There will be no day of judgment. There is no life after death. There are no absolute moral values--no rights and wrongs. If Darwin's selection of the fittest is true, then we have no moral restraint to prevent adoption of Hitler's philosophy of eliminating "sub-human" races and undesirable people.
Black people (or white people), Jews, old people, crippled people, mentally retarded people, unwanted babies in mother's wombs, the poorly educated, the weak and sick and any other undesirable being should be eliminated. They are only a burden to society. They use resources that could give the more highly evolved among us more pleasure.
But, if God is our Creator as the Bible teaches, then we would do well to draw some conclusions from its precepts.
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