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Pompous Propaganda from Evolutionists
by Eric Lyons
Recently, the most widely circulated daily newspaper in the state of
Texas, the Houston Chronicle, ran an article titled, “It’s Time for
Education to Evolve” (Falkenberg, 2008). Attempting to convince
readers that science teachers should not be required to volunteer
information about the “weaknesses of evolution,” columnist Lisa
Falkenberg suggested that “evolution is a scientific theory, not a
hypothesis. And scientific theories don’t have weaknesses. If they
did, the board [the Texas State Board of Education—EL] would be
justified in raising challenges to everything from gravity to
relativity to the germ theory of disease” (2008, emp. added). What’s
more, allegedly evolution is “a theory as basic to the teaching of
science as the U.S. Constitution is to the teaching of American
government” (2008). Thus, supposedly state and local school boards
should dismiss notions that teachers be required to scrutinize
evolution in the classroom.
Once again, fear is running rampant among the scientific
establishment and liberal media: fear of a thorough critique of
evolution; fear that students might be encouraged to consider the
weakness of evolution; fear that young minds will question whether
the state-sponsored explanation of origins is compatible with laws
of science. Sadly, such fear often produces pompous propaganda
reminiscent of Hitler’s 1930s policies to keep Germans from reading
anything hostile toward the Nazi Party.
Consider Falkenberg’s inaccurate, arrogant statement that evolution
is “as basic to the teaching of science as the U.S. Constitution is
to the teaching of American government” (2008). The fact is, many
brilliant scientists have rejected evolution. Sir Isaac Newton,
Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle, Lord William Kelvin, Louis Pasteur,
Michael Faraday, Carolus Linnaeus, the Wright brothers, George
Washington Carver, Wernher von Braun, and many other notable,
respected scientists never believed that evolution was fundamental
to science. These men performed great experiments, made remarkable
discoveries, and invented a great variety of beneficial devices, yet
all the while rejecting the General Theory of Evolution. If, as
Falkenberg alleges, evolution is “a theory as basic to the teaching
of science as the U.S. Constitution is to the teaching of American
government,” and all of these men rejected evolution, how could they
have been real scientists? Either they were not legitimate
scientists, or Falkenberg’s assertion is false. Who is prepared to
discredit the work of Louis Pasteur, George Washington Carver, or
Wernher von Braun, simply because they were not evolutionists? And
what about the many medical doctors around the world who reject
evolution, but still practice medicine and perform surgeries
efficiently? Must their work be dismissed simply because they reject
evolution? The fact is, a person does not have to be an evolutionist
to be a scientist. Such a notion is absurd.
In the second place, Falkenberg alleged that “evolution is a
scientific theory, not a hypothesis. And scientific theories don’t
have weaknesses.” Yet, evolution’s explanation for the beginning of
the Universe contradicts the law of cause and effect. (How did a
14-billion-light-year Universe come from an explosion of a
proton-size ball of matter billions of years ago? [see Lyons, 2007;
see also Thompson, 2004, pp. 131-138]) Evolution’s explanation for
the beginning of life breaks the scientifically established law of
biogenesis. (No scientist has ever documented physical life coming
from non-life; see Thompson, pp. 139-152.) Evolution’s explanation
for how different kinds of life evolved also breaks the law of
biogenesis. (In nature, all life comes from previous life of its own
kind. A fly, for example, has never produced anything other than a
fly; see Butt, 2008.) Evolution’s explanation for design in the
Universe (e.g., the precise orbit of the Earth around the Sun) and
design on Earth (e.g., the design of a living cell) is terribly weak
and inadequate. As a result of an alleged explosion 14 billion years
ago, plus time, plus chance, plus non-intelligence, we supposedly
got a perfectly designed living cell, trilobite eye, human brain,
etc. When have explosions, time, chance, and non-intelligence ever
produced such wondrous effects? Scientists have never observed
anything of the sort. Still, Falkenberg has insisted that evolution
is as much a theory as gravity. Preposterous! Everyone has observed
an object falling at 9.8 meters per second squared. But, no one has
witnessed something come from nothing, life come from non-life, or
physical, functional, complex design come from non-intelligence.
Comparing evolution’s alleged factuality with the reality of gravity
is like comparing “little green men” with humans: we know humans
exist, but no one has ever seen a martian.
Desperate attempts by the media and the scientific establishment to
keep students in the dark about the weaknesses of evolution speak
volumes about the alleged factuality of their theory. If evolution
is as scientifically established as the law of gravity, what does
the evolutionary community have to fear? The fact is, the General
Theory of Evolution has many fatal weaknesses that should be
discussed in educational institutions around the world. Whatever
happened to academic freedom? It has been censored with the
fear-based propaganda of evolutionists.
REFERENCES
Butt, Kyle (2008), “Mutant Fruit Flies Bug Evolution,” Apologetics
Press, [On-line], URL: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/3723.
Falkenberg, Lisa (2008), “It’s Time for Education to Evolve,”
Houston Chronicle, November 24, [On-line], URL: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6130817.html.
Lyons, Eric (2007), “The Big Fizzle: Admissions from an Evolutionary
Astrophysicist,” Reason & Revelation,
Thompson, Bert (2004), The Scientific Case for Creation (Montgomery,
AL: Apologetics Press).
Copyright © 2008 Apologetics Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
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 Lessons
from Women in the Bible
by Mary Hawkins
In an effort to edify and build up our faith as Christian women we
would like to put forth some articles showing some examples of women
who have displayed the Christian graces as found in 2 Peter 1:5-7,
and to remind us what our responsibilities as women are in the
service of God.
An example of a woman who showed great faith was the Canaanite woman
who went to Jesus and asked him to heal her daughter. Read the
account of this in Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30. This woman,
who was a Gentile, came to Jesus with her faith and persevered until
Jesus granted her wish.
In Hebrews 11:11 we read how Sarah received strength to bear a son
when she was past the age of childbearing. In Sarah’s life we see
her weakness, her frailties and her strength, and we should strive
for greater faith such as she manifested.
The test of the greatness of our faith can be measured by three
things:
1. We obey in the face of difficulties.
2. We continue in prayer and service despite apparent denial of our
pleas.
3. We wait with patience for the Lord to do things in His own time.
Hebrews 11:6 reads, “But without faith it is impossible to please
him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” The word diligent
means persevering or having zeal in our service to God. If we hope
to have a home in heaven after we leave this old world, we have to
have a faith that is persevering and have it with zeal.
The old man of sin will put obstacles in our path to keep us from
serving God as we should. It takes great effort on our part
sometimes to make it to the services of the church, to find time to
prepare our Bible lessons, to visit the sick, and all the other
things we must do as Christians.
In the society that we live in today there are many demands on our
time. If we are a young parent this may be a typical day; meals to
prepare, clothes to wash, straighten the house, go to the
supermarket, carry the baby to the doctor, drive little Susie to
piano lessons, back home to throw some supper on the table. By the
time we have done this on a Wednesday night, which is Bible study
night, we are so tired that at this time it is easy for old Satan to
strike us at our most vulnerable time.
It is at this point that we need to pray to God for strength to be
able to persevere in the face of obstacles as did the Canaanite
woman and Sarah.
As Christian women let us put our trust and confidence in God and
continue to put our faith in practice as God has commanded.
1 John 2:3 states, “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we
keep his commandments.”
To help us walk the Christian life daily and to put our faith into
practice, let us remember the words of Paul to the Galatians as
found in Galatians 6:9, “And let us not be weary in well doing, for
in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” ~
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