A 2013 Pew Research Center survey found that roughly a quarter of adults (24%) say that "a supreme being guided the evolution of living things for the purpose of creating humans and other life in the form it exists today". The survey also showed that 36% of white evangelical Protestants say humans have evolved over time, while 60% say humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.
Some Christian thinkers,
like Charles Kingsley and Frederick Temple, began to reconcile evolution
with their faith in the 19th century, suggesting that evolution could
be a mechanism used by God.
Many Catholics, and other Christians, embrace the concept of theistic evolution, which suggests that God used the process of evolution to create life, rather than a literal, six-day creation.
But what does the Bible say?
In Genesis chapter 1 we are given the account of how God created the heavens and the earth and all life on earth. Again and again we read "and God said, let there be" and whatever he said came into being.
- The 1st day God created light and separated the light from darkness and called the light day and the dark night.
- One the 2nd day God created the firmament which he called heaven and used the firmament to divide the waters that were above the firmament from the waters below the firmament.
- On the 3rd day God gathered the waters under the firmament and caused dry land to appear which he filled with all kinds of vegetation; tress, grass, and herbs.
- On the 4th day God created the sun, moon, and stars.
- On the 5th day God created every kind of creature to fill the seas and every kind of creature that flies.
- On the sixth day God created every kind of beast and creature to fill the earth and, finally, God created mankind, male and female.
- Finally, on the 7th day God ended his creative work and rested, blessing the seventh day, sanctifying it and making it holy.
The 7th day Sabbath a sign
The 7th day Sabbath was given to mankind long before Moses and the children of Israel and their wanderings in the wilderness. In fact, the 7th day Sabbath was first given to mankind to in the garden Eden before our first parents, Adam and Eve, ever sinned. The fourth commandment, reveals that the 7th day Sabbath is God's sign that he is our Creator and Redeemer!
The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 2:27-28
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. ...Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Exodus 31:13,15-17
And should some still try to claim that the 7th day Sabbath was for the Jew, let's remind ourselves how God's word defines a Jew:
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:27-29
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 2:28-29
Scoffers in the last days
A scoffer is a person who laughs and speaks about a person or idea in a way that shows they think that person or idea is stupid or silly.
The Bible predicted that in the last days many would scoff at the idea of the literal creation account as given in Genesis, as well as the account of the world destroying flood in Noah's day. (2 Peter 3:3-7)
Science falsely so called
Paul admonishes us in 1 Timothy 6:20-21 to "keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith."
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; ...All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:13,14,16
Just as we are to be wareful of false preachers, teachers, and miracle workers, but we also are warn to be wary of false science.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 1 Corinthians 3:19
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
Evolution contradicts the Word of God
Evolution, with its emphasis on millions of years of struggle and death, contradicts the biblical account of creation where God created a perfect world and death only entered after sin.
If evolution is true, then the concept of the "fall of man" and the need for Christ's sacrifice becomes meaningless, as death and suffering are presented as inherent to the natural world, not a consequence of sin.
The biblical concept of God creating "according to their kinds," suggests that while variation within those kinds is possible, one kind cannot evolve into another, which is a core tenet of evolutionary theory. To date no one has ever observed one "kind" evolving into another, nor does the fossil record support this.
Besides being a flawed theory that undermines the authority of the Bible, the "scientific evidence" for evolution, despite claims otherwise, just does not exist.
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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Romans 1:20
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