WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION?

Have you ever thought about where you came

from? For centuries, Christians accepted the Bib-

lical account which says that God miraculously

created a man (Adam) and woman (Eve) in His own

image and likeness, from whom all humans are de-

scended.

However, in the mid-1800's Charles

Darwin began to popularize the theory of evolu-

tion, which says that man came from apes, which in

turn came from primitive mammals, which in turn

came from reptiles, which in turn ... and so on,

all the way back to lifeless chemicals.

The idea of evolution had been around at least

since the days of the Greek philosopher Aristotle,

but, as a result of its new popularity, some the-

ologians began to teach that the Genesis account

of creation was not literally true. They said

that it was merely a collection of myths which had

been put together by the ancient Jewish people to

explain their ideas about what happened "in the

beginning".

Thus, the opening chapters of Genesis

were merely a symbolic description of what had

really happened - evolution.

If you believe this (as I used to), here's a

short quiz. Ready? Name the three best scien-

tific evidences you know for evolution. Don't just

say something like "fossils" - be specific.

Can't do it, can you? Don't feel too bad; nei-

ther can most other people. Just as Christians in

the past accepted the Bible's account of creation

simply because it was in the Bible, nowadays many

professing Christians accept the theory of evolu-

tion without any evidence, simply because their

churches teach it or because they think it's "pro-

ven scientific fact".

Evolution is anything but proven, though. I'll

tell you later how to find out just a little of

the tremendous amount of evidence for creation,

but you might be interested to know that a recent

poll (Industrial Chemist, Nov. 1987) of America's

professional scientists and engineers revealed

that over 20% reject the theory of evolution. Why

haven't you heard about it before? Censorship.

In spite of this, you may be asking, "Well, who

cares anyway? Couldn't God have used evolution as

His method of creating?" Indeed, He could have if

He wanted to. But did He? You may be surprised to

find out just how important the answer really is.


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