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.
