Why Believe in Creation?

Why Believe in Creation?

By Jennifer Lee Bartlett

2005

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Scientists are discovering that the theory of evolution just doesn’t hold up to modern scientific discoveries.  Because of this, the theory of Intelligent Design is being considered more seriously in the scientific realm. This theory states that life did not evolve; but instead was created by an intelligent designer. Although many scientists will not call the designer “God,” more are being persuaded by the evidence that mere chance could not possibly account for the magnitude of finely tuned conditions required for life, or for the intricate complexity found in the design of even the most “simple” life forms.

What follows is a simple introduction to some of the evidence for creation.  Links to sources may be found at the bottom.

What about the Big Bang?

Where did all the stuff in the universe come from?

Evolutionists believe that all the matter in the universe was once compressed into a tiny dot, which then exploded, but they don’t know how it got there.  The first law of thermodynamics says that there is always the same amount of matter/energy in the universe.  Evolutionists interpret this law by assuming that matter has always existed.  Many evolutionists believe that matter is all that exists, so although they understand that everything needs a cause for existing, they don't want to trace the beginning of the universe to a Cause outside of matter itself, so they settle for the assumption that there never was a beginning.  

 Genesis 1:1-2 says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” John 1:1-3 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” 

We believe that God is spirit. He doesn’t require a beginning because He is not “matter.” He doesn’t conform to physical laws because He exists outside of them. In fact, God is the source of all physical laws and He created everything in the universe.  He is the ultimate "Cause" for all that is, ever was, or ever will be.

How did everything spread out into the immeasurable universe we have today?

Evolutionists don’t know how or why the matter in the tiny dot exploded.  

In Genesis 1:2, we saw “darkness on the face of the deep” until in verse 3 God said, “‘Let there be light’; and there was light.” God spoke light into existence, and this was on the first day of creation, before the sun, moon and stars were created on day 4. Isaiah 42:5 says, “Thus says God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out...”

The material that the earth and space are made of was apparently created in Genesis 1:1. Although it doesn’t specifically say how God did it, everything was made simply by His speaking it into existence (except for man, whom God formed by hand). We know that sound makes waves. When God spoke, it caused waves to travel in all directions, and this may very well have been what caused the universe to begin to expand.

The conservation of angular momentum

Evolutionists believe that all the matter in that tiny dot was spinning really fast when it exploded, but the fact that many planets and galaxies spin in completely different directions defies the physical law of the conservation of angular momentum.

The best way to illustrate the conservation of angular momentum is to consider a merry-go-round that is spinning clockwise. If some kids are on the merry-go-round and it is spinning so fast that the kids fly off of it, they will fly off spinning clockwise. (Thanks to Kent Hovind for this illustration; his website is listed below.)

The simplest explanation for the fact that galaxies and planets don’t all spin in the same direction is that God set them all in motion that way for His purpose (which was probably so the big bang theory wouldn’t make any sense).

Evidence for a young earth

The earth is slowing down!

According to the second law of thermodynamics, everything is winding down.  Although the speed at which the earth spins is in constant flux due to the changes in the gravitational pulls from the moon and other planets as the earth moves along its orbit around the sun, the earth's rotation is slowing down.  (See http://www.creation-answers.com/slowing.htm for more detailed information.)  The logical inverse of this is that the earth used to be spinning faster.  Those who are inclined to try to fit the theory of evolution into the biblical account of creation often suggest that the length of the days in which the earth was created may have been different than it is now, allowing for the possibility of millions of years to elapse in the course of a few days.  However, in light of the fact that the rotation of the earth is slowing down, if there ever has been a significant difference in the length of a day, it has been shorter, not longer!  This flies in the face of the evolutionist's argument.  The theory of evolution cannot operate within the framework of the biblical account of creation.  According to Genesis, God created sea creatures and birds on day 5, and He created land animals and man on day 6.

Where is all the moon dust?

When scientists were building the first spacecraft that was to land on the moon, they assumed there would be a very thick layer of dust on the surface of the moon, due to erosion over eons of time, so they constructed the spacecraft with long legs to allow it to sink into the dust. They were very surprised when the spacecraft landed in only about an inch of dust.

There isn’t a lot of dust on the surface of the moon because the moon hasn’t been there for billions of years.

What about the Grand Canyon?

Evolutionists believe that it took millions of years for all the strata in the Grand Canyon to be laid down. Evidence contradicts this idea.

There are very straight horizontal lines present in the layers of the Grand Canyon. If millions of years had passed, these strata would have eroded, leaving very uneven layers.

If the Colorado River were responsible for carving out such an immense canyon, there would be a huge pile of dirt at the delta of the Colorado River, and it simply isn’t there!

Neither of these issues present a problem for us; we believe the worldwide flood mentioned in Genesis was responsible for carving the huge canyon in a fairly short amount of time, and that as the sediments settled, they formed the straight layers found in the walls of the canyon.

What about the population of the earth?

If the earth were really billions of years old, as evolutionists believe, many more people (not to mention animals) would be living on the earth right now, and there would be many more bones littering the earth’s surface than what we see today.

The current population on the earth can be traced back to approximately 4,000 years ago, when there were only 8 people left on the earth at the time of the Biblical flood.

What do fossils tell us?

Evolutionists use the “geologic column” to determine how old fossils are.The “geologic column” originated around 1830 in an attempt to support Darwin’s theory of evolution. It claims to date fossils by the layers of earth within which they are found; those in the lower layers are presumed to be the oldest. However, nowhere on earth is there known to be a representation of all the layers, nor can it be proven that it took millions of years for these layers to have been laid down. Furthermore, scientists today use the geologic column to date the layer of earth in which a fossil is found. This is not science! Dating the fossil by the rock and the rock by the fossil is circular reasoning. The geologic column itself is a figment of an evolutionist’s imagination, and the dates assigned to each layer in the column do not rely on scientific evidence.

Fossils have been found in multiple layers of rock.  This would suggest either that the parts of the animal found in the lower strata are significantly older than the parts found in the upper strata (NONSENSE!) or that the layers were formed simultaneously, which we might expect would occur as the sediments from the flood were laid down.

Rock layers can be laid down all at once, as when a jar of dirt and water are shaken and left to settle for a few minutes. The dirt settles in straight layers, based on the kind of material within it, and most of the larger organic matter settles toward the top.  Try it yourself and see!

Science supports the Bible

There is an incredible amount of evidence to support the assertion that the earth is young.

This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg!  Study it out for yourself and weigh all the evidence. You’ll see that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than in the biblical account of creation.

For more information on the wealth of evidence supporting the biblical account of creation, check out these links:

Catie Frates, Author, Biblical Scientific Creationist, Creation Science Speaker and High School Teacher www.catiefrates.com

Creation Expeditions, a ministry that specializes in providing opportunities for kids to experience creation science through hands-on fossil excavation www.creationexpeditions.org

Kent Hovind's ministry, Creation Science Evangelism, “showing how science actually gives glory to God by supporting the Biblical account of creation.” www.drdino.com

Six Day Creation, Charlie Liebert's Creation Science Resources www.sixdaycreation.com

Institute for Creation Research, “a Christ focused Creation ministry where science and the Bible are fully integrated;” be sure to check out the many articles accessible through the Back to Genesis, Impact Articles, and Publications links on their website's main menu www.icr.org

Center for Scientific Creation, the online edition of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood (7^th Edition) by Dr. Walt Brown www.creationscience.com

The Creation Research Society, a professional organization of trained scientists and interested laypersons who are firmly committed to scientific special creation www.creationresearch.org

A Quest for Creation Answers, a site that focuses on the interrelatedness of the sun, moon and earth cycles www.creation-answers.com