DON’T BE DUPED BY THEISTIC EVOLUTION!
Today, many Christians have been led, especially by liberal pastors and theologians, to believe in theistic evolution as the belief system that best explains origins. If you are a Christian, do not allow yourself to insert the atheistic presuppositions promoted by these charlatans into your Christian faith!
Could God have used evolution to create everything? I suppose He could have. But, He said in the Bible that He did not. And, true science shows that Darwinian macroevolution does not work anyway.
Perhaps you do not understand what the Theistic Evolution belief system really is? Please study the following comparisons between Atheistic Evolution, Theistic Evolution, and Biblical Creation to find out:
Question #1: “Where did life come from?”
Atheistic Evolution: Accidentally from chemicals over billions of years.
Theistic Evolution: Accidently from chemicals over billions of years.
Biblical Creation: Created by God in the beginning according to kinds.
Question #2: “How about lifeform variety?”
A.E.: From natural selection and mutations.
T.E.: From natural selection and mutations.
B.C.: God created life in the beginning with enough information to adapt. There is variation within kinds, but no evolution from one kind to another.
Question #3: “How did man originate?”
A.E.: From ape-like ancestors.
T.E.: From ape-like ancestors.
B.C.: God made man from dust in the beginning on Day Six.
Question #4: “How many races are there?”
A.E.: Four.
T.E.: Four.
B.C.: Only one – the human race.
Question #5: How did the earth and universe originate?”
A.E.: Naturally from a big bang.
T.E.: God used the (atheistic) big bang.
B.C.: God created everything within six ordinary days.
Question #6: ” How are the days of creation in the Bible explained?”
A.E. They are myth.
T.E.: They are myth or allegory.
B.C.: They were ordinary approximately 24 hour days.
Question #7: “What is the age of the earth?”
A.E.: About 4.5 billion (4,500,000,000) years.
T.E.: About 4.5 billion years.
B.C.: Less than 7,000 years.
Question #8: “What is the age of the universe?”
A.E.: At least 12 billion years.
T.E.: At least 12 billion years.
B.C.: Less than 7,000 years.
Question #9: “What about dinosaurs?”
A.E.: Evolved and went extinct about 65 million years ago.
T.E.: Evolved and went extinct about 65 million years ago.
B.C.: Made on Day Six along with the other animals and man.
Question #10: “How about death, disease and suffering?”
A.E.: It is good, since it drives evolution. It has always been a part of life.”
T.E.: It must be good, since it drives evolution.”
B.C.: Death, disease and suffering are God’s punishment for sin.”
Question #11:: “Is there a moral authority?”
A.E.: No, just personal preference.
T.E.: No, just personal preference. The Bible and other books of man may be helpful for determining a person’s moral authority.
B.C.: Yes, the Bible is the moral authority.
Question #12: “What is the view of the Bible?”
A.E.: The Bible is just another man-made book.
T.E.: There is no consistent answer to this question.
B.C.: The Bible is inerrant and authoritative.
Question #13: “What about Noah’s Flood?”
A.E.: A myth or a local flood.
T.E.: A myth or a local flood.
B.C.: Noah’s Flood was cataclysmic and global.
Question #14: “How are earth’s sedimentary layers explained?”
A.E.: They are evidence for millions of years of slow deposition.
T.E.: They are evidence for millions of years of slow deposition.
B.C.: They are evidence for Noah’s Flood some 4,500 years ago.
Question #15: “What do the fossils in the rock record tell us?”
A.E.: Fossils are evidence for millions of years of evolution.
T.E.: Fossils are evidence for millions of years of evolution.
B.C.: Fossils are evidences of Noah’s Flood; and reminders of God’s judgment, power, and grace.
Question #16: How about Noah’s ark?”
A.E.: Myth or modest vessel.
T.E.: Myth or modest vessel.
B.C.: Large barge-like vessel as described in the Bible.
So, if you have studied these sixteen comparisons of the major components of origin belief for these three systems, it should be clear to you that there is little difference between the atheistic evolutionary and theistic evolutionary ways of thinking. In addition, it should be clear that a consistent adherence to either evolutionary system means that a Christian would have little use for the Bible. In fact, many theistic evolutionists do basically throw the Bible out!
The Biblical Creationist view of origins is diametrically opposite to the evolutionary views.
Again, Christians must never allow themselves to be duped by liberal pastors, theologians and others who say theistic evolution is compatible with the Christian faith.
For more information on this subject see my book, The Creation Dialogues – 2nd Edition. Click on the image of the book below to learn more about it and to order.
Thanks,
J.D. Mitchell
