the God who created the universe must exist outside of time. Finally, a creator God would have the right to bring His creation to an abrupt halt whenever He chooses. Therefore, He would also be moral and judge creatures as He desires. The Christian God best fits this description.
The Confessions of Scientists Brilliant minds have long pondered the immensity and intricate designs of the universe, concluding that the universe does not have within itself the cause of its own existence. Consider the words of some who have grasped the wonder of the created order. “The scientist is possessed by the sense of universal causation…His religious feeling takes the form of rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.” —Albert Einstein. “For the scientist who has lived by the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries (emphasis added).” —Robert Jastrow, astronomer The Bible harmonizes with the theory of relativity (2 Peter 3:8). It also agrees with the first law of thermodynamics that the amount of matter in the universe is constant; none is being created or destroyed (Genesis 2:2). Finally, the Bible substantiates the second law of thermodynamics, that the order of the universe is “wearing out” (Hebrews 1:11-12).
Evolution in Decline Today, evolution is severely discredited, though a number of avowedly atheistic scientists and philosophers zealously defend it. Many scientists are now admitting that evolution is contrary to known laws of science and therefore is not based on science but on naturalism. Evolution, if it is anything, is unscientific. Have you ever wondered why people embrace this unsubstantiated theory with such fervor? In his book Darwin on Trial, Phillip Johnson shows that evolutionists are first committed to a materialistic
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view of the universe and only secondarily to scientific discovery. There are three gaps for which evolutionists must adopt unscientific theories in order to bridge.
The Gap between Nothing and Matter
To accept evolution, one must disregard a basic scientific premise, namely, that from nothing, nothing comes. Most evolutionists believe that matter always existed; yet if matter is eternal as claimed, we have no reason for believing that it could have organized itself into complex forms far beyond its properties. We must humbly admit that the universe has purposefulness and power that cannot be accounted for within itself.
The Gap between Matter and Life
Evolution must disregard the second law of thermodynamics; namely, that the amount of available energy is diminishing and that nature when left to itself trends toward randomness. An evolutionist must believe that nonliving atoms slowly organize themselves into complex, energy-rich forms. Such a feat is contrary to the law of cause and effect.
The Gap between Man and Lower Creatures
Every so often we are told there is a new “missing link” in the life chain between animal and man. Of course, if evolution had happened over millions of years, there would be tens of thousands of transitional fossils. However, the fossil record simply does not support the theory. But perhaps the greatest shortcoming in evolution is this—the mind, they say, is just the product of chemical changes in the brain. Therefore, since we do not control scientific chemical laws, we have no responsibility for what we think. Further, since we can’t say that one combination of chemical reaction is better than another, all thoughts are morally neutral.
Only a belief in a God who created man with a spiritual nature can account for human responsibility. Regardless of how loudly evolutionists proclaim atheism, they live and behave like men and women created in the image of God. “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes 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). The biblical account of creation is eminently scientific. Creation shouts “Behold your God!” to all who will listen.
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