Our Origins The concept of evolution, of single-celled life coming from non-life and then exploding into all living things, is very old. In his June 1963 Plain Truth article“The Evolution of The Theory of Evolution,” L. E. Torrence traces the idea from the Greek philosopher Thales over centuries, from the 600s B.C. through to today. It was Thales who “taught that living things developed from […] slime under the influence of heat,” a sentiment still echoed today. Yes, this theory existed centuries before Christ was born. At its core, the theory of evolution tries to explain how life came from non-life. Many intelligent people throughout history have grabbed hold of this idea in an attempt to prove it. We might remember the famous Miller-Urey experiment, in which the titular scientists attempted to show that some of the very simplest build- ing blocks of life can be created from just the right blend of chemicals, in just the right conditions, with just the right amount of electricity – which they pro- posed could have happened at one point in prehistoric times. Though touted as a massive success in a case study still taught in grade schools everywhere, oxygen was purposefully omitted from the experiment prohib- iting the formation of any organic molecules. Oxygen– the substance almost all living creatures need to live. Ridiculous! Living things do not have common ancestors, but a common Creator Evolution purports to tell us that all life came from nothing, and then became everything, from a single common ancestor. Yet God’s word, the Bible, records categories of creatures according to their kind, thus, no physical common ancestor. Rather, they had a common Creator. In John 5:26 it states,“ For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.” God is the author of life, not a blend of chemicals and random chance.
The Natural World Today The dimensions of Noah’s Ark make it impossible for every species on earth to have been preserved. God’s “kinds” must therefore hold within them incredible di- versity. One of the ways we commonly define “kinds” is “creatures which are capable of breeding with one another”, and from this process we see tremendous variation. An example is in dogs, where we see every- thing from tiny chihuahuas to the Great Danes. An important caveat to note: Just because two animals of the same kind are capable of breeding, does not mean that it is wise to do so. For example, a female horse and a male donkey are capable of having offspring but the mule they produce is sterile. The great diversity within kinds can lead to such extreme differences so as to pro - hibit their breeding. One of Charles Darwin’s (considered the father of evo - lution) most famous examples in his book The Origin of Species is that of the Galapagos finches. On the Gala - pagos islands Darwin identifies many different species of finch, each with relatively unique beaks. He believed that these finches all developed different shapes of beak in order to eat different kinds of food so that they would not compete for food sources. Now, this is touted as an incredible example of when random mutation solves a difficult problem like food scarcity. If many varieties of the same bird all eat dif-
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