Frontispiece to Huxley's Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863) from Wikipedia
Evolution And Its Use To Fight Against Christianity
Huxley's History and Views on Christianity
How do we know that God created Nature?
Evolution is a Form of Religion
Evolution Meets the Criteria for Religion
1. It explains where we, humans, and all life forms came from.
Answer: abiogenesis from innate particles of matter that formed, coalesced together with increasing complexity that eventually lead to life forms. It involves properties, not observed today, but inherent in the universe.
2. It gives a moral foundation for life.
Answer: survival of the fittest.
3. It gives an answer for the end of life.
Answer: An organism dies and then deteriorates. No afterlife.
It requires faith in unseen, non-observed processes that guide the universe. It assumes that the source of all physical matter will be found. It assumes that the self-organizing principles of matter occur and will be known, and that man by his own intellect can discover all that is to be known.
Sadly, they, evolutionists, are mis-lead in their religious zeal. To learn more on this topic go to the section on the interfacing of religion, philosophy and science. Also see online article below.
1. It explains where we, humans, and all life forms came from.
Answer: abiogenesis from innate particles of matter that formed, coalesced together with increasing complexity that eventually lead to life forms. It involves properties, not observed today, but inherent in the universe.
2. It gives a moral foundation for life.
Answer: survival of the fittest.
3. It gives an answer for the end of life.
Answer: An organism dies and then deteriorates. No afterlife.
It requires faith in unseen, non-observed processes that guide the universe. It assumes that the source of all physical matter will be found. It assumes that the self-organizing principles of matter occur and will be known, and that man by his own intellect can discover all that is to be known.
Sadly, they, evolutionists, are mis-lead in their religious zeal. To learn more on this topic go to the section on the interfacing of religion, philosophy and science. Also see online article below.
The Religious Nature of Evolution
The Religious Nature of Evolution Theory and its Attack on Christianity
by John G. Leslie, Ph.D. and Charles K. Pallaghy, Ph.D.
"Biologists and other groups have tried to prevent creationism from being taught at our schools and universities, arguing that it is religious or Biblical. They do not seem to want students to hear or see scientific evidence that life could not have developed by chance. One may wonder why scientists, and particularly academics who have devoted their entire careers to seeking new truths, often under great personal hardship, would want to oppose another viewpoint based on available evidence. We believe that the basic reason for this opposition does not so much involve disputations of scientific facts between the two parties, although this may sometimes occur, but rather is a continuing struggle between two faiths—the faith which claims man to be dependent on God, and the faith which rejects God and demands a purely mechanical universe and existence." JGL note: This was the 1st article I was involved in regarding the debate of Creation and Evolution. I had been a Christian for 10 years and was doing research on blood vessel formation. The sweeping cosmological assumptions by evolutionists deeply troubled me as it, evolution as a religious philosophy, undermined the integrity of the Sacred Scriptures. Yet, it was being taught as dogmatic science-which it was not and is not. Dr Pallaghy was a botanist and continues to be a good friend. See link below.
by John G. Leslie, Ph.D. and Charles K. Pallaghy, Ph.D.
"Biologists and other groups have tried to prevent creationism from being taught at our schools and universities, arguing that it is religious or Biblical. They do not seem to want students to hear or see scientific evidence that life could not have developed by chance. One may wonder why scientists, and particularly academics who have devoted their entire careers to seeking new truths, often under great personal hardship, would want to oppose another viewpoint based on available evidence. We believe that the basic reason for this opposition does not so much involve disputations of scientific facts between the two parties, although this may sometimes occur, but rather is a continuing struggle between two faiths—the faith which claims man to be dependent on God, and the faith which rejects God and demands a purely mechanical universe and existence." JGL note: This was the 1st article I was involved in regarding the debate of Creation and Evolution. I had been a Christian for 10 years and was doing research on blood vessel formation. The sweeping cosmological assumptions by evolutionists deeply troubled me as it, evolution as a religious philosophy, undermined the integrity of the Sacred Scriptures. Yet, it was being taught as dogmatic science-which it was not and is not. Dr Pallaghy was a botanist and continues to be a good friend. See link below.
Evolution has Negatively Impacted Science and Society
John L., United States, 25 November 2012 (From comments to CMI in response to article at button below)
CMI,
Thank you so much for continuing to address the issue that evolution is not a scientific theory. It is a worldview built upon certain religio-philosophic assumptions. It has never been demonstrated in the laboratory beyond variation (which is not the same transmutation from one living type to another type). And it, Evolution, has been shown to be based upon the foundation of a chosen godless beginning for all of the origin of matter and life and the laws that govern them. Your 15 Questions addresses this well. I think that this brochure should be handed out in all biology classes. But it won't be.
Yet, it is crucial that young people be taught the concepts of science, religion, and philosophy and how they interface and overlap in the process of developing one's worldview. Again, I thank you for involving yourselves in this debate. I am sure that many young people have become more critical thinkers because of your efforts.
To close, I would like to say that as a scientist and physician I have complete satisfaction with the unification of science (within a Creationist framework), medical ethics (within a Christian worldview) and a eternal perspective of how things began, how they are maintained, and the consummation of all things at the end of time within the religion of the Christian Faith.
God Bless you,
Dr John G Leslie PhD, MD, PhD
CMI,
Thank you so much for continuing to address the issue that evolution is not a scientific theory. It is a worldview built upon certain religio-philosophic assumptions. It has never been demonstrated in the laboratory beyond variation (which is not the same transmutation from one living type to another type). And it, Evolution, has been shown to be based upon the foundation of a chosen godless beginning for all of the origin of matter and life and the laws that govern them. Your 15 Questions addresses this well. I think that this brochure should be handed out in all biology classes. But it won't be.
Yet, it is crucial that young people be taught the concepts of science, religion, and philosophy and how they interface and overlap in the process of developing one's worldview. Again, I thank you for involving yourselves in this debate. I am sure that many young people have become more critical thinkers because of your efforts.
To close, I would like to say that as a scientist and physician I have complete satisfaction with the unification of science (within a Creationist framework), medical ethics (within a Christian worldview) and a eternal perspective of how things began, how they are maintained, and the consummation of all things at the end of time within the religion of the Christian Faith.
God Bless you,
Dr John G Leslie PhD, MD, PhD
Bill Submitted to the Montana Legislature Listing Scientists that Support the Concept of Creation 2-2013 (note: it was later tabled.)
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The World Egg: Fruit of Evolutionary Thinking
Distortions from the True and Majestic Creator and the Beginnings of the Creation
“The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations. Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primordial being comes into existence by "hatching" from the egg, sometimes lain on the primordial waters of the Earth.”
Chinese: “In the myth of Pangu, developed by Taoist monks hundreds of years after Lao Zi, the universe began as an egg. A god named Pangu, born inside the egg, broke it into two halves: the upper half became the sky, while the lower half became the earth. As the god grew taller, the sky and the earth grew thicker and were separated further. Finally Pangu died and his body parts became different parts of the earth.”
The Orphic Egg in the Ancient Greek Orphic tradition is the cosmic egg from which hatched the primordial hermaphroditic deity Phanes/Protogonus (variously equated also with Zeus, Pan,Metis, Eros, Erikepaios and Bromius) who in turn created the other gods. The egg is often depicted with a serpent wound about it. The egg symbolizes the belief in the Greek Orphic religion that the universe originated from within a silver egg. The first emanation from this egg, described in an ancient hymn, was Phanes-Dionysus, the personification of light
Egyptian: “In the original myth concerning the Ogdoad, the world arose from the waters as a mound of dirt, which was deified as Hathor. Ra was contained within an egg laid upon this mound by a celestial bird.” From Wikipedia online 11-20-15.
It should be noted that the concepts of evolution are present even in these distorted “beginnings”. As well, each of these cultures would have had a true knowledge of the Creator passed down to them by the sons of Noah who went into all the parts of the earth. Man chose not to retain a knowledge of the true God but turned to vain imaginations-even worshipping the creatures. See Romans 12:18-25. Within the symbolism there is even the worship of the serpent with a clear correspondence to satan (Lucifer) and other demon worship. This even occurred in those “sophisticated, enlightened” societies such as Rome and Greece.
God’s Judgment Against Such Beliefs:
Romans 12:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
In Great Contrast The Bible Says Regarding Beginnings:
Genesis:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
“The world egg, cosmic egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the creation myths of many cultures and civilizations. Typically, the world egg is a beginning of some sort, and the universe or some primordial being comes into existence by "hatching" from the egg, sometimes lain on the primordial waters of the Earth.”
Chinese: “In the myth of Pangu, developed by Taoist monks hundreds of years after Lao Zi, the universe began as an egg. A god named Pangu, born inside the egg, broke it into two halves: the upper half became the sky, while the lower half became the earth. As the god grew taller, the sky and the earth grew thicker and were separated further. Finally Pangu died and his body parts became different parts of the earth.”
The Orphic Egg in the Ancient Greek Orphic tradition is the cosmic egg from which hatched the primordial hermaphroditic deity Phanes/Protogonus (variously equated also with Zeus, Pan,Metis, Eros, Erikepaios and Bromius) who in turn created the other gods. The egg is often depicted with a serpent wound about it. The egg symbolizes the belief in the Greek Orphic religion that the universe originated from within a silver egg. The first emanation from this egg, described in an ancient hymn, was Phanes-Dionysus, the personification of light
Egyptian: “In the original myth concerning the Ogdoad, the world arose from the waters as a mound of dirt, which was deified as Hathor. Ra was contained within an egg laid upon this mound by a celestial bird.” From Wikipedia online 11-20-15.
It should be noted that the concepts of evolution are present even in these distorted “beginnings”. As well, each of these cultures would have had a true knowledge of the Creator passed down to them by the sons of Noah who went into all the parts of the earth. Man chose not to retain a knowledge of the true God but turned to vain imaginations-even worshipping the creatures. See Romans 12:18-25. Within the symbolism there is even the worship of the serpent with a clear correspondence to satan (Lucifer) and other demon worship. This even occurred in those “sophisticated, enlightened” societies such as Rome and Greece.
God’s Judgment Against Such Beliefs:
Romans 12:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
In Great Contrast The Bible Says Regarding Beginnings:
Genesis:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.