Creation Myths Mode 2

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Myth 1: Creationists Want Creationism Taught in PublicSchools and Evolution Out

Some evolutionists like to drum up support and outrage byclaiming that creationists are out to ban evolution from publicschools and anywhere else we can. The only problem is that its nottrue.

While we cant deny that some Christians would like to seeCharles Darwin banished from academia, few creationistorganizations are in that crowd. AiG would prefer, instead, thatteachers have the freedom to present the creation view if they choose.We have no desire to force someone to teach what they dont agreewith. Many evolutionists have abused the court system in an effort to

squelch debate and silence dissent; we have no desire to use the same tactics.

Beyond this, we also think that every Christian should understand the basic tenets ofevolution. While the Bible tells us that God created in six days, most people have beeninfluenced by Darwins writingseven if they dont realize itbecause his ideas areubiquitous in our culture. So, understanding evolution will help all of us be more effective inour witness.

Myth 2: Creationists Ignore the Evidence for Evolution

Among the many charges leveled against creationsts is the claim that

we cherry-pick the data we like and ignore what we dont.However, as mentioned earlier, the evidence is not the issueits theconclusions that evolutionists make about that evidence.

Answers in Genesis and other creationist organizations do our best toaddress the most recent news reports, scientific research, andcontroversial claims. For example, we deal with a number ofimportant stories every Saturday in News to Note and throughout theweek in other articles and blog posts.

However, just because evolutionists tell us how we shouldinterpret aparticular find does not mean that their interpretation is the best one.

Creationists pick out the hard facts and expose the parts that are opinion or based on

assumptions. This is not ignoring what we dont like; its separating the wheat from the chaff.

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Myth 3: Creationists Deny the Laws of Nature

We like gravity just the way it isthank youvery much. And we are grateful for the laws of

physics and chemistry that make life possible.In fact, we see the laws of nature as evidenceof Gods sustaining hand in the universe.Those laws operate consistently because He isunchanging.

What we do deny, however, is that commondescent via evolution is a law or fact. Natural selection, mutations, and genetic changesare all observable processes (that fit the creation model quite well), but descent from acommon ancestor is a framework and not a law of nature.

Ultimately, we expect the universe to be orderly and logical because we start from the Bible.The laws of nature are not sufficient in and of themselves to create the universe and life;instead, they point to the Creator.

Myth 4: Theres No Evidence for Creation

Theres proof for creation right where you are whilereading this. Your seeing eyes, your understanding

brain, the air around you, all testify to the ingenuity ofour God.

Of course, evolutionists see those same features aspointing to the power of natural processes to sculpt theuniverse and life. To them, such forces are sufficient toexplain how we came to be.

Evidence itself is simply evidence. It isnt an objectivesource of truth and must be fitted into the overall picture we have of how things work.Whereas evolutionists see the layers in the Grand Canyon as showing millions of years, forexample, creationists see those same layers as a reminder of the recent global Flood.

Some aspects of our universe, however, make much more sense in light of the creationaccount, including design features and reasons to think the earth must be young. They dont

prove what the Bible says is true, but they do line up with it.

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Myth 5: Creationists Are Anti-Science

Its much easier to villify those who disagreethan to deal with their arguments. For thisreason, many anti-creationists paint us as beingagainst science or wanting to drive science

back into the Dark Ages.

The truth is that many creationists love sciencebecause they love God. Exploring the universemeans getting a glimpse into the amazingthings God created. There are creationgeologists, botantists, astronomers, chemists,

physicists, and more who all love the work

they do.

On the other hand, creationists do attack ideasand frameworks that deny Gods authority and

place as Creator. Most of these ideas stemfrom the belief that nature is all there is, thusdenying God from the outset. The Bible, in

fact, commands us to demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against theknowledge of God (2 Corinthians 10:45).

Myth 6: Creation Has Been Disproven

Instead of engaging in cordial debate, someevolutionists prefer to say that creation has beendisproven and refuse to listen to any discussion.After all, creationism is an old idea that has beenreplacedfor the most partby evolution inschools, universities, and the media.

We would say, instead, that evolution wasdisproven long before Charles Darwin came on thescene. How? The One who spoke everything intoexistence told us how He createdand it wasnt

over billions of years though natural processes.The real issue here is not one of proof or disproof,

but of spiritual ramifications. If God is the creator,He is also the judge. Evolution allows many people a way to deny Gods authorityseeingcreation as being disproven helps them ignore the clear signs of a Creator (Romans 1:20).

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Myth 7: Creationists Have a Narrow/Literal View of theBible

This is only partially true. Creationists believe that the Biblewas written to be understood. And since we believe that Godcannot lie and gave us the Bible to instruct us, we alsoassume that His Word is clear and accurate. In other words,theres no reason to think that someone needs to read intowhat the words actually say.

On the other hand, the Bible is not written in one particularstyle throughout. There are a variety of styles, includinghistorical narratives and poetry. Beyond that, the people Godinspired to record His words employed various figures ofspeech. Jesus Himself was adept at hyperbole and parables,

for example.

Thus, creationists approach the Bible in a straightforward fashion. We dont take idioms orpoetic descriptions literally; we see them for what they are. We also do not ignore the intentof the text to align with popular ideas or philosophies.

Myth 8: The Bible Is Not a Science Textbook

The Bible isnt a science textbook in the sense thatit describes exactly how the laws of the universefunction, but it does make a number of statementsthat touch upon scientific principles. And what itdoes touch on is factually accurate.

Underneath this myth is the assumption by manyscientists that only natural (and not supernatural)causes can explain reality. God could not havecreated, for example, because special creation is

denied, not by fieldwork or research, but by biased presuppostions.

If the Bible does contain the true history of the universe as inspired by the One who createdit, then doing science without a biblical worldview often leads to false or imperfect

conclusions. A scientist can make astounding discoveries and not believe Gods Word, but afull understanding of the universe begins with Genesis.

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Myth 9: Intelligent Design Is Creationism

Although some evolutionists claim that theIntelligent Design Movement (IDM) is a sortof Trojan horse for creationism to get intoschools, those in the IDM are not necessarilyeven Christian, let alone creationists.

Creationism begins with the belief that theBible is Gods infallible Word to us. TheBible provides the framework by which weunderstand the world. Because the Bibleteaches that there is a Creator and that theearth is young, creationists base all our

research on this foundation.

Conversely, the IDM holds that certainaspects of living things and the universe can

best be explained by being the work of anintelligent designer. The identity of thiscreator and whether or not the Bible is trueare non-factors. While creationists may agreewith some aspects of intelligent design theory,

those who do conflate IDM with creationism likely do not understand either.

Myth 10: Creationists Dont Believe Species Change

A popular cariacature of creationists is that we teachthe fixity of species (i.e., species dont change). Andsince species obviously do change, evolutionistsenjoy setting up this straw-man argument to win adebate that was never really there in the first place.

Prior to the publication of Darwins On the Originof Species especially, some Christians did claim thatspecies were immutable. But part of the problem is

that the word species did not mean the same thing then as it does nownor was there ever

any reason to assume fixity in the first place.Creationists have long been amazed by the diversity within each created kind (or baramin,roughly on the family level). We know that species do changebut only within the originalkinds God created roughly 6,000 years ago.

Species changing via natural selection and mutations is perfectly in accord with what theBible teaches. Such changes are not evolutionthey remind us that God put enoughinformation in the genome of each original kind to live and flourish in a cursed world.

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