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Did God Really Say…? Part 3

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Ah, Science
As I mentioned two days ago, some Christian scholars claim they’re simply following the “science” when it comes to how old our universe/world is. They claim the “science” points to an old earth fashioned over billions of years, and that we should adhere to that “science,” leave Genesis alone, and just preach the Gospel.
And yet! “Science” will also say that the supernatural doesn’t exist, thus a non-existent God cannot become a man. “Science” will say that a virgin cannot become pregnant; that miracles don’t happen; that dead men can’t come back to life. So, why are we told to follow the “science” when it comes to the age of the earth but disregard “science” when it comes to Jesus as God’s Son, His virgin birth, and His death &amp; resurrection? 
And why do I put science in quotes? Because real science doesn’t actually say anything; scientists do. Did you know historical science cannot be replicated for testing? Did you know the different methods scientists use to date rocks and fossils yield different answers, thus they can’t conclude a “right” answer? Did you know rocks and fossils don’t come with their birth dates printed on them?
Regardless of how much scientific data someone were to show me, at the core of all the papers and books and conferences on macro/Darwinian evolution is man’s assumption that the world began billions of years ago. No matter how scientists go about calculating their date-settings, their mathematical findings, their archeological digs, the supposed “geological column,” etc., their answers are only as good as their foundations—and their foundations are based on assumptions, because (once again) mankind was not there at the start of the universe to know how it began. Therefore, science doesn’t point to an earth that is billions of years old; scientists do.
Now, someone could argue that young earth creationists base their beliefs on the assumption that the Bible is telling us the truth—and that someone would be correct! The difference, however, is that the Bible has stood the test of time—archeology, extra-biblical sources, historical texts, prophecy, and more all attest to the Bible’s accuracy and trustworthiness. Man’s word, on the other hand, has not stood the test of time.
Man’s word can barely stand the test of a few days. I can give you oodles of examples from the last three years in the United States of America alone that show just how far man and government will go to cover, discredit, censure, and outright lie about the truth to serve their own purposes. But I can also give you two examples from three seconds ago that attest to the folly of man’s word: “What is a woman?” and “A boy can become a girl.”
Just Scratching the Surface
I haven’t mentioned that whenever the Hebrew word yom (English: day) is combined with “evening” or “morning” or a number in the Bible, it’s always understood as a twenty-four-hour day. To paraphrase Ken Ham, God must have known man would try to explain away the “day” in Genesis 1, so He used all three modifiers: “evening” and “morning” and a number.
I haven’t gone into the fact that God said it was “good” after each day of Creation, yet if evolution is true, then death, disease, and weeds are not only “good,” they came before mankind, which means once again God discredits Himself, since He tells us in Genesis 3 that death, disease, and weeds are the result of Adam’s sin.
I don’t know how Christians who believe in evolution can adequately argue for a good God who created a good world. They have no answers for non-Christians who get angry at the idea that a supposed “good” God created a harsh, disease-ridden world. Except, He didn’t create a harsh, disease-ridden world! He created a perfect, good, exemplary, beautiful world, but Satan twisted God’s word about eating from any tree in the Garden (Gen 3:1), got man to doubt God’s word about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen 2:16-17), so man disobeyed God, God punished man for the disobedience, and the whole creation has been groaning ever since (Romans 8:22). And yet, praise God that He doesn’t leave us in that broken state! He made a way for&nbsp;reconciliation&nbsp;through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ, for anyone who trusts in Him (Romans 6:23 as just one example).
I haven’t “dived” into the account of the Global Flood, even though God hung the rainbow in the sky as a promise to Noah that He would never again destroy the world with a flood, but if the Flood was just a local thing and we’ve since had many local floods … then God didn’t keep His promise, did he? To say nothing of the fact that in both Matthew 24:37 and Luke 17:26, Jesus likens the days just before His Second Coming to the days of Noah, but how can He equate something that will happen to something that never happened and hope His audience understands the power and promise in His words?
I haven’t touched upon the fact paleontologists have found soft tissue and red blood cells in dinosaur fossils, implying the fossils aren’t as old as previously thought; or that human bones have been found alongside dinosaur bones (we weren’t taught that in school!); or that we’ve discovered amphibians long thought to be extinct living in the ocean waters today; or even that the explosion of Mount St. Helens in the 1980’s showed us how canyons, coal beds, rocks, and sediment layers could be formed in a short span of time rather than eons (see this article for more, if interested).
I haven’t spotlighted the articles that claim to have found “missing links” over the years, but when analyzed, we learn people have either jumped to conclusions based on their previously held assumptions, created a picture of a supposed missing link based on a few scattered bone fragments, or straight up lied. According to Dr. Terry Mortenson, “Each of the following so-called ape-men have turned out to be either fully ape, fully man, or fully hoax:
Not Necessary for Salvation
Let me pause here and acknowledge that after everything I’ve briefly laid out over the last few posts, belief in a six-day creation is not necessary for salvation. Someone can believe in Jesus Christ as his/her Lord and Savior and believe in evolution. Belief in Genesis as being literal history is not a prerequisite for entrance into Heaven.
But do come back tomorrow for my final thoughts!
If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them here: Part 1, Part 2
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Ah, Science
As I mentioned two days ago, some Christian scholars claim they’re simply following the “science” when it comes to how old our universe/world is. They claim the “science” points to an old earth fashioned over billions of years, and that we should adhere to that “science,” leave Genesis alone, and just preach the Gospel.
And yet! “Science” will also say that the supernatural doesn’t exist, thus a non-existent God cannot become a man. “Science” will say that a virgin cannot become pregnant; that miracles don’t happen; that dead men can’t come back to life. So, why are we told to...

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