Most of society believes it. It is in television commercials, books, magazines, schools, and even some churches. What is it? Evolution.

Evolution

Evolution was taught in the public schools I attended and I see it in every part of our world today. Even some churches accept the idea of theistic evolution: the theory that God created the matter in the universe and then let things evolve over millions or billions of years.

Scientists seem to have a lot of information supporting evolution. Many people believe it. So why should Christians reject the theories of evolution, even theist evolution?

God's Word

The first and best reason for us to reject evolution is that the Bible tells us that God created the world in six days. It did not take millions (billions!) of years for people to evolve. God made Adam and Eve on the sixth day and "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). They were not like the cave-people you see in movies that grunt and say things like, "Fire...; good." They were not less intelligent than us. But they were "very good."

A Flaw

The Bible is enough to convince us that God created the world without evolution, but what about that friend who doesn't believe the Bible is always true? While we cannot prove to our unbelieving friends that creation is true, we can show them some flaws in evolutionary theory.

I used to work for a Navy research lab. I tested model submarines and predicted how fast the real submarine would go. We pulled the models through the water, put them in water tunnels, and used computer simulations to test the designs. We used lots of math and science. And we usually predicted the actual speed accurately. The only reason we were even close is that engineers spent many years comparing predictions and actual speeds and then fine tuning the prediction procedure.

Have scientists done this with evolutionary science? They date a fossil and say it is 127 million years old. Has anyone ever verified that result by comparing it with a fossil known to be 127 million years old? Of course not. Recorded history only goes back a few thousand years. No one has held on to something for a million years and then dated it to see how well the procedure works. This is one of many flaws with evolutionary theory. It is based on assumptions and guesses.

God's Love

However, Christians have a sure thing in God's Word. God is always right and always keeps his promises. He sent Jesus Christ to save us from eternal punishment in hell. We can tell our friends that they are not the result of the random processes of evolution, but they are people whom God loved enough to die for.

Matt Pfeifer is a student at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN.