Creation Science Rebuttals -

Did God Create by Evolution?

11 April 2006

     The 11 April 06 daily feature for the young earth creation science ministry Creation Moments discusses the whether or not God could have created using the process of evolution.

     The author says that nearly half of all people in the United States believe that God created all things, but that many of those believe that He used evolution to do it.   The author then says "Christians often adopt this idea because they are unaware that there are thousands of scientists who believe God created the entire universe supernaturally in six days."  Young earth ministries that employ scientists, and young earth colleges, account for only a handful, perhaps 200 scientists.  While there are other scientists who believe in a young earth in the public workforce, it is highly doubtful that they number in the thousands...perhaps 1,000 at best (see below for explanation from a "geologist" perspective.¹

      Contrary to the claims of the Creation Moments author, there are no good scientific reasons to accept a young earth, as can be evidenced by the arguments against their scientific works on this and other websites.  Yes, the works of creationists has appeared in scientific journals, but I have not seen any works in secular publications that call into question the age of the earth.  It is all done in their own "peer-reviewed" creationist journal, Technical Journal.  This journal is not reviewed by scientists.

     The author concludes by telling the pretty sight picture of these scientists conducting seminars, and then people saying "I didn't know there were so many well-educated scientists who were creationists!"  Naturally, these are young earth seminars, conducted by young earth scientists, and commented on by young earth creationists.  Let us see them present some valid study questioning the age of the earth at a secular scientific gathering.  If they did so, then they would have something to brag about.

     Interestingly, the Creation Moments author never really discusses any direct evidence to support the question that he asked in the title.  In the final paragraph, he says "There are no 'facts" that demand that an educated person accept evolution as fact."  I would agree with this...however, there are no facts that demand, from a Biblical perspective, that would prevent a person from believing that God created with evolution.  You can believe in an inerrant Bible, a literal translation of Genesis, and evolution, if you choose to.  The words of Billy Graham sum it up best (see link).

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¹  Estimating the number of scientists who believe in a young earth is almost impossible.  Consider the following, which we present as an rough estimate.

   There are 65 scientists listed on ICR’s list of young earth scientists (granted, this is not a complete listing of all scientists who are young-earthers).  Limiting our numbers to geologists,  ICR lists 12 people that are in Geology or related fields.  By comparison the Geological Society of America has over 17,000 members (keep in mind that not all geologists are members, just like not all young earth geologists are listed by ICR).  That equates to 12 young earth geologists and 17,000 old earth geologists, or .0007 percent.  This is by no means a scientific determination, but can be used to give a rough estimate.

    Another estimate of so-called "creation scientists" claims there are 480,000 scientists in the United States, but in the relevant fields of earth and life science, there are only 700 who believe in creationism, or less than 0.15 percent of scientists (http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CA/CA111.html)

   It could also be argued that ALL scientists accept an old earth.  I use the word ‘all’ because young earth scientists are not scientists. By definition, a scientist makes observations, then formulates theories about those observations. By contrast, a YEC “scientist” has made the theory first (that the earth is young) and then he looks for observations to confirm it. They are performing science backwards, thus deserve the term “theorist” rather than “scientist.” This is not to say that they are not smart, intelligent persons. Many have made important scientific contributions, but in the area of the age of the earth, their preconceived ideas about the age of the earth invalidates any scientific work they do in this field of research.  For more, see Creation Science Commentary: Creation Scientist?

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