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It isn’t very often that we give our readers the address of a website that supports evolution. But we’re doing so now because this website lists hundreds of churches and synagogues throughout the nation that were scheduled to participate in this past weekend’s 2009 Evolution Weekend: http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/rel_evolution_weekend_2009.htm

Why are we doing this? First of all, so you’ll know which congregations prefer the teachings of Darwin over the plain teachings of Scripture. If these congregations have rejected the Genesis account of creation, we wonder what other Bible doctrines they will abandon next. The virgin birth? The substitutionary death of Christ on the cross? The resurrection? The deity of Christ? Sadly, some of the congregations on the list have rejected these Bible doctrines already.

There’s another reason why we’re providing this list. We’re asking you to pray for these congregations and those who attend them. And pray especially that the leaders of these congregations awaken to the truth found in the very first verse of the Bible: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Today’s the day that evolutionists and atheists have been waiting for - Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. The official celebration website (darwinday.org) lists 641 events in 42 countries. Events range from “Evolutionpalooza!” at the San Francisco Main Branch Public Library to an all-day reading of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, a secular group in Grand Junction, Colorado, is observing the birth of their patron saint with billboards urging people to “Evolve Beyond Belief.” The Freedom from Religion Foundation placed “Praise Darwin” billboards in Grand Junction, Dayton (TN), Dover (PA) and Whitehall (OH).

If anyone reading this still believes there is no connection between evolution and atheism, they are simply unaware of the facts or they are not thinking clearly. Ironic, isn’t it, that the “Praise Darwin” billboards provide additional evidence that Darwinism is a religion that tells its followers: “There is no God? Ironic, too, that the secular group in Colorado is urging people to “Evolve Beyond Belief.” In other words, they’re urging people to discard their belief in God and BELIEVE what their group believes - that there is no God.

Though they don’t realize it, most arguments that atheists use to persuade people to turn from God and religion end up showing that atheists have a religion of their own. And the man who was born 200 years ago today was their “Moses” who liberated them from what they felt was the bondage of true faith. In reality, Darwin brought bondage to a faulty belief system that should have been discarded many years ago.

Have you ever heard evolutionists brashly claim that all legitimate scientists believe in evolution? Actually, this is one of their favorite things to say, thinking that this will instantly silence creationists. The fact is - some of the greatest scientists who ever lived believed in biblical creation.

For instance, James Clerk Maxwell was a Bible-believer who developed complex theoretical and mathematical explanations for all the forces in the universe except gravity and nuclear forces. Albert Einstein said that Maxwell made greater contributions to physics than anyone except Isaac Newton. (more…)