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Here at Creation Moments, whenever we view breathtaking photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, we are filled with awe and praise for the God who created the universe. Atheists, however, can look at the very same photos and sing praises, not to the Creator but to the things He created. Here’s just one example of what we’re talking about:

“How can someone inspect the grandeur of the universe, the complexity that arises explosively out of simplicity and STILL believe in a divine creator? We live in an age where we have access to these beautiful images; we should be proud to shrug off our past superstitions and embrace the beauty of science and atheism. Atheism isn’t a dirty word, it’s a promotion of our species out of the dark, ghost-haunted world. We know now, for the first time in our existence, that there’s no need for the God hypothesis!” [posted June 9 at the Hubble Space Telescope iGoogle site]

While we are saddened to read things like this, we are not surprised. After all, Paul wrote about this worldview two thousand years ago: “For they exchanged the truth of God for a  lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.” (Romans 1:25)

So even when an atheist posts a message like this on the Internet, all he’s doing is inadvertently underscoring the truths found in the pages of Scripture.

“At what chapter in the book of Genesis does the Bible begin to be true?”

This is a question we find ourselves repeating more and more often as we participate in discussions on Facebook and other social media websites. Obviously, we’re not asking atheists this question; after all, they don’t believe the Bible is true at any point. We are asking this question to Christians of various denominations who attack us for our belief in a literal six-day creation and the global flood of Noah’s time.

Many of these people appear to have a high regard for the Bible, sprinkling Bible verses into their online postings. They even seem to accept the miracles recorded in the pages of Scripture - especially the miracles recorded in the New Testament. But when it comes to the creation account given in the first chapters of the Bible - and the worldwide flood just a few chapters later - they wriggle and squirm and try to explain it away.

Such is the deadly stranglehold of Darwinism on the modern mind - even on the minds of Christians. Many people have been so indoctrinated with evolutionary dogma all their lives, they have a difficult time discarding it after they become Christians. Sadly, some of them end up as “theistic evolutionists” - believing that God created through the means of evolution.

On the positive side, however, some of these people are able to accept as true the early chapters of Genesis when they are shown the inconsistency of their position. So the next time you run into one of these people - either online, in the workplace or even in your church - challenge them to think about their position. Ask the question at the beginning of this blog posting or this one: “If you don’t believe what the Bible says about how we got here, how can you believe what it says about where we’re going?”

Anyone who has seen the film Jurassic Park knows that evolutionists have been telling us that modern-day birds are descended from dinosaurs. Well, it looks like the scientists have recently changed their mind.

According to an article on the ScienceDaily website dated June 9, researchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental new discovery about how birds breathe and have a lung capacity that allows for flight - and the finding means it’s unlikely that birds descended from any known theropod dinosaurs.

The article goes on to report that the conclusions add to other evolving evidence that may finally force many paleontologists to reconsider their long-held belief that modern birds are the direct descendants of ancient, meat-eating dinosaurs, OSU researchers say. (more…)

There’s a slick new website on the web that Creation Moments feels is far more dangerous than a deadly spider’s web. The BioLogos Foundation’s website is well done and appealing to the eye. But behind its good looks lurks an insidious philosophy that masquerades as biblical truth. In a word, the website promotes theistic evolution, one of the most dangerous forms of Darwinism.

Darwinism’s stepchild - theistic evolution - is nothing more than Darwinism wearing fancy church-goin’ clothes. Theistic evolution allows its adherents to straddle the fence by attending church on Sunday while believing that the Bible is not true. Though it may sound godly, theistic evolution does not differ in any significant way from classical Darwinism or neo-Darwinism.

Why is theistic evolution so great a threat? (more…)