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This blog entry begins a new series that takes a look at some of the logical fallacies used by evolutionists to promote a philosophy that masquerades as science. Creation Moments believes it is important that Christians recognize such fallacies in order to defend biblical truth.

How often have you heard evolutionists say: “There’s really no disagreement among reputable scientists when it comes to evolution.” Or: “Evolution is settled science.” Creation Moments has heard such statements fall from the lips of Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Eugenie Scott and many others, too numerous to mention.

Clearly these evolutionists are all working off the same page in their playbook. They’re also showing that they aren’t thinking clearly. Why? Because they are writing books, making films and giving speeches tearing down scientists who disagree with them. But wait - didn’t they just say that there’s no disagreement among reputable scientists and we’re dealing with settled science?

By saying things like this, evolutionists believe that people can be easily fooled by one of the oldest logical fallacies in the book - the argumentum ad populum. As used by evolutionists, this fallacy can be stated like this: “Since all scientists believe in evolution, evolution must be scientifically correct.”

Even if the first part of this assertion were true - which it isn’t - the second part does not logically follow. It’s like the child who tries to justify some undesirable behavior by saying, “It must be okay because all the kids are doing it.” Besides, if scientific truth is determined by majority vote or by what most scientists believe at a certain point in time, then Darwinism itself would have been rejected when it was first proposed.

The argumentum ad populum is an illogical way for evolutionists to sway people to their position. Watch out for it whenever it’s used by others … and avoid using it yourself as you seek to defend biblical truth.

Belief in biblical creation was opposed a week ago (February 12-14) by the 854 congregations in 50 states, the District of Columbia and 12 countries that celebrated “Evolution Weekend” - an annual event organized by The Clergy Letter Project. On a positive note, however, this year’s number of participating congregations was down from the 1,049 congregations that celebrated Evolution Weekend in 2009.

The entire list of participating congregations can be seen at The Clergy Letter Project’s website: http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/rel_evol_sun.htm. This is also where you’ll find a list of the 12,000+ clergymen who signed The Clergy Letter, which stated:

“We the undersigned, Christian clergy from many different traditions, believe that … the theory of evolution is a foundational scientific truth, one that has stood up to rigorous scrutiny and upon which much of human knowledge and achievement rests. To reject this truth or to treat it as ‘one theory among others’ is to deliberately embrace scientific ignorance and transmit such ignorance to our children.”

The signers of the letter also agreed to this:

“We urge school board members to preserve the integrity of the science curriculum by affirming the teaching of the theory of evolution as a core component of human knowledge. We ask that science remain science and that religion remain religion, two very different, but complementary, forms of truth.”

As you peruse the list, you’ll see that churches in many denominations participated in this year’s Evolution Weekend. Perhaps you’ll find some churches from your own denomination. That’s why Creation Moments urges you to be on the lookout for false teaching and to thank church leaders who teach truths that come straight out of the Bible … like biblical creation.

In this age of the Internet, most people turn to Wikipedia for information. We use it ourselves from time to time. However, we’d like to emphasize that this online encyclopedia should be used with extreme caution, especially when looking up any topic touching on politics, religion or worldviews. Take, for instance, its article about “creationism”:

“Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in some form by a supernatural being or beings. However the term is more commonly used to refer to religiously motivated rejection of certain biological processes, in particular evolution, in favour of an interpretation of a creation myth as an explanation accounting for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on earth (the creation-evolution controversy).  In Christian sects such creationism is usually based on a literal reading of the creation myth found in the book of Genesis. Other religions have deity-led creation myths which are quite different.”

We’ve italicized certain phrases above to emphasize Wikipedia’s liberal, anti-biblical stance … and this is just in the first paragraph of a very long article. In contrast to what it calls the “creation myth,” Wikipedia describes evolution in a quite different way: “This powerful explanatory and predictive theory has become the central organizing principle of modern biology, directing research and providing a unifying explanation for the diversity of life on Earth.” In other words, biblical creation is a myth and evolution is true.

As the Conservapedia website quite correctly points out, Wikipedia “was initiated by two atheists: entrepreneur Jimmy Wales and philosophy professor Larry Sanger on January 15, 2001. Despite its official ‘neutrality policy,’ Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias.”

And that liberal bias, as you can well imagine, turns into a bias against a biblical understanding of history and the world around us. For a shocking account of nearly 200 instances of Wikipedia’s liberal and anti-Christian bias, check out this well-footnoted article at Conservapedia: http://www.conservapedia.com/Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia.

We don’t mean to get personal, but we want to talk to you about your nose. Call us “nosey” if you must, but we want to ask atheists if evolution can account for their nose. Frankly, we think Darwinism stinks - figuratively speaking - but we met someone recently in our Facebook group who confirmed that it smells in other ways as well.

Keith Duncan, a scientist involved in solid state electrochemistry and ion transport, told us, “Some of my colleagues are developing electrochemical sensors to make an artificial ‘nose’ for industrial applications. Even though their goal is MUCH LESS sensitive than a human nose, the project is still extremely complex.”

We asked Keith to go into more detail about this complexity, and he readily complied. “Each sensor in the ‘nose’ has to detect a specific chemical,” he said. “But they often have different optimal performance temperatures. And when combined into a ‘nose’, they usually have poor selectivity (ability to uniquely identify a particular chemical). Also, the extremely high number of permutations of metal oxides that can be used as active materials in the cathode make it very difficult to find suitable ones and eliminate those that are unsuitable.”

Keith concluded by saying, “I think those researching this area would find it hard to believe that any nose, whether artificial or real, could be developed by accident/chance.”

From this we conclude that even your nose knows that it is the handiwork of an intelligent Designer.

What’s a Bible-believing student in public school or college to do when their teacher pounds their desk and shouts, “I’ve been a science teacher for over 30 years, and I tell you that evolution is not a hypothesis or even a theory - it’s a fact!”

Do you back away, bowing in meek subjection, saying, “I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!” Far too many Bible-believing Christians have allowed themselves to be silenced into submission by “authorities” with long years of scientific study. If we haven’t spent years in the field of science, we feel we don’t even have a right to express our viewpoint.

But here’s how Christian students - and every Bible-believing Christian - should be looking at this. Scientists who have spent years rejecting the Bible and biblical creation are less likely to have a true understanding of the world around us. Think about it. When people immerse themselves in an error of any kind, they are conditioned to overlook its weaknesses. All they look for is “evidence” that supports their mistaken beliefs. And when they don’t find the evidence they seek, they interpret whatever they find to support their beliefs.

By rejecting the Bible as the authoritative source of knowledge, atheistic evolutionists begin at a flawed starting point. As a result, they look at the world through an atheistic “lens” that distorts everything they see. And the point we want to make is that the longer they look through this flawed lens, the more hardened they will be in their error.

So, Christian students, don’t allow yourself to be silenced into submission by arrogant scientists or science teachers. Their long years of study proves nothing. After all, the Bible - unlike science textbooks - doesn’t need to be constantly updated and revised. The Bible’s truths are true for all time. So the longer you study the Bible - the reliable source of knowledge and wisdom - the greater your understanding of the world around you will be.

Yesterday we watched an excellent video on YouTube … but we’re not going to suggest that you watch it. In this video, atheist Richard Dawkins interviews a Christian creationist who successfully debates the issues with Dawkins for over an hour. Why, then, aren’t we identifying the video so you can watch it? Because hundreds of comments have been posted by atheists who mercilessly attack the interviewee and use every four-letter word in the book to describe the vile and violent acts they’d like to do to her. The comments are horrific - beyond anything we ever expected to see.

But WHY should we not have expected to see something like this? After all, the godless philosophy of evolution leads inevitably to a society made up of people like this - unloving, unwise, vile, violent and vicious people who have no sense of right and wrong. As Dawkins himself confessed toward the end of the interview, “I agree with you that Darwinian beliefs would not make for a good society. I’ve said that they’ll make for a bad society.”

At last - something that Dawkins has said that we can agree with! The contemptible comments made by atheists on YouTube is just one more example of how vicious our culture is becoming, thanks, in part, to godless evolution. Atheism, of course, is nothing new. But because of evolution, atheism is now respectable and growing like a deadly cancer.

In the world that atheists envision - a world without God - there can be no morality or objective “right and wrong.” There’s only one rule - survival of the fittest. Creation Moments believes that the days of worldwide Christian persecution and even martyrdom are near at hand. And that’s why we believe it’s more important than ever to seek God’s favor and stand strong for the Bible, biblical creation and the Gospel!

“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?”

Imagine for a moment that you’re a student who wants to watch a video about God creating the heavens and the earth. You go to YouTube, enter the search term “creationism” and click the SEARCH button.

As you look at the first page of results, you discover that ALL of the videos are attacks on creationism. Apparently, atheists and Darwinists are busy with their evangelistic efforts. And they’re effective, judging from the fact that some of their videos have been viewed by over a million people. You see nearly 40 different videos under the headings “Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism” and “Evidence for Evolution and Against Creationism.” You also find a multi-part series titled “Why Do People Laugh at Creationists?” as well as videos with such titles as “Creationist Junk Debunked.” Where are the creationism videos?

So you enter a new search term: “anti-evolution.” Do you find creationism videos there? Nope. (more…)

Recently a friend of Creation Moments wisely observed: “Sadly, most Christians are not interested in the creation vs. evolution issue. Atheists, on the other hand, know what is at stake, so they invest a lot of time in defending their religion.”

Are the people in your church aware that evolution is, in fact, a “religion” that promotes atheism? If not, perhaps God is calling on YOU to wake them up to its dangers. After all, you know what is at stake, and the Lord may be asking you to sound the alarm. (more…)

We find it very interesting that President Obama’s inaugural address today included the words: “All men are equal.” Notice anything missing? Obviously he was quoting the best-known phrase in any of America’s political documents, the Declaration of Independence, in which Thomas Jefferson penned these immortal words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

This phrase was so powerful, Abraham Lincoln used it in what is arguably the most well-written speech ever delivered by a US President - the Gettysburg Address. Notice that he used the phrase exactly as it appeared in the Declaration of Independence: “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

Even Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used the phrase in his most famous and enduring speech: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”

So why, we ask, did President Obama leave out the word “created”? Was it an accidental omission? No, it was deliberate. For a speech as important as an inaugural address, every word is carefully chosen. What this clearly means is that our new head of state believes that God as Creator is an antiquated belief and must be ignored.

Creation Moments is not affiliated with and does not endorse any political party. The sole intent of the Momentum blog is to speak out on issues and current events related to biblical creation and the biblical worldview.