Is there good evidence for creation?
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Is there evidence for creation that is better than evidence for evolution?
One of the biggest differences between evolutionists and creationists is the way in which each group believes that living things appeared on earth.
Evolutionists claim that all living things have come from one or a few original living organisms (they call it the “common ancestor”). They believe that the first living things on earth were simple life-forms that eventually evolved into very complex life-forms such as humans. Their idea is that all life on earth is like a “chain” throughout time linking simple organisms of the past to complex organisms of today. Evolutionists believe that:
- single-celled organisms evolved into multicelled organisms
- which eventually evolved into fish
- which evolved into amphibians
- which evolved into reptiles
- which evolved into birds and mammals
- which evolved into humans.
The difficulty with this evolutionary “chain” is that important links between all the major groups are missing. Evolutionists are searching for these “missing links” to try to prove their theory, and have been looking since at least the time of Charles Darwin in the mid-1800s.
Creation difference
Creationists, however, believe that God created all the major types of living things separately in the beginning.
- fish were created as fish
- amphibians were created as amphibians
- reptiles were created as reptiles
- birds were created as birds
- mammals were created as mammals
- humans were created as humans right from the beginning.
Creationists do not believe that creatures in these or other major groups evolved at all. They say the reason evolutionists can't find the missing links between these major groups is because the links don't exist.
So, a good evidence for creation would be to show that life-forms that do not have antecedents appeared on earth.
The fossil record reveals something that clearly supports this creation idea but is disturbing to the evolution idea. It shows that complex animals that are fossilized in the early rock layers of earth appeared quite suddenly.
Complex organs appear abruptly
For example, in the Cambrian rocks we find lamp shells, moss animals, worms, trilobites, and shrimp. These creatures have complex organs: intestines, stomachs, bristles, spines, and appendages. They have eyes and feelers, which indicates that they possessed a good nervous system. They have gills, which shows that they extracted oxygen from the water and had complex blood circulation systems. There is nothing primitive or simple about these Cambrian creatures!
Now the big question is: Where are the ancestors of these Cambrian fossils? Where are the organisms with partially formed intestines, stomachs, bristles, spines, appendages, eyes, feelers, and gills? Evolutionists have never been able to produce them. They appeared suddenly, fully formed.
Dr. Arlie J. Hoover, in his book Fallacies of Evolution, is just one of many who have asked: Where are all the simpler creatures that should have led up to these complex forms, if “molecules to man” evolution is supposed to be a scientific fact? This problem is so acute that even the modern “father of evolution,” Charles Darwin, admitted that it “may truly be urged as a valid argument” against evolution.
Strong evidence for creation
The sudden appearance of these Cambrian animals with no antecedents definitely suggests creation rather than evolution. Creationists say that animals were created with all their parts intact right from the start; they didn't evolve over a long time. And that is exactly what is found in the record of the past: the fossils. Therefore this is strong evidence for creation, but leaves evolution still floundering for missing links.
In summary:
Complex organs such as intestines, gills, stomachs, eyes, legs, feathers … all appear suddenly and fully formed in the fossil record. This fits the creationist belief and what the Bible's book of Genesis implies. But it does not support the evolutionist's idea that these structures would have evolved in animals over millions of years. This is strong evidence that the creation explanation is right and the evolution explanation is wrong.
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