A Closer Look At The Age Of The Earth
And The Science Vs Evolution Debate
Introduction:
Most Evolutionists and Slow Creationists believe that the earth is 4,600,000,000 (4.6 billion) years old, while many Creationists believe that the earth is only 6,000 to 10,000 years old. At least one of these beliefs is in serious error. The intent of this web site is to examine the assertion that the earth is "billions of years" old and to present a portion of the evidence that points to a much younger age and show why the facts of Science demonstrate that a Creator must have been intimately involved with the creation of Life on this planet.
Science Versus Belief
The 88% Majority
The Facts of Life
What Scientists Say Behind the Scenes
The Fossil Record
Evolution and the Age of the Earth
Truth or Story Telling: The Frog to Prince Scenario
Mission Impossible or Creator God
What does the Moon have to say?
How Important is a Six Day Creation
Which God Will it be?
The first sentence in the Ancient Hebrew Scriptures states that:
"In the Beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1
Although many believe this is true, it can't be "proven" in a strict scientific sense because science consists of observing or examining an event or process and involves the ability to repeat that process, and to obtain the same results time after time, regardless of who conducts the experiment. Therefore, when we talk about the past, and especially the distant past, such as the creation of the earth, or the life that exists on it, we are dealing with something that has not been examined or observed by men, nor can it be repeated or demonstrated in a laboratory. Furthermore, the theories that have been proposed: Creation, Evolution, Slow Creation, have not been and almost certainly never will be "proven" in a strictly scientific sense. So when we speak of things that took place in the past, such as how life began, we are not talking about science in a strict sense, but rather our faith or beliefs that are based on various things: such as our personal observations, experiences, or assumptions with regard to written history, archeology, the geological/fossil record, and/or upon second or third-hand information that scientists, the media, or others have told us (perhaps 1000's of times) that they believe to be true. Others, such as myself, would say that our faith is also based on our own personal experiences with the Creator, Himself.
Creation is based on the belief that an intelligent Creator/God purposely designed and put the universe together. Evolution is based on the belief that life formed from non-living materials and that random chance and millions of highly favorable and innovative mistakes or "mutations" were able to complement and build upon one another to create all the life forms which exist today, and/or have become extinct. Only one of these beliefs can be true. Either we evolved, or we were designed and created. If it turns out we were Created, then this means that there are absolutes, and that everything is NOT relative, because the fact that we have been Created (by a Creator) is (or would be), in itself, an absolute truth: whether or not the Creator created us directly from "the dust of the ground" as we are told in Genesis (2:7, 9, 19), or indirectly by selecting and establishing the Laws of nature, and organizing the first self-replicating and organisms, and letting them "take their course." Furthermore, if it turns out that God did, in fact, spontaneously Create every different life-form that ever existed on this planet within a matter of days (Ex. 20:11; Ps. 33:6-9), then many other truths would result from this one absolute truth: including moral truths of right and wrong. In other words, if there is a Creator / God, then He can establish and declare what is right and wrong, and hold us accountable for opposing or ignoring Him or His plans or for violating His moral laws of right and wrong that are said to be "written in their hearts." Romans 2:15.
Also, if you believe that God directed the process of CREATION, or that He started the first living cells and the Laws that allow for life to exist, and put them in a suitable environment, and then allowed "mother nature" to "take over" and Create all of the various and wondrous forms of life that we see around us -- over millions of years, then you believe in Slow Creation: not evolution.
Neither the Creationist nor Evolutionist views are based solely on science, for they both make assumptions about the past that cannot be verified by any present methods or experiments and are therefore believed by faith. Therefore, since no one can demonstrate how it happened, or even how the first living cell (somehow and against all odds) got itself started, we are free to make up our own minds regarding who is right and how it occurred, and we should also be free to speak our minds in any public forum without fear of offending those who have (very likely) been brainwashed (and lied to) by the Mass Media to believe something that (based on the "odds" alone) cannot be true -- whether it be in a 5th grade public classroom or while obtaining a Ph.D. in Microbiology.
The 88 Percent Majority -- Overruled by the beliefs of the (12%) minority.
It is also the author's hope that all of those who read this will do so with an open mind and weigh the evidence against what we know to be true. With that said I will openly state that I am among the 88% majority 1 in the U.S. who believe that the earth and all of its complex life forms were designed and created by an intelligence far superior to our own, and that the evidence we have, when presented fairly and accurately, overwhelmingly supports Special Creation. Yes folks, Bigotry is alive and well in the United States, and especially among the Elite (to Hell with real science or what the public wants) Mass Media. After all, we must not let the truth get in the way of their AGENDA -- of Brainwashing our kids. And to those who disagree I ask:
When was the last time (or rather the first) that the Mainstream Media gave Creation Scientists ANY airtime? Or when has the Mass Media allowed even ONE of the MANY open debates on College Campuses between Creation scientists and Evolutionists to be Aired on National TV? Or when have they aired any of the numerous Creation Videos? To my knowledge NOT EVEN ONCE, but rather only very selective and highly edited bits and pieces of what we have to say. That's because the theory of evolution is a bankrupt theory that cannot stand up to the light of day, and so its promoters, with the continual help of the Media, are allowed to continue promoting and propping up a theory that is falsely called "science" -- that should have been Abandoned long ago.
Those who hail evolution as a “fact” are either ignorant of the facts, or lying about them. The fact is that scientists have only been able to create 13 of the 20 amino acids that make up protein molecules. And even these (almost always) consist of 50/50 mixtures of L-type (left-handed) and D-type (right-handed) amino acids. This is about as far from making a living organism as a piece of silver is from a computer (with monitor, printer, and electricity) running Windows XP. For even the most "simple," self-replicating, bacterium contains many thousands of protein molecules, of 600 different types, that consist of left-handed (only) amino acids -- each of which is connected in just the right order, like words and sentences on a page, while the most basic protein molecule (only 8 amino acids long) has never been observed to form naturally.
The most basic self-replicating bacterium is called Mycoplasma genitalia. It consists of at least 40,000 protein molecules of 600 different types, has 482 genes, and can't survive on its own but requires the aid of a more complex "host" organism.To suppose that one of these extremely complex creatures came into being by itself (over Billions of years) is an unsubstantiated speculation of the highest order and is NOT based on empirical (i.e. observed) science, but rather upon a blind faith in the power of (unintelligent) matter to somehow organize itself by time and chance, while overcoming the destructive forces of nature such as heat, oxidation, hydrolysis, and numerous toxic chemicals.
For example, is there any reason to expect that a "Creative" bolt of Lightning, or "Ocean Bubble" could ever produce a half-way-formed "pre-mycoplasmic" organic blob of cells, that would -- in 100 Billion years -- make itself more and more complex, to the point where it could maintain and Reproduce itself ? Or would such a (hypothetical) halfway formed blob of chemicals simply decay and degrade via natural processes?
Like it or not, the facts of science declare that such an imaginary "pre-creature" would not complete this process on its own, but would instead merely decay back into the unintelligent matter from which it came. In other words, a belief in evolution is based much more on (blind) faith, as opposed to scientifically observed facts; however this is NOT what our children are being taught in public schools, but rather instead are being brainwashed to believe something that (most certainly) can't be true: thanks to the Media and the Democratic Party -- who almost always endorse and prop up the collapsing theory of evolution, and falsely label it "science" -- as opposed to the blind-faith belief that it is.
But, for the sake of those interested, lets look more closely at the inner workings of the cell. For example, living organisms possess a molecule called DNA. This molecule contains the information needed to make a specific life-form, and which enables it to maintain and repair itself. The DNA molecule is mysteriously broken down into genes. One DNA molecule may have thousands of different genes (i.e. protein blueprints) in it. These genes are (relatively) small portions of chemically coded information that are used to make protein molecules. The DNA cannot "decode" itself, but requires the aid of numerous proteins (that also don't form naturally) to do so. If a DNA molecule were compared to a book, then its genes would be the equivalent to individual (long) words or sentences of that book, and the DNA equivalent to the Book itself, but the living organism itself is even more complicated than that because it can actually reproduce itself, and because....The DNA in Living organisms can make molecular copies of itself called RNA (with near perfect accuracy) and transfer that information to ribosomes. In other words, the RNA molecule is a mobile copy of DNA. Meaning that once the RNA copy is complete, it literally travels to a different part of the cell (i.e. the Ribosome) where the information is used to make proteins. Ribosomes are tiny protein factories that take the information from the RNA and use it to make homochiralic proteins from L-type amino acids. Proteins are not known to form naturally in slime-pools, or Ocean vents, or Laboratories, but rather are only made by living organisms.
The great majority of living organisms are also quite fragile and require a protective membrane to enclose them and to keep harmful substances out. If they get too hot or too cold they will die. If there isn't enough oxygen, or if there are poisonous substances present they will also die.In other words, life is like a highly ordered and complex program (or book) that is hundreds to thousands of pages long and so far we can't even write a single line of that book. To make matters worse, the popular theory of evolution proposes that the book of life -- with all of its twists and turns and amazing coincidences -- wrote itself, without the aid of an intelligence of any sort. Just as amazing, if not more so, is the Great Faith that many University Professors and Know-It-All Scientists have in the unseen and mysterious Powers of Nature.
Some bacteria even have microscopic motors that they use to propel themselves forward or backward. Did they also "evolve" by themselves?
See also:
Which is more Scientific Creation or Evolution?
"How Life Began" by Thomas F. Heinze,
"Why Abiogenesis is Impossible," by Dr. Jerry Bergman,
"The Origin of Information" by Mark Eastman, M.D. and Chuck Missler
DNA Demands Creation By Design, by Carl Cantrell.
See also The Odds of Evolution Occurring by Chance -- excerpts from
"A Closer Look at the Evidence" by Richard and Tina Kleiss,
"How the Laws of Mathematics Disprove the Theory of Evolution,"
Which is more Scientific: Creation or Evolution?
Could Life "Just Happen"? by Ron Lyttle
The Origin of Life by Eric Blievernicht
See also: EvolutionisImpossible.com
Where we discover that Evolution is:
Chemically, Biologically and Mathematically Impossible
What Scientists Say Behind the ScenesThe lead paragraph of an article titled "The Major Evolutionary Transitions," stated the following :
"There is no theoretical reason to expect evolutionary lineages to increase in complexity with time, and no empirical" (or observable) "evidence that they do. Nevertheless, eukaryotic cells are more complex than prokaryotic ones, animals and plants are more complex than protists, and so on. This increase may have been achieved as a result of a series of major evolutionary transitions..." 2 Emphasis added
Did you catch that? After more than 100 years of proclaiming evolution as an established fact, scientists are now admitting (in a prestigious science journal) that there is no actual evidence that evolution takes place. And the evidence they do proclaim is highly subjective. The fact that certain types of cells appear to be more complex than others in no way proves (or even validates) that evolution has occurred. An example of this is the automobile: just because it "appears" more complex than a bicycle, does not indicate that either of them "evolved" without the aid of an outside intelligence such as a Designer / Builder / or Creator. To the contrary, we know that they were, in fact, both Designed and Created by man.
The fossil record also offers very little evidence for evolution. If this were not the case, then the theory of Punctuated equilibrium would never have been concocted. This is the belief that evolution from one form to the next occurred too quickly to be recorded in the fossil record. And (so we are told that) this is why we find so few examples of transitional forms. 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 The Links below provide more details.
Human vs Chimp DNA
Ape >>> Human Evolution
Neanderthals are Still Human
Neanderthal Man: Another Look
Recovery of Neanderthal mtDNA
Punctuated Equilibrium: Come of Age
Neanderthal Man in Chain Mail Armor
Anthropology and Apeman Questions and Answers
Evolution and the Age of the Earth
The younger the age of the earth, the more difficult it becomes to believe in evolution. This is because of the Astronomically Great, if not impossible (the number is almost too large to comprehend) "odds" against life spontaneously generating itself and then changing into more and more complex forms without the aid of an outside Intelligence / Creator / God . This is why Sir Fred Hoyle, Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University said that:
"The odds of higher forms of life evolving by chance are about the same as if a tornado swept through a junkyard and assembled a Boeing 747 from the materials therein." 12
Evolutionists attempt to overcome these odds by invoking such things as the "wand of evolution" 13
This magical formula consists of three beliefs:1) The belief that life began from the random mixing of chemicals without any help from an
outside intelligence.
2) The belief that random mutations were able to produce small beneficial changes which
(over many millions of years) created very innovative and complex structures such as arms,
legs, hands, toes, eyes, ears, wings, and feathers -- not to mention the multitudes of complex
internal organs such as a heart/motor, lungs and male and female reproductive organs.
3) The belief that the earth is extremely old.The third belief is necessary because if the earth is young then there wouldn't be enough time for the millions and millions of beneficial mistakes to take place. This is why evolutionists only talk about "clocks" which supposedly prove that the earth is billions of years old, and why they are unwilling to accept or publicly discuss any of the various clocks that yield young ages for the earth, the solar system, and the universe. For to do so would cast further doubt upon their theory. This is also why the Mass Media is afraid to give Creationist Scientists any Airtime. For if they did so -- without editing out much (if not most) of what was said -- then it wouldn't be long before the theory of evolution would cease being taught (as if it were a fact) in public classrooms across this land. Nor would it be long before Scientists and Professors across this land would be apologizing for their part in promoting an outdated, if not totally bankrupt, theory.
For a more detailed discussion of how evolutionary theory is bound to the concept of an Old Earth, see:
An Old Age for the Earth Is the Heart of Evolution by Jonathan F. Henry, Ph.D.
Truth or Story Telling: The Frog to Prince Scenario
Imagine for a moment, if someone told you a "story" about a frog that turned into a prince. No matter how eloquent they were, most of us would think they were either pulling our leg or lacking in common sense; many would think the storyteller was insane -- regardless of his or her "Credentials". However, when scientists tell us they "believe" or "accept" or "know" that the frog evolved into a prince - over millions of years - in teeny tiny steps, many Judges, Legislators, and media people are willing to jump onto their ship.
But are they telling the truth, or fanciful stories based on very optimistic imaginations?
Living Organisms are Extremely Complex
While scientists and engineers can make various complex things such as airplanes, automobiles, and computers, they can't make even the simplest form of life: not even a one-celled amoeba or a grain of wheat, much less a worm or a caterpillar. That's because life is extremely complex and orderly on a microscopic level. Even if all of the right ingredients were together in a flask, each of the amino acids, proteins, and molecules must still be put in precise order. And even when the cells are in the right order, we still don't know what makes them come to life.For example if we took a "simple" life-form (such as a jellyfish or an amoeba), placed it in a blender and mixed it up. Though all the ingredients necessary for life are in the blender, once they are mixed, they are no longer orderly; and try as one might, no one yet has been able to put the molecules back into the original order, much less bring the dead creature back to life.
A puzzle isn't put together by throwing its pieces in a box and shaking them up. By the same token, when a radio or a computer is built, each component must be made in a specific way, of the right substance, using very specific processes, and then, all of its pieces must be put in the correct place on a properly designed circuit board. In other words, as far as we know, complex and orderly things require intelligent beings to design and create them.
This brings us to one of the most basic facts of biology: the law of biogenesis. This law states that LIFE always comes from LIFE and that each type of life reproduces after its own kind. See also Genesis 1:21-25.
See also: Mission Impossible or Creator / God (below), The Facts of Life, and Fantasy Land.
Mission Impossible or Creator God:
Evidence of Creator -- or -- Extremely Rapid ChangeOne of the most fascinating creatures is the butterfly. It had never occurred to me how this small creature is, in and of itself, evidence of a creator until I heard Dr. Duane Gish, a scientist from the Institute of Creation Research (and a Graduate from U. C. Berkeley), elaborate on the fact that the rapid transformation which takes place during metamorphosis is diametrically opposed to the theory of evolution, which says that living organisms change very S-L-O-W-L-Y over L-O-N-G periods of Time.
The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly poses a Major Problem for evolution. This is because caterpillars come from butterflies. But evolutionary theory says that life changes from one form to another slowly (i.e. over “millions of years”) as a result of multitudes of tiny mistakes in the DNA. If evolution were true, then how did the first two “protopillars” transform themselves into fully mature butterflies simultaneously in such a short time-frame (i.e. about three days)? I say “they” because both the male and the female are needed to make butterfly eggs. What makes this more amazing is that during “metamorphosis” the caterpillar’s internal organs dissolve into a liquid before they “morph” into a butterfly.What the first two “protopillars” did is the equivalent of a man and woman placing themselves into a deep sleep and within a matter of months Transforming Themselves into flying angels with wings, and henceforth giving birth to "people" that (in time) would also change into angel-like beings.
For, without both male and female butterflies (with fully developed reproductive organs) you don’t have butterfly eggs, and without butterfly eggs, you don’t have caterpillars, and without caterpillars, you don’t have cocoons…
Note also that it wasn’t just the reproductive organs that formed in just days as opposed to millions of years, but also wings, and wing veins -- with fluid that is pumped both into their wings, to make them straight, but pumped back out, to make them light again. But they also now have new jointed legs -- with all the ligaments and tendons and nerves connected in just the right place so that the newly transformed creature can stand up and walk. And their wings also are jointed and have muscles attached in just the right place so that they can rapidly flap them back and forth to fly. They also have much more complex eyes and antennae that all just (sort of) spontaneously "developed". Even more amazing is that this mind-boggling transformation didn’t just happen once, but over 100,000 times with each species of butterfly, moth, fly and (flying) beetle.
In this regard, Frank Sherwin quotes Richard Milton (a non-creationist) as follows with regard to this scenario and how it might possibly have occurred:
"...no stage or aspect of this physical process can be accounted for or even guessed at with our current knowledge of chemistry, physics, genetics, or molecular biology, extensive though they are. It is completely beyond us. We know practically nothing about the plan or program governing the metamorphosis, or the organizing agency that executes this plan." 14
In other words, in spite of the wishful imaginations of people who call themselves "scientists," the fact is that such evidence strongly suggests that these creatures were programmed to transform by an intelligence far superior to ours, and that the evidence of design is overwhelming: which leads to the logical Conclusion that there must be a Creator. But in spite of these facts, and major problems for the theory of evolution, (or even "Slow Creation") the Mass Media, popular "science" publications, and a great many University Professors -- whose Jobs require them to "toe the line" regarding evolutionary dogma -- seem to be Hell-Bent on ignoring this evidence, along with the even more astounding "odds" against that first (purely hypothetical) self-replicating organism coming to life via purely Natural processes. In other words, they believe what they believe, in spite of the "odds" and evidence against it, and have instead chosen to believe something that is not supported by the facts -- as opposed to something that is. It is also sad that such people have been given such a strong hold on our "Institutions of higher learning": so much so that the truth is only important when, or if it agrees with their AGENDA of brainwashing the public to believe a Fairy Tale.
See also:
Metamorphosis misnomer
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Butterflies vs. Macroevolution
Bees and Ants: The Social Insects
Mission Impossible: the Monarch Butterfly
Butterflies - The Miracle of Metamorphosis
And What Does the Moon Have to say about all this?
I am glad you asked. For the Moon should also have at least some say in whether or not it thinks that God had anything to do with the Creation of the Sun and the Earth and the Moon. Thanks to Tim Wildmon, and the authors of a new book, we now have our answer.
“Knight and Butler, then noticed some very odd mathematical relationships between the size of the Moon, Earth and Sun. The orbital characteristics of the Moon and Earth, they say, are unlikely to exist by chance alone. For example, the Earth revolves 366 times in one orbit of the Sun and the Earth is 366% larger than the Moon. Conversely, the Moon takes 27.32 days to orbit the Earth and is 27.32% of the Earth’s size.” 15
Wildmon then quotes Knight and Butler as follows:
“There is no possible relationship between the relative size of the Earth and the Moon and their orbital characteristics, yet the numbers are the same. And that was just the first of many such patterns,” said Knight. “The number 366 was the basis of the ancient measuring system we have reconstructed, and that number keeps popping up along with a small group of round numbers such as 400 and 10,000. For example, the Moon is 400 times closer to the Earth than the Sun and exactly 400 times smaller than the Sun. And in 366 orbits of the Moon, the Earth experiences 10,000 days.” 15
These are just some of the amazing “coincidences” that exist between the Earth, Moon, and Sun that seem to suggest (to those willing to listen) that an Intelligent Being of some sort had a Hand in the creation of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. The Book is titled “Who Built the Moon?” by Christopher Knight and Alan Butler.
How important is a literal Six Day Creation?
When I first became a Christian I believed that the earth was "Billions of years" old, primarily because that's what I had been told (to believe) since the time I was a young child. I was further told that science had demonstrated, or proven that we had evolved from apes, which evolved from lemurs, which evolved from squirrels, etc., ... which evolved from amoebas, -- which evolved from some unknown lower life-form, that itself began from the natural reactions of various chemicals.
But something inside just didn't feel right, and so, I quite naturally questioned the whole thing; and through a series of circumstances I became aware of God's existence, and shortly after I became a follower of Jesus.
And within a few years of learning about God and who He is I discovered organizations like the Institute for Creation Research. Several years later I began to look into the question of the Earth's Age for myself, and within a few years I concluded that science had not "proven" that the earth was "billions of years" old, much less that life had evolved from primordial slime, via "natural processes". I also remember looking into the Scriptures and finding one verse that seemed to suggest that perhaps the earth was much older than 6,000 years (Gen. 2:4), while finding others that seemed to suggest it wasn't, and that the Creation of life occurred suddenly: Gen. 2:7-9, 19; Exodus 20:8-11; Ps. 33:6-10; Matt. 19:4-6. Therefore I am not going to be dogmatic about this, nor am I going to go into a lengthy discussion of it but rather simply provide the interested reader with various Links whereby he or she can check this out for himself or herself. However, I will state that I believe that the Young Earth Viewpoint is in my opinion better supported by the evidence both from Scripture and Science. Others may disagree, and they are free to do so. Here's a Link-Page to various articles on both sides of this issue.
Which God Will it be: yourself, Your Creator, or another god?
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