Christians have logical reason for believing in God as the Creator. Here are a few reasons why I believe.
Evolutionary Fakes
The “discovery” of Piltdown Man turned out to be one of the greatest hoaxes in the history of paleoanthropology (and science!). The jaw and skull fragments belonged to two different species. The jaw’s teeth revealed someone had filed them down to make them appear to be more like human teeth. And all of the bones had been stained to make them look old. It was actually called a scientific crime. Piltdown Man was found to be a modern ape that had been bleached and artificially weathered to look like a 500,000-year-old jawbone, so they in fact, built a whole model out of a jawbone!
Nebraska Man snowballed out of control after the 1920s announcement, but it turned out to be from a pig’s tooth. Here again, they are very creative as they built a model out of one tooth!
Lucy, the renowned fossil skeleton was of one of the world’s earliest known human ancestors, which was discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974, but the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History refuses to show her. Why? Several investigators, including Richard Leakey, have now concluded that two or perhaps three species’ bones and bone fragments have been wrongly combined in Lucy so they’re not all human bones. The point is, she was not a human ancestor but belonging to an extinct ape.
The chance for finding transitional monkey-to-man fossils is exceedingly high given their time frame of hundreds of million years. Sample evidence for fossils should grow exponentially with greater periods of time, but transitional fossils are simply not there!
Charles Dawson, a staunch supporter of Charles Darwin, was responsible for at least 38 fake finds during his amateur fossil-hunting career according to the Telegraph (Great Britain).
No Fossil Footprints
If evolution is true, there should be multiple millions upon millions of transitional fossils…yet there is a roaring silence of evidence where we see one specie transitioning into another, newer or better specie. What we do see today are, for the most part, fossils of either existing specie or those that have gone extinct. Just look at the Cambrian Explosion. Why is it called an “explosion?” Because most of the present species that exist today or have ever existed are found in what is known as the Cambrian layer or explosion. This layer is consistent with creation of life as described in Genesis. You cannot find any transitional evidence in fossils of plants evolving from one plant into another in that huge layer, therefore there is no observable evidence of evolution in the fossil record.
The Unreliability of Radio Carbon Dating
Marine fossils are found in the walls of the Grand Canyon.
There is strong evidence that fossil dating is not accurate and that radio carbon dating is only accurate within a 6,000 years’ time-span, so it is not a very reliable method to date organic matter, and even more so with inorganic matter (like rocks). The reason is all living organisms—like trees, plants, people, and animals— absorb carbon-14 into their tissue. When they die, the carbon-14 starts to change into other atoms over time. Scientists can estimate how long the organism has been dead by counting the remaining carbon-14 atoms…but wait! Cataclysmic events or great heat and tremendous pressures (underground) can speed up the release of carbon-14 atoms or…extreme cold or oceanic depths can rapidly slow the carbon-14 release.
The oldest known plant is the Gingko Biloba, dated to around 270 million years ago (allegedly), yet it is exactly the same today as it was some “270 million years ago,” (????). Here again, radio carbon dating methods cannot be trusted.
To complicate matters even further, carbon-14 can be absorbed by surrounding matter as to complicate dating. That’s why carbon dating rocks does not work well. It’s better at testing former living things. Some rocks from Hawaiian eruptions were tested and found to be several thousands of years old, yet it was only within the past two decades that these rocks had formed from cooled lava.
When you’re finding sea shells at the top of the highest mountains, it is clear there must have been a worldwide flood as described in Genesis and this caused rapid fossilization, which is just what we find in the Cambrian Explosion. It was sudden and it was cataclysmic. These are perfect conditions for quick fossilization. And of course, all of this perfectly fits the creation account in the Bible and explains where the dinosaurs perished.
Missing Links
The missing links are missing because they never existed.
You cannot find any transitional evidence in fossils of plants or creatures evolving from one specie into another. Trying to find the “missing link” when the entire chain is missing! They remain exactly the same. It’s the same for so-called other dinosaurs like opossums, crocodiles, and even cockroaches which are classified as being from the dinosaur age. Comically, the Evolutionary Tree of Life has the T-Rex on the same branch as the chicken!!
So, evolution’s theory is that we it all started with tiny microorganisms, then…jumping in time, to fish, so fish to reptiles, to mammals and to birds….then monkeys…to man. And add millions of years and time and chance…but, wait! Monkeys have not evolved at all, so that’s the reason there is no fossil evidence for any of these transitions of what we see living today. Monkeys have not evolved one bit since arriving on the earth! Why are there all these missing links? Why? The fact is, not only are links missing…the entire chain is! The missing links are missing because they never existed.
Evidence of Samson and the Philistines
Archaeology is a science. It is the scientific study of material remains that authenticates the remains of human activities, civilizations, and life. The mountainous collection of artifacts we have today (and more each year!) show indisputable evidence that the Bible is true and what was recorded actually happened in the places and times that the Bible states. Let’s look at one example: Judges 16:29-30 tells about Samson’s end (die with the Philistines). Could one man really pull down an entire temple (Samson?)? [Jerusalem Post] Two Philistine temples have been uncovered by archaeologists. One at Tel Qasile, in northern Tel Aviv, and one in Tel Miqne, ancient Ekron, 21 miles south of Tel Aviv. In the collapsed one, the roof had been supported by two central pillars in middle of temple. They were about 6 feet apart and if they were pushed outward, the entire roof would come crashing down [and it did].
Archeology is demonstrating that the Bible is truly reliable and accurate as written.
Well over 50,000 digs at 30,000 different locations have been excavated. These finds continue to provide substantial support of the Bible’s written record. Some of the finds include records or names of Belshazzar, King Darius, and King Cyrus. Evidence of the Hittites, long thought to be a mythological empire, have been found to have existed after all as well as King David’s reign found recorded on ancient Egyptian inscriptions.
Biblical Artifacts
We’ve also found a stone tablet bearing Pontius Pilate’s name as well as a piece of broken pottery at Masada which had an inscription that read, “Herod the Great King of the Jews” and dated to the time that he was ruling in 19 B.C. which fit’s the time period mentioned in the Bible (Luke 1:5, Matthew 2). Plus, the bones of Caiaphas the high priest were found in Peace Forest, just south of Jerusalem in an ossuary with the name Caiaphas on it. They dated to be around 2,000 years old, just when the Jewish historian Josephus mentioned Josephus Caiaphas ruled as the high priest around A.D. 18-36.
A seal with the inscription “Belonging to Abdi servant of Hoshea” was found in Israel and dated to the 8th century B.C. Hosea was the very last King of Israel before the Assyrians invaded and conquered the nation. The inscription of the seal matches the date of Hosea’s reign from 731-722 B.C. which fits perfectly with that which is recorded in the Old Testament.
A team of archaeologists headed by Dr. Avraham Biran, working in the Upper Galilee region, found written references to “The House of David” in both the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. Dr. Biran commented that, “This is the earliest archaeological mention of King David.” ……. These inscriptions also mention part of the Royal lineage of Israel and other Jewish Kings mentioned in the Old Testament an
d in the exact order that they are mentioned in 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles.
An ancient column that is credited to Solomon mentions Mizoram (Hebrew name for Egypt) and the words in Hebrew of death, water, Edom, Yahweh, and Solomon, all recorded in Scripture. Interestingly, this column was found near the Red Sea where tradition has it was the very place where Israel crossed over.
Conclusion
Only the Holy Spirit can reveal Who God is and specifically, Who Jesus is and why we need Him. That’s why I pray you have put your trust in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. If that has not happened yet, my friend, you are in real danger of hell fire. And I mean, in immediate danger. You’re one breath, one heartbeat…one accident away from eternity when it will be too late to repent. Today is the best day to believe (2 Cor 6:2) since tomorrow is no guarantee. If Jesus Christ came today, here is your fate (Matt 7:21-23). This is why I plead with you as you read this, repent today…and I mean right now. Put your trust in Jesus Christ. If you do not, you will face God’s judgment after death guaranteed (Heb 9:27) or at Jesus Christ’s appearance (Rev 20:12-15), which could happen at any moment.
Here is some related reading for you: How do Christians Explain Evolution?
Resource – Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), Crossway Bibles. (2007). ESV: Study Bible: English standard version. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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