CreationEvolution – What is the Controversy and Why Does It.ppt

@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama Creation/Evolution –What is the Controversy andWhy Does It Matter? Dr. Heinz Lycklama heinz@ /creation General Overview Creation/Evolution Controversy What, history, importance Biblical Basis for Creation Reliability, archaeology, special revelation Evidence for a Global Flood Scientific Basis for Creation Scientific Case Against Evolution Compromising Theories of Origins Intelligent Design Movement The Impact of Evolution on Society How Then Should We as Christians Respond? Introducing the Controversy Science and the Bible Assumptions and the Search for Truth Basic Assumptions of Creationism/Evolution History of Evolutionary Ideas Darwinian Mechanisms of Evolution The Evolutionary View of History History of Modern Creationism Scientific Creationism Science, Origins and Proofs Origins and Meaning Science and the Bible To Begin the Discussion … In 1903, a British philosopher, Herbert Spencer, made a profound scientific statement:“Everything in the universe can be explained by five basic things - space, matter, time, force, and action.” Spencer, an evolutionist, was a contemporary of Charles Darwin, the British scientist credited with popularizing the concept of evolution. He (Spencer) was given a prestigious award by the British Science Society at the time. This was considered to be a major contribution to science. And it is, until you realize that … What Does The 1st Bible Verse Say? Moses, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote in Gen. 1:1:“In the beginning (time) God (force) created (action) the heavens (space) and the earth (matter).” What makes this even more remarkable is the fact that Moses was educated in the tradition of the Egyptians. They believed that only the ocean existed at first. An egg/flower appeared and the sun god was born. The sun god had four children, of whom one was Geb (the earth). They believed that the earth was a flat disk afloat on the river of the ocean. None of this mythology of the time was i