| Published 2011 |
My Dear Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren,
The Church has long recognized how accurate God is when in the Bible he tells us,
“The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). Of equal
importance in the destruction of one’s faith is the pursuit of worldly pleasures. In my
lifetime another great destroyer of the Christian faith has appeared which can have
catastrophic effects on Christians of all ages, but especially on young people of
school age. This challenge to our faith is the teaching of evolution 1 in our public
schools. It began prior to 1900 and gained national attention with the “Scopes
Monkey Trial” in 1925. Since then the teaching of evolution has become the only
science instruction regarding the origins of life permitted in our public schools.
______________________________________________________________
1. Editor’s note:
The term “evolution” has been used to characterize two sets of ideas. The first idea might be
described as change on a small scale (“micro evolution”). It involves the adaptation of living
things to their environment and has been directly observed. The second idea involves change
on a large scale (“macro evolution”). This involves extrapolating information from adaptation
and natural selection backwards in time in order to explain the origins of plants, animals,
humans and life itself. In this paper, the author uses the term “evolution” in this latter sense.
______________________________________________________________
I would like to discuss this “theory” of evolution with you. It is important for your
eternal well-being that you understand what “evolution” is because you will be
confronted by it throughout your life. In public grade schools, high schools and
colleges, science teachers and professors will teach evolution as an established
scientific fact. It is the very foundation on which they base their instruction in
scientific theory, prehistoric history, philosophy, morality and life events. Educators
of other disciplines and the textbooks that they use also have their foundations
built, in part, upon the theory of evolution with all its implications. Educational
magazines such as National Geographic and educational TV programs appear
innocent as they invite us to learn about animals, plants and other aspects of
nature. They are, however, potentially dangerous to your faith in Jesus because of
their reliance on evolutionary theory. Even signs and markers in our national and
state parks ascribe to evolution the formation of the natural wonders they describe.
The list of references to evolution in our everyday life is overwhelming.
Evolution can be described in one word. It is a lie. Because of this lie, which is
portrayed as scientific truth, many Christians have been led away from the truth of
God’s Word and have lost their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.
A survey of Christian students entering high school or college science classes has
shown that 60 – 80% of them leave their churches and their Christian faith as a
result of evolution being taught in their science classes. 2
___________________________________________________________
2. Lita Cosner, “Who Has an Answer?” Creation Ministries International (August 27, 2009), http:
//creation.com/who-has-an-answer (accessed August 7, 2011).
___________________________________________________________
Evolution is a lie – not only because the Bible (which is God’s Word) ascribes the
establishment of all living and inanimate matter and all scientific laws and
phenomena to our almighty God’s creation, but it is also a scientific lie. It is this
“scientific lie” that I want you to understand. If you don’t understand the scientific
aspect of this lie, there may be a lingering question in your mind as to the truth of
God’s Word and how God’s Word and science relate to each other. Raising doubts
about God’s Word (the Bible) is probably the most insidious and yet most common
method that the devil uses to destroy the faith of God’s children.
First you should understand that God, as part of his creation, also created and
established all science and its laws. God’s creation and all of science are, therefore,
completely integrated, and all living creatures, all inanimate matter and all of
science point to a common designer, or creator, whom we acknowledge as God
Almighty. Note here that the Bible says that the heavens (i.e. all creation, including
science) declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1) and, in so doing, declare his
existence. Therefore, to use science to show believers and unbelievers that God is
the creator of all things is not contrary to biblical teachings. Even Christ used
physical evidence (science) to prove to Thomas and all his disciples that he had
indeed risen from the dead on Easter morning and that he is indeed the promised
Son of God.
Most science teachers, college professors and scientists simply describe creation as
a tenet of religion. To them, creation is a matter of religious faith and science is a
matter of facts and truth and the two subjects (religious creation and scientific
evolution) cannot be discussed in the same context. Therefore, they reason, since
creation is a matter of religious faith it cannot be taught as science in public
schools. This is a major aspect of the evolution lie.
These same professors and scientists also claim that we cannot theorize God or
consider God as the creator of all things simply because they cannot “prove” his
existence, or his work of creation, scientifically. Does that mean that all
“unprovable” scientific facts cannot be theorized or discussed scientifically until
provable? Of course not. Science has always existed, but man simply was not
always able to understand it or able to prove it for thousands of years, but it was
always there. So it is with God. Today’s scientists do not accept any scientific proof
of God’s existence, nor do they understand how he can create things. We should,
however, be able to theorize God’s existence and his creation and to discuss it in
science classes as a valid scientific alternative to the atheistic theory of evolution.
If Darwin’s theory of evolution can be classified as “science” based on unproven
logic, then creation can also be a valid scientific theory based on the obvious
intelligent design of all science and of all living species. The lack of evidence of
evolutionary incremental changes in the fossil record and in all living species
supports the Bible’s creation account. Stated in another way, and from the
standpoint of a scientific discussion, if God does exist and if he did create the
universe and everything in it, then that would be a scientific fact regardless whether
or not today’s limited scientific knowledge can prove it. To theorize then that an
intelligent being (i.e. God) created all living matter is therefore a valid scientific
theory and not just a religious belief. As such, creation should be included in
science class discussions. It should be noted here that evolution has been classified
by science as a “theory” for 150 years and it is still not proven – nor do scientific
facts support its claims.
The claim that God and creation cannot be proven scientifically can be disproven
by science’ own tests and procedures for identifying and evaluating artifacts found
in various archæological excavations. One scientific procedure for identifying and
scientifically evaluating an artifact is identical in many ways to what many
creationists refer to as “intelligent design.” 3 This can be seen by the following
example: An archæologist – a scientist – finds a simple prehistoric arrowhead in
one of his excavations of an archæological site. Does that scientist declare that
this arrowhead evolved over billions of years? Of course not. His scientific
evaluation of the arrowhead is that it was designed and made by an intelligent
human being – not some animal or half animal/half sub-human, knuckle-dragging
being. (If anyone questions the intelligence of the arrowhead designer and maker,
I suggest that he, with his superior modern intelligence, go outside, without modern
tools, and make an arrowhead of the quality found in all prehistoric arrowheads.
That arrowhead designer and all arrowhead makers were geniuses by today’s
standards!) The scientific evaluation of the arrowhead was accomplished by a
visual observation of its design and obvious man-made manufacturing techniques.
_______________________________________________________________
3. My use of the term “intelligent design” does not in any way refer to any organized anti-
evolutionary movement. The use of the term “intelligent design” refers only to what these two
words say, i.e. that an intelligent being (God) designed and made (created) all of nature, living
and inanimate, including the universe.
_______________________________________________________________
Using this same scientific evaluation procedure, we need only to look into our mirror
and note the complex detailed design and integration of our own body components
to realize that no haphazard chance happening of evolution could have devised
the unique, complex system that we see in the mirror. Observe carefully the details
of every body part, starting with the eyes, skin, mouth, etc., and note their detailed
design, function and integration within the whole body. We can only exclaim that
our body was designed and made by a very intelligent being – the Almighty God.
So much wasted breath for the theory of evolution! Almighty God does exist, just
as the Bible states.
As a young man, I tried to rationalize the biblical creation account in terms of the
scientific “facts” of evolution. The usual idea that God started evolution seemed the
most probable, except for one important fact. God would have to be a liar because
the Holy Spirit testified to the biblical account of creation, and it was confirmed by
God the Father and by Jesus. In looking to God for answers to the riddle of God’s
Word versus science, I finally realized, with the Holy Spirit’s guidance, that the
obvious answers were all around us. I want you to understand these obvious
answers to the scientific question of creation verses evolution.
There are at least six avenues of logic which contradict the “theory” of evolution.
They are:
I. The accelerated incidence of change required for evolution to occur.
II. The lack of fossil records which would show the detailed development and
incremental progression of the evolutionary process.
III. The inability of the theory of evolution to explain how complex genetic systems
evolved prior to simple life forms – genetics.
IV. The evidence of intelligent design and the mathematical improbability of
intelligent design arising as a product of chance – e.g. the complex ID of every
seed.
V. Darwin’s errors.
VI. The difficulty explaining what life is, or the inability of science to explain “life”
and how “life” fits into the evolution of all of nature.
The accelerated incidence of change required for evolution to occur.
Life, according to the theory of evolution, began with a chance set of circumstances
that resulted in a living cell which, after a long period of time, reproduced and
became two cells. This process continued for many thousands of years (or even
millions of years) until finally a living life form or creature resulted. As time
continued, more and more different life forms or creatures appeared through
random changes which gradually took place. From a mathematical standpoint,
when only one living cell was present, development was very slow – perhaps only
one cell in a hundred thousand years or even a million years. When two cells
appeared we would expect the rate of cell reproduction to double, then triple, then
quadruple, etc. The rate of development of new cells and life forms would therefore
increase dramatically in proportion to the number of living cells or life forms
available for change and with time. We would expect then that with the
uncountable amounts of living matter today, evolutionary changes and new
species would be seen in all stages of development in all living beings, creatures
and plants. This expected massive evidence of accelerated evolutionary change,
however, is NOT seen at all today, nor does history record any evidence of new
species appearing or evolutionary changes occurring in any living item. If such
massive evidence of evolutionary change did exist today, there would be no
question about the validity of evolution and the theory of evolution would no
longer be classified as a “theory.” It would be called the “laws of evolution.” The
“theory of evolution” is, therefore, inaccurate, and we can describe it for what it
actually is – a scientific lie.
The fossil record – or lack thereof
According to evolutionary theory, changes in the first living cells and in all
subsequent life forms took place gradually and randomly. For example, a fish would
develop various random protrusions on its body starting out as small bone or
cartilage nubs. Eventually, over thousands of years, they would develop into fins or
even leg-like extremities that, proven useful, would be kept and would continue to
develop. The useless nubs/fins/etc. would eventually disappear. In the process of
living, reproducing, changing and dying, this gradual, incremental development
from one species to another would be permanently preserved in the fossil record.
Obviously a fish could not give birth to an elephant or even a small mouse. These
incremental changes, therefore, would continue over untold ages and the fossil
record would consist entirely of these small, incremental changes. This is NOT the
case, however. The fossil record does not show any intermediate or incremental
stages but only fully developed species similar to those which exist in life today.
(“Fully developed” are the key words here.) Evolutionary scientists are at a loss to
explain these “gaps” in the fossil record as they describe this lack of intermediate or
incremental fossil evidence. These gaps or lack of intermediate incremental
development in the fossil record are, however, easily explained by creation. Fossils
of completely developed species including completely developed present day
species are simply the result of God’s perfect and complete creation. There never
were intermediate species or incremental changes from one species to the next
whose absence has caused the elusive “gap” which plagues evolutionists today. LSI
Go To Part 2
____________________________________________________________________
John Woidke is an LSI member living in Farwell, Michigan. He is a member of St. John
Ev. Lutheran Church in Clare, Michigan. A retired engineer, John holds a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering.
The Church has long recognized how accurate God is when in the Bible he tells us,
“The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil” (1 Timothy 6:10). Of equal
importance in the destruction of one’s faith is the pursuit of worldly pleasures. In my
lifetime another great destroyer of the Christian faith has appeared which can have
catastrophic effects on Christians of all ages, but especially on young people of
school age. This challenge to our faith is the teaching of evolution 1 in our public
schools. It began prior to 1900 and gained national attention with the “Scopes
Monkey Trial” in 1925. Since then the teaching of evolution has become the only
science instruction regarding the origins of life permitted in our public schools.
______________________________________________________________
1. Editor’s note:
The term “evolution” has been used to characterize two sets of ideas. The first idea might be
described as change on a small scale (“micro evolution”). It involves the adaptation of living
things to their environment and has been directly observed. The second idea involves change
on a large scale (“macro evolution”). This involves extrapolating information from adaptation
and natural selection backwards in time in order to explain the origins of plants, animals,
humans and life itself. In this paper, the author uses the term “evolution” in this latter sense.
______________________________________________________________
I would like to discuss this “theory” of evolution with you. It is important for your
eternal well-being that you understand what “evolution” is because you will be
confronted by it throughout your life. In public grade schools, high schools and
colleges, science teachers and professors will teach evolution as an established
scientific fact. It is the very foundation on which they base their instruction in
scientific theory, prehistoric history, philosophy, morality and life events. Educators
of other disciplines and the textbooks that they use also have their foundations
built, in part, upon the theory of evolution with all its implications. Educational
magazines such as National Geographic and educational TV programs appear
innocent as they invite us to learn about animals, plants and other aspects of
nature. They are, however, potentially dangerous to your faith in Jesus because of
their reliance on evolutionary theory. Even signs and markers in our national and
state parks ascribe to evolution the formation of the natural wonders they describe.
The list of references to evolution in our everyday life is overwhelming.
Evolution can be described in one word. It is a lie. Because of this lie, which is
portrayed as scientific truth, many Christians have been led away from the truth of
God’s Word and have lost their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.
A survey of Christian students entering high school or college science classes has
shown that 60 – 80% of them leave their churches and their Christian faith as a
result of evolution being taught in their science classes. 2
___________________________________________________________
2. Lita Cosner, “Who Has an Answer?” Creation Ministries International (August 27, 2009), http:
//creation.com/who-has-an-answer (accessed August 7, 2011).
___________________________________________________________
Evolution is a lie – not only because the Bible (which is God’s Word) ascribes the
establishment of all living and inanimate matter and all scientific laws and
phenomena to our almighty God’s creation, but it is also a scientific lie. It is this
“scientific lie” that I want you to understand. If you don’t understand the scientific
aspect of this lie, there may be a lingering question in your mind as to the truth of
God’s Word and how God’s Word and science relate to each other. Raising doubts
about God’s Word (the Bible) is probably the most insidious and yet most common
method that the devil uses to destroy the faith of God’s children.
First you should understand that God, as part of his creation, also created and
established all science and its laws. God’s creation and all of science are, therefore,
completely integrated, and all living creatures, all inanimate matter and all of
science point to a common designer, or creator, whom we acknowledge as God
Almighty. Note here that the Bible says that the heavens (i.e. all creation, including
science) declare the glory of God (Psalm 19:1) and, in so doing, declare his
existence. Therefore, to use science to show believers and unbelievers that God is
the creator of all things is not contrary to biblical teachings. Even Christ used
physical evidence (science) to prove to Thomas and all his disciples that he had
indeed risen from the dead on Easter morning and that he is indeed the promised
Son of God.
Most science teachers, college professors and scientists simply describe creation as
a tenet of religion. To them, creation is a matter of religious faith and science is a
matter of facts and truth and the two subjects (religious creation and scientific
evolution) cannot be discussed in the same context. Therefore, they reason, since
creation is a matter of religious faith it cannot be taught as science in public
schools. This is a major aspect of the evolution lie.
These same professors and scientists also claim that we cannot theorize God or
consider God as the creator of all things simply because they cannot “prove” his
existence, or his work of creation, scientifically. Does that mean that all
“unprovable” scientific facts cannot be theorized or discussed scientifically until
provable? Of course not. Science has always existed, but man simply was not
always able to understand it or able to prove it for thousands of years, but it was
always there. So it is with God. Today’s scientists do not accept any scientific proof
of God’s existence, nor do they understand how he can create things. We should,
however, be able to theorize God’s existence and his creation and to discuss it in
science classes as a valid scientific alternative to the atheistic theory of evolution.
If Darwin’s theory of evolution can be classified as “science” based on unproven
logic, then creation can also be a valid scientific theory based on the obvious
intelligent design of all science and of all living species. The lack of evidence of
evolutionary incremental changes in the fossil record and in all living species
supports the Bible’s creation account. Stated in another way, and from the
standpoint of a scientific discussion, if God does exist and if he did create the
universe and everything in it, then that would be a scientific fact regardless whether
or not today’s limited scientific knowledge can prove it. To theorize then that an
intelligent being (i.e. God) created all living matter is therefore a valid scientific
theory and not just a religious belief. As such, creation should be included in
science class discussions. It should be noted here that evolution has been classified
by science as a “theory” for 150 years and it is still not proven – nor do scientific
facts support its claims.
The claim that God and creation cannot be proven scientifically can be disproven
by science’ own tests and procedures for identifying and evaluating artifacts found
in various archæological excavations. One scientific procedure for identifying and
scientifically evaluating an artifact is identical in many ways to what many
creationists refer to as “intelligent design.” 3 This can be seen by the following
example: An archæologist – a scientist – finds a simple prehistoric arrowhead in
one of his excavations of an archæological site. Does that scientist declare that
this arrowhead evolved over billions of years? Of course not. His scientific
evaluation of the arrowhead is that it was designed and made by an intelligent
human being – not some animal or half animal/half sub-human, knuckle-dragging
being. (If anyone questions the intelligence of the arrowhead designer and maker,
I suggest that he, with his superior modern intelligence, go outside, without modern
tools, and make an arrowhead of the quality found in all prehistoric arrowheads.
That arrowhead designer and all arrowhead makers were geniuses by today’s
standards!) The scientific evaluation of the arrowhead was accomplished by a
visual observation of its design and obvious man-made manufacturing techniques.
_______________________________________________________________
3. My use of the term “intelligent design” does not in any way refer to any organized anti-
evolutionary movement. The use of the term “intelligent design” refers only to what these two
words say, i.e. that an intelligent being (God) designed and made (created) all of nature, living
and inanimate, including the universe.
_______________________________________________________________
Using this same scientific evaluation procedure, we need only to look into our mirror
and note the complex detailed design and integration of our own body components
to realize that no haphazard chance happening of evolution could have devised
the unique, complex system that we see in the mirror. Observe carefully the details
of every body part, starting with the eyes, skin, mouth, etc., and note their detailed
design, function and integration within the whole body. We can only exclaim that
our body was designed and made by a very intelligent being – the Almighty God.
So much wasted breath for the theory of evolution! Almighty God does exist, just
as the Bible states.
As a young man, I tried to rationalize the biblical creation account in terms of the
scientific “facts” of evolution. The usual idea that God started evolution seemed the
most probable, except for one important fact. God would have to be a liar because
the Holy Spirit testified to the biblical account of creation, and it was confirmed by
God the Father and by Jesus. In looking to God for answers to the riddle of God’s
Word versus science, I finally realized, with the Holy Spirit’s guidance, that the
obvious answers were all around us. I want you to understand these obvious
answers to the scientific question of creation verses evolution.
There are at least six avenues of logic which contradict the “theory” of evolution.
They are:
I. The accelerated incidence of change required for evolution to occur.
II. The lack of fossil records which would show the detailed development and
incremental progression of the evolutionary process.
III. The inability of the theory of evolution to explain how complex genetic systems
evolved prior to simple life forms – genetics.
IV. The evidence of intelligent design and the mathematical improbability of
intelligent design arising as a product of chance – e.g. the complex ID of every
seed.
V. Darwin’s errors.
VI. The difficulty explaining what life is, or the inability of science to explain “life”
and how “life” fits into the evolution of all of nature.
The accelerated incidence of change required for evolution to occur.
Life, according to the theory of evolution, began with a chance set of circumstances
that resulted in a living cell which, after a long period of time, reproduced and
became two cells. This process continued for many thousands of years (or even
millions of years) until finally a living life form or creature resulted. As time
continued, more and more different life forms or creatures appeared through
random changes which gradually took place. From a mathematical standpoint,
when only one living cell was present, development was very slow – perhaps only
one cell in a hundred thousand years or even a million years. When two cells
appeared we would expect the rate of cell reproduction to double, then triple, then
quadruple, etc. The rate of development of new cells and life forms would therefore
increase dramatically in proportion to the number of living cells or life forms
available for change and with time. We would expect then that with the
uncountable amounts of living matter today, evolutionary changes and new
species would be seen in all stages of development in all living beings, creatures
and plants. This expected massive evidence of accelerated evolutionary change,
however, is NOT seen at all today, nor does history record any evidence of new
species appearing or evolutionary changes occurring in any living item. If such
massive evidence of evolutionary change did exist today, there would be no
question about the validity of evolution and the theory of evolution would no
longer be classified as a “theory.” It would be called the “laws of evolution.” The
“theory of evolution” is, therefore, inaccurate, and we can describe it for what it
actually is – a scientific lie.
The fossil record – or lack thereof
According to evolutionary theory, changes in the first living cells and in all
subsequent life forms took place gradually and randomly. For example, a fish would
develop various random protrusions on its body starting out as small bone or
cartilage nubs. Eventually, over thousands of years, they would develop into fins or
even leg-like extremities that, proven useful, would be kept and would continue to
develop. The useless nubs/fins/etc. would eventually disappear. In the process of
living, reproducing, changing and dying, this gradual, incremental development
from one species to another would be permanently preserved in the fossil record.
Obviously a fish could not give birth to an elephant or even a small mouse. These
incremental changes, therefore, would continue over untold ages and the fossil
record would consist entirely of these small, incremental changes. This is NOT the
case, however. The fossil record does not show any intermediate or incremental
stages but only fully developed species similar to those which exist in life today.
(“Fully developed” are the key words here.) Evolutionary scientists are at a loss to
explain these “gaps” in the fossil record as they describe this lack of intermediate or
incremental fossil evidence. These gaps or lack of intermediate incremental
development in the fossil record are, however, easily explained by creation. Fossils
of completely developed species including completely developed present day
species are simply the result of God’s perfect and complete creation. There never
were intermediate species or incremental changes from one species to the next
whose absence has caused the elusive “gap” which plagues evolutionists today. LSI
Go To Part 2
____________________________________________________________________
John Woidke is an LSI member living in Farwell, Michigan. He is a member of St. John
Ev. Lutheran Church in Clare, Michigan. A retired engineer, John holds a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering.
