In understanding the question of Creation versus Evolution it is VITAL to be aware of the Global Catastrophe (aka Flood) described on the previous page
This event totally destroyed the entire surface of the earth and created a totally new surface made up of mostly sedimentary and metamorphosed sedimentary rocks interspersed with about 20,000 volcanoes, lava flows, granite domes and other volcanic upwellings from the core of the earth, also associated with the massive tectonic upheaval that followed the impact of the ice comet that flooded the earth, knocked it off its vertical axis and knocked it out of its circular orbit around the sun
Accordingly there are very few archaeological artefacts that predate this catastrophe and the vast majority of archaeology and all geology and geography date from the catastrophe
Added to this because of the upwellings from the radioactive core of the earth associated with the massive landform upheaval associated with the comet strike ALL forms of dating based on levels of radioactivity are fatally flawed
This high level of radioactivity immediately after the catastrophe also led to high levels of mutation in the plants and animals that survived, including humans
In addition, the change in diameter of the earth and therefore reduced gravity and other factors led to progressive deterioration of the plants and animals and particularly mankind, following the catastrophe
There is substantial evidence that this event took place about 4,500 years ago, 2345 BC to be exact, and that the major civilizations such as Egypt, the Indus Valley, etc all sprang up rapidly as the earth was repopulated
The archaeological evidence that DOES exist points clearly to a very advanced civilization with very advanced technology prior to the catastrophe as evidenced by the limited artefacts that have been found from the pre-flood period -- the book "Dead Men's Secrets" presents a very useful catalogue of these findings
The remains of the dwelling of those who survived the flood together with an associated grave indicate that the survivors were of the order of 18 feet (6 meters) tall and were literally giants who possessed very advanced technical knowledge
Please see the videos on the Flood page of this website for a series of videos that provide a comprehensive discussion of all the above
There is also evidence of a major global atomic war around 500 years after the flood event with a number of remains of cities with high levels of radioactivity at various points in the world such that so-called pre-historic ape men are, in fact, humans who mutated following exposure to extremely high levels of radioactivity following this war
The evidence of a global catastrophe is all around us IF one is prepared to suspend disbelief and look openly and critically at the world around us
Once one recognizes that there HAS been a global hydraulic and tectonic catastrophe and that the land forms around the world could ONLY have come into existence through such a dramatic event happening in a short space of time then one is better placed to consider the debate with regard to evolution versus creation
Firstly, once one recognizes the short time frame coupled to the high levels of radioactivity during and after the hydraulic and tectonic catastrophe it becomes entirely possible to visualize the rapid evolutionary divergence of species in a way that is entirely consistent with the observations of Darwin and others, with the exception that it becomes apparent that these evolutionary forms developed over thousands of years rather than the millions of years previously speculated
This same mechanism easily explains all the diverse people forms on the earth today, except that the evolution has NOT been in a positive, improvement direction but in a "devolutionary", that is deteriorating way -- barring a recovery in recent centuries -- see the page on "Reformation masks degradation"
Thus the people of Africa have degraded at a much faster rate than the people of Europe and Asia -- there are spiritual explanations for this that are discussed elsewhere on this site
If one considers the available information further it is apparent that, whether what exists today came into existence through a process of random selection or a carefully managed creative process, all that exists today in terms of the Universe, our Solar System, our planet Earth and all the plants and animals on the planet have to all come into existence over a considerable period where "millions of years" is entirely plausible
It is also apparent that from a straight forward mechanical developmentally perspective the Universe and the Solar system had to come into position in a manner that allowed them to stabilise in the manner that now exists with our Solar System -- the most basic consideration of physics evidences that this had to take place at manageable speeds and therefore it has taken a very considerable amount of time for all the stars, galaxies, etc that we can observe to reach their present positions and stabilize at some level
That this may have taken place as the consequence of some initial explosive "big bang" event is entirely plausible and cannot be ignored
Any thesis which says "the bible says this was all formed in seven periods of 24 hours" is entirely specious and denies the most elementary laws of physics and common sense
Which is more the case when it is realized that the word translated "day" in the bible relative to creation refers in fact to an indeterminate period of time
Notwithstanding the above one is faced with a range of frequently near hysterical and irrational rhetoric which claims the bible translated into the language of the person making the claims, as the definitive and all knowing authority on the matter
Please refer to the page on the Bible to see what the Almighty has to say about the bible as a defining authority -- once one is aware of this then it is possible to remove the bible from the debate as a defining authority and limit it to being a collection of provably very old writings that point to some historical developments and understandings within the limitations of the sources of information available to the people who wrote them
In this regard it is important to note that the writings in the bible have all at some stage in history been reduced to fragments of parchments and other documents that have survived various catastrophic human events -- there is NO body of intact documentation that has been meticulously preserved and added to generation by generation, accordingly the bible should be regarded as a very old history book of limited accuracy, NO more
Thus we find ourselves with a reality which indicates:
1. There was some form of initial event "big bang" that resulted in the formation of the planets
2. One of these planets was Earth and on this planet conditions for life developed progressively until very simple life forms were able to exist
3. As the climate and environment stabilised and developed more advanced plant and animal life was able to survive until the diversity that is apparent today in the main genera stabilized -- the development of these genera took place on an evolutionary basis with increasingly more complex plant and life forms developing
4. These core genera survived a global catastrophic event which resulted in the survivors being exposed to significant radioactivity which triggered accelerated evolutionary change to give us the huge diversity that exists on the planet today
Barring the errors in radio-carbon and other radioactivity based dating methods all that exists today is accurately described by the full body of scientific knowledge and it is extreme foolishness to champion some bible based hypothesis that is contrary to this
This then brings us to the core challenge: was there some highly intelligent being who architected and engineered the above progression or did it all happen as a result of random evolutionary selection processes in which simple forms progressively and of their own creative volition developed into more complex forms
There are a number of factors that mitigate in favour of a Creator
1. As an engineer it is my entire life experience that complex things that work require very skilled engineering input to make them work, see also the page on Engineered Creation -- accordingly it is my contention that there HAS to have been considerable very sophisticated external architectural and engineering input to create the Universe in its present form, to create our Solar System, to create planet Earth, to create all the diverse plant and animal forms that populate the earth -- that this took place on a progressive learning, experimentation basis (i.e. evolutionary basis) is, to me, self evident
2. Given that a huge diversity of plants and animals reproduce sexually which requires a male and female with exactly compatible psychology, physiology, genetics, etc in order to fuse a male gamete (e.g. sperm) with a female gamete (e.g. ovum) to combine their DNA and form a new offspring that is an exact merge of the parent beings and then for that small organism to develop progressively into a full blown adult that is exactly like its parents with attributes that are an exact fusion of the attributes of the parents I contend as an engineer that there HAS to have been an external design agency involved for this to work -- sexual reproduction ONLY works when it works and UNTIL it works there is NO sustainability AND such complex interoperability CANNOT happen randomly on on a self creative basis because it CANNOT exist until the sexual reproductive machinery is working exactly -- see also the page on Sex Proves Creation
There are many other arguments that can be adopted but I hold that these two on their own adequately prove my case
By extension, if you wanted a dog kennel in your back yard would your purchase some wood and some tools and leave them in the yard to assemble themselves or would you carefully measure, cut, fasten, etc the materials to create the required dog kennel? -- I contend that were you to leave the items in the back yard they would NEVER self assemble themselves, even over millions of years but, on the contrary, depending in the climate they would eventually rot and rust until in tens or hundreds or thousands of years there would not be much left
The debate with regard to Creation versus Evolution therefore reduces to the following:
1. There is NO basis for debate relative to the clear evidence for a systematic and EVOLUTIONARY progression of development from very basic forms to the complexity of forms that exist today
2. The ONLY question is whether these developments took place on a random basis with NO intellectual architectural and engineering oversite or NOT
3. Fundamental life experience evidences that complex systems require external engineering input and sexual reproduction evidences the same
I therefore submit for your consideration that it is absolutely necessary for there to have been an external engineering ("creative") being active in this process and therefore we are left with the question of where and how that being originated
This may seem like a difficult question but, in fact, it is no more difficult a question to answer than the conundrum that faces those who do NOT believe there is a Creator which is "where did all this stuff come from?"
The fact is we are here
The fact is that we CANNOT explain how we got here based on any form of human understanding
We therefore face the choice of believing that all this stuff just happened from some place we cannot explain
OR that all this stuff was created by an engineering genius, a Creator who somehow made all this stuff come into existence and guided its progressive, that is evolutionary, development to obtain what exists today
On balance it seems to me that to just believe this stuff all happened, in flagrant disregard for the most fundamental tenets of engineering requires much MORE faith than to believe there IS Creator but we do NOT know where He comes from
Either way we have a religion -- the one is a religion that believes in a Creator who carries out creative miracles and another religion that believes that inanimate objects in the form of chunks of rock flying around in space can come into existence of their own volition, assemble themselves into planets and suns of their own volition, organize themselves into solar systems, galaxies, etc of their own volition, generate an ideal climate for life and generate living organisms which, still of their own volition, progressively self create themselves into more and more complex beings until we get to human beings -- I say again, this requires MORE faith than to believe in a Creator
My bottom line?
I KNOW there is a Creator because I have had innumerable experiences with Him, I have heard Him speak audibly, I have had things happen in response to prayer that could NOT have come about any other way and He converses with me constantly and I totally KNOW that I know that I know that He is real and exists
AND my engineering training and training in biology tell me He HAS to exist
He has told me that His TRUE name is "Yah the Eternally Self-Existing" see the page on "Creators Name Yah the Eternally-Self-Existing"
If you are now convinced that He exists I encourage you to turn to Him and pray along the lines of "Father, I now realize that you exist, please forgive my unbelief and teach me how to have a deep personal relationship with you" -- in this context please see the page on "The Creator Desires Friends" as well as the page on "Why Believe" in order to understand where you go with this decision -- there is much on this website that will answer your questions and provide you with guidance in drawing closer to Him
Above all do NOT rely on human beings to lead you closer to Him, turn to Him, get on your knees, cry out to Him, worship Him, talk to Him -- He WILL guide you IF you choose to let Him do so
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