THE FIRST

FIVE WORDS

Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning, God

created the heavens and

the earth.”

The First Five

Words of the Bible

First 5 Words

Need to be comfortable with those first 5 words of the Bible.

Faith in Jesus Christ starts with a Creator God = “INTELLIGENT DESIGNER”

Theory of Evolution is taught as FACT in most college/high school biology classes. Also in Geology, Palentology and many other “ologies”

In Darwin’s time, the philosophy “God

is Dead” was becoming popular (Philosopher Nietzshe)

So Darwin’s Theory of Evolution became a way to “kill” the need for God.

Same today. People don’t want to believe in God so they find reasons not to.

God is Dead (Atheism)

Bad Science

Scientific Fact: Repeatable, Observable

Theory of Evolution of species is not

repeatable, testable, observable.

However, it is wrongly presented as

Scientifically proven in classrooms and

the media.

Last Week: Three Problems with

Theory of Evolution

1) The BIG LEAP from evolution

within a species (micro-evolution) to

Theory of Evolution of new species

(macro-evolution)

Darwin’s finches

Peppered Moth = Natural Selection

Little E evolution

or Micro-evolution

Big E Theory of Evolution of New

Species

THE BIG LEAP

A dog becoming another type of dog or a moth being darker does not prove we came from a common ancestor.

Similar forms or fossils do not mean they came from each other.

THIS IS THE PRIMARY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE ON WHICH DARWIN & OTHERS BASED THEIR ORIGINAL THEORY OF EVOLUTION

Last Week: Three Problems with

Theory of Evolution

1) The BIG LEAP from evolution in a

species (micro-evolution) to evolution

of new species (macro-evolution)

2) Complexity of the cell – bacteria

has an outboard motor

Complexity of the Cell: Bacteria

has an outboard motor (Flagellum)

Cells are Much More Complex

than Darwin Imagined!

Like an outboard motor

Fuel tank

Carborator to inject fuel

Pistons and cylinders

Engine Block

Cooling system

Starter to get the whole thing going

Etc, etc

How do these evolve separately?

Many components sized to fit each other. Too big or small = don’t work!

Parts and components are worthless by themselves for creating power.

How do you build this system gradually like Darwin’s Theory proposes?

See this YouTube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaVoGfSSSV8

Last Week: Three Problems with

Theory of Evolution

1) The BIG LEAP from evolution in a

species (micro-evolution) to evolution

of new species (macro-evolution)

2) Complexity of the cell – bacteria has

an outboard motor

3) Complex messages found in RNA

Little

Messengers

Messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling proteins.

Building blocks of life.

See this YouTube Link regarding RNA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_KEVaCyaA

Little

Messengers

1 /

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0

00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00

0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0

00,000,000,000,000,000,000

Impossible Luck

We need lots and lots of RNA, not just

one.

Evolutionary Theory relies upon

impossible luck happening over and

over and over and over and over and

over and over . . .

Impossible = Tornado assembling

a 747 jet

Impossible – Monkey randomly

typing Fellowship of the Rings

Last Week: Three Problems with

Theory of Evolution

1) The BIG LEAP from evolution in a

species (micro-evolution) to evolution

of new species (macro-evolution)

2) Complexity of the cell – bacteria has

an outboard motor

3) Complex messages found in RNA

THESE ALL POINT TO AN

INTELLIGENT DESIGNER!

This Week:

Three More Problems with Theory

of Evolution

1) Missing Links in the Fossil Record

Missing Links in Fossil Record

- Dinosaurs to Birds = limbs to wings

- Sold as a “transitionary fossil,”

Archaeopteryx was basically a bird

Missing Links in

Fossil Record

- From Sea to Land (fins to legs)

- Case of the Walking Whale

Case of the Walking Whale

Missing Links

Scientists have been searching for the

Missing Link in their theory of human

evolution for decades, and they still have

not found it.

Charles Darwin - 1859

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

REGARDING MISSING LINKS IN THE

FOSSIL RECORD

“The number of intermediate varieties, which have

formerly existed on the earth, (must) be truly

enormous. Why then is not every geological

formation and every stratum full of such

intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not

reveal any such finely graduated organic chain; and

this, perhaps, is the most obvious and gravest

objection which can be urged against my

theory.”

Missing Links in Fossil Record

“The record of evolution is still surprisingly jerky and, ironically, we

have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in

Darwin’s time.”

(Raup, David, “Conflicts between Darwin and Paleontology,” Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin, Jan. 1979, Vol. 50 No. 1 p. 25.)

Missing Links in Fossil Record

“Transitions between major groups of organisms . . . are difficult to establish in the fossil record.”

(Padian, K., The Origin of Turtles: One Fewer Problem for Creationists, 1991, p. 18.)

Further information: https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/fossils/missing-links/gaps/

Resources for further study on

fossils (that do a way better job than me)

Billions of Missing Links

Darwin’s Doubt

It Just Couldn’t Happen

I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist

Just because something looks

similar, does not indicate

common ancestry

Human designers often use the

same template to make another

model.

God could have used similar

forms and functions in creating

the many forms of animals

More Problems

with the Theory

of Evolution

1) Missing Links in the Fossil Record

2) Sudden appearance of many

species in the fossil record during

the Cambrian period of geologic

time

Sudden appearance of many species in

the fossil record =

CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION

CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION

- Phylum = Grouping of organisms with

similar body structure/plan

- # of Phyla appearing prior = 3

- # of Phyla appearing in narrow geologic

time of Cambrian Period = 20

- # of Phyla appearing after = 4

- # of Phyla not in the fossil record = 9

CAMBRIAN

EXPLOSION

Sudden appearance of many

types of animals . . . LOOKS

MORE LIKE A CREATION EVENT

= INTELLIGENT DESIGNER or

CREATOR GOD

When we talk about the Cambrian

period, it brings up the question

about the age of the earth and

universe . . .

- My conversation on a bike ride

- Each of you should be comfortable

with your belief on age of the earth (if it matters to you)

What The Science

Community Will Say:

Possible Views From The Bible

Viewpoint 1:

Days of Creation = 24 Hours The Jewish historian Josephus, writing around 94 A.D., calculated the age of the earth as less than 6,000 years old

(8,000 years old today)

Positive = Literal Interpretation of Scripture

Question = Why would the earth appear so old? (Various views on this)

Possible Views From The Bible

Viewpoint 2: Gap View

There was an indefinitely long period of

time between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2

1 In the beginning God created the

heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was

formless and empty, darkness was over the

surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was

hovering over the waters.

Possible Views From The Bible

Viewpoint 3: Day = Age View

Each ‘day’ in Genesis 1 was actually a

long period of time.

A thousand years in your sight are like a day

that has just gone by, or like a watch in the

night. Psalm 90:4

1) Let’s agree on the “first five

words” = GOD CREATED

2) Each of us choose what we

are comfortable with for age of

the earth.

3) What really matters is Jesus!

(David will speak about logical reasons to

believe the Biblical account of Jesus)

My View

More Problems with the

Theory of Evolution

1) Missing Links in the Fossil Record

2) Sudden appearance of many species

in the fossil record during the

Cambrian period of geologic time

3) Fine-tuning of conditions for life

on Earth, our Solar System and

the Universe

The Privileged

Planet

• Right terrestrial planet

• Stabilizing moon

• Plate tectonics

• Right atmosphere

• Right planetary neighbors

• Right single star

• Right galaxy

• Galactic location

• Right cosmic

time

• Universe fine-

tuned for life

The Privileged

Planet

Oxygen at 21%

Less = not enough oxygen for life

More = forest fires would worsen; at

30%-40% the atmosphere could ignite

The Privileged

Planet

Right amount of gravity

Less = atmosphere would rapidly lose

water to space

More = You and I would be crushed or at

least not able to function

The Privileged Planet

Fine-tuned Solar System

Just right for life

- Earth's distance from the Sun

- Sun's stable output of the energy

- Sun's mass and size

- Sun's luminosity and temperature

- Color of the Sun's light is tuned for

maximum benefit for our plant life

(photosynthesis)

The Privileged Planet

Fine-tuned Solar System

Just right for life

- Moon's size stabilizes the Earth's tilt

on its axis, which provides for the

diversity of alternating seasons

- Moon's distance provides tides to keep

life thriving in our oceans

- Moon's nearly circular orbit makes its

influence on Earth reliable

The Privileged Planet

THERE ARE MORE THAN 200 FACTORS REQUIRED FOR OUR PLANET TO

SUPPORT LIFE

ALL OF THESE FACTORS ARE

“FINE-TUNED”

THIS POINTS TO AN INTELLIGENT DESIGNER OF OUR PLANET, SOLAR

SYSTEM AND THE UNIVERSE!

The Privileged Planet

Book and Video: The Privileged Planet

https://privilegedplanet.com/

Short video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-

BPxPg1Nyk

List of Fine-tuning factors:

https://kgov.com/fine-tuning-of-the-universe

The Example of Legos

Legos don’t have a brain to

decide how to click together.

Legos must click together by

accident.

Like shaking a box of Legos and

having something huge and cool

assemble.

Examples of Design

Lego structures

Examples of Design

Lego structures

References for further study

- A) My website with the outline of

this week’s and last week’s talk:

www.athinkingfaith.com

- B) www.intelligentdesign.org

- C) www.answersingenesis.com