Ultimately the creation vs. evolution
controversy is regarding the origin of humans. Evolution is a theory that
is attempting to explain our existence through
atheistic mechanisms. The theory proposes that
life originated abiogenetically,
and organisms evolved
into increasingly more complex forms eventually giving rise to humans.
Creationists
on the other hand, typically
interpret the Genesis account literally, and believe that humans were
created at the beginning along with the many kinds
of organisms required to sustain life on earth. Although humans are made with the same
biochemistry, we are distinct from animals and
subject to God's judgment.
Matthew 19:4 'And he answered and said
unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning
made them male and female'.
1 Corinthians 15:39 - For not all flesh
is alike, but there is one kind for men, another for animals,
another for birds, and another for fish.
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Humans adapt to their environment along with
all other life forms. Presumably we looked somewhat differently
before the flood, and there is the account of the Nephilim suggesting some were strikingly
different. Humans have also evolved into many races following
the flood. The distinct human races indicate these groups speciated
for a time, and it is possible this was largely driven by the division into various language groups
that occurred following the construction
of the tower of Babel. |
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Genesis
11:4-9 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city,
and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name
for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth." And the LORD came down to see the city and
the tower, which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said,
"Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language;
and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing
that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come,
let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may
not understand one another's speech." So the LORD scattered
them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they
left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Ba'bel, because
there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the
LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
According to the account
of the flood, all
organisms on earth were destroyed during the global flood following
1500 years of co-habitation. If correct, fossils should continuously
surface indicating that humans and animals lived
much earlier than previously thought.
Artifacts from humans have been found
throughout the geological column, but such findings are automatically
dismissed. Eventually undeniable proof that humans lived at the same
time as the dinosaurs
may eventually surface.