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Creation

How Old Is The Earth???

Varieties of Evolution

Macroevolution

Theistic Evolution

Microevolution

MacroevolutionCharles Darwin- Father of

EvolutionTheory of Natural Selection:

1. Population is increasing by multiplication, food supply by addition2. A struggle for existence is therefore inevitable3. Each birth produces genetic variations4. Some will have a better genetic inheritance than others5. Thus there will be survival of the fittest

God intervened at various points in creation, and allowed evolution to

take over from there.

Theistic Evolution

Both Humans and apes may have evolved from a common primate

ancestor.

But this view rejects a thoroughgoing macroevolution.

Microevolution

Evolution within a species, such as a thoroughbred horse, a hybrid seed,

or a pedigreed dog

Arguments Against Evolution

The Fossil Record

Probability

Time

Scientific Models of Origin

Steady State Hypothesis-Frederick Hoyle

Big Bang Theory-Edwin Hubble

Oscillating Hypothesis-Recent Non-theists

Fiat Creationism/Creation Science

Concordist Theories

The Re-Creation/Gap Theory

The Day/Age Theory

Progressive Creationism

Theistic or Deistic Evolution

Fiat CreationismBelieves a rather literal and chronological

interpretation of the Genesis creation account. The creation of Earth is very recent: 6,000-10,000 years

All science that “proves” things are millions of years or billions of years old are wrong.The creation in 6 24-hour days because:

1. The Hebrew word for day (yom), when prefixed by a number adjective (first, second, etc.), refers to a 24-hour day2. The “evening and morning” phrase repeated in Genesis 1 refers to the Hebrew day.3. The word yom is used about 1,900 times in the OT; only 65 usages are not clearly a 24-hour period. 4. The Sabbath concept presupposes a week of 24-hour days

Gap TheoryGap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 or

between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2Theory notes that the “was” in

vs. 2 can be translated “became”A literal, chronological reading would make no sense: God creating in verse 1 and a formless

world in verse 2.Isaiah 45:18The gap accounts for the fall of Satan and his

angels (Is. 14:12, Ez. 28:12, 2 Pet 2:4, Jude 6) as well as

dinosaurs.Between G1 and G2 accounts for the two different creation accounts, the fossil records of pre-Adamic

humans, and the mates of Cain and the sons of God (G 4:17-26, 6:1-7)

The Day/Age TheoryTreats yom as being longer than a 24-hour period

2 Peter 3:8, Psalm 90:4Arguments against 24-hour day:1. No sun, moon, or star was created until the fourth day, so a 24-hour day could not be literally meant2. Psalm 90:4-6 uses day in conjunction with “evening and morning,” but not a 24-hour day.3. Yom is used in the same passage (Genesis 2:4) as a period longer than a 24-hour day4. The events of the sixth day would have taken longer than twelve hours of daylight. Adam named all the animals and yet felt so lonely that God created woman. It is difficult to believe that all this took place in daylight of day.5. There is scriptural justification for the concept of the ongoing Sabbath rest, which is much longer than one day (Hebrews 4)

Progressive CreationismGeneral term which can overlap some with either

the Day/Age Theory or with Theistic EvolutionIt believes God intervened in creation,

particularly at the points the word for create (bara) is

used. The days of creation may have been overlapping

eras or intermittent 24-hours days. Most Progressive Creationists would deny

macroevolution, though some might accept a modified Darwinian evolution in which God

created the primates

Theistic or Deistic EvolutionEvolution was the process God used; in fact, there

is no time for evolution without divine intervention.

God was the one who punctuated the equilibrium.

Some would suggest that the upward creation in Genesis 1 is the general pattern of evolution.

Some would advocate a more deistic evolution in which God simply lit the Big Bang and let the laws

of nature and evolution take their course.

Non-concordist Theories

Two Realms/Theological Framework Theory

The Pictorial Day Theory

2 RealmsThe Word of God is independent of ancient cosmology.

2 RealmsThe Word of God is independent of ancient cosmology.

2 RealmsThe Word of God is independent of ancient cosmology.

2 RealmsThe Word of God is independent of ancient cosmology.We should not take the creation accounts more literally than that the rain comes out of windows in heaven (Gen 7:11, 8:2; 2 Kings 7:2, 19; Job 38:22-30, etc) or that the

earth is flat with four corners (Rev 7:1).If we do, we impose our 21st Century notions on Scripture.

Scripture has its limitations in language and understanding of the humans who recorded God’s

message. The point of the creation account is not about science, but affirms three major truths about God: Creator, Sovereign

over all the world, Only True God.Polemic against other Gods: Day 1 - The gods of light and darkness, Day 2 - The sky and sea gods, Day 3 - The fertility gods of earth and vegetation (Ba’al), Day 4 - The astral gods of sun, moon, and starts (Egyptian

sun God Ra, Assyrian Moon god Sin), Day 5 - The animal gods (Golden Calf), Day 6 - The human gods

(Egyptian Pharaoh)

Pictorial Day TheoryThe days of creation were 24-hour periods, but they referred not to the days of

creation but to the days God revealed His message to the

author (Moses).