1.Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
GED Lesson at New Creation Bible Church Center
May 14, 2011 A.D.
Week 13. Science Review
Instructor: Joseph David Rhodes, M.A., M. Div.

2. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
I. How Does Evolution Work (accordingto the Theory)?
1. Random mutations cause changes, or variation, in a population of organisms.
2. These different organisms then compete to survive and reproduce.
3. Those which are best able to survive and reproduce do so, and tend to leave the most offspring. This is called natural selection.
4. Over time, if some organisms survive and reproduce more than others,a species will "evolve."
3. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
4. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
One Ancient and Modern View of Life:
The View of Genesis 1:1:
An Origin with a Personal
and Infinite-Creator.
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
5. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
II. What does Evolution Claim?
-All organisms are related through "common ancestry."
-All organisms arose through the process of mutation and natural selection.
- All organisms arose and persist because of the random chance processes of nature.
6. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
III.Schema of the Evolutionary Story
Origin of the Universe>> Origin of Earth>> Pre-Biotic
Synthesis (primordial soup) >> >> >> >> >>>>>>
Bacteria > Primitive Animals>>Fish>>Amphibians >>Reptiles* >>
< >>Humans
*Some reptiles are also said to have evolved into birds.
7. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
Charles Darwins Early Projected Tree of Life from On the Origin of the Species by Natural Selection, 1859
8. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
Ernest Haeckels Model of the Tree of Life from his book The Evolution of Man (Jena, 1879)
9. Problems with Evolutionary Mechanisms
IV. Common Scientific Criticisms of Evolution
A.The Origin of Life (i.e., Its Chemical Starting Point) Remains a Profound Mystery.

Life has never been created in a laboratory, contrary to popular belief.

10. Iflife is ever created in the lab, how would we know it couldor would happen that way in the natural world?