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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).