by F.J. Foster

Created on: March 09, 2010   Last Updated: July 25, 2010

Despite heroic efforts to exclude the Bible from  human origins,  the book of Genesis still  plagues evolutionists. Unsupported "just-so" stories and explanations like punctuated equilibrium, itself a "scientific miracle," have failed.  Evolutionism seems utterly unequipped to explain history. 

Creationists, as a general rule, accept Genesis as straightforward history.  Evolutionists do not, choosing instead a mystical beginning that features unliving elements, from parts unknown,  merging in primordial goo, and magically coming to life.  Such can't be observed, duplicated, or tested, so even calling it “science” is misleading.  And yet, most evolutionists regard the Biblical creation story as mythology, and creationists as flat-earth mythologists.  Here, then, are some points to ponder.

The Flat-Earth Myth

Some 20 years ago, Professor Jeffrey Burton Russell, researching his 1991 book “Inventing the Flat Earth: Christopher Columbus and the Historians,” traced beliefs concerning the shape of the earth all the way back to the 3rd century BC. He found no evidence anywhere  of flat-earth beliefs.  Clearly, nobody feared falling off the edge of the earth, including Columbus' opponents, who based their opposition on economics.

Is Baraminology Pseudoscience?

No. Baraminology is taxonomy based on the created kinds reported in the Bible. The charge of “pseudoscience” is a sadly typical name-calling tactic employed by evolutionists. Declaring something  pseudoscience allows them to ignore it professionally.

Noah and the Genesis Flood

When skeptics scoff at this story, they normally raise fairly well-worn questions against it.  Let's look at some.

Why hasn't the ark been found?   We don't know for sure where to look.  The Mt. Ararat mentioned in the Bible as its final resting place may not be the same as its modern counterpart.  In addition, the ark was made of wood, and therefore valuable to Noah and his family for building materials and fuel.  It's a good bet it was disassembled following the flood.

Could Noah have built and operated such a boat, gathered so many animals, gotten them on board, and controlled them?  Whew! That's a plateful, but the answers are yes, he didn't have to, yes, and yes

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