28 February 2005 - Evolutionary Errors Answered

Dear Editor:

Responding to my letter supporting intelligent design, a defender of
evolutionary thought has responded with six shallow questions.  Any
discussion of creation can't begin to be addressed in a newspaper
column; neither can the simplistic questions posed by the writer.  He
begins on shaky ground by calling gravity a theory, rather than a law
and tries to confuse the reader with germ and plate tectonic theories.
He, like his fellow evolutionists, continue to rely on the studies of
Darwin which are 150 years removed from modern scientific fact.

Evolutionists are never satisfied with anything but a scientific
explanation.  For that reason, they can't begin to comprehend the virgin
birth and resurrection of Christ, and the miracles He performed while on
earth, let alone the intelligent design of the universe.  The creation
of the universe poses a major stumbling block for unbelievers.  They
attempt to find flaws in the Bible the same way a lawyer looks for
loopholes in laws and contracts.  Nevertheless, I will try to be brief
in responding to the writer's sound bites.

First, Genesis 2 compliments Genesis 1 and provides greater detail of
the sixth day of creation.  It no way contradicts the previous chapter.

As for darkness and light, God, in His infinite wisdom, set the stage
for the day-night continuum that would follow.  Darkness was not done
away with but was distinguished from the light.  This also explains the
writer's next two questions that seem to reject the ability of God to
create something from nothing.  Obviously, nothing in science can
explain the will of God.

Olber's paradox (1823-1826) was firmly rejected by me some years ago
while I spent time in the Bahamas.  During a dark evening, while lying
on the beach at night, I was amazed by the profusion of light and the
vastness of the stars.  With no moon in the sky and no artificial light
present, I was able to observe distant objects from the light of the
stars alone.

Stars fill the sky, put there by God, not by the so-called "Big Bang"
theory that many cosmologists have already rejected.  For the universe
to be created by such a random event would be akin to the production of
a dictionary as the result of a print shop explosion.

God created a full-grown universe.  When God said, "Let there be light,"
it was an instant occurrence and didn't take billions of years.  Because
mere humans can't begin to comprehend the power of God, they try to
describe His creation in human terms that are subject to continual
modification.

God certainly doesn't need me to explain His methods and purposes in
creating the universe.  I certainly have no desire to distort facts nor
am I scientifically ignorant.  Instead, I choose to include faith in the
creation equation.

And finally, intelligent design is not taught in the public schools
because of any lack of scientific explanation.  It is not taught because
of the infusion of liberalism and secularism by the governing bodies.
When God is taken from the schools, the moral and intellectual compass
of students is removed.  It is replaced with relativism, lies,
distortions and half-truths.  Sadly, our children are asked to put their
faith in the religion of evolution.  This half-baked theory requires a
much greater degree of faith than does intelligent design.

Derick S. Hartshorn
Conover, NC