During the Christmas season, we are told, “Tis the season to be jolly and of good cheer!” Can we extend that to rest of the year when approaching those who disagree with us? It is so easy to “combat” the person who just told us we are a stupid, dark-aged neanderthal for believing in creation. In some cases, we just want to punch them right between the eyes (in Christian love, of course). Even if not physically, we might want to hit them with our best argument and put that rude person right back in his or her place. We all have those tendencies at times, don’t we? However, when we look at the Bible we see:

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous (ie. harsh) words stir up anger.” (Prov. 15:1)
“And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.” (2 Tim. 2:24-26)

We are also told:
“...be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.” (1 Pet. 3:15)

The word translated meekness in King James English today means a spirit of gentleness. So be ready to give an answer to your evolutionary teacher or fellow worker. Study hard to learn the information you find in Think & Believe and creation books so you have something to share, but share gently with patience. We don’t want an abrasive attitude to keep people from seeing the real hope we have in God our Creator and Redeemer.

Here are some tips:

1. Pray for those that oppose you and bless them. (Matt. 5:44, 1 Pet. 3:9)
2. If you are a student, ask questions of your teachers and bring up well- phrased points in a gentle, respect ful way. Do this in class if possible and when appropriate--otherwise ask out of class. Why in class? Unquestioned evolutionary statements made in class by teachers or textbooks will be
considered fact by others unless another viewpoint is presented.
3. Talk often with your classmates in a nonthreatening way. Likely, by the end of the year, you will have several others on your side to help reach even more students.
4. Give books like Refuting Evolution or the latest version of the Answers Book to those in opposition. Ask them to review them in order to provide a platform for further discussion.
5. Avoid phrases like, “Here, read this book, it might straighten out your brain!”
6. Make creation books and videos available to your children and/or Sunday school class. Give them a copy of this article and emphasize “proper use” rather than using these materials as “clubs” physically or verbally. Have more copies available so they can feel free to give them out.
7. Remember, we are not out to simply “nail someone to the wall”. Proceed knowledgeably, gently and, first and foremost, prayerfully.

Some Scientists Are Breaking the Law
by Dr. Dan Korow, DVM

Life only comes from life. This universal truth, called the Law of Biogenesis, was well established by Francesco Redi (1668), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1767), and Louis Pasteur (1864). The Law still stands. This unbridgeable chasm between living cells and nonliving matter is a devastating blow against the theory of naturalistic evolution. If unaided naturalistic processes lack the magic to create life, then a supernatural source is the only logical alternative.

Unwilling to believe in God, many scientists have chosen instead to dismiss this Law. They willfully embrace the defunct notion of spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis which Websters 1979 Dictionary defines as “the generation of living from nonliving matter. A former theory, now rejected.” Today’s belief in spontaneous generation is spun into a myriad of contradictory, imaginary stories about life’s origin. One flimsy opinion is met with another unsubstantiated speculation, followed by yet another — each interpretation having its own religious dogmatism. For example, where did the so-called simplest, ancestral proto-cell come from? One group says the shallow primordial ponds, others say the terrestrial clay environment. And yet another boldly proclaims, “outer space.” This third group recognizes the impossibility of life originating spontaneously on Earth.

The process of unintelligent, non-directed, lifeless chemical evolution is said to bring dead matter to life. Let’s look at the reality of this notion. If Mother Nature and Father Chance are its parents, then this phenomena should be commonplace. But there is a problem. We do not observe it happening anywhere! Even with numerous attempts to manufacture life in a test tube with the most sophisticatedly designed equipment, life still remains out of reach. Repeated failures in the lab continue to plague our most brilliant, dedicated scientists. A student’s textbook states the following, “Scientists have nACo evidence that modern organisms can come from nonliving matter. However, at some time in Earth’s long history, life had to begin.”1 Without experimental data supporting their proposition of abiogenesis, this is merely a faith statement. Wishful thinking and imagination are replacing true science.

The mysteries of life and its properties continue to baffle scientists. The simplest unit of life is the cell. It is a breathtaking, miniature chemical factory orchestrating hundreds of specific biochemical pathways.
Specific chemicals react to form specific products. Each product is in the right amount and in the right sequence, for a specific destination, and purpose.

In the same way that one line of falling dominos can trigger other lines of dominos to fall, products of one chain reaction become the starting chemicals for the next reaction. These coordinated pathways are specially engineered and predetermined. This linkage of chemical pathways is unique to living cells.
However, when chemical reactions occur in lifeless matter we see a different scenario. Assuming that life is merely the collection of cellular components, then reassembly of its various parts should produce life, Right? Wrong!!!! Even when we have all the pieces, all the chemicals together in the right arrangement, we still do not have life.

Efforts to reassemble and resurrect a once living cell continue to evade scientists. Even when all the components are in place, the chemical reactions run to a screeching halt. There is still no linkage, no cascade, no life. There is nothing but chemical dead ends which are incompatible with life. Intelligent scientists can’t put “the Humpty Dumpty cell” back together again. Life is the missing ingredient.
Can true empirical science answer this most fundamental question, of when, where, and how life originated? No!!! It is hidden in a “black hole” of philosophical conjecture. Yet today’s textbooks still indoctrinate our kids with the evolutionary faith statement that abiogenesis is the only “scientific” explanation for life’s origin. The Bible states that God alone is the author and sustainer of Life. That’s why we can’t create it. It is given by God. “In Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). Jesus said “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” Only God can bridge the infinite gulf between life and nonlife.

References / res

1Focus On Life Science, Merrill Publishing Co., Copyright 1

Life, An Evidence For Creation, Dr. George T. Javor, ICC 1998

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