(The author examines a few common questions asked by those debating the Biblical account of origins. Please help me by contacting me if the answers to the questions listed below are written in wingdings on your computer.)

BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO COMMON ARGUMENTS AGAINST CREATION

The lack of knowledge concerning the Biblical account of creation is frustrating. Atheists make erroneous arguments about concepts and positions the Bible doesn’t support in the first place. Silly questions are offered as proof that the Biblical account of origins couldn’t possibly be true , and unsuspecting proponents of creation by intelligent design, in ignorance, often end up defending an argument the Bible does not support. Proponents of an intelligent design of our world have no need to fear scientific scrutiny. The fossil record, the laws of our universe, and logic lend themselves more to the theory of creation by intelligent design than to that of evolution.

Most of the false arguments are rooted in perspective. By rejecting the theory of intelligent design out of hand, many fail to logically inspect the possibility that evolution’s explanation of origins leaves much to be desired. Suspension of disbelief is actually more important for the evolutionist than the creationist when it comes to origins. Following are just a few of the questions debated by those with differing views of origins that constitute erroneous arguments where both sides play fast and loose with the Biblical account of origins:

1. If the world was created approximately ten thousand years ago, why does the evidence seem to suggest that the earth is millions of years older?

~~You may be surprised to know that the Bible does not say that the earth was created during the seven days of creation. The earth was reshaped and reformed into the present condition and dispensation during those seven days. The earth itself already existed, though formless, probably due to a previous judgment of God. The surface was covered with water and darkness. (Genesis 1:1-2)

2. The Bible says that there were days and nights before a sun or moon even existed. How can there be days without first having a sun?

~~This is exactly the sort of argument an atheist would immediately espouse because he fails to look at the entire picture. He fails to give this intelligent Designer the benefit of forethought and planning. The number “24,” like all numbers, means something in the Kingdom of God. It deals with government, as in the 24 elders of His throne room—12 from the Old Testament and 12 from the New Testament. (Revelation 4:4) The atheist fails to allow that the concept of time existed before the actually principles which would govern time could be put into place. First the designer formatted the 24 hour concept, and then put in place those governmental bodies which would oversee this format, the sun and the moon. (Genesis 1:14-19) The Kingdom of God didn’t need a sun or moon to dictate the concept of time, and the time will come when that will be true again. (Revelation 21:23)

3. What about the dinosaurs?

~~There is much that is not discussed in the Bible. The text is designed to shed light on our present dispensation. Who knows how many times the earth had been used by civilizations or dispensations in the past? Who knows how many times God destroyed the earth by flood, as He did in the times of Noah. (Genesis 7:23) Afterwards, He made a promise to Noah that He would not destroy the world by flood again. (Genesis 9:11) This suggests there was almost a frustration with God at having destroyed the world that way so many times in the past. We see the world in a state of destruction at the beginning of our dispensation before it was reformed. There is certainly room to suggest that any fossil record recording dinosaurs or any other form of creature is acceptable from the point of view of the proponent of intelligent design of our world. The Bible does not restrict the possibility.

4. Who did Adam and Eve’s children marry when they were forced from the Garden of Eden?

~~This common fallacy in the repertoire of the atheist argument comes from a misunderstanding of just who Adam and Eve are in the first place. Again, atheists and creationists may be surprised to know that the Bible clearly states that on the sixth day God created men and women. (Genesis 1:27) We know that Eve was not created until much later, long after Adam had named the animals and grown lonely. (Genesis 2:20-25) So there were other females, and no doubt males, created on day six of creation. Adam was taken from the males of the sixth day—or perhaps created at some other time altogether…the Bible doesn’t necessarily restrict this point—and placed in the Garden. (Genesis 2:15) The children of Adam and Eve could have found mates from among those humans created on the sixth day of creation who were not privy to the Garden of Eden. In fact, if Adam’s breath from the nostrils of God separated him from other males, (Genesis 2:7) the explanation for the scripture that says the “sons of God joined with the daughters of men” could be that Adam’s offspring mixed with the offspring of those other men and women formed on the sixth day of creation. (Genesis 6:4)

There are many other shots non-believers take at believers concerning the Biblical account of origins. Some try to twist scripture to illustrate that the account in Genesis contradicts itself. These fallacies usually occur when trying to compare the activity in the Garden of Eden to the days of creation. These events are separate. The use of logic could prevent some false argument from arising.

Science offers us the fossil record which, for the most part, agrees with the Biblical account that most of what exists today suddenly appears in the earth’s record in a manner supporting the theory of creation by intelligent design. Evolution is hamstrung by the fact that most of its missing links are still missing. There is even some evidence available that indicates a young universe: the rate of deceleration of the earth’s rotation upon its axis, the amount of space dust on the moon’s surface, the existence of comets which lose material on each circle around the sun, and other such observed items. If the universe was as old as suggested by some, the earth would no longer spin on its axis, the dust on the moon would be deeper, and all comets would have practically dissolved over time.

Many evolutionists consider the argument finished. Their faith that God does not exist sustains them more than the support they have in scientific evidence for their belief, yet they attack creationists for being sustained by faith. After a couple of centuries of attacking the Biblical account of origins, most people on this planet still align themselves with the concept of an intelligent designer of our world. That fact alone speaks volumes.