According to the Theory of Evolution, man evolved from primates about 5 million years ago. In high school biology class we were taught about fossils and science’s search for the “missing link,” the point where apes became human. However, it’s been 120 years since Darwin penned his theory, and the fossil record – which is now fairly complete – has yet to produce one example of a transition from one species to another.1
In 1974, a partial skeleton was found in Ethiopia which scientists determined was the oldest hominid. Classified as Australopithecus afarensis and nick-named “Lucy,” this specimen was considered the ancestor of all humans and the ideal “transitional fossil” between apes and man. However, in 2007, after further analysis of “Lucy’s” jawbone, Israeli scientists have concluded that “Lucy” is not a human ancestor, but rather is an ancestor of other primates, most likely the gorilla.2
While the search for the elusive “missing link” continues, molecular biologists are delving into the secrets of the human cell. The most powerful testament to the existence of an Intelligent Designer is the very thing that makes us who we are – our DNA. If the DNA in one human cell were connected and stretched out, it would be about seven feet long. If all the DNA in the human body were stretched end to end, it would reach to the moon over a half million times! Yet, if one copy of the DNA of every person who has ever lived were put together, it would weigh less than an aspirin.3
DNA is not only a spectacular feat of divine engineering; it also holds clues to the age of mankind. In 2008, a new genome project was undertaken in order to determine which genetic mutations cause disease. By knowing the number of mutations that occur in each generation, scientists can track diseases they may cause. Their pilot study results showed approximately 60 mutations per generation. A genetic computer program has used those results to simulate the accumulation of generations of these mutations, and the conclusion was that mankind would be extinct in 350 generations. In 6,000 years of Biblical history, there have been only 300 generations.4 In addition, by studying mitochondrial DNA (that which is passed from mother to child), scientists have the data to try to determine when “Eve” lived. The best data available has Mitochondrial Eve about the same age as the historical Eve of the Bible.5
Romans 1:20 says that the created things around us reveal the Creator. His ultimate creation is man. The complexity and individuality of every human being, from our personality and appearance to the hidden helixes of our DNA, did not evolve from apes. Rather, we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalms 139:14 KJV) in the image of God Himself.
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the fossil record is not fairly complete.
Whenever I hear million, billions or trillions of years in regard to any historical reference to the earth or mankind I know what direction it is coming from. Good article. Man continues to seek to be as God, who is “from everlasting to everlasting”.
Man was created in the image of God in the sense that Man is the only creature on Earth - or the universe beyond as far as we know - able to abstract information from his environment. Without this ability, we´d be no more unique than any other animal.
Sadly those who believe what God says about the origin of the universe and our own origins are characterized as stupid, blind, and lacking intellectual insight. But many do question the assumptions of evolution and oppose the blind faith so many have in a process that has no more scientific proof than creation.
So is there a man who disproved evolution? Could that be true? Yes, it is true. His name is Dr. John Sanford of Cornell University. Sanford is the author of more than 80 scientific publications and has been granted more than 30 patents dealing with genetics. He was largely responsible for creating the “gene gun” used for genetic engineering technology. Sanford has been twice awarded the Distinguished Inventor Award by the Central New York Patent Law Association, in 1990 and again in 1995.
Sanford presented a lecture on his findings at Bethany Lutheran College in April 2009. In that presentation Sanford explained that the known mechanisms of genetics demonstrate that the central axiom of Darwinian evolution cannot be true. Since Darwinism is a primary building block of much of the postmodern’s disdain for any truth, this means that postmodernism is discredited as well.
The central feature of Darwinism is the view that by means of genetic errors—called mutations—new and advanced forms of life were created. These new forms of life are said to have brought forth in time the changes in life that comprise the profound journey from a single cell to modern human beings.
Sanford explained, however, that Charles Darwin knew virtually nothing about genetics. As a consequence he could articulate a scientific hypothesis that at that time might have seemed reasonable but that today should be recognized as impossible.
Do genetic mutations occur? Yes, they do. Can they be beneficial? Yes, they can. So why can’t life gradually evolve as a result of such mutations? The reason they can’t, says Sanford, is because the genetic mutations need to be, on balance, beneficial to the organism. Most mutations are damaging, not helpful. Only one mutation in a million is actually beneficial to the organism, says Sanford.
I have a very hard time believing that leftist vermin are made in God’s image but they certainly didn’t evolve. The leftists never made it past the pond scum phase.