Universe Is Not "Billions of Years" Old The general theory of evolution is based on several faulty assumptions. (Note: It is important to understand by this statement that we are not disputing simple variations that some call "microevolution," whose micro-changes are often observed but never lead to a fundamentally different kind of plant or animal.) The following assumptions of evolutionary theory are easy to prove false: 1. the universe is billions of years old, 2. life spontaneously arose from nonliving minerals, 3. mutations create or improve a species, 4. natural selection has creative power. In this section we will deal...