Evolution is not a proven theory

Karen M. Ammons-Calderon recently called into question the patriotism of Holmes County teachers and challenged the commitment of Christians to good science. Regardless of her prejudices, she should applaud teachers for standing up for what they believe is right and exercising freedom of speech guaranteed by inalienable rights given by our Creator.

She is mistaken that teachers wanted evolution removed and replaced with creationism. The teachers wanted numerous theories of origins taught so that students can weigh scientific fact against the theories. That is good science.

Additionally, she forgot the origins of public education. Most universities in our nation were founded by evangelical, protestant Christians. All founding fathers believed in creationism even though all were not Christians (some were Deists). This fact is undeniable and irrefutable.

It has been over 157 years since Charles Darwin authored The Origin of the Species. Many Americans have abandoned any other view of the origin of life except evolution.

However, prior to Darwin’s book the scientific, philosophic, and the theological communities were in consensus, believing that God created the heavens and the earth.

If a forum had been called of the greatest minds of Darwin’s time they would have universally condemned Darwin’s “theory,” not because of religious ideology alone, but because of the absence of scientific evidence for evolution.

The theory of evolution states that all the cosmos came from matter. Over billions of years, life began and evolved from simple organisms into complex organism. There is no evidence whatsoever that this has occurred. No link, no transitional species have been found.

Darwin admitted this. “Long before having arrived at this part of my work, a crowd of difficulties will have occurred to the reader. Some of them are so grave that to this day I can never reflect on them without being staggered.”

Darwin honestly admitted the lack of evidence for his theory in the fossil record, “the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my theory.”

Scientists Eldredge and Gould admitted the lack of evidence. “The fossil record suggests to some of us that some of the specific ideas that Darwin and many of his successors right up to the present day, had on how life evolves, may be at least partially wrong.”

Darwin admitted, “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ exists which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.”

The absence of evidence led Professor George Gaylord Simpson to conclude that no evolutionary transitions (in the fossil record), means they do not exist.

What about DNA? Life, underneath an electron microscope, compelled Michael Behe, a microbiologist, to author his fascinating book Darwin’s Little Black Box.

Behe believes that Darwin’s theory of evolution is only true in Darwin’s paradigm. At the smallest level of life, like DNA produces like DNA. A monkey’s DNA can only replicate the monkey. Fish DNA can only replicate fish.

Behe concludes that it is impossible for evolution to be correct even at the minutest levels of life. This is what the Bible teaches in Genesis 1 - all life reproduces after its kind because of the design by our Creator.

Our society is on the verge of cataclysmic breakdown because of evolution. The destruction of the family, drug addiction, suicide, euthanasia, homosexuality, immorality, and the failure of the public education system can all be traced to the theory of evolution and abandonment of our Christian heritage.

Prior to the 1950’s the dominant view in our educational system was creationism. However, evolution assailed classrooms.

Generations of Americans believe they are the product of chance, descendants of monkeys. They are told they are free to be and do whatever they want.

Free sex, free thinking, free living with no consequences or responsibility. But this comes at the high cost of no purpose, no accountability, no law, no morality, only the survival of fittest. Evolution does not offer hope. It is evolution that has tried to trump science and Christianity much to our own stupidity. Because of evolution this nation no longer values human life and liberty.

The pursuit of happiness is a vague dream with the exception of biblical Christianity. The nation has abandoned God for a new god, evolution. But evolution is no god at all. It is a theory with no evidence for validation.

Only biblical Christianity offers real hope and answers that are rational, and verifiable. I applaud you teachers, press on!

The Rev. Ryan N. Helms is pastor of New Zion Baptist Church. He can be reached at rchelms@wfeca.net.