The Case For A Creator

I recently started reading The Case For A Creator by Lee Strobel. This book is a must-read for any student taking (or planning to take) classes in biology, physics, or any other science.

In a casual conversational style, Strobel explains major problems with current scientific explanations for our Universe. You will be amazed at how much evidence scientists must ignore in order to continue supporting their stance on evolution, the Big-Bang and other scientific "facts"! Naturally, the mounting evidence is all pointing toward the Creator.

Evolution

One topic that the book easily pokes holes in is Evolution. It is amazing to scientists that even with millions of fossils currently found and identified, the "missing links" are still missing. Were evolution a reality, nearly every ancient fossil found should be a "missing link" representing some snapshot of a species in some branch of the evolutionary "tree of life"; each representing a minor modification from its ancestral species. The lack of "transitional forms" (a.k.a "missing links") in the fossil record should be enough evidence alone to disprove evolution. The problem is serious enough that scientists are trying to come up with new hypothesis to explain the data (i.e. "punctuate equilibrium"). There was even an article in Science Daily just this year with a scientist from University of Pittsburgh encouraging others in his community to start questioning their own assumptions about the verity of Evolution:

However, it is not only the current molecular theory that intrigues Schwartz, but the failure of the scientific community to question an idea that is more than 40 years old: "The history of organ life is undemonstrable; we cannot prove a whole lot in evolutionary biology, and our findings will always be hypothesis. There is one true evolutionary history of life, and whether we will actually ever know it is not likely. Most importantly, we have to think about questioning underlying assumptions, whether we are dealing with molecules or anything else," says Schwartz. ["No Missing Link? Evolutionary Changes Occur Suddenly, Professor Says"]

The problem is that Scientists only view the physical world through the lens of Naturalism, and therefore reject any hypothesis that suggests the existence of God or the evidence which points to His existence.

Cambrian Explosion

Another amazing piece of evidence that scientists have been scrambling to explain is the "Cambrian Explosion". This term is referring to the explosion of species that suddenly appear in one stratum of geological rock, with older rock having little to no animal fossils.

The article on Wikipedia states:

The Cambrian explosion has generated extensive scientific debate. Darwin saw it as one of the principal objections that could be lodged against his theory of evolution by natural selection, as have modern-day Creationists ("The fossil record had caused Darwin more grief than joy. Nothing distressed him more than the Cambrian explosion, the coincident appearance of almost all complex organic designs..."). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_explosion]

Explosion of animal fossils? Sounds a lot like the sixth day of creation to me...

The Answer

I have a hypothesis which is supported by all of the evidence: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth...". The first chapter of Genesis is very simple to understand, some would say too simple. But the truth is clear: God created the universe over a period of 7 days. Some might dispute the meaning of a "day" in Genesis 1, or try to find deeper meaning in the description of man being "created" in the first chapter but not "formed" until the second chapter of Genesis, but the truth of God's Word always prevails! His Word has been proven right again and again, much to the dismay of those looking for faults.

I'll finish with this scripture:

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. Romans 1:20 NASB

Have you ever examined a photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope? Oh, how clearly the divine majesty and eternal power of God can be seen through those images! And His majesty is seen equally clearly in the beauty of the Earth and Nature.

I'll try to post on other topics from this book again as I have time...

- JWS