Two Models of Origins
Two models form the basis of the debate on origins as summarized below.
Life arose...
CREATION MODEL EVOLUTION MODEL
By the acts of a Creator. By naturalistic mechanistic processes due
to properties inherent in inanimate matter.
Creation of basic plant Origin of all living things from a single
and animal types with living source which itself arose from
characteristics complete inanimate matter. Origin of each kind from
in first representatives. an ancestral form by slow gradual change.
Variation and speciation Unlimited variation. All forms genetically
limited within each kind. related.
Predictions concerning the fossil record:
Sudden appearance in great Gradual change of simple forms into more
variety of highly complex and more complex forms.
forms.
Sudden appearance of each Transitional series linking all categories.
created type with No systematic gaps.
characteristics complete.
Sharp boundaries separating
major taxonomic groups.
No transitional forms
between higher categories.
Reference:
Gish 1985, 44
Which theory is supported better by the observed data?
The answer is ... creation, as can be seen by understanding the
immense problem of
creating life
from dead chemicals by any natural process,
and the clear reading of
the fossil record.
If this were boxing, creation wins with a "knockout", not on "points"!
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