In the Beginning: Science and
Genesis 1-11
“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the
righteous do?“ Psalm 11:3
Foundational Truths Learned
1. Evolution is Illogical
Revelation, Speculation and Science
Dr. Greg Bahnsen
“The only basis, the only presupposition, that
allows for factuality and the scientific enterprise
is the truth of Scripture. Without the Bible,
science has no order in nature to expect, and the
scientist finds himself adrift between abstract
timeless logic and pure ultimate potentiality – or
“pure chance.”
“The scientist must believe that he confronts a
system when he does his work, or else the work
would be futile. That system is either the result
of the purposeful plan of the sovereign God, or it
is the reflection into the unknowable “universe”
of the ordering mind of man – which in its turn is
equally unknowable.”
“If the scientist refuses to presuppose the truth of
Scripture…, he will have neither a true universe
to investigate or any reason to suppose he has the
ability to do so. The Bible provides the only
possible presupposition for all thought and
reason.”
Foundational Truths Learned
1.
2.
Evolution is Illogical
Radiometric Dating Does Not Support an Old
Earth
Problems with Dating Methods
1 The Great Flood!!!
2 Water Soluble
3 Natural Daughter Elements
4 Decay Rates
Grand Canyon Basalt Lava Flow
What is the correct “age” of the Cardenas Basalt lavas
using radiometric dating?
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(a) 516±30 million years (the potassium-argon age)
(b) 1,111±81 million years (the rubidium-strontium
age)
(c) 1,588±170 million years (the samarium-neodymium
age)
None of the above!!
Polonium Radiogenic Halos
Radioactive Decay – an Example
The half-life of P214 is 64 microseconds -
that’s .000164 of a second!
Psalm 33:9
“For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.”
Foundational Truths Learned
1.
2.
3.
Evolution is Illogical
Radiometric Dating Does Not Support an Old
Earth
Information Disproves Darwinian Evolution
Amoeba
Man
This requires an astronomical
increase in information!!
Information is an intangible!
Scientific Laws about Information
Any given chain of information can
be traced backward to an intelligent
source
Source of the
information
Not the
source!
The
Author!
Scientific Laws about Information
Information comprises the
nonmaterial foundation for all:
 biological systems
 technological systems
 works of art
Logical Deduction
Therefore, the scientific laws about
information have:
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Refuted the assumption of scientific materialism
and the theories of chemical and biological
evolution
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Established the existence of an eternal, allknowing, all-powerful Creator
Foundational Truths Learned
1.
2.
3.
4.
Evolution is Illogical
Radiometric Dating Does Not Support an Old
Earth
Information Disproves Darwinian Evolution
Genetics Falsifies Darwinian Evolution
Dr. John Sanford – Genetic Entropy
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“We have reviewed compelling evidence
that even when ignoring deleterious
mutations, mutation/selection cannot create
a single gene – not within the human
evolutionary timescale.
Dr. John Sanford – Genetic Entropy
“When deleterious mutations are factored back
in, we see that mutation/selection cannot create a
single gene – ever. This is overwhelming evidence
against the Primary Axiom.”
Dr. John Sanford – Genetic Entropy
“In my opinion this constitutes what is
essentially a formal proof that the Primary
Axiom (Neo-Darwinism) is false.”
Primary Axiom:
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The belief that “man is merely the product
of random mutations plus natural selection.”
Biological Decay Curve and the Declining
Lifespan of Noah’s Descendants
700
600
Correlation Coefficient = .90
500
Confirms Scientifically
Genesis Chapter 5!
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Born centuries after Noah (lived 950 years)
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Foundational Truths Learned
1.
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5.
Evolution is Illogical
Radiometric Dating Does Not Support an Old
Earth
Information Disproves Darwinian Evolution
Genetics Falsifies Darwinian Evolution
The Evidence in the Fossil Record Does Not
Support Darwinian Evolution
Pierre-Paul Grasse, Chair of
Evolution at the Sorbonne
“Naturalists must remember that the process of
evolution is revealed only through fossil forms. A
knowledge of paleontology is, therefore, a
prerequisite; only paleontology can provide them
with the evidence and reveal its course or
mechanisms.”
Examining the Evidence
Actual
Data
Time
(540
mya)
Supposed Tree of life
Cambrian
Sudden appearance of Precambrian
complex creatures created
after their kind Darwinian
(Gen 1:24-25) Model
Morphology
The Great Fossil Mystery
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Darwin predicted that the fossil record
would abound with transitional fossils,
but we find…
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Two Great Facts of the Fossil Record:
 New
types appear abruptly –
Abrupt Appearance
 New
types stay the same –
Stasis
Stephen Jay
Gould, late
Harvard
paleontologist:
“The extreme rarity of intermediate forms
persists as the trade secret of paleontology.”
Fossil embarrassment at-a-glance…
Fossils are supposed to show gradual, step-by-step
change. Yet…
Over 200,000 species have been dug up, and it’s now
clear: fossils do not document gradualism.
Fossil evidence fits perfectly with the idea of separate
creation of basic “kinds” as seen in Genesis 1:24-25.
In the Beginning:
Science and Genesis 1-11
Rich Akin
Lakeside Community Chapel
September-December 2012