Does Religion Deny Evolution?
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Q: I'm a biology student and I had a question. Does religion deny evolution? If evolution is true why are we the only creatures to have souls?
A: To answer your first question, not only does religion deny evolution, but so does biology. The Bible states that God created us and
all creatures and we continue to propagate from this original form unto this
day. This is exactly what the facts in biology teach us.
The theory of evolution
is currently being crushed under the weight of the information piling in
from many scientific
disciplines, including biology. Many, many books have been written
on this, but
sadly you will not be exposed to this information in most schools.
For
example, did you know that there are millions of molecular machines
in
each and every living cell performing thousands of functions
every second? Did you know these molecular machine systems are using billions
of pieces of information from the most advanced data storage media in
the known universe (DNA)? Did you know that 4 billion of these molecular
machine system driven; information packed cells will fit in a thimble?
Did you know that each one is thousands of times more complex than our most
advanced
spacecraft? Did you know that science cannot even account for
even the rudimentary assemblage of the mere building blocks (proteins)
of these systems? The proteins are actually coded for in DNA and constructed
by advanced molecular machine factories that translate and transcribe
RNA fragments they harvest from DNA. After that they use these fragments
to construct and fold proteins into useful molecular components
that are then shuttled to the appropriate place in the cell where they are
needed at exactly the time they are needed? Whew!!! That is just a sampling
of the complexities of life. The bottom line is that it is scientifically impossible
for this to just have happened.
To learn more about this your first step would
be to
order a video called "Unlocking the Mystery of Life." Here
is a link
you can order it from: http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/videos/v026.htm.
Your next question about the soul is answered simply by the scriptures.
God breathed a living soul into man. God made us more than just
complex
living molecular machine based life; he breathed an eternal soul
into
man. Once you get your head around the complexities of living
systems,
believing that God gave you an eternal soul is easy. I hope this
helps.
God bless.
Chris Wilhoit
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