Sunday, March 16, 2008

Why We (I) Reject Evolution As Repudiation Of Genesis One

One word. Abiogenesis.

Evolution, as a doctrine in science, was originally framed in two contexts.  As a foundational theory of Genetics, evolution is the framework for explaining the way environment influences mutations.  As a popular theory in Biology, evolution is commonly thought to provide justification for the notion that life arose spontaneously from dead (“non-living”) matter.

Abiogenesis is the little-used term for the part the theory which claims to explain the origins of life. The abiogenetic explanation amounts to the following; “Special conditions existed way back then. We can’t reproduce the conditions. So, we can’t prove the theory by producing life from dead material. Trust us. We’re working on it.”

So Evolution is half-right. It tells half of the story, because the facts for one half of it cannot be presently established. In fact, Abiogenesis is just a fairy tale.

We find it odd that so-called Christians are willing to put Genesis, Chapter One in the realm of fairy tales…to embrace the false doctrines of men.