“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor. 1:18).
There are many throughout our society who believe that the message of the
Bible is foolishness, especially as it relates to the origin of the universe
and creation account talked about in Genesis chapters 1-11. One individual
said, “It is a stretch to think that a bunch of animals and a family got into a
boat and rode around for a year. Now come on, you expect me to believe that?”
However, I have to agree with Dr. G. Thomas Sharp who said, “It is a
stretch to believe that 3.8 billion years ago lightning struck a tide pool
outside an ancient volcano, exciting the microspheres up into replicating
systems until one of them ultimately
became a full-fledged organism. And it wiggled out on to a bank, lived under a
rock for millions of years. Then through natural selection it ultimately turned
into some kind of tree dwelling creature, and began eating bananas until one
day after continuous natural selection, it climbed down out of the tree and
went to JC Penney, bought new clothes, got a haircut and shave, then went down
to the University of Texas and began teaching philosophy. Now that is a
stretch! But that is the ultimate
premise upon which evolution is founded.
Without the scientific community’s sanction of that silliness, the
teaching of the evolutionary worldview would have already disappeared from the
earth. This nonsense requires a whole lot more faith than ‘In the beginning
God…’ (Gen. 1:1). Therefore, our perception of truth forms the basis of our
worldview (Evolution: The Greatest Deception of All Time; available from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMr278CMAIA). Thus, the heart of the
debate relates to a faith based question: do you trust the thoughts of man or
the words of God?
Genesis 11 describes a time in which the whole world had one language.
Much of the world was gathered together in one location and built a tower, the
Tower of Babel. However, God had explicitly told them to expand and fill the
earth (Gen. 9:1). They wanted to make a name for themselves and reject God.
Much of our world is very similar today in wanting to reject God.
As a result of mankind’s disobedience at the Tower of Babel, God
intervened confusing their single language into multiple languages and
scattering them over the face of the earth. It is from this that all of the
languages of the world have their origin. And this is partly responsible for
the various people groups throughout the world today.
On the other hand, when one examines the various theories that
evolutionary worldview gives for the origin of languages, it amounts to
foolishness. In fact, some even consider it as the hardest problem in science
(Morten H. Christiansen and Simon Kirby, eds. Language evolution, pgs.
77-93). Yet the Word of God has always and will always trump the foolishness of
men, giving the answer from the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe.
In His service,
Matt
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