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Who are you?Who are you?

Thanks for coming!Thanks for coming!

Introduction

Introduction

CreationRedemption

Dominion

CreationRedemption

Dominion

He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give Him glory, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Revelation 14:7Revelation 14:7

“If Jesus was not the redeemer who died for

our sins, and this is what evolution means,

then Christianity is nothing.”

“If Jesus was not the redeemer who died for

our sins, and this is what evolution means,

then Christianity is nothing.”

G. Richard BozarthThe Meaning of EvolutionJournal of American Atheists, Feb 1978

G. Richard BozarthThe Meaning of EvolutionJournal of American Atheists, Feb 1978

Some Special EventsSome Special Events

• Columbus - 1492• Protestant Ref. - 1517• 1776, 1789• Uniformitarianism - 1798• Principles of Geo. - 1830• Beagle – 1835• Origin of Species - 1859• Marxism - 1863

• Columbus - 1492• Protestant Ref. - 1517• 1776, 1789• Uniformitarianism - 1798• Principles of Geo. - 1830• Beagle – 1835• Origin of Species - 1859• Marxism - 1863

Some Special EventsSome Special Events

• Bolshevik Revolution - 1918• Humanist Manifesto – 1933• WW II – 12/7/1941• Churches – 501(c)3 - 1954• Sputnik - 10/4/1957• Textbook Funding - 1959• Sep. Of Ch. & St. – 1963• Right to Privacy - 1973• Terrorism - 9/11/2001

• Bolshevik Revolution - 1918• Humanist Manifesto – 1933• WW II – 12/7/1941• Churches – 501(c)3 - 1954• Sputnik - 10/4/1957• Textbook Funding - 1959• Sep. Of Ch. & St. – 1963• Right to Privacy - 1973• Terrorism - 9/11/2001

Post-modernismPost-modernism•The cosmos is all there is

•Chemistry & Physics•Cosmic Consciousness

•Human reason is autonomous•No absolutes

•The cosmos is all there is•Chemistry & Physics•Cosmic Consciousness

•Human reason is autonomous•No absolutes

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Indoctrination in EvolutionBefore and after Federal Funding

Indoctrination in EvolutionBefore and after Federal Funding

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The decline since 1963reflects the overall downward trend of textbook content. The percentage of text devoted to evolution has not diminished.

The decline since 1963reflects the overall downward trend of textbook content. The percentage of text devoted to evolution has not diminished.Source: Educational Research Analysts, (903) 753-5993Source: Educational Research Analysts, (903) 753-5993

The modern Creationist movement began in response to public

school indoctrination.

Published early in

1961

The modern Creationist movement began in response to public

school indoctrination.

Published early in

1961

Religion:Religion:

A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose

of the universe.

A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose

of the universe.

Religion is an insultto human dignity

andhas no place in

scientific endeavor.

Religion is an insultto human dignity

andhas no place in

scientific endeavor.

Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics,

University of Texas at Austin,Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb

‘99

Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics,

University of Texas at Austin,Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb

‘99

Michael NewdowMichael Newdow

“I have a right to know that when my child goes to the public school she’s not taughtthat my religion is wrong and that’s whatThey teach her and that’s a harm to me.”

“I have a right to know that when my child goes to the public school she’s not taughtthat my religion is wrong and that’s whatThey teach her and that’s a harm to me.”

His religion is atheism!His religion is atheism!

Oct. 17, 1999

News media and textbooks try to make it look like

science vs. religion. They imply that evolution is

part of science.

News media and textbooks try to make it look like

science vs. religion. They imply that evolution is

part of science.

The telling case ofDr. Richard Sternberg

The telling case ofDr. Richard Sternberg

Holds two PhDs, one in theoretical biology and the other in molecular evolution.

Was a Smithsonian Institution research associate and former managing editor of the

independent journal, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.

Committed the sin of allowing the publication of a fully peer-reviewed ID

article.

Holds two PhDs, one in theoretical biology and the other in molecular evolution.

Was a Smithsonian Institution research associate and former managing editor of the

independent journal, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.

Committed the sin of allowing the publication of a fully peer-reviewed ID

article.

Dr. Richard SternbergDr. Richard Sternberg

BiasBiasAtheist No God exists

Can’t consider creation

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AgnosticDon’t knowCan’t knowDon’t care

Definite role of God

is open100%

Theist God deducedNo

absolutes100%

RevelationistGod revealed

Himself to man

Absolute point of

reference100%

BiasBiasIn reality it is not a matter of whether you are biased or not, but which bias is the best bias to be biased with anyway?

BiasBiasThe bias you have determines what you do with the evidence when you find it.

Everyone has a bias.

DogmaDogmaIn reality it is not a matter of whether you are dogmatic or not, but which dogmatism is the best to be dogmatized with anyway?

“Science is not just the making of observations: it is the making of inferences

on the basis of observations within the framework of a theory.”

“Science is not just the making of observations: it is the making of inferences

on the basis of observations within the framework of a theory.”

David Hull“The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy –

Two Thousand Years of Stasis (II)”British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 16(61):1-

18, 1965

David Hull“The Effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy –

Two Thousand Years of Stasis (II)”British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 16(61):1-

18, 1965

“… science is not as empirical as many scientists

seem to think it is …”

“… science is not as empirical as many scientists

seem to think it is …”

“Creation and evolution,

between them,exhaust the possible explanations for the

origin of living things.”

“Creation and evolution,

between them,exhaust the possible explanations for the

origin of living things.”

Douglas J. Futuyma Science on Trial: The case for evolution. New York: Pantheon Books, p. 197, 1983

Douglas J. Futuyma Science on Trial: The case for evolution. New York: Pantheon Books, p. 197, 1983

“Organisms either appeared on the earth

fully developedor they did not.”

“Organisms either appeared on the earth

fully developedor they did not.”

Douglas J. Futuyma Science on Trial: The case for evolution. New York: Pantheon Books, p. 197, 1983

Douglas J. Futuyma Science on Trial: The case for evolution. New York: Pantheon Books, p. 197, 1983

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Evolution’s Time Line:Evolution’s Time Line:

15,000,000,000 years agoBig Bang15,000,000,000 years agoBig Bang

Biblical Time Line:Biblical Time Line:6000 YA (~4000 BC)

Creation

6000 YA (~4000 BC)

Creation

4400 YA(~2400 BC)

Flood

4400 YA(~2400 BC)

Flood

This religion is tax supported!This religion is tax supported!

In the beginning…Hydrogen...In the beginning…Hydrogen...

In the beginning God...In the beginning God...

Sir Arthur Keith, Evolution & Ethics.

Keith wrote the forward to Darwin’s bookfor the 1959 - 100th year anniversary reprint.

Sir Arthur Keith, Evolution & Ethics.

Keith wrote the forward to Darwin’s bookfor the 1959 - 100th year anniversary reprint.

“The conclusion I havecome to is this: the

law of Christ is incompatible

with the law of evolution…

Nay, the two laws areat war with each

other…”

“The conclusion I havecome to is this: the

law of Christ is incompatible

with the law of evolution…

Nay, the two laws areat war with each

other…”

“It is not that the methods and institutions of science

somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the

phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are

forced by our a priori adherence to material

causes …

“It is not that the methods and institutions of science

somehow compel us to accept a material explanation of the

phenomenal world, but, on the contrary, that we are

forced by our a priori adherence to material

causes …Richard Lewontin“Billions and Billions of Demons”

New York Review (Jan 9, 1997): p.31. wwwanswersingenesis.org/lewontin

Richard Lewontin“Billions and Billions of Demons”

New York Review (Jan 9, 1997): p.31. wwwanswersingenesis.org/lewontin

… to create an apparatus of

investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, … Moreover, that

materialism is an absolute,

for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the

door.”

… to create an apparatus of

investigation and a set of concepts that produce material explanations, … Moreover, that

materialism is an absolute,

for we cannot allow a Divine Foot in the

door.”

Richard Lewontin“Billions and Billions of Demons”

New York Review (Jan 9, 1997): p.31. wwwanswersingenesis.org/lewontin

Richard Lewontin“Billions and Billions of Demons”

New York Review (Jan 9, 1997): p.31. wwwanswersingenesis.org/lewontin

“Even if all the data point to an

intelligent designer, such an hypothesis

is excluded from science because

it is not naturalistic.”

“Even if all the data point to an

intelligent designer, such an hypothesis

is excluded from science because

it is not naturalistic.”

Dr. Scott ToddAn immunologist at Kansas State UniversityCorrespondence to Nature 410(6752):423

(Sept 30, 1999)<wwwanswersingenesis.org/todd>

Dr. Scott ToddAn immunologist at Kansas State UniversityCorrespondence to Nature 410(6752):423

(Sept 30, 1999)<wwwanswersingenesis.org/todd>

“A central tenet of modern science is methodological

naturalism – it seeks to explain the universe purely

in terms of observed or testable natural

mechanisms.”

John RennieEditor in Chief of SciAm

Scientific American, July 2002, p84

“A central tenet of modern science is methodological

naturalism – it seeks to explain the universe purely

in terms of observed or testable natural

mechanisms.”

John RennieEditor in Chief of SciAm

Scientific American, July 2002, p84

And for this cause God shall

send them strong delusion, that they should

believe a lie

And for this cause God shall

send them strong delusion, that they should

believe a lie

2 Thessalonians 2:112 Thessalonians 2:11

How can we know if what you are saying is true?

There is no way for you to know whether what I’m telling is true unless you know what the truth is and There is no way for you to know what the truth is unless there is a truth that you can know,

Frank Peretti

When communists would take overan area what was the first

thing that was taught?

When communists would take overan area what was the first

thing that was taught?

Hegelian dialectics?Marxist economics?

To establish the ‘fact’ that there isno authority higher than the state.

Darwinism!Why?

“The GermanFuhrer … has consistently sought to make the practice of Germany conform to the theory of evolution.”Evolution and Ethics 1947, Sir Arthur Keith p, 230

“The GermanFuhrer … has consistently sought to make the practice of Germany conform to the theory of evolution.”Evolution and Ethics 1947, Sir Arthur Keith p, 230

Evolutionisn’t just a

dumb theory, it’s a

deadly religion!

Evolutionisn’t just a

dumb theory, it’s a

deadly religion!

“It is absolutely safe to say that if

you meet someone who claims not to

believe in evolution, that person

is ignorant, stupidor insane”

Richard DawkinsPut Your Money on Evolution

New York Times, April 9, 1999 p. 35

“It is absolutely safe to say that if

you meet someone who claims not to

believe in evolution, that person

is ignorant, stupidor insane”

Richard DawkinsPut Your Money on Evolution

New York Times, April 9, 1999 p. 35

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and

is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,

for instruction in righteousness…

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and

is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,

for instruction in righteousness…

2 Timothy 3:16

2 Timothy 3:16