In the well-known creation account in Genesis 1, we see that God built the earth and its systems and made it habitable for man and beast. Let’s take a closer look at this all-important book. It is the Maker’s handbook for the human product. They have therefore never studied what it actually says.īut in reality the Bible is the only valid authority humanity has. Such misunderstandings have led many to reject the biblical account of creation out of hand. (See the article “ How Do We Know the Bible Is True?” for more about why science doesn’t disprove the Bible.) For example, the Bible does not say that the earth can be no older than 6,000 years, yet many religious teachers cling to that belief. This truth has often been obscured by the misinterpretation of Bible statements, especially as they relate to time frames. True science and the Bible are compatible. And only you will reap the blessings or the consequences of your decision. No one but you can choose whether you will believe the biblical accounts and reject contradictory theories of evolutionary science. It describes humanity’s relationship to both God and the animal world. The Bible examines the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual capacities of human beings-and proclaims that a Creator God is responsible for all this, making humans in His own image. So what is the truth? And where can you find it? Whether or not you undertake lifelong studies of the origin of life, the answer will come down to one question: Will you accept the teaching of eminent scientists that only evolution can explain man’s existence-or will you accept the plain statements of the Bible? But the biblical description of creation is just not compatible with Darwinian evolution. Many people seek to believe some combination of divine creation and evolution.

But where did those simple life-forms themselves originate? How did nonliving chemicals suddenly become living? And where did the chemicals themselves come from? Have you ever carefully studied the nature of man and his origin? Probably in some classroom or book you were led to believe that man evolved from the simplest life-forms. And humanity alone has the intellect and the power to dominate the other species. Yes, human beings are unique among the earth’s population of living organisms.

But once again, they are acting on instinct and do not realize what they are. Even though they can be taught simple responses through repetitious training, they do not think as a human being does.Īnimals have instinct that guides them in fulfilling fundamental needs, but they do not have minds that think and plan and build in new, creative ways.Įlephants have been thoroughly studied because they have some unusual family connections and seem to display emotions. They live a life characterized by routine behavior and little variety within a species. They don’t consult travel agents to find a better vacation spot. We don’t find birds seeking architects or decorators to design and build them a new, different kind of nest. We don't find birds seeking to design new, different kinds of nests. Those that migrate fly the same, often remarkable, distances to winter in foreign lands-the same places previous generations have always wintered. They tend their young the same way their parents did. Birds build nests the same way their parents did. No matter where you live, you are probably familiar with birds, so let’s take a quick look at them. Human beings clearly are not limited to the mindless repetition of animal behaviors or the lifestyle of ancestors passed down through hundreds of generations with almost no change. What is a human being really? Why do we alone among all physical living things possess the intellect to study ourselves? Why do we have unique abilities to think, plan and carry out plans? Why do we not follow the patterns in the animal world of repeated predictable behaviors? Only the Bible contains the true and complete answers to the origin of man. Most also assume that human beings, like the animals around them, are products of a long evolutionary process.īut is man an animal? Did he evolve, perhaps from primordial slime? Or from microscopic particles on a piece of rock hurled to earth from some far-away planet?

Many seem to believe that humans are simply the most developed species in the animal kingdom.

Simply being human