Introduction

Millions of people choose to ignore questions about creation and evolution. Don t be one of them!

Overview of Biblical Creation

The Bible describes the universe in two parts the natural universe and the supernatural universe.

Quenching Our Thirst for Knowledge

Science gives us knowledge. So do religious studies. Can the two get along?

High Points of the Creation vs. Evolution Debate

There are remarkable differences between creation and evolution, and a substantial controversy rages between the two. Here are examples from both sides.

Seven Theories of Creation and Evolution

We catalog seven different theories of creation and evolution. Some are compatible with the Bible; some are not. Which one do you accept?

Answers to Questions about God, Mankind, and the Bible

Does God exist? Is the human race special? Can faith and science co-exist? It s time you answer these questions for yourself.

• Albert Einstein
• TalkOrigins Index
• The Bible's Parallel Universe
• Personal Questions

Albert Einstein - One of our greatest thinkers, Albert Einstein, wrote in a 1941 proceedings:

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. - Albert Einstein

Einstein was not Christian, nor was he an observant Jew in the normal senses of these words, nevertheless he included religious faith when trying to quench his thirst for knowledge. He acknowledged religion as part of the age-old quest for knowledge, which comes in-line with the evidence portion of this Bible verse:

Judeo-Christian faith, then, provides evidence of the unseen, invisible, supernatural world described so vividly in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. Nevertheless, most scientists today reject it, in spite of Einstein's assertion.

TalkOrigins Index - The TalkOrigins web site has a masterful index of creation claims, each with a reference to creationist material and each refuted by evolutionist material. It is a good place to grasp the scope of the debate. The table below provides a small number of examples taken from the TalkOrigins index.

The Bible's Parallel Universe - In addition to the three components of the natural universe: (1) space, (2) time, and (3) energy or matter, the Bible talks about three components of a supernatural universe, and here the Bible and secular science differ. Unlike early scientists like Newton and Pascal, today's scientists often restrict their thinking to the natural, physical universe. The supernatural has been systematically eliminated from secular science over the past 100 years or so.

Nevertheless, according to the Bible, God created three components of a supernatural universe: (1) the invisible realm, (2) eternity, and (3) soul or spirit. Apart from physical existence, the Bible clearly speaks of a different and separate kind of existence a spiritual existence, an autonomous existence, and existence we call supernatural, that is, apart from nature. Secular science constrains itself to what we can detect with human senses and rationalize with human minds. The Bible has no such constraints.

Personal Questions - Pondering questions about the origin of life, the origin of the universe, Bible creation, and secular evolution causes you to address issues that are much more important than simply Who's right. Consider, for instance, questions that can shape a young person's life, or help older people work through tough decisions. These are questions about God, mankind, and the Bible.

Questions like these are never addressed in formal creation vs. evolution studies, but they are absolutely essential for your own personal understanding of how the universe works. Creation God's Way answers these question from both pro-creation and pro-evolution viewpoints. Your own personal answers reveal your worldview, which may be completely biblical, completely secular, or somewhere in between.

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28. Natalie Wolchover, What's the Total Energy in the Universe? LiveScience, 18 March 2011, http://www.livescience.com/

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34. Ibid, "Day-Age View, 298 300.

35. Ibid, Literary Framework View, 300 304.

36. Ibid, "Creation With an Appearance of Age (Mature Creationism), 304 307.