Testing the Theory of Evolution
The test of any theory is. Does it provide answers to basic questions? Some well- meaning, but misguided people think evolution is a reasonable theory to explain man's questions about the universe. Evolution is not a good theory-it is just a pagan religion masquerading as science.
The following questions were distributed to the 750-plus people who attended my (Dr. Kent Hovind) debate at the Owatonna State University in Owatonna, Minnesota, on January 9, 1993. New questions are added to this list from time to time.
1.Where did the space for
the universe come from?
2.Where did matter come from?
3.Where did the laws of the universe
come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?
4.How did matter get so perfectly
organized?
5.Where did the energy come from to
do all the organizing?
6.When, where, why, and how did life
come from dead matter?
7.When, where, why, and how did life
learn to reproduce itself?
8.With whom did the first cell capable
of sexual reproduction reproduce?
9.Why would any plant or animal want
to reproduce more of its kind since
this would only make more mouths to
feed and decrease the chances of
survival? (Does the individual have
a drive to survive, or the species,
or both? How do you explain this?)
10.How can mutations (recombining of the
genetic code) create any new,
improved varieties? (Recombining
English letters will never produce
chinese books.)
11.Is it possible that similarities in design
between different animals
prove a common Creator instead of
a common ancestor?
12.Since natural selection only works with
the genetic information
available and tends only to keep a
species stable, how do you explain
increasing complexity in the genetic
code that must have occurred if
evolution is true?
13.When, where, why, and how did
a.Single-celled plants become multi-celled?
(Where are the two- and
three-celled intermediates?)
b.Single-celled animals evolve?
c.Fish change to amphibians?
d.Amphibians change to reptiles?
e.Reptiles change to birds? (The lungs,
bones, eyes,reproductive
organ heart, method of locomotion,
body covering, etc., are all very
different!)
f.How did the intermediate forms live?
14.When, where, why, how, and from what
did
a.Whales evolve?
b.Sea horses evolve?
c.Bats evolve?
d.Eyes evolve?
e.Ears evolve?
f.Hair, skin, feathers, scales, nails,
claws, etc., evolve?
15.Which evolved first (how, and how long,
did it work without the others)?
a.The digestive system, the food to
be digested, the appetite, the
ability to find and eat the
food, the digestive juices, or the body's
resistance to its own digestive
juice (stomach, intestines, etc.)?
b.The drive to reproduce or the ability
to reproduce?
c.The lungs, the mucus lining to protect
them, the throat, or the
perfect mixture of gases to
be breathed into the lungs?
d.DNA or RNA to carry the DNA message
to cell parts?
e.The termite or the flagella in its
intestines that actually digest
the cellulose?
f.The plants or the insects that live
on and pollinate the plants?
g.The bones,ligaments,tendons,blood
supply muscles to move the bones?
h.The nervous system, repair system,
or hormone system?
I.The immune system or the need for
it?
16.There are many thousands of examples
of symbiosis that defy an
evolutionary explanation. Why must
we teach students that evolution is
17.How would evolution explain mimicry?
Did the plants and animals
develop mimicry by chance, by their
intelligent choice, or by design?
18.When, where, why, and how did man evolve
feelings? Love, mercy, guilt,etc.would never evolve
in the theory of evolution.
19.How did photosynthesis evolve?
20.How did thought evolve?
21.How did flowering plants evolve, and
from what?
22.What kind of evolutionist are you? Why
are you not one of the other
eight or ten kinds?
23.What would you have said fifty years
ago if I told you I had a living
coelacanth in my aquarium?
24.Give one clear prediction of macroevolution
that has proved true.
25.Explain why the idea of hydrogen gas
becoming people is scientific, not religious.
26.Do you honestly believe that everything
came from nothing?
After you answer the
above questions, please look carefully
at your answers and thoughtfully consider
these questions.
1.Are you sure your
answers are reasonable, right, and scientifically
provable or do you just believe that
it may have happened the way you have answered? (Do these
answers reflect your religion or your science?)
2.Do your answers show more or less faith
than the person who says, "God
must have designed it"?
3.Is it possible that an unseen Creator
designed this universe? If God is
excluded at the beginning of the discussion
by your definition of science,
how could it be shown that He did
create the universe if He did?
4.Is it wise and fair to show students
only the theory of evolution and
teach them that it is a fact?
5.What is the end result of a belief
in evolution (lifestyle, society,
attitude about others, eternal destiny,
etc.)?
6.Could it be that people accept evolution
because of some of the
following factors?
a.It is all they have been taught.
b.They like the freedom from God (no
moral absolutes, etc.).
c.They are bound to support the theory
for fear of losing their job
or status or grade point average.
d.They are too proud to admit they
are wrong.
e.They know that evolution is the
only philosophy that can be used to
justify their political agenda.
7.Should we continue to use outdated,
disproved, questionable, or
inconclusive evidences to support
the theory of evolution because we
don't have a suitable substitute (Piltdown
man, recapitulation
theory, archaeopteryx, lucy, Java
man, Neanderthal man, etc.)?
8.Should parents be allowed to require
that evolution not be taught as
fact in their school system unless
equal time is given to other theories
of origins (like divine creation)?
9.What are you risking if you are
wrong? As one of my debate opponents
said, "Either there is a God or there
is not. Both possibilities are
frightening."
10.Why are so many evolutionists so afraid
of the idea of creationism being
presented in public schools? If we
are not supposed to teach religion
in schools, then why not get evolution
out of the textbooks? It is just
a religious worldview.
11.Aren't you tired of faith in a system
that cannot be true? Wouldn't it
be great to know the God who made
you, and accept His love and
forgiveness?
12.Would you be interested if I showed you
from the Bible how to have your
sins forgiven and how to know for
sure that you are going to Heaven? If
so, e-mail us from the home page of
this web site.
Dr. Kent Hovind, "After teaching high school science for fifteen years, my deep concern for the fact that students were being deceived by the lie of evolution led me to establish Creation Science Evangelism. I now travel and speak over 700 times each year on this vital subject. I would be glad to present (in person to any group of interested people) my fully-documented material on the subjects of creation, evolution, proofs that the earth is not "billions of years old," the hoax of the geologic column, unreliable carbon-dating, and dinosaurs."
Dr. Hovind can be reached at Creation Science Evanglism, 29 Cummings road,
Pensacola, Florida. 32503. Phone (904) 479-DINO (3466) office/fax