Two Kinds Of People In The World

When you say that one worldview leads to belief in evolution and atheism, and the other worldview leads to belief in God and creationism, you seem to be implying that all evolutionists must be atheists. This is not the case. Many people who "believe in" evolution also believe in God; there is no inherent conflict.

There are actually several examples of observed speciation (see talkorigins.org). As for one "kind" evolving into another, "kind" is not a scientific term and seems to have no definition. If there is one, please tell me.

Genes change into other genes often, even on a human scale. The December 2007 Scientific American article "Evolution in a Petri Dish" shows an example of not only a mutation (a gene changing) but a beneficial one, the kind that drives evolution.

Finally, the statement that evolution is part of a worldview along with socialism is silly considering that the survival of the fittest was used as an argument for capitalism throughout the late nineteenth century once On the Origin of Species was published.

Good points. As I mentioned, this blog isn't meant as an exhaustive thesis on the topic. My point is that I don't see how one can logically hold onto evolution and the Bible. Others can disagree with me. You are certainly free to do so, and I won't take issue with your point of view.

My experience and study lead me to say that if I'm going to believe the Bible, I have to believe it all. Getting rid of the story of Creation as laid out in Genesis unravels the rest of the book. Rather than live with a terminally conflicted faith without foundation, I will cast my lot with the fools and swallow it whole.

As for the issues of a beneficial mutation occurring, I haven't seen that. It may be true. It may be, like many other discoveries, proven later to be false. In other words, I have decided that I'll put faith in God over faith in temporary science.

This is no disrespect to you if you don't join me on this path. If you have faith in Jesus as your savior, we can celebrate that unity.

My final point would be to say that science has had many instances where something thought to be true was later found to be mistaken. The Bible, on the other hand, has had numerous parts questioned, which later are found to be true.

I appreciate you reading my blog and am glad you respected me enough to offer your comment.

Bryn

Since you have a literal interpretation of Genesis, I assume you are a young-Earth creationsit. If so, why assume do you that a "day" in Genesis is a 24-hour period, rather than any period of time? Also, when Genesis says that God created animals, plants, and people, how do you know that He didn't create them via evolution?

One example of a beneficial mutation is the one that occured in a Caenorhabditis elegans worm. Worms that have the mutation are not only immune to a bacterium that was previously fatal, but they actually eat the bacteria. In six years there were thousands of the mutatnts in the laboratory where this was observed.