Thursday, April 22, 2010

More Evidence Part I: Microevolution

While we are still on the topic of evidence, let’s take a look at some of the arguments Evolutionists use to support their theory. The evidence given for Evolution falls into two categories: Microevolution and Macroevolution.
Microevolution, as defined by the Microsoft Word Dictionary is: “limited change: minor change within a species or small group of organisms, usually within a short period of time.”
Examples of this include the variation of beak-shapes Darwin observed in the finches on Galapagos, the size of horses, and the changes between wolves in the wild and domesticated dogs. The evidence for Microevolution is very strong- it has been well documented and we can see it at work today. This is real science.
So what does that mean? Has the scientific “fact” of Microevolution refuted the existence of God and the validity of Scripture? Not at all. Did you know that Microevolution is just another name for something referenced in Scripture? Genesis 1:20-26 speaks again and again of how God created all living creatures “according to their kinds.” A “kind” would have been on the order of a family or genus on the classification pyramid- a group that could interbreed and reproduce, with room for variation and speciation due to things like gene recombinations, environmental factors, and minor mutations. Notice the limits of Microevolution- “minor change within a species or small group of organisms.” So what modern scientists have termed “Microevolution” can also simply be called “variation within kinds.”
Far from refuting Creationism, Microevolution supports the Creationist Model just as well if not better than the Darwinist one. I say “if not better” because where as Darwinism grew out of the discovery of Microevolution, Creationism existed before Microevolution. The discovery only reaffirmed something stated in scripture all along.
Now let’s take a look at the second category of evidence.

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