Why is it important to know whether we are created by God or descendants of apes? As in every other area, our beliefs determine our actions, and what we believe about where we came from and who we are can have drastic consequences.
A crash course in radioisotope dating from the perspective of a Bible-believer. The God who gave us the true history of the world also wants to have a relationship with each human that He created and placed in it.
There is no need to be intimidated by the dinosaur-bird evolution topic. There are enormous differences between dinosaurs and birds, and when we look at the fossil record, we see two separate kinds of animals, just as we would expect considering the creation account.
The Bible says all nations are made of one blood, one race—the human race. God created the first two humans, Adam and Eve, and gave them a huge variety of genetic information. At the Tower of Babel that gene pool was scattered across the earth, and each group began to take on distinct traits.
When we hear about dinosaurs, it is frequently in an evolutionary context. When we find dinosaur bones, they don’t come with labels attached, saying how old they are. Far from dinosaurs disproving the Bible, they are explained by the Bible account of Creation and the Flood.
The fine-tuned design of our solar system reiterates the fact that there is a Creator who formed this earth to be inhabited. Just imagine the power and wisdom required to create all these heavenly bodies and keep them on exactly the right path over thousands of years. How amazing and awesome God is!
Why does it matter how old the earth is? Isn’t it just an unimportant side issue? No. It really comes down to a question of authority. Who is the authority? Is it God and His Word, or fallible scientists? If we don’t believe the Bible in one area, why should we believe it in other areas?
Science is possible because we have a consistent, unchanging Creator. Not only is the Bible internally cohesive, but since God is the Creator, and knows all things, He knows everything about science. What if He recorded accurate scientific facts long before human scientists discovered them?
Whether you believe in the existence of aliens, or not...may depend on whether you believe God and His Word. This article poses some logical and Scriptural arguments against the existence of extra-terrestrial creatures from other worlds.