The Dangers of Evolution

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  

Matthew 7:17-18

But there were false prophets also amoung the people, even as there shall be false teachers amoung you who privaly bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that brought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 2:1

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I think one of the biggest lies that is fed to people in our country is the theory of evolution. I don't want to so much talk about the inconsistencies, flaws, and unbiblical basis of it, but rather, want to show how it has changed our country and what may come as a result. But to talk about those, I do have to explain some things about evolution.

I want to first point out that the theory of evolution is merely a "theory". When Charles Darwin wrote Origin of Species and Survival of the Fittest, he wrote it as a proposed theory, but did not claim it as fact and entertained the fact that it is flawed. He stated "Often a cold shudder has run through me and have asked myself whether I may have devoted myself to a fantasy". Since evolution is a theory, it cannot be disproved, but the evidences support creation over evolution, despite what is published. Creation is supported continually by what is found in the earth and we do not need to derive a theory as how something "might" have happened because it is consistent with special creation. When evolution observes the evidence, they have to develop a theory to explain it and oftentimes changes because the theory is flawed. Creationists and evolutionists have the same evidences to observe, but when the two have to explain the evidences, creationism is consistent. We have the same evidence to look at, but the question is what lens you are looking at through; Creation or evolution? This is our defining foundation to our beliefs. Whether you believe creation or evolution determines the rest of your beliefs. The major difference in these foundations is God's word vs. man's opinion.

Another issue with evolution is the lack of science. Scientists, and every other person who supports evolution, claim that evolution is scientific and that creationism does not follow science. However, it seems to be the opposite. To prove a scientific fact, the scientific process must be followed and when the hypothesis is not proven, a new hypothesis must be formed. With evolution, sometimes the hypothesis is disproved but still published as fact, or sometimes is disproved and every other following hypothesis is disproved. Simply put, the formation of the earth and origin of life cannot be observed. We cannot observe the past and hence, cannot classify the formation of life (or evolution of life) as science since the scientific process cannot be followed to test the hypothesis.

Creationism follows historical science. This is where we have written accounts of what happened by people who did observe it and use their observations to support our hypothesis. And when the evidences support our hypotheses based on historical accounts, it can be proved and considered fact. We cannot "prove" the Bible since it is not observable science, but when we look at the accounts in the Bible and the records, the findings support the text 100%, yet is considered "unscientific". Just because creationism isn't consistent with the modern idea of science, doesn't mean it is anti-science. The fact is that evolution is not scientific, but is claimed as a fact and if anything contradicts it, is considered unscientific. What we have is a flawed definition of science.

I don't want to talk about tall the flaws of evolution, or refute and debate, but rather explain what the belief leads to.

The general idea of evolution is that all life evolved from a simple, single-celled organism from a primordial soup and has "evolved" to survive. Darwin's theory of evolution does not deal with problem of the origin of life but rather on the evolving of the species, so the origin of life has been an accumulation of assumptions and ideas of people throughout the years. That is all that evolution is: assumptions.

There are multiple theories on the origin (and they continue to change), but one is the big bang theory. With this theory, out of pure chance, a "bang" happened and the universe spawned from it. And as time went along, over billions of years, single celled organism evolved into a life form which turned into some sort of sea creature who grew legs to crawl on land and over time evolved into apes, then humans. The exact formation is vague and inconsistent because there is no evidence, so it is constantly changing. The premise of this theory is that we all came from a singled-cell organism by accident, and this belief is dangerous.

Socialism and communism use evolution and atheism as it's religious and scientific basis. Out of these beliefs, we are just parts of the machine (society) and only exist to benefit the collective. Humanism also follows this foundation and claims that we just exist with no purpose or meaning. When we die, that's it. What does this all mean? If we are only here to add to society then die, or not have any meaning on earth, then why are we here? What is the purpose of living and what is keeping us from just offing ourselves? Do you see the problem?

You see, when we view human life as meaningless, it leads to a meaningless life. People go through life with the belief that they don't matter and won't make a difference. When life gets too hard to bear and we don't have a purpose here anyways, why not just commit suicide and end the suffering early. That's a large reason why we have such high depression and suicide rates. When you remove God from the picture and we evolved as an accident, what meaning does that have? As Christians, we know that we are created by God for a special purpose here on earth and when we die, will receive rewards for what we do, not to mention dwelling with our Creator for eternity! That gives us meaning, but without it, there is no purpose, we are not special, and there's no reason to thrive to do better because what will it matter?

If we are just a part of the society machine, what happens if we break and can no longer contribute to society? Just like any other machine, you throw away the broken part and replace it. When people can no longer contribute to society, they lose their purpose and there is no reason to keep them around. That is the basis for euthanasia. Modern day abortion was started by Margaret Sanger who lived during the Nazi regime. Her belief was that black people are inferior and cannot contribute to society, so if we kill the babies before they are born, that is less pollution. And speaking of which, that is why Hitler killed as many as he did. He saw them as an inferior "race" who couldn't contribute to the collective, so he killed them to better society. Abortion has evil roots and now the reasoning for abortion has changed. If we originated as a conglomeration of molecules that came together by chance, then when we are in the womb, when do we transition from a simple molecule into human life? If we are an organism that happened by chance and not created and designed by a Creator, then what is so wrong about killing an infant? If we start as an animal and evolve into a human, what is the difference between killing a fetus and killing a deer? Why not harvest human stem cells if it benefits the collective? If we are no more that advanced animals, why not have sex with whomever we want? And if sex is just a normal, polygamous act between mammals, what is wrong with pornography? If we don't have a purpose on earth, what's wrong with murder and suicide?

These are just a few examples of what happens to a world who believes that we are an accident without a special Creator. Chaos develops because our view of ourselves is meaningless. This is by no means, a comprehensive study of the effects of evolution on our world, but rather a taste in the hopes that you might research for yourself, the effect of evolution. Jeremiah 1:5 tells us "Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee...". We are also told in Ephesians, "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto great works, which God hath ordained that we should walk in them. (2:10)" How great is it to know that we are not an accident, each created by a loving God who wants to have a relationship with us? How great is it to know that God knew us before we were even conceived? God tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made which makes abortion murder, no matter the trimester. And how great is it to know that we are not only created by God, but that God has a specific purpose for each person and wants us to fulfill that purpose? When we begin to believe evolution, we believe that we were not specially created by God, that there is no God, and that we don't have a reason to exist.

Some Christians believe that God created the earth then used evolution to develop it. But for evolution to take place means that there is a flaw in the life and it needs to change to survive. If that is the case, then God made mistakes in his creation. And if he made mistakes, he would not be God. The Bible is clear in Genesis that God created everything as it is intended to be in six literal days. It's when we start to rewrite the Bible that we get into trouble. Proverbs 30:5-6 says "Every word of God is pure; he is a shield to those who put their trust in him. Add thou not unto unto his words; lest he reprove thee and thou be found a liar." We are, likewise, told in Revelation "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of the book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things that are written in this book. (20:18-19)" You see, one cannot simply believe the Bible and evolution. You cannot be a God fearing Christian and tolerate the evil absurdities that this theory brings. 

8 Common Myths of the Bible

I have been feeling burdened to write this post for some time now. Mostly because I see everywhere, beliefs that are simply not true, but are SO common. Some beliefs, people don't even realise are against what the Bible tells us. I even see it in some Bible tracks. I see it all over Facebook, when people die, when people go through difficulty. Some of these things, people wouldn't say they don't believe the Bible, but rather just don't know. Some things we are taught from when we are young and some things are just so commonly taught that it's just standard. I want to put to rest, some of these lies.

1. There were three wise men. Around Christmas time, we see all sorts of nativity scenes, even in the church and it's pretty well standard that there are three wise men. I understand that for a scene, it's more practical to only have three characters. However, the belief that there were only three wise men, I cannot say is true. Then again, I cannot say that it's not. Quite simply, we are not told how many wise men there were. We are told of the three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Not to put down any denominations, but the idea of only three wise men came from the Catholic belief because of the three gifts. But because there were only three gifts, does not mean there were only three men. I would be led to believe there were a lot more. If you study up on people in that time period, the wise men were scholars, philosophers, and astrologers. In most cases, every man who was one of these would meet together, kind of like a country club. So I would be more led to believe that there were more than three scholars in that area. But this also leads to another myth that the wise men were at the manger. Not true. Matthew 2:1-12 is the account of the wise men and we are told in verse 11 that they went to a house. We know that Jesus was born in a manger. This would imply that the wise men showed up a bit later. We are also told in this verse that Jesus was a young child, not a baby. I would venture to guess it was maybe two years later or so. We aren't told how old Jesus was so this is merely speculation.
2. We become angels when we die. I can't tell you how many posts or movies I see that say we become angels when we die. This is not someone who took it from the Bible, but simply don't know what the Bible says about it. All throughout the Bible, we are told of angels and told of humans and they are not the same. Angels were actually created before the universe to help God. We know this because we are told in Isaiah 14:12-15 that Lucifer (later, Satan) who we know as the devil, was an angel that rebelled against God and was cast from Heaven before we were even created. As the Bible talks about angels, it is always separate from humans. Angels, in the Bible were always separate beings that were used as messengers from God. We are also told that when Christians die, we go to Heaven and dwell with God in his kingdom, not fly around as angels. (And the Bible never once mentions that angels have wings other than in a symbolic sense). This is shown in Matthew 25:31-32 and this passage also clearly states that angels will dwell with humans, obviously 2 different characters. When non-Christians die, we are told that they go to hell to suffer for eternity. In other words, we do not become angels when we die. (Revelation 21:8)
3. Satan is in charge of Hell. How often do we see in movies, TV shows, cartoons, and comics of Satan standing at a pedestal in Hell, checking in those who enter while God (or St. Peter?) checks those going into Heaven? (By the way, people being checked into Heaven is not true either. I am led to believe when we go to Heaven, we are automatically in the presence of Jesus, dwelling with him, but that's a whole post on it's own.) This is a VERY common belief, but the Bible is very clear that this is not the case! Hell was also created before the universe, not for us, but as an eternal punishment for Satan. This is revealed in Matthew 25:41 when it says "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:". (emphasis added) Satan knows that one day, he will spend eternity there and that is why his sole mission is to drag as many people down with him. This also leads to our next myth...
4. I'll party in Hell with my buddies. I hear this quite often and it is completely false. The Bible describes Hell. Revelation 21:8 describes the "Lake of fire". Matthew 25:46 describes it as an everlasting punishment. Matthew 13:15 describes it as a blazing furnace and describes the torment. We are told in numerous places describing it as dark, lonely, and miserable. You won't be able to party with your buddies because you will be alone. You may hear others' with their blood-curdling screams (along with your own), but will not see anyone. You will be in complete, dark loneliness burning for all eternity, crawling with worm eating your body for all eternity. No party there.
5. Everyone will be judged together. While we are talking about Hell and judgment, lets talk about a myth about judgment. I see all the time, comics showing sinner and Christians, both before God. God pulls out the Book of Life and says, "You're in here, you go to Heaven. You're not in here, you go to hell." That is not true either. There are two distinctly different judgments. Yes, we are told in 2 Chorinthians 5:10 that we are all to be judged and in Hebrews 9:27 says we will all be judged, but they are different judgments. Revelation 20:11-15 describes the Great White Throne judgment where all sinners stand before God and are shown their sins. From there, they are sentenced to eternity in the lake of fire based on their sins. Romans 14:10-12 describes a completely different judgment. When we read of the Great White Throne, we read of death and despair for the sinner, but when we read of the Judgment Seat of Christ, we see a great picture of everyone worshipping God and giving their account of what they did for God. And it is here that Christians are given their rewards and their position in Heaven. The judgment for Christians happen immediately after the rapture, or second coming of Christ. But at this time, sinners still reside in Hell when they are dead and the live sinners continue on earth. It's at the very end that the sinners are judged.
6. We are all shown our sins at the judgment. When I was kid, I was always afraid that at the judgment, we would be shown our sins and everyone would be able to see my thoughts and actions from my entire life. This is true, but depending on your status with God. The unsaved (sinners) are shown their sins and are sentenced to Hell based on all of their sins from their life. These sins are shown for everyone to see. (Matthew 12:36-37, Revelation 20:11-15). But for Christians, it will be different. I won't give you every verse pertaining to salvation (you can look that up on your own), but the whole concept of salvation is that our sins are washed away and erased. Jesus takes our sins from us when we accept him and because of that, we have no sins to account for on judgment day. If we did, our sins would not have been forgiven and we would go to Hell. But the Holy Spirit seals us unto salvation, erasing our sins (2Timothy1:12). Romans 5:1-2 tells us we can have peace when we die because our sins are not held over us. 1 John 2:1-2 tells us that Jesus stands in place of our sins. And because we have no sins to account for (because of God's forgiveness), we will not be shown our sins. However, we will be accountable to what we have done for Christ. God give us gifts and opportunities and we will have to account for how we used those. That is how we are given our rewards. The Christians' judgments is also known as the Beme Seat. This is a term used for the ancient Olympics as the pedestal where contestants are awarded. They are not scolded for what they did wrong. This is the same concept for our judgment. This is all summed up in Ezekiel 18:22.
7. Demons vs. Ghosts. This is a very controversial subject. It seems like nowadays, ghosts are a huge topic and the belief is that there is a difference between ghosts demons. Ghosts are people who died but "have not yet crossed over to the other side" and demons are "evil creatures who haunt and mean to cause harm". To be honest, I cannot show a verse saying there is a difference because it does not exist. But we are told, as you can see above, that when Christians die, we go straight to paradise, or Heaven. When non-Christians die, they go to a place called Hell, or Hades, to await their sentence to the eternal lake of fire. God does not make mistakes and get someone "stuck" in the middle. The Bible is very clear that when we die, we go to one of two places. God is a just God and if someone is unsaved, they go to Hell as promised, not wait around for a live relative to make recompense. Again, not to put down any denomination, but the Catholic belief in purgatory is where this comes into play. But quite simply, the Bible does not support this. The only alternative is that the only supernatural beings we encounter are either angels or demons, which is heavily supported in the Bible. Angels are used by God as messenger and to fight demons (fallen angels that followed Lucifer) in the supernatural world. That means that these "ghosts" are really demons. The idea of ghosts is to inflict fear and only demons do that. The role the demon is playing could be viewed as innocent (ghost) or as hostile, but they are demons nonetheless and are not harmless. When people "speak to the dead" as mediums, they are speaking with demons. Supernatural beings cannot be controlled by humans. They have spent thousands of years watching humans and know how to manipulate us. (That is how they can play off to be a person's relative when a medium talks to them). Satan is known as the master of all lies and the illusion that there is a difference between ghosts and demons is simply a lie Satan has led people to believe. People may argue that ghosts look like people and demons look like evil characters, but demons can look like whatever they want. Demons were once beautiful angels so the belief that they look evil is invalid. Lucifer was actually one of the head angels (with Michael and Gabriel), but can make his appearance to us as what ever he wants. That's why evil music (or even sex outside of marriage) looks glamorous because Satan is master of illusion and can make evil look good and good look evil.
8. He's in a better place now. I work in a field where I see a lot of death and I always refrain from using this phrase. Why? Because it may not be true. This kind of goes back to the myth that we become angels. Simply put, if you die a believer, you go to Heaven. If you die a sinner, you go to Hell. If the person was not a believer and never asked God for forgiveness, they are in Hell, not a better place and not an angel. There is an accurate phrase that says, "For Christians, this world is the closest we will come to Hell. For sinners, this world is the closest they will come to Heaven."

There are obviously countless myths that can be refuted that we simply can't cover in one post. But I want this to make you think. I want you to examine everything you have been told and look to the Bible for yourself. There is really no excuse because of the endless sources of online concordances. As I mentioned, I do not intend to offend any denomination. I am simply showing you the truth that the Bible (God's Word, not man's belief in a denomination) tells to us.