Is Creation A Theory?
Is Creation a theory? Do you really believe as most people do that it is a theory? What is your proof that Creation is a theory?
What is a theory? Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary, 6th edition, defines theory as “a formal set of ideas that is intended to explain why something happens or exists”, (italics are mine for emphasis). Indeed a theory is only an idea or a hypothesis that has still to be proven whether it is true or false. A theory does not necessarily connotes, much more denotes a truth in it. As an idea, it is a product of the mind, and the human mind is limited and fallible and has a greater tendency to commit error.
A theory is an idea, a hypothesis that can be equated to a guess. A hypothesis, according to the above-cited dictionary, is “an idea or explanation of something that is based on a few known facts but that has not yet been proved to be true or correct” (italics are mine for emphasis).
I am saddened and indignant hearing people and ministers of Protestant and other Christian churches, and even some pastors of the true remnant church of God, the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, who ought to be the strongest defenders of the faith, defensively arguing and dangerously tinkering with the blasphemous idea that Creation is a theory, and putting it altogether on the same level with the devil’s Theory of Evolution.
Creation is not a theory. It is not an idea created by men. It is an absolute truth which God Himself told Moses at Mount Sinai during his 40 days fast (Exodus 24: 15-18). Do you really think that God, who was very meticulous in instructing Moses the details of every furniture, furnishings, vessels, and all other things for the tabernacle such as their dimensions, color, materials, and the specific names of designers of these furniture and furnishings (Exodus chapters 25 up to 31) would intentionally leave out the most important details of Creation? Mrs. Ellen G. White wrote in Patriarchs and Prophets, page 251 that under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Moses wrote the book of Genesis. For this reason, Creation is not a story concocted by men nor a theory or an idea of man’s imagination. It is an absolute truth from the Creator Himself, the LORD God Almighty that created all things in this universe.
A theory needs to be proven true or correct to be accepted as a theory. It remains a theory even after it has been proven correct because a theory will always remain subject for further investigation. It will always have a limited truth in it, because a theory, as all of them are, is tested and proven through an experiment that is usually done in a closed system, i.e. limited in scope. For it is an impossible task to experiment a concept or an idea in an open system with hundreds of variables, parameters and factors to be included in it for thorough investigation.
This is the very reason why some theories fail. They are always done in very limited closed systems with only few variables being considered. And as such, a theory that has been proven correct is only applicable in that specific closed system where it has been done. Most of the time, a theory, though proven true or correct, is not applicable in other systems. And its being proven correct does not necessarily mean that it is already infallible. It can still be proven wrong in another time or superseded by another theory. And even if it remains unscathed after so many rigorous tests, it will still remain as a theory or a hypothesis – a guess that will always be a subject for further verification. Because a theory is not an absolute truth. That is why we see horrible disasters in space program, and other major accidents brought about by erroneous theories in science and technology.
A theory, whether proven true or correct is always relative. It can be relative in time, in space, and even in our beliefs. In time because it can become obsolete as time goes by; in space because it cannot be applicable in hyper space like Mathematics though flaunted as an “exact science”, and in our own beliefs, because of our obstinacy to run with wrong notions and bigoted ideas about a certain theory no matter how bad it is.
A theory begins as an idea or concept until proven correct by an experiment or series of experiments. As an idea, it is limited and arbitrary, and might be flawed from its very beginning. There is also a built-in error in the results of almost all experiments. Most researchers and scientist are worried about the accuracy of the results of their experiments because of the discovery that the results of most experiments are greatly influenced by the thoughts of the people conducting the experiment. This is indeed a big problem, considering that even if the experimenters will consciously inhibit their thoughts from affecting the result of their experiment, their subconscious mind will always affect the result of their experiment because it will forever be beyond their control. This is their biggest problem: how to completely isolate their thoughts from their experiment in order not to influence its outcome.
Creation on the other hand is not relative. It remains true everywhere and forever. Men, in their imagination and conceited belief may consider it relative, but it does change the fact that Creation is an absolute truth. Gnostics, philosophers, free thinkers, evolutionists, and atheist may not believe in it, but their unbelief does not make Creation a lie. Creation will always be an absolute truth whether one believes in it or not because God has spoken it so.
Some theories have stood the test of time such as Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. But their remaining correct up to this time does not make them infallible so as to exclude them from further investigation. As stated above, theories are ideas only. They are the figment of fallible human mind. Besides, all theories are tested in closed systems that are limited in scope, hence their being inapplicable in other systems. And the biggest problem of all is the pervasive negative influence of the experimenters’ thoughts on their experiments. Therefore, there is always an inherent flaw in a theory which disqualifies it of being called as an absolute truth. It will always remain as a hypothesis or a guess.
Other theories have yet to be proven correct such as the Unified Field Theory proposed by Heisenberg. This theory, if proven correct, could be the key that would unlock the mystery of instantaneous space-time travel – a stargate to the galaxies and to the outer fringes of the universe . I read a book which says that the 16 very-hard-to-understand differential equations for the above theory have already been scribbled by Albert Einstein, unfortunately, not in their proper order, and only one or two have understood it then. This theory hypothesizes that the three fundamental forces in Nature: electricity, magnetism, and gravity are closely related to each other, and the precise manipulation of these forces could make space-time travel possible. Some experiments on superconductivity and magnetic levitation have already been done successfully, and only God knows when will be man’s first venture outside the universe.
And there is a theory that has been the subject of hot debates throughout the world for so many years: the Theory of Evolution. This theory is being taught at various schools in America, Europe, and other parts of the globe to the moral degeneration of our children, and to the obliteration of God in their mind. Like most theories, the Theory of Evolution is a hypothesis or a guess. It is Charles Darwin’s own opinion about the beginning of species on this planet Earth. He believed that man evolved from a one-celled organism by natural selection. This theory is in complete contradiction to what God said about Creation. Could it be that Darwin was greatly influenced by his atheist grandfather?
The above theory has stood the test of time not because it is true or correct, but because of the obstinate pride and the sheer perversity of some zealous proponents to cling on it as true regardless of its many flaws and lack of evidence. This theory cannot be true because it presents facts that are contrary to what God said. It makes God a liar. It is either God or Darwin is telling a lie. But we know that God is true and holy – it is impossible for God to tell a lie (Hebrews 6:18). If God is telling the truth, then Darwin is surely telling a lie, and his Theory of Evolution is completely false!
There are many reasons why Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is not true. First, God said that He created man in His own image (Genesis 1:26, 27). He did not create man to evolve from monkeys, much more from one-celled organism. To say that man evolved from monkeys is tantamount to saying that God is a monkey because man was created in the image of God. What a blasphemy!
Man and the creatures that were created by God cannot evolve from other lower creatures because God created them “…after their kind…” (Genesis 1:21, 24, 25). It would be very impossible for man to evolve from one-celled organism by natural selection because the human body is “…fearfully and wonderfully made...” (Psalms 139:14) of various irreducible complex parts such as the DNA at the nucleus in every cell of the body, the brain, the ears, the heart, and the eyes. These irreducible complexities are composed of various interacting parts that all individually contribute to the basic functions of the system to exist as a whole. The removal of any of these parts can completely halt or stop the functioning of these systems. And these irreducibly complex systems are not produced directly by continuously improving the initial function, or by slight successive modifications (David J. Carlson, Why Christ?, pp 51-60), thus the total impossibility of the Theory of Evolution!
The very glaring deception of this specious theory is its promise to present a “missing link” which after more than a hundred years has not been found nor presented to prove this theory. Up to now, they are still looking for this hypothetical missing link, and people are so naive and so gullible to be still waiting for something that does not exist.
There is no missing link as the proponents of the Theory of Evolution would have us believe. All missing links presented so far by the adherents of this theory such as the Java Man, the Piltdown Man, the Nebraska Man, Lucy, and others were all hoaxes. If there is an iota of truth in this Theory of Evolution, the Earth would literally be flooded with millions of “transitional intermediates”, such as half fish-half bird, half horse-half man, or half snake-half man. The fact that we do not see these intermediates walking on the surface of this planet Earth nor see any fossil of them is enough reason to completely discard and junk for good this Darwin’s preposterous notion of natural selection.
Creation is not a theory. It is an absolute truth that originated from God Himself. There should be no question about this. Darwin cannot be more truthful than God. If Darwin contradicts what God said, then Darwin is a liar, and his Theory of Evolution is totally wrong!
To believe that Creation is a theory is to doubt the very existence of God. To believe in the Theory of Evolution is to believe that there is no God. Because if everything in this universe came into being through evolution, then there is no Creation. If there is no Creation, then there is no Creator. And if there is no Creator, then there is no God.
This is the greatest deception of Satan, the arch-enemy of our soul. Millions of souls are being snared into this insidious deception without even knowing it. It is Satan’s studied intention to completely erase God in our mind. He created the Theory of Evolution and the spurious sabbath (Sunday) so that we will permanently forget God in our life. Our only safe recourse is to keep holy God’s appointed day of rest – the seventh-day sabbath or Saturday. This seventh-day sabbath is the memorial of Creation. Our merciful God is giving us another day, Today, and is pleading to all of us through His Holy Spirit that we harden not our hearts when we hear his voice (Hebrews 3:7,8, 15) so that we may not have this evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God (Hebrews 3: 12). God enjoins everybody to strive diligently with zeal to enter His rest by keeping this seventh-day sabbath holy (Hebrews 4:11).
Truly there is still a need for the true people of God to faithfully keep the seventh-day sabbath holy (Hebrews 4:9). This keeping of the seventh-day sabbath is for our sanctification (Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12) in preparation for an eternal life in Heaven. Even in the new heavens and the new earth, we shall still be keeping the seventh-day sabbath forever (Isaiah 66:23). It will do us good to heed the Word of God and to faithfully keep the seventh-day sabbath holy so that we may not incur the same divine retribution that befell on the Israelites during their 40 years wandering in the wilderness where more than a million of them were decimated by God’s wrath because of their disobedience brought about by their unbelief in the living God (Hebrews 3:16-19).
Creation is an absolute truth. There is a Creation and a Creator who created all things in this universe. The existence of God is an absolute truth beyond refutation. God is more real than our existence. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork” (Psalms 19:1). These myriad handiwork of God declare everyday of His existence through all the earth, and there is no tongue or language where their voice is not heard (Psalms 19:2,3).
God is more real than the visible things that we see around us. History is replete with recorded authoritative accounts of people such as Flavius Josephus, Cornelius Tacitus, Seutonius, Lucian of Samosata, Plinius Secundus, Tertulian, Thallus, Justin Martyr, Phlegon, and others who wrote of the undeniable truth that our Lord Jesus Christ really existed in human history; that He was crucified on the cross at Calvary, and rose again from the dead on the third day (Josh McDowell, Evidence That Demands A Verdict, vol. 1, pp 81-85).
Let us not be deceived by the sophistry of the Theory of Evolution. This devil’s instrument will greatly influence us to depart from the living God so that we will ignorantly pay homage to the spurious sabbath, Sunday, and be guilty of idolatry by worshiping Satan on this day. Sunday worship is Satan’s invention in direct opposition to God and His authority. The true sabbath which God commanded to be kept holy by all is the seventh-day sabbath or Saturday (Exodus 20:10). Sunday, the first day of the week, has not an iota of sanctity in it whatsoever. Satan wants to be worshiped as god, and he deceives people to keep Sunday holy and to rest on this first day of the week. How foolish and ridiculous for people to rest on the first day of the week, when they have not even started to do their work yet!
God commands all to earnestly remember the seventh-day Sabbath to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8-11) that we may know the LORD (Ezekiel 20:20), and delight in the LORD (Isaiah 58:14) who created us (Genesis 1:27). By keeping this day of rest holy and making it honorable, God will restore in us the memory of Creation, and we shall always be reminded of our loving Creator, the LORD God Almighty, who is the Owner and the Sustainer of our lives.