evolution vs. false dichotomy presentation...i recently taught a lesson to my confirmation class...

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FALSE DICHOTOMYPRESENTATION

Presentation prepared by

Tracy Bolton Dungan

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A great resource for demonstrating the false

dichotomy of evolution vs. young earth creationism and

STARTING CONVERSATION

I recently taught a lesson to my confirmation class about creation and evolution. My goal was to confront the false dichotomy of evolution/science/no God vs creation/6 days/young earth/anti science. I presented the cases of evolution, young earth creation, old earth creation, theistic evolution, and intelligent design, giving basic beliefs, roadblocks and challenges to their beliefs (and the responses), as well as a little on how each case treats science and scripture. The group (8th & 9th grade) was very engaged, asked good questions. I sent them home with a few easy resources if they were interested in pursuing more - including the tip that all of their parents have Natasha’s 40 Conversations book, with several chapters devoted to these topics.Thank you to Natasha Crain, for tackling this subject in a way that inspired me to try this with my confirmands. I very much appreciated the additional resources she listed for each chapter, thoughtful sources who also treat with care and respect other positions. I poured over many of them, and I know I would not have found them without her direction! They have helped immensely with my conversations with my skeptical family members, as well.

-Tracy Bolton Dungan

P.S. Natasha Crain’s book Keeping Your Kids on God’s Side: 40 Conversations to Help Them Build a Lasting Faith is available for purchase and a highly recommended resource. Check it out:

www.keepingyourkidsongodsside.com

Materials & Setup Explanation ...............................................................................3Presentation .........................................................................................................................4Boards Overview ..............................................................................................................5Board PrintablesBoard Titles...........................................................................................................................6Basic Beliefs.........................................................................................................................15Scripture & Science ........................................................................................................23Challenges for Evolution ............................................................................................35Challenges for Young Earth Creation ...............................................................56Challenges for the rest ................................................................................................71VisualsBacterial Flagellum ........................................................................................................92Apparent Age Demonstrated .................................................................................93Radiometric Dating .........................................................................................................94Combinatorial Probability Demonstrated ......................................................95Pre-Cambrian Explosion Demonstrated ........................................................96Post-Cambrian Explosion Demonstrated .....................................................97Set-Up Example ...............................................................................................................98

INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Revised: January 6, 2017

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Before You StartThis presentation is an outline in working form. Most of the ideas presented under “Challenges/Roadblocks” need more explanation than what is written. You need to know your stuff in order to present it well and effectively.

Material List• Worldview Board Titles (print and cut)

• Challenge & Answer (print and cut)

• 2- Word Combo locks (or use the image provided in the VISUALS section)

• Legos for Cambrian explosion (or use the images provided in the VISUALS section)

• 2- 4’x8’ foam core boards (or large poster boards, butcher paper, etc)

• Tape

• Paper (colored paper recommended for the Worldview Board Titles and Challenges)

Prepping The Materials• I color coded the 5 worldviews. I find it helps to visually differentiate them.

• Challenges and Answers I printed double-sided.

• I purchased two word combo locks (see picture), so they could calculate probabilities of combinations on a small scale

• I set up a visual demonstration of the Cambrian explosion, using Legos (see page)• We have a large supply of 4’x8’ foam insulation boards that we use for decorating/props/etc. I took two of these

to be the evolution and young earth creation boards. This allowed me to show the supposed dichotomy between these two separate positions, hiding the rest of the info behind them.

• For all challenges and answers, I taped or pinned up the 1-3 word side facing out, the longer explanation facing the wall. Ones with extra pictures, I put the picture behind the challenge, and when the challenge is revealed, used the picture in my explanation.

MATERIALS & SETUP EXPLANATION

Example of set-up using colored paper (see page_ for large version).

Left: Before, Right: After

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PRESENTATION

1. Start with only evolution and creation visible. Explain the basic beliefs of both, asking if anyone has something they feel I missed out.

2. Talk about the perceived exclusionary nature of the two positions.

3. Open up the two boards, revealing the other main camps.

4. Add “Young Earth” to the board that said Creation.

5. Discuss that I have chosen a well-represented position for each view, but there are people along the spectrum, and different answers to some challenges, depending who you ask.

6. Explain the basic beliefs of the 3 newly revealed positions.

7. Ask each student to come up and pick a challenge. They turn it over and reattach to wall or board while I’m explaining more about that challenge.

8. When someone turns over the mathematical/probability challenge, I bring out the combination locks. Can you figure out the number of possible combinations? Then compare to an average length protein, with 120 dials. Discuss the large numbers involved.

9. When someone turns over the Fossil Record challenge (under evolution), bring out the Legos, and discuss what the Cambrian explosion shows.

10. Once all the challenges have been revealed, evaluate your time. We had used up 1 hour out of our 90 minute block of time. I gave us 20 minutes for revealing the “Dealing with the Roadblocks”. Since that isn’t enough time for all of them, I told them to pick the ones they were most curious about the response, and we’d go until we ran out of time.

11. With the Roadblock Explanations, sometimes I hadn’t actually found anyone who answered the challenge. Sometimes, I found the answer extremely unsatisfying. I mentioned that when talking about it, and told the kids they could research further, and see if they could find a better answer.

12. With 10 minutes left, we went to the last part – how does each group view science, how do they view Scripture. I had them guess which they might value more, or consider more authoritative.

13. I left the display up in our room, so that anyone curious about the last of the Roadblock Answers could sneak in and look if they wanted to.

5

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un

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arth

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atio

n

Bas

ic

Be

liefs

• C

han

ge

th

rou

gh

tim

e•

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dire

cte

d, r

esu

lt o

f ch

ance

• A

ll lif

e o

n e

arth

fro

m o

ne

lif

e•

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tatio

ns

hap

pe

n, n

atu

ral

sele

ctio

n k

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ps

the

be

st,

ove

r tim

e n

ew s

pe

cie

s

• T

he

re is

an

inte

llig

ent

m

ind

be

hin

d c

reat

ion

, re

spo

nsi

ble

for

info

rmat

ion

in

ce

ll, b

alan

ce o

f life

in

un

ive

rse

• G

od

sta

rte

d c

reat

ion

, pu

t ev

ery

thin

g in

pla

ce s

o t

hat

ev

olu

tion

wo

uld

hap

pe

n

and

en

d u

p w

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re it

is

tod

ay

• D

ays

of c

reat

ion

re

pre

sent

ch

un

ks o

f tim

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d u

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sp

eci

al c

reat

ion

at

sev

era

l po

ints

–

un

ive

rse

, life

, div

ers

ity,

inte

llig

en

ce/

• S

ent

ien

ce/

so

uls

• Ev

olu

tion

co

uld

be

par

t o

f p

rog

ress

ion

• E

arth

& U

niv

ers

e a

t m

ost

10

,00

0 y

ear

s o

ld•

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d c

reat

ed

in 6

lite

ral

day

s•

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lutio

n o

f an

imal

s is

on

ly

with

in “k

ind

”

Ro

adb

lock

s C

hal

len

ge

s•

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iog

en

sis

• Fo

ssil

Re

cord

– C

amb

rian

ex

plo

sio

n, e

tc.

• M

ath

/p

rob

abili

ty•

Irre

du

cib

le C

om

ple

xity

• S

ent

ien

ce•

Info

rmat

ion

with

in g

en

es

• Fr

ee

Will

• W

ho

se d

efin

itio

n o

f “S

cie

nce

”?•

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d o

f Gap

s?

• P

re-d

ete

rmin

atio

n v

s. F

ree

w

ill•

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do

m a

nd

He

artl

ess

• W

hat

ab

ou

t Ad

am &

Eve

?

• In

teg

rity

of B

iblic

al

Inte

rpre

tatio

n•

Go

d o

f Gap

s?

• P

osi

tion

in S

cie

nce

Wo

rld

• L

aye

rs o

f fo

ssils

• G

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log

ic•

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osa

urs

• V

isib

le E

volu

tion

De

alin

g w

ith

Ro

adb

lock

s•

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iog

en

esi

s –

com

bin

atio

n

of m

ate

rials

an

d t

ime

. D

iffe

rent

ear

th t

he

n.

• Fo

ssil

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cord

– s

oft

bo

die

s,

inco

mp

lete

re

cord

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red

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r o

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s•

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nce

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h/

pro

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& c

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e W

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sio

n•

Info

in G

en

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– Ju

st

app

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fo??

• W

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se S

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– s

how

ing

w

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giv

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test

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o

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ws

for

pre

dic

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s• •

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lan

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• Fr

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s n

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sica

l at

all.

• A

dam

& E

ve &

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– a

t so

me

po

int,

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d to

ok

anim

al h

um

ans

and

ad

de

d

sou

ls

• B

iblic

al In

terp

reta

tion

–

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efu

l in

inte

rpre

tatio

n,

loo

kin

g fo

r fu

ll in

teg

rity

with

scr

iptu

res

• G

od

of G

aps

– Q

ue

stio

ns

bey

on

d s

cie

nce

+

qu

est

ion

s w

he

re m

ost

re

aso

nab

le a

nsw

er

is G

od

.

• F

loo

d G

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log

y•

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pe

aran

ce o

f ag

e (A

dam

fu

ll g

row

n)

• In

stitu

te fo

r C

reat

ion

S

cie

nce

• R

adio

me

tric

dat

ing

use

s in

corr

ect

ass

um

ptio

ns

• D

ino

sau

rs c

ont

em

p w

ith

pe

op

le•

All

visi

ble

evo

lutio

n is

w

ithin

kin

d

How

it T

reat

s S

crip

ture

• Ir

rele

vant

– t

he

re is

no

G

od

, or

at le

ast

no

pro

of

of G

od

• S

eco

nd

ary

• A

ckn

owle

dg

ing

ID b

eg

s th

e q

ue

stio

n o

f WH

O?

• A

nyth

ing

re

gar

din

g

cre

atio

n is

sp

iritu

al le

sso

n

on

ly•

Go

d is

an

swe

r fo

r q

ue

stio

ns

scie

nce

no

t m

ean

t to

han

dle

–

me

anin

g o

f life

• P

rimar

y so

urc

e, b

ut

trad

itio

nal

inte

rpre

tatio

n

may

no

t b

e c

orr

ect

• N

atu

re p

art

of G

od

’s

reve

latio

n.

• G

od

& S

cie

nce

will

alw

ays

agre

e –

ou

r in

terp

reta

tion

(o

f eith

er)

may

be

wro

ng

• P

rimar

y so

urc

e•

Any

dis

cre

pan

cie

s,

scrip

ture

win

s• •

Se

e e

very

thin

g t

hro

ug

h

the

len

s o

f scr

iptu

re

How

it T

reat

s S

cie

nce

• N

atu

ral l

aws

able

to

exp

lain

eve

ryth

ing

, if g

ive

n

en

ou

gh

tim

e

• Fo

llow

wh

ere

sci

en

ce

lead

s –

incl

ud

ing

to

inte

llig

ent

exp

lan

atio

ns

• P

rimar

y S

ou

rce

. Any

d

iscr

ep

anci

es,

sci

en

ce

win

s, s

crip

ture

re

de

fine

d

• N

atu

re is

als

o p

art

of G

od

’s

reve

latio

n•

Sci

en

ce g

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s yo

u in

sig

hts,

sc

riptu

re g

ive

s d

irect

ion

• In

vest

igat

e t

hro

ug

h le

ns

of

scrip

ture

6

BOARD TITLES (TO PRINT & CUT)

BASIC BELIEFS

BASIC BELIEFS

BASIC BELIEFS

BASIC BELIEFS

7


BASIC BELIEFS

ROADBLOCKS/CHALLENGES



8




DEALING WITHROADBLOCKS


9





HOW IT TREATS SCRIPTURE

10






11


HOW IT TREATS SCIENCE




12



EVOLUTION

13


CREATION

YOUNG EARTH

CREATIONOLD EARTH

14


THEISTICEVOLUTION

INTELLIGENTDESIGN

15

BASIC BELIEFS (EVOLUTION)

Ch

ang

e t

hro

ug

h

tim

e

All

life

on

ear

th

fro

m o

ne

life

16


Un

dir

ect

ed

, re

sult

of

chan

ce,

mu

tati

on

s, a

nd

n

atu

ral s

ele

ctio

n

17


Mu

tati

on

s h

app

en

, nat

ura

l se

lect

ion

ke

ep

s th

e b

est

, ove

r ti

me

th

ere

are

n

ew

sp

eci

es.

18

BASIC BELIEFS ( INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

Th

ere

is a

n in

tell

ige

nt

min

d

be

hin

d c

reat

ion

, re

spo

nsi

ble

fo

r in

form

atio

n in

th

e

cell

, bal

ance

of

life

in t

he

u

niv

ers

e.

Evo

luti

on

is n

ot

the

en

d-a

ll e

xpla

nat

ion

, bu

t it

can

be

p

art

of

the

pro

cess

.

Do

es

no

t cl

arif

y w

ho

/w

hat

th

e “

inte

llig

en

ce”

is.

19

BASIC BELIEFS (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

Go

d s

tart

ed

cre

atio

n, p

ut

eve

ryth

ing

in p

lace

so

th

at

evo

luti

on

wo

uld

hap

pe

n a

nd

e

nd

up

wh

ere

it is

to

day

(an

d

be

yon

d).

Th

e “

Th

eo

s” c

ou

ld b

e t

he

G

od

of

the

Bib

le, o

r so

me

o

the

r si

ng

le-a

ge

nt

de

ity.

In

wh

at I’

ve r

ead

, it’s

alw

ays

be

en

th

e G

od

of

the

Bib

le.

20

BASIC BELIEFS (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Go

d c

reat

ed

th

e u

niv

ers

e a

nd

e

arth

an

d a

ll in

hab

itan

ts o

ver

vast

pe

rio

ds

of

tim

e.

“Day

s” o

f cr

eat

ion

re

pre

sen

t ch

un

ks o

f ti

me

.

“Sp

eci

al C

reat

ion

” at

se

vera

l p

oin

ts –

un

ive

rse

, life

, div

ers

ity,

in

tell

ige

nce

/ s

en

tie

nce

/so

uls

Dir

ect

ed

evo

luti

on

all

ow

ed

21

BASIC BELIEFS (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Ear

th a

nd

U

niv

ers

e a

t m

ost

10

,00

0 y

ear

s o

ld

Go

d c

reat

ed

all

in

6 li

tera

l day

s

22

BASIC BELIEFS (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Evo

luti

on

of

anim

als

is o

nly

w

ith

in “

kin

d”

(i.e

. evo

luti

on

is

chan

ge

, bu

t n

ot

ne

w s

pe

cie

s)

23

SCRIPTURE (EVOLUTION)

Irre

leva

nt

– T

he

re

is n

o G

od

, or

at

leas

t n

o p

roo

f o

f G

od

24

SCIENCE (EVOLUTION)

Nat

ura

l law

s ab

le t

o e

xpla

in

eve

ryth

ing

, if

giv

en

en

ou

gh

ti

me

25

SCRIPTURE (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

Se

con

dar

yA

ckn

ow

led

gin

g

ID b

eg

s th

e

qu

est

ion

of

WH

O?

26

SCIENCE (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

Foll

ow

wh

ere

sc

ien

ce le

ads

– in

clu

din

g t

o

inte

llig

en

ce

exp

lan

atio

ns

27

SCRIPTURE (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

An

yth

ing

re

gar

din

g c

reat

ion

is

a s

pir

itu

al

less

on

on

ly, n

ot

an

actu

al e

xpla

nat

ion

o

f o

rig

ins

28

SCRIPTURE (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

Go

d a

s th

e a

nsw

er

to q

ue

stio

ns

of

scie

nce

was

n

eve

r in

ten

de

d

to a

dd

ress

–

me

anin

g o

f lif

e

29

SCIENCE (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

Pri

mar

y so

urc

e.

An

y d

iscr

ep

anci

es,

sc

ien

ce w

ins,

sc

rip

ture

re

de

fine

d.

30

SCRIPTURE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Pri

mar

y so

urc

e,

bu

t w

ith

an

u

nd

ers

tan

din

g

that

ou

r tr

adit

ion

al

inte

rpre

tati

on

may

b

e w

ron

g.

31

SCRIPTURE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Nat

ure

is a

lso

p

art

of

Go

d’s

re

vela

tio

n.

Sci

en

ce g

ive

s yo

u

insi

gh

ts, s

crip

ture

g

ive

s d

ire

ctio

n

32

SCIENCE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Go

d &

Sci

en

ce w

ill

alw

ays

agre

e –

o

ur

inte

rpre

tati

on

(o

f e

ith

er)

may

be

w

ron

g.

33

SCRIPTURE (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Pri

mar

y S

ou

rce

An

y d

iscr

ep

anci

es,

sc

rip

ture

win

s

34

SCIENCE (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Inve

stig

ate

th

rou

gh

len

s o

f sc

rip

ture

35

CHALLENGE TITLE (EVOLUTION)

OR

IGIN

S

36

CHALLENGE (EVOLUTION)

Ho

w d

oe

s lif

e c

om

e f

rom

“n

ot

life

”? O

rig

inal

exp

eri

me

nts

th

at

sho

we

d p

oss

ibili

ty h

ave

be

en

d

iscr

ed

ite

d. T

he

mo

re w

e le

arn

in

sci

en

ce, t

he

mo

re w

e le

arn

h

ow

co

mp

lex

eve

n s

imp

le li

fe

is, a

nd

th

e f

urt

he

r w

e g

et

fro

m

an e

xpla

nat

ion

.

37

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

Co

mb

inat

ion

of

mat

eri

als

and

ti

me

Diff

ere

nt

Ear

th t

he

n

38


FO

SS

IL

RE

CO

RD

39


Cam

bri

an E

xplo

sio

n (a

nd

oth

er

exp

losi

on

s) –

life

su

dd

en

ly

exp

lod

es

in c

om

ple

xity

, w

ith

ou

t th

e t

ime

re

qu

ire

d f

or

evo

luti

on

ary

chan

ge

s.

Th

e f

oss

il re

cord

sh

ou

ld b

e

full

of

flu

idit

y –

co

un

tle

ss

tran

siti

on

al f

orm

s. In

ste

ad, i

t sh

ow

s st

abili

ty, t

he

n e

xtin

ctio

n.

40

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

So

ft b

od

ies

do

n’t

leav

e a

s m

any

foss

ilsFo

ssil

reco

rd in

com

ple

te

41


PR

OB

AB

ILIT

Y(M

AT

H

CH

AL

LE

NG

E)

42


To m

ake

ch

ang

es,

mu

st s

tart

wit

h

pro

tein

s. M

uta

tio

ns

ne

ed

mo

re t

han

ju

st a

ne

w c

om

bin

atio

n –

th

ey

ne

ed

a

fun

ctio

nin

g n

ew

co

mb

inat

ion

. Tr

y o

ut

the

com

bo

lock

.Im

ag

ine

it is

120

ch

ara

cter

s lo

ng

(A

vera

ge

len

gth

am

ino

aci

d).

On

e a

vera

ge

len

gth

pro

tein

re

pre

sen

ts ju

st o

ne

po

ssib

le

seq

ue

nce

am

on

g a

n a

stro

no

mic

ally

la

rge

nu

mb

er

– 1

039

0T

he

re a

re o

nly

10

65

ato

ms

in o

ur

gal

axy.

43

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

Mu

tati

on

s ar

e v

ery

co

mm

on

Vas

t am

ou

nts

of

tim

e

44


IRR

ED

UC

IBL

E

CO

MP

LE

XIT

Y

45


A s

ing

le s

yste

m, c

om

po

sed

of

seve

ral i

nte

ract

ing

par

ts t

hat

co

ntr

ibu

te t

o t

he

fu

nct

ion

of

the

wh

ole

, wh

ere

th

e r

em

ova

l o

f an

y o

f th

e p

arts

cau

ses

it t

o

ceas

e f

un

ctio

nin

g.

Mo

use

trap

Bac

teri

al F

lag

ell

um

46

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

So

me

pie

ces

we

re u

sed

in

oth

er

stru

ctu

res

Mu

tati

on

s h

app

en

th

at d

on

’t im

pac

t su

rviv

al, j

ust

han

g o

ut.

47


SE

NT

IEN

CE

48


Ho

w d

oe

s co

nsc

iou

sne

ss/

sen

tie

nce

evo

lve

fro

m n

on

-aw

are

life

?

49

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

???

50


INF

OR

MA

TIO

N

51


DN

A, P

rote

ins,

load

ed

wit

h

info

rmat

ion

th

at r

ese

mb

les

a co

mp

ute

r co

de

. Wh

ere

do

es

the

info

rmat

ion

co

me

fro

m?

52

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

Just

ap

pe

ars

like

info

rmat

ion

–

it is

n’t

real

ly.

53


FR

EE

WIL

L

54


It a

pp

ear

s th

at w

e h

ave

fr

ee

do

m t

o m

ake

ch

oic

es,

g

oo

d a

nd

bad

. Ho

we

ver,

if e

volu

tio

n is

tru

e, w

e a

re o

nly

a

pro

du

ct o

f ch

em

ical

pro

cess

es,

n

ot

able

to

mak

e c

ho

ice

s.

55

ANSWER (EVOLUTION)

So

me

will

ag

ree

th

at w

e d

o

NO

T h

ave

fre

e w

ill, i

t is

just

an

ill

usi

on

.

56

CHALLENGE TITLE (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

CR

ED

IBIL

ITY

57

CHALLENGE (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Sh

un

ne

d b

y sc

ien

tist

s w

ho

do

n

ot

shar

e t

he

ir b

elie

f.C

an m

ean

loss

of

job

s,

un

em

plo

yab

ility

.

58

ANSWER (YOUNG EARTH CREATION)

Inst

itu

te f

or

Cre

atio

n S

cie

nce

59


FO

SS

IL

RE

CO

RD

60


Th

e f

oss

ils d

o a

pp

ear

in la

yers

, ro

ug

hly

fro

m s

imp

lest

fo

rms

to

mo

st c

om

ple

x fo

rms

61


Foss

il la

yers

we

re f

orm

ed

d

uri

ng

th

e fl

oo

d.

Ap

pe

aran

ce o

f la

yers

du

e t

o

ho

w t

he

y se

ttle

d.

62


AG

E O

F E

AR

TH

63


Mai

nst

ream

sci

en

ce

est

ablis

he

s e

arth

as

4.5

bill

ion

ye

ars

old

Car

bo

n D

atin

gTr

ee

Rin

gs

Oce

an fl

oo

r ri

pp

les

64


Ap

pe

aran

ce o

f Ag

e (A

dam

)F

loo

d G

eo

log

yR

adio

me

tric

dat

ing

use

s in

corr

ect

ass

um

pti

on

s

65


EV

OLU

TIO

N

IN A

CT

ION

66


Bac

teri

a d

eve

lop

ing

re

sist

ance

to

an

tib

ioti

csFr

uit

Flie

s -

mu

tati

on

rat

es

Fin

che

s o

n D

arw

in’s

Isla

nd

Ve

stig

ial T

rait

s –

flig

htl

ess

bir

ds

67


All

evo

luti

on

we

wit

ne

ss is

“w

ith

in k

ind

” –

i.e

. th

e c

han

ge

s d

o n

ot

mak

e a

ne

w c

reat

ure

.

68


DIN

OS

AU

RS

69


Wh

en

did

th

e d

ino

sau

rs li

ve?

Wh

y d

o w

e h

ave

din

osa

ur

foss

ils?

70


Din

osa

urs

live

d a

t th

e s

ame

ti

me

as

hu

man

s. R

efe

rre

d t

o in

Jo

b –

th

e B

eh

em

oth

O

the

r p

ote

nti

al r

efe

ren

ces

71

CHALLENGE TITLE ( INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

WH

OS

E

DE

FIN

ITIO

N O

F “S

CIE

NC

E?”

72

Can

Inte

llig

en

t D

esi

gn

sci

en

ce

pro

vid

e t

est

able

pre

dic

tio

ns?

Is it

re

ligio

n in

th

e g

uis

e o

f sc

ien

ce?

CHALLENGE (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

73

Sh

ow

ing

wh

ere

Inte

llig

en

t D

esi

gn

giv

es

test

able

o

utc

om

es

Exp

eri

me

nts

bas

ed

on

p

red

icti

on

s m

ade

fro

m ID

m

od

el

ANSWER (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

74

CHALLENGE TITLE ( INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

GO

D O

F G

AP

S?

75

Att

rib

uti

ng

an

yth

ing

we

can

’t fig

ure

ou

t to

Go

dA

s sc

ien

ce fi

gu

res

ou

t m

ore

, w

ill G

od

’s p

lace

dis

app

ear

?

CHALLENGE (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

76

Foll

ow

th

e s

cie

nce

to

th

e r

eas

on

able

an

d o

nly

e

xpla

nat

ion

Sci

en

ce s

ho

uld

no

t e

limin

ate

an

en

tire

lin

e o

f re

aso

nin

g

be

fore

it s

tart

s

ANSWER (INTELLIGENT DESIGN)

77

CHALLENGE TITLE (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

FR

EE

WIL

L

78

CHALLENGE (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

Has

Go

d a

llo

we

d f

or

Fre

e W

ill

thro

ug

h t

he

ag

es?

Do

es

Go

d

allo

w f

ree

will

no

w, o

r ar

e w

e

all p

re-d

ete

rmin

ed

?

79

ANSWER (THEISTIC EVOLUTION)

???

80


RA

ND

OM

AN

D

HE

AR

TL

ES

S

81


So

man

y ch

ance

s, r

and

om

o

utc

om

es

Ho

w is

th

is c

on

sist

en

t w

ith

h

um

ans

cre

ate

d in

th

e im

age

o

f G

od

?Is

Go

d in

ch

arg

e?

82


Go

d o

uts

ide

of

tim

e a

nd

sp

ace

, kn

ow

s h

ow

it a

ll e

nd

s.M

ayb

e “

Imag

e o

f G

od

” is

no

t p

hys

ical

at

all –

may

be

it c

ou

ld

hav

e b

ee

n a

no

the

r sp

eci

es

83


AD

AM

& E

VE

& S

IN

84


If h

um

ans

evo

lve

d in

ste

ad

of

cre

ate

d, w

he

n d

id t

he

y b

eco

me

hu

man

? H

ow

did

sin

en

ter

the

wo

rld

?

85


At

som

e p

oin

t, G

od

to

ok

anim

al

hu

man

s an

d a

dd

ed

so

uls

At

that

po

int,

sin

is p

oss

ible

?

86

CHALLENGE TITLE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

INT

EG

RIT

Y

OF

BIB

LIC

AL

INT

ER

PR

ETA

TIO

N

87

CHALLENGE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Are

th

ey

rein

terp

reti

ng

S

crip

ture

so

mu

ch it

wo

n’t

me

an a

nyt

hin

g?

Slip

pe

ry S

lop

e

88

ANSWER (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Car

efu

l in

inte

rpre

tati

on

Lo

oki

ng

fo

r fu

ll in

teg

rity

wit

h

scri

ptu

res

89

CHALLENGE TITLE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

GO

D O

F G

AP

S?

90

CHALLENGE (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Att

rib

uti

ng

an

yth

ing

we

can

’t fig

ure

ou

t to

Go

dA

s sc

ien

ce fi

gu

res

ou

t m

ore

, w

ill G

od

’s p

lace

dis

app

ear

?

91

ANSWER (OLD EARTH CREATION)

Qu

est

ion

s b

eyo

nd

sci

en

ceQ

ue

stio

ns

wh

ere

mo

st

reas

on

able

an

swe

r is

Go

d

92

VISUALS (BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM)

93

VISUALS (APPARENT-AGE DEMONSTRATED)

94

VISUALS (RADIOMETRIC DATING)

95

VISUALS (COMBINATORIAL PROBABILITY)

96

VISUALS (PRE-CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION DEMONSTRATION)

97

VISUALS (POST-CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION DEMONSTRATION)

98

VISUALS (SET-UP EXAMPLE)

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