EVOLUTION-DANGERS
The real issue in the
creation/evolution debate is not the existence of God. The real issue is the nature of God. To think of evolution as basically atheistic
is to misunderstand the uniqueness of evolution. Evolution was not designed as a general attack against
theism. It was designed as a specific
attack against the God of the Bible, and the God of the Bible is clearly
revealed through the doctrine of creation.
Obviously, if a person is an atheist, it would be normal for him to also
be an evolutionist. But evolution is as
comfortable with theism as it is with atheism.
An evolutionist is perfectly free to choose any god he wishes, as long
as it is not the God of the Bible. The
gods allowed by evolution are private, subjective, and artificial. They bother no one and make no absolute
ethical demands. However, the God of
the Bible is the Creator, Sustainer, Savior, and Judge. All are responsible to Him. He has an agenda that conflicts with that of
the sinful humans. For man to be
created in the image of God is very awesome.
For God to be created in the image of man is very comfortable.
Bones
of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils, Baker, 1992, p.
188-189.
The simple fact of the
matter is that all the philosophical fruits of Darwinism have been negative,
ignoble, and destructive to the very fabric of society. Not one of the major twentieth-century
revolutions led by post-Darwinian philosophies ever improved or ennobled any
society. Instead, the chief social and
political legacy of Darwinian thought is a full spectrum of evil tyranny with
Marx-inspired communism at one extreme and Nietzsche-inspired fascism at the
other. The moral catastrophe that has
disfigured modern Western society is also directly traceable to Darwinism and
the rejection of the early chapters of Genesis.
John MacArthur
The
Battle for the Beginning, 2001. p. 16.
Evolution is simply the
latest means our fallen race has devised in order to suppress our innate
knowledge and the biblical testimony that there is a God and that we are
accountable to Him (cf. Romans 1:28).
By embracing evolution, modern society aims to do away with morality,
responsibility, and guilt. Society has
embraced evolution with such enthusiasm because people imagine that it
eliminates the Judge and leaves them free to do whatever they want without
guilt and without consequences.
John MacArthur
The
Battle for the Beginning, 2001, p. 24.
The naturalist, if he is
true to his principles, must ultimately conclude that humanity is a freak
accident without any purpose or real importance. Naturalism is therefore a formula for futility and
meaninglessness, erasing the image of God from our race's collective
self-image, depreciating the value of human life, undermining human dignity,
and subverting morality.
John MacArthur
The
Battle for the Beginning, 2001, p. 32.
The evolutionary idea not
only strips man of his dignity and his value, but it also eliminates the ground
of his rationality. If everything
happens by chance, then in the ultimate sense, nothing can possibly have any
real purpose or meaning. And it's hard
to think of any philosophical starting point that is more irrational than that.
John MacArthur
The
Battle for the Beginning, 2001, p. 36.
It is significant that we
are described as being slightly lower than the angels rather than being
slightly higher than the beasts. Our place and privilege is to be a mediating
figure, but to be one who looks up rather than down. When we sever the
tie that binds us to God and try to cast off God's rule, we do not rise up to
take God's place, as we desire to do, but rather sink to a more bestial
level. In fact, we come to think of ourselves as beasts ("the naked
ape") or, even worse, as machines.
James Montgomery Boice
Taken from "Foundations of the Christian Faith-Book
I" by James Montgomery Boice, page 155. (c)1986 InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship of the USA, Revised edition.
Used by permission of InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL
60515. www.ivpress.com http://www.gospelcom.net/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=991.