Better to trust scripture and not Darwin

[alanmolstad]

Originally Posted by disciple

.......... The very basis of evolution relies on time and chance, which does not line up with a Creator who has a purpose and a plan.

because I have not had anyone post an update for a while on this topic, I dropped back and found that I have overlooked part of this past post that I had planned to address, but forgot to get to until now.

"chance".......thats the objection against evolution in this post.
The person believes that evolution hangs all on "chance" whereas the bible talks about a God in control who has a "plan"


The answer I have to this is to , first point out that in evolution there actually is no such thing as 'chance", that in science we see things happen that always happen within the laws of probability...


So thats the first thing that is important to show people.
That in science we can narrow down the outcomes of things happening according to different laws that govern how things happen.
An example is the laws that govern the flip of a coin....

You flip a coin 100 times and there is a law of probability that governs how many times you can look forward to seeing the coin land "heads"....

You will get "heads or tails" so many times.....
you do not get "green".....
you do not get "soft"....

But you can work things out to a bell-curve to the "chance" of getting so many "HEADS".


So is there such a thing as "chance" then to the flip of a coin?.....
Well kinda yes, and kinda no.

Kinda yes in that we humans dont know the future,
but Kinda no in that you dont have to worry that the coin will land on "green"...or "soft", as it will be "heads or tails"
Evolution is like this too.



In evolution, there is only something we might refer to as"chance" because we are human and so we dont know the future.

But on the other hand, there is always rules to how evolution works,and so there are the rules of probability that govern how things workout, so there is no real amount of "chance"involved with evolution at all.



Be that as it may....
There is a very good example in the Bible for how this thing we call "chance" works within evolution.

In my next post I will show you from the Bible how there is a very good example that will helpus understand how we can have both a thing we can call "chance' and at the same time have a God who controls all things with his "plan"