If you do not already know, this is a post that helps you the reader to become more acquainted with where I – the author of this site – stand on this topic.

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I have spoken on this a bit already in On Creation but thought it worthwhile to address the topic specifically and separately from the origins topic.

The “Positive”

Evolution, in its simplest definition, means change. It is an undeniable fact that organisms do change over time. It has been documented time and time again. It has been proven even in many lab experiments with various organisms.

As a young-earth creationist, I do not believe the Earth is old enough for evolution to explain the origin of life. Not only that but we have failed to prove that life can arise from organic chemicals naturally. Every experiment that has been tried is inevitably flawed by the fact that experiments are inherently an intelligent being exerting its will on the elements–a designer.

The math simply isn’t on the side of chemical evolution either.

What’s more, we inherently are unable to directly observe naturalistic evolution by the simple fact that it would have had to have been far enough back that intelligent life couldn’t observe it–outside of God of course.

All human science begins with observation and we simply cannot directly observe the fact that none of us were there nor do we have a method to go back and see it. This goes for the naturalist (commonly called evolutionists) as well as the supernaturalist (such as Christians/Creationists).

Instead, what we do observe is what can be called speciation–the creation of new organism species over time. Upon closer look, we find these species are often brought about by the merger of others or the isolation of a particular.

The species arrives with new colors or patterns and, at times, with seemingly new traits. However, upon digging into the genes, we find these seemingly new combinations were brought about because other traits that had masked them were lost in that population.

It is a sad truth that much of the change we see in evolution is not positive as is so often assumed but instead is negative, and deleterious. It is the creation of new species by shedding off those traits, those genes, that the organism is able to benefit from losing.

Nevertheless, this does not stop the naturalists from framing everything as if they had found a proven change supporting evolution as the organism is now fitter to live in its particular habitat. Never mind the fact that the organism has now lost traits that would have let it survive more easily in another habitat.

By adaptation, the organism’s population gradually becomes less and less adaptable.

Naturalism, not Evolution

Evolution is not the enemy. Evolution is a process of change that either rises or falls as an adequate explanation as more data is collected.

I have lost count of the number of times I have read Christians and others of supernatural faiths decrying the evil of evolution. Their disagreement, their fervor against evolution is misplaced.

The true man behind the curtain is naturalism.

• It is an entire set of affirmations about reality and it is everywhere in the sciences of all sorts to this day.
• There is no supernatural in naturalism.
• It is inherently atheist.
• There is merely existence and non-existence.
• It is materialist.

This is the worldview that makes evolution what it has become known to those of faith in the supernatural–my faith being in the one, triune God (YHWH). Naturalism is faith all its own with its adherents automatically assuming certain things about all that is around them–namely that there is only what they can observe with their senses.

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Note: I did this post not because I think I’m somehow superior in my views or anything absurd like that but out of a desire to be up-front and honest with my readers as to where I stand.