Creation or Evolution?

Empirical Evidence Points To Creation (Part 2)

Brian R. Kenyon

There are three ways to arrive at truth: (1) observation (that which can be learned through the senses, sometimes called empirical knowledge; this forms the basis of science); (2) reason (logic); and (3) Divine revelation (what God has revealed in the Bible). This study will continue looking at the first of these avenues of truth as it relates to creation and evolution. In last week's article, we noted that the dating methods evolutionists use are based upon unproven assumptions and that the fossil record does not show evolution, but rather the abrupt appearance of fully formed creatures. In this study, we will consider two more areas of "science" that are automatically assumed to support evolution, but which, in fact, do not.

The Geologic Time Table

The story is told of a field trip to a museum of natural history. The curator told the children that a certain fossil was 1.5 billion years old. A little girl asked, "How do you know the fossil is 1.5 billion years old?" The curator replied, "Because it is found in a layer of rock that is 1.5 billion years old." After a brief moment of silence, the little girl asked, "How do you know the layer of rock is 1.5 billion years old?" The curator, a bit disgruntled, responded, "Because it contains a fossil that is 1.5 billion years old." This is a classic illustration of circular reasoning, known in logic as the fallacy of begging the question.

One of evolutions most influential deceptions is the so called "geologic time table." Most of us have seen the charts in science books or other sources that depict rock layers that contain "index fossils" pointing to different eras in evolution. Supposedly, there are four major eras in the geologic column (from the lowest rock layers to the highest): Pre-Cambrian (supposedly representing 1.5 to 2 billion years of evolution); Paleozoic (supposedly representing about 300 million years of evolution); Mesozoic (supposedly representing about 130 million years of evolution); and Cenozoic (supposedly representing about 75 million years of evolution). Each of these eras contain various periods. The rationale for the geologic column is that each layer of rock is arranged according to the types of fossils found in them, called "index fossils." These fossils supposedly mark the rock layer because they are prominent in that layer of rock and are rarely found in other rock layers.

However, "the so-called 'geologic column' exists only on paper, not in fact. It has been assembled artificially on the subjective assumption that more complex creatures have evolved from the simpler."1 Not only is this column non-existent anywhere, there are also two facts that totally decimate the theory upon which the geologic column is based. First, there are some areas in the world, such as in Wyoming near Yellowstone National Park and in the Swiss Alps, where the rock layers are reversed from what they are supposed to be according to the evolutionary geologic column.2 In one instance, a layer on top was supposed to be 500 million years older than the layer it was on! Numerous examples of these "reversed" layers can be cited. Second, there are fossilized trees, called "polystrate fossils," that stand straight up through two or more rock layers that represent millions of years.3 Either a tree grew for several million years or the geologic time table is false!

Co-Existence of Dinosaurs and Humans

One of the most fundamental assumptions of organic evolution is that the dinosaurs existed tens of millions of years before humans came on the scene. To even think that dinosaurs and humans co-existed would incur the wrath of ridicule from the evolutionary "scientific" community. However, why not simply let the evidence speak for itself? The following evidences are not shown to the public by evolutionists. In fact, some museums have offered to purchase these items so they can destroy them! Consider two pieces of empirical evidence that show dinosaurs co-existed with humans.

First, consider several fossilized human footprints. In 1968 a fossilized human footprint was found with a trilobite in the print.4 Trilobites are "index fossils" that are supposed to be about 350 million years before humans, yet this human, wearing sandals, squashed the trilobite! Also, numerous human footprints are fossilized alongside and among dinosaur footprints! How could this be unless humans and dinosaurs co-existed?

Second, consider ancient human art depicting dinosaurs. The most spectacular examples of this are the Ica Stones found in Peru. Ica Stones are burial stones that have been found in graves that date back to the 1500s. These stones have images etched on their surfaces, and many of these etchings are detailed drawings of dinosaurs. Although fake Ica Stones have been exposed, genuine stones are irrefutable, so much so that "Any skeptic that has looked at them has shut his mouth after looking at these stones."5 How could an artist precisely draw something he had never seen? Does this not indicate that some humans saw dinosaurs?

Conclusion

Why are the evolutionists afraid to examine all the empirical evidence? All that is needed in the creation versus evolution controversy is an objective presentation and examination of the evidence. When done, it is evident that the dating techniques of fossils are based on unproven assumptions; fossils do not show gradual change; the geologic time table is not supported by reality; and there is irrefutable evidence that humans and dinosaurs co-existed. Those who love the truth (including Biblical creation) have nothing to fear of established or newly discovered truth, but evolutionists cannot deal with all the truth without giving up their theory!

End Notes

1 Wayne Jackson, "Dinosaurs, Man, and the Creation Week," Think Dec. 2007: 11.

2 See Wayne Jackson, The Myth of Modern Geology (Stockton, CA: Apologetics Press, 1980) 13-16.

3 See Walt Brown, In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood (Phoenix, AZ: Center for Scientific Creation, 1995) 9.

4 Photographs of these can be seen at http://www.biblepath.com/fossilpictures.html

5 "No Stone Left Unturned: An Interview with Dr. Dennis Swift," Think Dec. 2007: 18.