Many creationists believe God created the universe, the earth, the plants, the animals and humans 6,000 years ago, in six twenty-four-hour days. However, this belief denies the realities and the physical laws of nature. Since they believe God created everything, then they must admit that He also created nature’s laws. The fact is, the universe and everything in it conform to these laws and to the physical constants (i.e. E=mc²).

Physicists have gathered an abundance of evidence by exploring the cosmos with large, powerful telescopes, and by viewing the nanoscopic quantum world with electron microscopes and powerful atom smashers. Geologists have found compelling evidence by uncovering geologic samples recorded in rock strata, and from prehistoric fossil finds. These methods all provide confirmation that earth’s geological and evolutionary history occurred very slowly, over billions of years—not six days.

Physicists theorize the universe began from a single particle smaller than an atom and then expanded into everything that now exists. This theory, known as the “Big Bang” is how they explain the universe after the first microsecond of its existence. However, they cannot explain the origin of this particle, what caused it to happen, or what existed before it. The known physical laws of nature do not allow for it to have originated from nothing.

In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed the theory of evolution now known as “Darwinism.” This idea is an explanation of how life naturally evolved from one initial microorganism into the countless variety of plant and animal species both living and extinct. However, the theory does not explain how this living microorganism could have originated from nonliving, inorganic, inert elements. Biologists can explain what living organisms do: grow, move, sense, reproduce and heal.

However, they cannot explain what the life energy is that animates them to do these things. Darwinism does not explain how or why the very first animal originated, and disappointingly for evolutionists, there are major gaps in the fossil record for the anticipated transitional animals that led from the very first microorganism in the ocean to all of the animal species, both living as well as extinct.

So here’s the thing—

Humans are distinct from all other animal species. We are not only conscious of our thoughts, feelings, and actions, we are also aware of our personal existence, and aware of our awareness. There is no complete scientific explanation of what human consciousness actually is; but, ironically it gives us the ability to contemplate where we came from, and to imagine what our future holds.

When combining the Big Bang theory with Darwinism, one could conclude that over billions of years, multitudes of inert chemical elements and compounds combined, and then somehow self-organized themselves into living microorganisms here on earth. Then, after billions of random mutations they evolved in complexity over billions of more years, eventually acquiring human consciousness with the ability to ponder their own existence and where they came from. In other words, inert, non-living elements from thirteen billion years ago somehow became conscious of their own existence.

From the viewpoint of science, not only does this scenario seem completely unscientific, but based on all the known laws of physics and biology, it is not possible. And yet, essentially this is what is taught!

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