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[Jeff S. Smith]

Political Evolution
By J.S. Smith

The now deceased pope of Rome made waves a few years ago when he  
confessed that he felt that the popular concept of evolution was  
“more than a hypothesis.”

Regardless of what he might have meant, many seized upon his comments  
as evidence that even “Christians” must eventually accept Darwinian  
macroevolution as the only logical explanation of an apparently old  
earth. Of course, many professing Christians have done exactly that –  
encouraged by a godless educational system and the relentless  
drumbeat of media, popular culture and persecution.

The first Republican debate of the 2008 election cycle is further  
proof. Even as they attempt to court the votes of evangelical  
Christians, most of the candidates were not afraid to choose  
evolution and to relegate creation either to myth, metaphor or, at  
best, a partner to evolution.

Moderator Christ Matthews asked the panel of 10 candidates to raise  
their hands if they did not believe in evolution, implying Darwinian  
macroevolution rather than the microevolution which everyone accepts  
because it has nothing to do with cross-species mutations. Only  
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, fomer Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee  
and Coloroado Congressman Tom Tancredo lifted their hands, while Mitt  
Romney, Rudy Guiliani and John McCain joined four others in denial.

Creation is rapidly becoming a minority conviction despite the fact  
that there is no supporting fossil record for Darwinism, the missing  
link remains undiscovered and no one has yet found a natural  
explanation for the existence of the universe.

This statement is categorical. To believe in the Bible is to believe  
in creation – the creation account given in Genesis 1 and accepted by  
the psalmist (19) and the savior (Matthew 19). To believe in the God  
of the Bible is to believe in an intelligent designer and creator,  
rather than the incalculably impossible coincidences required to  
sustain a big bang and Darwinian mutation.

Faith is at the heart of this argument. Faith in the Bible as the  
revealed and reliable word of God is essential to Christianity and  
scriptural morality. If one cannot rely on the Bible as it regards  
where we came from, how can we ever trust it to tell us who we are  
and where we are going? Christians who integrate macroevolution into  
their faith become servants of doubt and pertinent themes like  
miracles, resurrection and heaven require the same kind of faith as  
creation.

Faith is at the heart of this argument, for the evolutionist simply  
evangelizes a different brand. He also walks by faith and not by  
sight, for he does not observe macroevolution and cannot find a  
fossil record or missing link to sustain his hypothesis … but he  
believes it nonetheless. Bad science makes for really bad faith.



JEFF S. SMITH
Evangelist for the Woodmont church of Christ
Publisher of ElectronicGospel
Host of ElectronicGospel Podcast
Director of BYA Buddy Ball
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