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  (DEBATE) GENETICS, BIOLOGY, EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE
  by Shane Idleman
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Summary: The sermon argues that the Bible's account of creation is
supported by scientific evidence and that evolution is not a viable
alternative.

Duration: 2:50 Topics: "Creation Science", "Biblical Origins"
Scripture References: Genesis 1:31, Psalm 139:14, Romans 1:20, Colossians 1:16, 2 Peter 3:5-6

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This sermon discusses the misconception of 'junk DNA' in science,
highlighting how it actually serves as switches in the DNA system,
aligning with the concept of purposeful design in the Bible. It also
addresses the idea of random mutation in evolutionary theory,
emphasizing the need for order and design in creation. The speaker
challenges the lack of transitional fossils supporting evolution and
presents the presence of seashells on mountains as evidence for the
biblical flood account.

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Number one, you mentioned the junk in the DNA. And believe it or not,
some time ago, there was a lot of sequencing here where biologists
thought it was junk. It was, why is this here, it has no purpose.

Now they found out that it wasn't junk, it's actually switches that turn
on certain things in the DNA system. See, we're catching up. The science
is catching up to what the Bible talks about.

Also, just for clarification purposes, I didn't say all plants. I said
that God formed the herbs of the earth and the tree so that man could
consume this life-giving food. Also, when you mentioned that it's not
random mutation, every single atheist I've ever read, including Darwin
in his works, they talk about random mutation.

That's what evolutionary theory is. It's something happening randomly by
natural selection. So it is random mutation, something, in other words,
if somebody didn't do it, the only other option is random.

You can't have order without somebody who issues that order. So if
there's no order, you have to have random mutation taking place. Also,
maybe correct you on the cosmological constant of Einstein, I don't
think it was about that space has weight.

He was actually giving the static, the universe was not static, he
thought it was, and it's called the fudge factor. He threw the constant
in there as a fudge factor because he didn't know what was happening. So
it had nothing to do with the weight of space.

Also, the fossil record. You've heard the missing link, I don't know why
I didn't bring that up earlier, but we have no transitional fossils
anywhere. They might mention there's one here in Europe or there's one
here.

There's no fossil records that are legitimate that shows a half-man,
half-ape, half-fish, half-lizard. There's nothing. Darwin actually wrote
150 years ago in his book that we will soon see the day where we find
scores of these transitional fossils.

Here we are 150 years later, a fish is still a fish and a bird is still
a bird and a man is still a man. There's no transitional record
anywhere. So to me, it takes actually a lot more faith to believe in
evolution.

The majority of fossils are all mixed together. Some of them are even,
not laying down, but they're actually in a state where a cataclysmic
event took place. That's why we believe in the flood.

Do you know there's seashells on the Himalayas and in the Grand Canyon?
Where do these seashells come from? So how is it beyond the scope of
reason to believe that a flood did occur of the biblical account when
there's seashells on these mountains? Yes, tectonic plates break and it
opens up and it forms a mountain range, but there was water in these
areas.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/v1r_P45cDNE.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/shane-idleman/debate-genetics-biology-evolution-and-the-bible/
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