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I'm interested in hearing why persons here believe in the theory of evolution.
I'm not here to knock anyone's beliefs, since we all have reasons for believing things, but I would like to hear why persons here believe for example, that human beings evolved from a microscopic, bag-like sea creature, or some other microscopic organism.

What convinces you that ideas of this nature are more believable than what the Bible says?
For example, the Bible tells us in the book of Genesis Chapters 1, and 2, how humans as well as various living creatures came about.... which contradicts the ideas presented by those believing in the theories of evolution.

Obviously, both cannot be right, and while it is, many believe that there is evidence to support the ideas surrounding evolution, there are simply beliefs - ideas, or hypotheses, which are based on ideas (hypotheses), in support of the theory of evolution.

For example, the idea that hibernation evolved, has many hypotheses... none of which can be verified.
It is suggested that hibernation likely evolved simultaneously with endothermy, with the earliest suggested instance of hibernation being in Thrinaxodon, an ancestor of mammals that lived roughly 252 million years ago.

In order to conserve energy, the ancestors of birds and mammals would likely have experienced an early form of torpor or hibernation when they were not using their thermoregulatory abilities during the transition from ectothermy to endothermy. This is opposed to the previously dominant hypothesis that hibernation evolved after endothermy in response to the emergence of colder habitats.

There is evidence that hibernation evolved separately in marsupials and placental mammals, though it is not settled.

This is common with belief in evolution theories.
Although there are uncertainties, and no foundational base for the ideas, such that the cause and purpose of these arousals are still not clear; the question of why hibernators may return periodically to normal body temperatures has plagued researchers for decades, and while there is still no clear-cut explanation, there are multiple hypotheses on the topic, the individuals promoting belief in the theory of evolution assertively tell us, they have the answers to what happened, and why it happened.
Yet, how can that be true, when there are simply promoting ideas, for which there are many.

Are there any good reasons for believing the theories of evolution.
Why do you believe those theories?

Additionally, do you believe Genesis 2:19?
And out of the ground [adamah: Ground, land, earth, soil] the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
 

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I'm interested in hearing why persons here believe in the theory of evolution.
I'm not here to knock anyone's beliefs, since we all have reasons for believing things, but I would like to hear why persons here believe for example, that human beings evolved from a microscopic, bag-like sea creature, or some other microscopic organism.
Because it's a reasonable conclusion that obviously extends from the data. Biologists, geneticists, paleontologists, and the like generally know what they're doing.

What convinces you that ideas of this nature are more believable than what the Bible says?

For example, the Bible tells us in the book of Genesis Chapters 1, and 2, how humans as well as various living creatures came about.... which contradicts the ideas presented by those believing in the theories of evolution.
Actually most Christians around the world have no problem with evolution. Seeing scripture and evolution as contradictory is a minority view among Christians.

Obviously, both cannot be right, and while it is, many believe that there is evidence to support the ideas surrounding evolution, there are simply beliefs - ideas, or hypotheses, which are based on ideas (hypotheses), in support of the theory of evolution.
Have you spent a lot of time studying the science of evolutionary biology?

You're mixing up knowing whether or not evolution occurs with knowing how every trait that's ever existed evolved. We know evolution happens (because we see it), but that doesn't mean we therefore know the full evolutionary history of everything.

Are there any good reasons for believing the theories of evolution.
Why do you believe those theories?
Let me ask you, why do you think so many scientists across the world have all generally agreed on evolution for so long?

Additionally, do you believe Genesis 2:19?
Yes, but probably not in the same way as you.
 
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Jesus disproved evolution in one sentence. He said, "But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female." So, He did not make them sludge that evolved into monkeys and then people. He made everything beautifully and wonderfully complete. If we choose not to believe what Jesus said, then we make Him out to be a liar.
 
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Jesus disproved evolution in one sentence. He said, "But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female." So, He did not make them sludge that evolved into monkeys and then people. He made everything beautifully and wonderfully complete. If we choose not to believe what Jesus said, then we make Him out to be a liar.
I tend to think context is important. In this case, that Jesus was speaking specifically about marriage and divorce is a good indication He wasn't making a point about evolution or anything like that.

Matthew 19

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.​
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”​
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”​
 
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I tend to think context is important. In this case, that Jesus was speaking specifically about marriage and divorce is a good indication He wasn't making a point about evolution or anything like that.

Matthew 19

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.​
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”​
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”​
In the beginning, God created them, male and female. This is the beginning. So, there was not something before where there was sludge. We need to keep things in context and not explain them away. Yes, He was speaking of marriage but in this instance, He was referring to when God made them. And that is in the beginning.
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." This is the begining as Jesus said.
 
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Have you spent a lot of time studying the science of evolutionary biology?
I have a video that will change the way you think. Pretty much everyone who watches this video ends up watching it a few times. So, check this out. It will keep you captivated and amazed. Share it with your friends just as I have here :)
 
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I have a video that will change the way you think. Pretty much everyone who watches this video ends up watching it a few times. So, check this out. It will keep you captivated and amazed. Share it with your friends just as I have here
I still sometimes very naively think people want to know the truth, but have for years now been completely giving up that idea that people want to know the truth, because they don't want to know the truth.
 
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I still sometimes very naively think people want to know the truth, but have for years now been completely giving up that idea that people want to know the truth, because they don't want to know the truth.
Some people do not want to know the truth. But I spoke to a number of atheists this weekend and after our quick conversation, 5 of them said that they now believe that there is a creator and that the God of the Bible is most likely that creator. So, even though people are blind, God can make them see. So, keep praying and speaking to those that do not believe.

The Builder and the Building
To help atheists see the necessity of a Creator, I use an argument based on simple logic:

"If you look at a building, you know without a doubt that there was a builder. No one would believe that a building simply fell together by itself and if I did say it fell together by itself you would think I am a fool. You can see order and design in it and so you know that there had to be a builder. Likewise, when we see a painting, we naturally know that there was a painter, even if that painter died centuries ago. We know that there was a painter.
In the same way, when we look at creation—the stars, the sun, the moon, the clouds, the flowers, the trees, and every living creature—you must say that, if the builder built the building, and the painter painted the painting, then the creator must have made creation.
Then, take something as simple as a leaf. Though it may seem small and ordinary, it has a design and complexity that surpasses anything man can create. Despite all our technological advancements, we have yet to make even a single leaf that functions like the real thing. If it is absurd to suggest that a building randomly assembled itself, how much more impossible is it for something as intricate as a leaf—or all of creation—to come into existence by chance?"


At this point, most atheists will say that there had to be a creator but who is he? How do we know which God? Is it the god of Islam, the God of the Bible or some other God?

Prophecy: Evidence of Divine Inspiration
From there, I use biblical prophecy to demonstrate that the Bible is divinely inspired. I ask:

"What if I wrote down over 300 prophecies about future events, and every single one of them came true with perfect accuracy? You would recognize something extraordinary was happening. No human can predict the future with such precision.
That’s exactly what we see in the Bible. The Old Testament contains over 300 prophecies that were fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ. These include details such as His birth in Bethlehem, His title as a Nazarene, His betrayal for 30 pieces of silver, the division of His garments, and even His crucifixion with nail-pierced hands and feet. Most importantly, it foretells that He would die for the sins of the world. No other book—not even the Quran—has this level of prophetic accuracy. The Bible stands alone as the divinely inspired Word of God. So, we need to take note of what it says."
 
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Some people do not want to know the truth. But I spoke to a number of atheists this weekend and after our quick conversation, 5 of them said that they now believe that there is a creator and that the God of the Bible is most likely that creator. So, even though people are blind, God can make them see. So, keep praying and speaking to those that do not believe.

The Builder and the Building
To help atheists see the necessity of a Creator, I use an argument based on simple logic:

"If you look at a building, you know without a doubt that there was a builder. No one would believe that a building simply fell together by itself and if I did say it fell together by itself you would think I am a fool. You can see order and design in it and so you know that there had to be a builder. Likewise, when we see a painting, we naturally know that there was a painter, even if that painter died centuries ago. We know that there was a painter.
In the same way, when we look at creation—the stars, the sun, the moon, the clouds, the flowers, the trees, and every living creature—you must say that, if the builder built the building, and the painter painted the painting, then the creator must have made creation.
Then, take something as simple as a leaf. Though it may seem small and ordinary, it has a design and complexity that surpasses anything man can create. Despite all our technological advancements, we have yet to make even a single leaf that functions like the real thing. If it is absurd to suggest that a building randomly assembled itself, how much more impossible is it for something as intricate as a leaf—or all of creation—to come into existence by chance?"


At this point, most atheists will say that there had to be a creator but who is he? How do we know which God? Is it the god of Islam, the God of the Bible or some other God?

Prophecy: Evidence of Divine Inspiration
From there, I use biblical prophecy to demonstrate that the Bible is divinely inspired. I ask:

"What if I wrote down over 300 prophecies about future events, and every single one of them came true with perfect accuracy? You would recognize something extraordinary was happening. No human can predict the future with such precision.
That’s exactly what we see in the Bible. The Old Testament contains over 300 prophecies that were fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ. These include details such as His birth in Bethlehem, His title as a Nazarene, His betrayal for 30 pieces of silver, the division of His garments, and even His crucifixion with nail-pierced hands and feet. Most importantly, it foretells that He would die for the sins of the world. No other book—not even the Quran—has this level of prophetic accuracy. The Bible stands alone as the divinely inspired Word of God. So, we need to take note of what it says."
Hi 1 Tonne
Thank you for your post reminds me of something I read yesterday which was about DNA if you take all the DNA in our body and joined it together it would stretch to the moon and back 8000 times DNA is information where dose information come from it can't create its self it must come from an intelligent source the only logical answer is God.

Love and Peace
Dave
 
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Hi 1 Tonne
Thank you for your post reminds me of something I read yesterday which was about DNA if you take all the DNA in our body and joined it together it would stretch to the moon and back 8000 times DNA is information where dose information come from it can't create its self it must come from an intelligent source the only logical answer is God.

Love and Peace
Dave
Yes. There is an apology for this too.

We would laugh as someone who would say that a book fell together by itself. That black ink fell from the sky and landed on a page forming letters and words and making sense. Then coloured ink fell too making beautiful pictures of animals and landscapes. Then page numbers fell as well landing in the corner and in sequential order. Then all the pages bound themselves together making a book.
This is impossible and we would scoff at anyone who would say that it is possible.
Well, we all have our own book within us. It is called our DNA. DNA is our own information book that has lots and lots of information in it. Far more than any book on earth. Our DNA has so much information in it that if it was put end on end, it would go to the moon and back several times.
Now if we would laugh at someone who would say that the book could fall together by itself, how much more silly is it to think that our DNA fell together by chance? It is impossible. Information demands intelligence to make it.
 
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Yes. There is an apology for this too.

We would laugh as someone who would say that a book fell together by itself. That black ink fell from the sky and landed on a page forming letters and words and making sense. Then coloured ink fell too making beautiful pictures of animals and landscapes. Then page numbers fell as well landing in the corner and in sequential order. Then all the pages bound themselves together making a book.
This is impossible and we would scoff at anyone who would say that it is possible.
Well, we all have our own book within us. It is called our DNA. DNA is our own information book that has lots and lots of information in it. Far more than any book on earth. Our DNA has so much information in it that if it was put end on end, it would go to the moon and back several times.
Now if we would laugh at someone who would say that the book could fall together by itself, how much more silly is it to think that our DNA fell together by chance? It is impossible.

Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins & the big bang theory, what a joke ^_^
And we are not from star dust either.

Our DNA tells us all this, our DNA is like our finger prints, we are all unique in our own right & that goes for animals, fish, & plants etc.
 
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In the beginning, God created them, male and female. This is the beginning. So, there was not something before where there was sludge. We need to keep things in context and not explain them away. Yes, He was speaking of marriage but in this instance, He was referring to when God made them. And that is in the beginning. Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." This is the begining as Jesus said.
It's interesting how you quoted that verse.

"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

People don't normally speak that way, especially when they're trying to give a report on an event, do they? To me, the way that's written is a good indication of a more poetic, lyrical style, especially when it's read aloud in Hebrew.
 
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I have a video that will change the way you think. Pretty much everyone who watches this video ends up watching it a few times. So, check this out. It will keep you captivated and amazed. Share it with your friends just as I have here :)
I've seen Comfort's stuff before and I've never been at all impressed by any of it. And I've seen examples of how he dishonestly edits his videos too,

I assume you like Comfort's argument about houses needing builders, right? If that's so, then it should matter that we actually do see evolution "building" things like new nucleotide sequences and species. So sticking with his analogy, we kind of do see "houses building themselves", with "houses" being species and genetics and "building" being "evolution".
 
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Hi 1 Tonne
Thank you for your post reminds me of something I read yesterday which was about DNA if you take all the DNA in our body and joined it together it would stretch to the moon and back 8000 times DNA is information where dose information come from it can't create its self it must come from an intelligent source the only logical answer is God.

Love and Peace
Dave
Do you believe God creates every genetic sequence in existence?
 
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It's interesting how you quoted that verse.

"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

People don't normally speak that way, especially when they're trying to give a report on an event, do they? To me, the way that's written is a good indication of a more poetic, lyrical style, especially when it's read aloud in Hebrew.
When Jesus said, "In the beginning", He wasn't being poetic. He may have been talking about marriage, but He was referring back to the very beginning to show why a man and woman come together. We can't get away from that or explain it away without doing a bad exegesis.
I've seen Comfort's stuff before and I've never been at all impressed by any of it. And I've seen examples of how he dishonestly edits his videos too
I have watched hundreds of his videos. Please link one video in which he is dishonest. I bet you can't and that it is simply your opinion because you believe in evolution over what Jesus said. (You need to be able to back your words when you call someone dishonest or a liar)
Did you watch Atheist Delusion? If not, then you need to watch it.
I assume you like Comfort's argument about houses needing builders, right? If that's so, then it should matter that we actually do see evolution "building" things like new nucleotide sequences and species. So sticking with his analogy, we kind of do see "houses building themselves", with "houses" being species and genetics and "building" being "evolution".
We do agree with change over time. Yes. Micro evolution, adaptation within a type. Yes.
But if you mean molecules to a man without any intelligence. Then No!

If we look at the fossil record, we see that the major body plans or types of animals all appeared virtually instantaneously in what is called the Cambrian Explosion. The animals all came into existence instantly without any previous fossils or precursors. Even Darwin himself had doubts about his theory because it seemed as though animals all came into existence at the same time. He wondered why there were no intermediate types of fossils. But, He believed that if we kept looking, then we would eventually find the missing fossils. Well, we have now been searching for more than 150 years, and we have not found them. So, there is no fossil evidence.
Do you believe God creates every genetic sequence in existence?
I am not a scientist and so I cannot answer this. (I am no science major, and this will start to go over my head). Maybe they may have made something in a lab. But to start making it, they needed something there in the first place. Scientists cannot make something out of nothing.

A scientific method is based on: “The collection of data through observation and experimentation”. If you cannot observe the experiment, then it is not scientifically proven. Especially when something happens over time.
How can someone observe evolution when the process is said to be over millions of years? Answer, you can't

In the end, there is no evidence for Darwinian evolution. How can you observe and test something that happened 60 million years ago? It doesn't pass a scientific test. It has to be received by Blind Faith. So, who do you have more faith in, the theory of evolution or do you believe the words of Jesus?
 
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Jesus disproved evolution in one sentence. He said, "But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female." So, He did not make them sludge that evolved into monkeys and then people. He made everything beautifully and wonderfully complete. If we choose not to believe what Jesus said, then we make Him out to be a liar.
To publicly assert that one sentence uttered by anyone “PROVES” anything, let alone that the vast majority of people in the world are utterly deluded false accusers will be seen by every wise man in the world as the ramblings of an arrogant madman, and certainly it was not the way of truth.

Do you think the peacemakers shall consider good that which you say accuses them of evil or glorify that which you say you do? Does God draw them by beating them over the head and accusing them of blind delusion.

Who judges those without?

But who are you to judge?

Why then do you judge those who are without? Are you God?

Is it not kindness and long suffering and meekness of wisdom and compassion that shall lead the righteous to life and to glorify the prize?

Do you think I shall be able to drive wisdom into you with stripes any more than you will be able to drive wisdom into those who are without by stripes?

And yet you say that you are within and have been opened to wisdom and are a faithful steward of it, even a teacher of it, as all the normal brothers of yours of 2025 who do likewise and conform to your way and in whom you trust.

Do you know why Peter said that the way of truth would be evil spoken of or see any resemblance with those that fulfill the prophecy, walking away from the mirror and forgetting what manner of men they were?

Zechariah 5:6 KJV
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth.

The three measures of meal are all leavened and puffed up and you are a chief among them, but in meekness of wisdom and humility, peace reigns.
 
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I'm interested in hearing why persons here believe in the theory of evolution.
I'm not here to knock anyone's beliefs, since we all have reasons for believing things, but I would like to hear why persons here believe for example, that human beings evolved from a microscopic, bag-like sea creature, or some other microscopic organism.

What convinces you that ideas of this nature are more believable than what the Bible says?
For example, the Bible tells us in the book of Genesis Chapters 1, and 2, how humans as well as various living creatures came about.... which contradicts the ideas presented by those believing in the theories of evolution.

Obviously, both cannot be right, and while it is, many believe that there is evidence to support the ideas surrounding evolution, there are simply beliefs - ideas, or hypotheses, which are based on ideas (hypotheses), in support of the theory of evolution.

For example, the idea that hibernation evolved, has many hypotheses... none of which can be verified.
It is suggested that hibernation likely evolved simultaneously with endothermy, with the earliest suggested instance of hibernation being in Thrinaxodon, an ancestor of mammals that lived roughly 252 million years ago.

In order to conserve energy, the ancestors of birds and mammals would likely have experienced an early form of torpor or hibernation when they were not using their thermoregulatory abilities during the transition from ectothermy to endothermy. This is opposed to the previously dominant hypothesis that hibernation evolved after endothermy in response to the emergence of colder habitats.

There is evidence that hibernation evolved separately in marsupials and placental mammals, though it is not settled.

This is common with belief in evolution theories.
Although there are uncertainties, and no foundational base for the ideas, such that the cause and purpose of these arousals are still not clear; the question of why hibernators may return periodically to normal body temperatures has plagued researchers for decades, and while there is still no clear-cut explanation, there are multiple hypotheses on the topic, the individuals promoting belief in the theory of evolution assertively tell us, they have the answers to what happened, and why it happened.
Yet, how can that be true, when there are simply promoting ideas, for which there are many.

Are there any good reasons for believing the theories of evolution.
Why do you believe those theories?

Additionally, do you believe Genesis 2:19?

I think evolution is a generally true description of the historical processes we see evidenced in nature.

But even so, my thinking about the theory of evolution doesn't displace the prophetic importance the Kerygma of the Christian Church and its writings (aka 'the Bible) have for me in my life.
 
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Because it's a reasonable conclusion that obviously extends from the data.
Can you give me at least one clear reason, that is not a vague response, why it is a reasonable conclusion?

Biologists, geneticists, paleontologists, and the like generally know what they're doing.
You aren't saying that reputable Biologist, Geneticists, and Paleontologist that do not believe, don't know what they are doing, are you?

When scientists that people "look up to" admit they were wrong, and that they could be wrong even now, does that do anything to your view that they "generally know what they're doing"?
If not, why not?

Actually most Christians around the world have no problem with evolution. Seeing scripture and evolution as contradictory is a minority view among Christians.
Okay.

Have you spent a lot of time studying the science of evolutionary biology?
May I ask... Did you ask this question with the view that those who have spent their "time studying the science of evolutionary biology" believe, but say they don't?
Or did you ask the question because you feel it is only those who are not in the science of evolutionary Biology that don't believe, because they "don't understand"?

You're mixing up knowing whether or not evolution occurs with knowing how every trait that's ever existed evolved. We know evolution happens (because we see it), but that doesn't mean we therefore know the full evolutionary history of everything.
I'm not sure if this is the case, but are you confusing the theory with the actual changes we see?
I asked, because both are not the same thing.
One tries to explain the other, and there are lots of things we do not see, which can only be seen if we live about a billion years... which is what I am referring to.

Saying that small changes add up is not seeing.
Can you give me an example of evolution you have seen, so that I can be certain we are "on the same page"
The OP refers to the theory of evolution.

Let me ask you, why do you think so many scientists across the world have all generally agreed on evolution for so long?
If this is going to be an appeal to authority fallacy, perhaps we may be headed the wrong direction.
Only eight people were saved during the flood of Noah's day 1 Peter 3:20, and Jesus said that the majority are on the broad road to destruction. Matthew 7:13, 14

So, I don't think that is a good path to take, as it does not establish anything.

Yes, but probably not in the same way as you.
Would you mind telling me how you understand Genesis 2:17, 19, 21, 22.
I'd really appreciate that, thanks.
 
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I tend to think context is important. In this case, that Jesus was speaking specifically about marriage and divorce is a good indication He wasn't making a point about evolution or anything like that.

Matthew 19

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.​
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”​
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”​
The idea of evolution did not exist in the time of Jesus, so you are correct, he was not making a point about something nonexistent.
What @1Tonne is saying, is that by his words... which are true, Jesus disproved the theory, because he said, "He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE." Bold text, not mine. Matthew 19:4

He is saying that Jesus confirmed that his father created a male and female human, and not a microorganism that evolved to be a fish, which evolved to be a lizard, which evolved to be.... You understand.
What is your response to that?
 
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Some people do not want to know the truth. But I spoke to a number of atheists this weekend and after our quick conversation, 5 of them said that they now believe that there is a creator and that the God of the Bible is most likely that creator. So, even though people are blind, God can make them see. So, keep praying and speaking to those that do not believe.

The Builder and the Building
To help atheists see the necessity of a Creator, I use an argument based on simple logic:

"If you look at a building, you know without a doubt that there was a builder. No one would believe that a building simply fell together by itself and if I did say it fell together by itself you would think I am a fool. You can see order and design in it and so you know that there had to be a builder. Likewise, when we see a painting, we naturally know that there was a painter, even if that painter died centuries ago. We know that there was a painter.
In the same way, when we look at creation—the stars, the sun, the moon, the clouds, the flowers, the trees, and every living creature—you must say that, if the builder built the building, and the painter painted the painting, then the creator must have made creation.
Then, take something as simple as a leaf. Though it may seem small and ordinary, it has a design and complexity that surpasses anything man can create. Despite all our technological advancements, we have yet to make even a single leaf that functions like the real thing. If it is absurd to suggest that a building randomly assembled itself, how much more impossible is it for something as intricate as a leaf—or all of creation—to come into existence by chance?"


At this point, most atheists will say that there had to be a creator but who is he? How do we know which God? Is it the god of Islam, the God of the Bible or some other God?

Prophecy: Evidence of Divine Inspiration
From there, I use biblical prophecy to demonstrate that the Bible is divinely inspired. I ask:

"What if I wrote down over 300 prophecies about future events, and every single one of them came true with perfect accuracy? You would recognize something extraordinary was happening. No human can predict the future with such precision.
That’s exactly what we see in the Bible. The Old Testament contains over 300 prophecies that were fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ. These include details such as His birth in Bethlehem, His title as a Nazarene, His betrayal for 30 pieces of silver, the division of His garments, and even His crucifixion with nail-pierced hands and feet. Most importantly, it foretells that He would die for the sins of the world. No other book—not even the Quran—has this level of prophetic accuracy. The Bible stands alone as the divinely inspired Word of God. So, we need to take note of what it says."
I haven't watched your video, but I will do that, when I get a chance.
Perhaps after responding here, I will take a break, and do so.

You used a very simple approach, which I also use - Hebrews 3:4.
The intricate design in nature, requires a designer, much less a simple house.

If everything were by chanced occurrence, we cannot credit natural processes with the design we see.
That might make Fibonacci - "the most talented Western mathematician of the Middle Ages" turn in his grave.
He had a brain. Nature doesn't.
Yet we have order even in spiral galaxies, besides living things.


Perhaps Bill Gates would have hired nature :) if the theory of evolution is true.
 
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