OBJECTIVES

• Give background on both concepts of

creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on the
topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
OBJECTIVES
• Give background on both concepts of
creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on the
topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
 WHAT IS EVOLUTION?

“Any change in the heritable

traits within a population
across generation”
(Biology, Seventh Edition, p-6 glossary)
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
We’re all biologically related
Evidence #1 | TAILBONE
Evidence #2 | Semilunar
Fluid
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
Diversity of organisms
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
Adaptations of species to the
environment
WHAT EVOLUTION TRIES
TO EXPLAIN
• Origin of species
• Who are our ancestral descendant?
• Diversity of organisms
• Similarities and differences among species
• Adaptations of species to the environment
• How species survive
I ADAPT therefore I CHANGE

“Theory of
Natural
Selection”

-Charles Darwin
How we came to be
 WHAT IS CREATIONISM?

“The universe and the various

forms of life were created by
God out of nothing.”
(Creation Story)
OBJECTIVES
• Give background on both concepts of
creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on the
topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
OBJECTIVES
• Give background on both concepts of
creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on the
topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
 CREATIONISM vs.
EVOLUTION
Parameter CREATION EVOLUTION

CAUSE God no cause

Began with
The universe was
‘singularity’, a tiny
ORIGIN spoken into existence
infinitely hot and
by God’s Word.
dense point
Stars formed first
Earth (Day 1) then
SPACE Earth formed
Stars (Day 4)
afterwards
 CREATIONISM vs.
EVOLUTION
Parameter CREATION EVOLUTION

4.6 billion years ago

6 Days – The creation
the earth evolved by
of the world
natural processes.
TIME was FINISHED in six
The world is in a
day and is no longer
continuous process
taking place
of evolution

DESIGN By design Accident

 CREATIONISM vs.
EVOLUTION
Parameter CREATION EVOLUTION

Sin, there was no

death before Adam
sinned (plant life not Natural process,
DEATH included), the breath existed from the
of life was breathed beginning of life
into animals but not
plants.
Catastrophic event, Buried
FOSSIL CREATION
rapid burial in water stratigraphically
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-
EVOLUTION
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-EVOLUTION

1. Flat Earthers
• Earth is flat
• Literal reading of the Bible, such as references
to the "four corners of the earth“ (Isaiah 11:12)
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-EVOLUTION

2. Young-Earth Creationism
• Earth is 6000 to 10,000 years old
• Life was created in six (6) literal days
• Death and decay came as a result of Adam &
Eve's Fall
• Geology must be interpreted in terms of
Noah's Flood.
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-EVOLUTION

3. Gap Theory
• creation days of Genesis as being literal 24-
hour days
• To account for the scientific record which
shows the universe is billions of years old, the
theory states that there is a gap of time in
between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-EVOLUTION

4. Progressive Creationism
• Interpret each day of creation as a long period
of time, even thousands or millions of years.
• The “Big Bang” is interpreted as God's way of
producing stars and galaxies through billions-
of-years of natural processes.
• The flood of Noah was local, not global and it
had little affect on the Earth's geology which
represents billions of years of history.
DERIVATIVES OF
CREATION-EVOLUTION

5. Theistic Evolution
• God creates through evolution
They teach that a race of subhuman men lived
thousands of years before Adam was born. God
then selected Adam from among this race,
breathed the breath of God into him, and thus,
rendered him no longer an animal but a man.
Then God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden.
Hence, Adam was spiritually, but not physically,
the first member of the new human race.
OBJECTIVES
• Give background on both concepts of
creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on the
topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
OBJECTIVES
• Give background on both concepts of
creation and evolution (what the world
knows)
• Find literature relating/contrasting/ the
two
• Identify the stand of the SDA church on
the topic
• Find out what the Bible says on the topic
What’s our
STAND?
What’s our STAND?
Fundamental Belief #6
God made our world with brilliant creativity
and tender care. He created humanity to
take care of and take pleasure in the planet,
with rest and recreation in perfect balance.
What’s our STAND?
• God has revealed in Scripture the
authentic and historical account of His
creative activity
• He performed and completed during six
literal days that together with the Sabbath
constituted the same unit of time that we
call a week today
What’s our STAND?
• The first man and woman were made in
the image of God (not in the image of an
ape lol) as the crowning work of Creation,
given dominion over the world, and
charged with responsibility to care for it
 Affirmation of CREATION
Presented to and received by the GC
Executive Committee at the Annual Council
in October 11, 2004
 ONE FINDING
“...when an interpretation harmonious with
the findings of science is not possible, we do
not allow science a privileged position in
which it automatically determines the
outcome. Rather, we recognize that it is not
justifiable to hold clear teachings of
Scripture hostage to current scientific
interpretations of data.”
 Creation:
The Bible's Worldview
statement was approved and voted by the
Executive Committee of the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on
June 23, 2010
 Our Statement
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church affirms
its belief in the biblical account of creation
in contrast to an evolutionary explanation
for the origin of living organisms and the
relationship of humans to other life
forms.... [T]he Church takes this opportunity
to express its confidence in the biblical
record.”
 Our Statement
“The biblical record of creation does not
answer all questions that can be asked
concerning origins. Our comprehension of
such mysteries is limited. We anticipate that
continued study of both the Bible and nature
will deepen our understanding of God's
power and strengthen our faith in His Word
and the creation account it contains.”