THE ARROGANT MONOPOLY
OF
EVOLUTIONISM
Evolution! This
must be one of the most blatantly false positions required
in the secular school system of the United States! The
secular, humanistic, worldly educational institutions of
Texas as well as other states make the teaching of evolution
obligatory. In our local newspaper, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, there
is a report entitled “Evolution’s Status May be Debated.” This article stated that the state’s curriculum for the public
schools, “Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills,” requires
that the students must learn “the
theory of biological evolution.” Not
only must evolution be taught, but also creation must be
eliminated. This
shows how evolutionism has become the one and only teaching
of origins that is tolerated in public education.
The article says that Don McLeroy, chairman
of the state board, is an outspoken creationist and charged, “They
do not cover the weaknesses of evolution. . . . They present
evolution as an absolute fact.” We
then read that the Supreme Court of the United States disallows
any teaching of either creationism or “intelligent design” in
the public school classroom. We also read that the Supreme Court holds that godless organic
evolution is the only theory
that is acceptable to teach in public schools. The
Court states that both creationism and intelligent design
are “religious” ideas and therefore forbidden in state-sponsored
education. Is
this not arrogant and prideful in the extreme: a human secular
court of fallible human beings requires that tens of millions
of children be taught that this earth and all that is in
it is the product of blind chance called evolution—rather
than the truth of creation by the God of the Bible, the supreme
Ruler of the universe!
Consider seven facts with me. First, I understand that at least half of the citizens of
the United States believe in the Biblical account of creation
in contrast to popular evolutionary theories. Is
it right—is it morally right—that tens of millions of Americans
be required to finance a theory of origins that they deem
to be utterly false?
Second, since evolution itself is a theory, is it morally right to promulgate this theory as a fact in
the public school classrooms and promote it as the only explanation
for the material universe? Is
this really being honest?
Third, what of those reputable scientists
who point out the weaknesses of the evolutionary theory or
even repudiate this theory? What
of those scientists who give evidence that evolution is utterly
impossible—and that there must have been a creation? Are
we to allow the theory of unbelieving scientists to take
precedence over the informed testimony of believing scientists?
Fourth, evolution itself has been examined
and labeled a “religious” view. Is
it morally right to present one religious view on origins
while forbidding the teaching of another religious view--creationism?
Fifth, until the twentieth century, it
was unlawful to teach evolution in the nation’s classrooms. We
believe that this was correct. Today,
the reverse has occurred: It is required that evolution be
taught and creation is forbidden. Let
the thinking reader ask himself if this is fair at all.
Sixth, true education looks at the scientific
evidence and draws conclusions on this basis. Why
can it be unlawful or against the principles of sound education
to look at the clear evidences of a designer or creator as
the originator of all matter, including all living things? This
is only fair.
Seventh, we know that everything must
have a prior cause. If
matter (including the heavenly bodies, the earth, and human
beings) is not eternal, who caused it? Who
created it? Every material thing must have a cause, an originator, a creator. While
it is true that we cannot know everything about the nature
and character of this Originator, Maker, or Creator, we can
at least know that He exists! We
can know that He is wise, powerful, knowledgeable, and eternal
(Romans 1:18-21; Acts 17:24-31). Students
should know that logically there must be
a Creator!
I realize that many people seek to be
fair-minded and would propose that all
three views be presented in the public school classroom—evolution,
intelligent design, and creation. This,
at least, would be better than the present biased and immoral
requirement of evolution alone. However,
as a committed Christian, who values the truth above all
theories, it is my deep conviction that only
the truth should
be taught to the children of the United States (and the world!).
If evolution is false and if the idea
of intelligent design is lacking and very limited in its
scope, it cannot be right to teach any
degree of falsehood in the public schools! If
the Bible is true—and I am convinced from a wealth of evidence
that it is definitely true—then
God created the heavens and the earth in the beginning! There
is an intelligent Creator! He
is eternal and matter is created. To
deny God and to close our eyes to His creative work is to
be guilty of a grave and outrageous sin. It
is a blasphemous offense against your Creator and mine. Can
one imagine a more wicked and perverse crime as this?
I can understand the difficulty of trying
to teach the truth of creation’s origins in the public school
classrooms, as they now exist. How
can an unbelieving evolutionary biology, chemistry, or physics
teacher show the unbiased facts of creation to his or her
students? This
is one reason why many committed families have chosen to
teach their children at home, where the lies of evolution
need not corrupt the minds of their sons and daughters.
I realize that I have only addressed the
problem of teaching evolution in the primary and secondary
schools of America. This
is even more of a problem in the advanced educational institutions
of the country where evolution is the established “god” of
the campus. What
is wrong in the first twelve grades is doubly wrong in the
colleges and universities of the land. Evolutionary theories are wrong wherever they are found!
Whatever is done, we would unapologetically
promote the truth of God’s creation and condemn the falsehood
of evolution!
Richard Hollerman
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