Evolution: Basic Outline
This is a very basic outline for a 3 point speech on evolution...
INTRO
I. Once upon a time, 3 Bears...We all recognize this as a fairy tale
for children.
II. Another famous fairy tale is the one in which a princess is
enticed to kiss a frog, and "Poof!" the frog instantly turns
into a handsome prince.
III. Today I'm going to address the theory of evolution, which I
maintain is a fairy tale for adults.
IV. We will examine the mathematical probabilities that evolution
could be the way in which life began. We will look at some
logical ananogies, and finally, we will see what some
well-known evolutionists have to say on the subject.
First, let's examine the mathematical probabilities that evolution
may have started it all. To do this we need to employ the
calculations of some of the world's most eminent scientists
and mathmeticians.
I. For many years, scientists labored to discover the actual
physical structure of DNA.
A. Watson and Crick are credited with the discovery
of the double helix as that structure. A double
helix is similar to two long but incredibly
minute ladders twisted in a spiral and connected
at the mid-point of each rung of the ladders.
B. Sir Francis Crick, one of the co-discovers and
an avowed atheist himself, concluded, after many
hours of calculations that the double helix could
absolutely not have happened by chance.
II. ________, the head of the Mathmetics department of Harvard
University was commissioned to determine the probabilities
of proteins coming together on their own in some sort of
"Primordial Slime" to form a single living cell, and thus
begin all life on Earth.
A. His conclusion: The probabilities of this happening
by chance: 1 over 10 to the 40,000 power.
B. I don't know about you, but I have great difficulty
grasping such infinitesmally small numbers. Someone
else has calculated that this number is more easily
understood thusly: If all the atoms in the Solar
System were grains of sand, (That's every atom on
all the planets, plus the Sun and all the other stuff
floating around out there.) and there was one of those
grains of sand colored gold. Mix it all up, and tell
a blind man he has to find that one golden grain. That
is 1 over 1 to the 40,000 power. Pretty slim odds, I
would say.
Let us now examine some logical questions...
I. Consider, if you will, the lowly mousetrap. How many parts does
it have? 8? 10 at the most? Yet, all these simple parts must
work together in a smooth fashion in order to catch a mouse.
Take away any part, or even bend it a little, and the trap
is useless.
II. Compare this to the eye. Basically, the eye uses a pupil, a
retina, an optic nerve and the brain to give us images. Of
course it's much more complicated than that, but for our
purposes, let's keep it basic.
III. Now, consider the theory of evolution that states that living
things evolve from simple forms to more and more complex
forms because each new evolved part grants the evolving creature
an advantage over those life forms that may not yet have
evolved the new part. I admit that a functioning eye would
give a creature a tremendous advantage over one that is
sightless. However, what advantage would a craeture have if
it had evolved, say, an optic nerve but no retina. Or perhaps
a retina and an optic nerve, but no pupil. You see, in order
for the evolving creature to have any kind of advantage,
it would have to evolve a complete, functioning eye, with
all its working parts, simultaneously! If any part failed
to evolve along with the other parts, the pieces of the
so-called eye would be as worthless as the mousetrap with
the trigger missing.
But, you may insist, what do evolutionists themselves have to say
on the subject? Let's listen to two very well-known evolutionists.
I. First, Charles Darwin. You've heard of him. He started all this
evolution thinking with his Origin of the Species. Yet, when
asked if his theories were true, he said two very interesting
things.
A. First, he said that he could see no logical way that
the human eye could have evolved according to his
theory. He would leave that to others to figure out.
And he said this at a time when little was known of
the incredible mechanism of the eye.
B. Secondly, Darwin stated that if his theories were
true, then there would exist literally millions of
transitional forms. As of today, we have no such
transitional forms that satisfy the standard set forth
by evolutionists themselves.
II. Secondly, consider the words of Dr. Steven J. Gould of Harvard
University. Dr. Gould is considered by many to be the world's
most esteemed authority on evolution. Dr. Gould recently stated
that it has long been known that no transitional forms exist
to prove that evolution is a fact. But does he throw out the
theory? No! He and his colleagues have now theorized that
evolution occurs in quantum jumps. Dr. Gould calls this theory
"Punctuated Equalibrium." Yes, the current thinking on evolution
states that creatures evolve suddenly. For instance, a lizard
hatches out a baby lizard, and that lizard, in turn, hatches out
more lizards. This process continues for millions of years, when
suddenly, for no reason whatsoever, a baby lizard hatches out
with wings! Now, that frightens me! One day I may get married
get pregnant. If I ever do, I'm going to have the doctor lock
the windows and bar the doors. After all, my baby may get hit
with "Punctuated Equalibrium" and fly away!
Yes, many people today just accept evolution as fact without ever
checking out the facts. Today I have shown you that evolution is
little more than an elaborate fairy tale for adults. We have seen that
it is virtually mathmatically impossible. We have seen that it is not
at all logical. And we have seen that even evolutionists themselves
are quite at a loss to explain it. To me it takes much less faith to
go ahead and believe that God did it.
When a princess kisses a frog and he suddenly turns into a handsome
prince, that's a fairy tale for children. When she kisses a frog and
two billion years later he evolves into a prince, that's a fairy
tale for adults. Thank you.