Stephen E. Jones

Creation/Evolution Quotes: Classified quotes: Creation

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The following are previously unclassified quotes about Creation, now classified under that heading, as a temporary intermediate step towards integrating them into my quotes pages proper.

Creation

1. Date of creation
• "The question of the date of creation is separate and distinct from the question of the fact of creation"
• "... the question of the age of the earth ... is quite independent of the question of creation"

"The question of the date of creation is separate and distinct from the question of the fact of creation. The basic evidences supporting the Creation Model-for example, the laws of thermodynamics, the complex structures of living organisms, the universal gaps between types in both the living world and the fossil record-are all quite independent of the time of creation. Whether the world is ten thousand years old or ten trillion years old, these and other such evidences all point to creation, not to evolution, as the best explanation of origins. Unfortunately, evolutionists commonly confuse the issue, apparently believing that an ancient earth would prove evolution and a young earth would prove creation. The critics of the creation movement commonly focus their attacks not on creation in general, but on recent creation. The fact is, however, that the question of the age of the earth and the universe, while an important question in its own right, is quite independent of the question of creation or evolution, at least as far as the facts of science are concerned. For evolutionists to concentrate their criticisms of creationism mostly on this independent issue is merely an admission of the weakness of evolutionism. On the other hand, the concept of evolution does suggest an old earth. Creationism is free to consider all evidences regarding the earth's age, whether old or young, whereas evolutionism is bound to an old earth." (Morris H.M. & Parker G.E., "What is Creation Science?," [1982], Master Books: El Cajon CA, Revised Edition, 1987, p.253)

2. Age of the earth
• "evidence that the earth is old would neither prove evolution nor threaten creation"
• "... many special creationists do believe that the earth is old"

"Professor Burke mentions the age of the earth as evidence for evolution. While it is true that evolution demands an immensity of time, and thus any evidence for a young age for the earth or the cosmos would be fatal to evolution theory, evidence that the earth is old would neither prove evolution nor threaten creation. A vast age of the earth is a necessary - but not sufficient - evidence for evolution; and the fact that such a supposition is no threat to creation is self-evident from the fact that many special creationists do believe that the earth is old." (Gish D.T., in Burke D.C., ed., "Creation and Evolution: When Christians Disagree," Inter- Varsity Press: Leicester UK, 1985, pp.193-194)

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