Contradictions in an "Old Earth"

Thorns, Disease, Diet: Contradictions between the Bible and Secular Thinking

We start with the authority of Scripture, and then filter what we experience through that reality. That is, we can’t pick and choose when we think the Bible is accurate, and when it is missing some scientific or historical point. A few contradictions are noted here, and when I say ‘contradictions’, for the purpose of this entry, I am referring to a Christian’s belief in millions of years not squaring with the Scripture’s teaching.

Genesis 3:17-18 shows us that thorns and thistles showed up AFTER the Fall and resultant curse. So we have a choice, we can believe this, or we can look to “science” to give us a better answer, which it will not. Christians really need to settle on God’s Word, and trust its truth. But look at some evidence we have at hand. Scientists have found in rock layers, believed to be millions of year old, thorns. Thus, they reach the conclusion that they, too, are millions of years old, and Christians are tempted to believe them, coming to the conclusion that thorns must have existed before man. If we stay true to Scripture, and realize thorns came after the Fall/Curse, we can also understand very easily that those rock layers are not millions of years old, laid down slowly over time, but the result of some catastrophic event, perhaps some sort of global Flood?

Something else scientists have discovered is fossil remains showing evidence of diseases (cancer, tumors, etc.). Again, since we are told that these fossils are millions of years old, then even the Christian who believes in Adam and Eve are led to believe that disease was here before the creation of man. Read Genesis 1:31. God said “very good” when Creation was done. Disease does not fit that perfect nature of God, and would not have been existent at that time. As we read these passages, and then compare them with what we hear from the secular realm, we really should be sharpening ourselves to and by the Word of God, trusting Him at His word, and realizing there are simpler, Biblical explanations for what we find in the fossils.

Genesis 1:29-30 explain the original diet, how man and beast alike were vegetarian prior to sin entering the world. What we find in the fossils is lots of evidence of animals eating each other, and again, we are led to believe that this occurred millions of years ago. Since we know the Bible is true, and we know that the original creatures were not meat-eaters, we then should, as consistent Christians, come to the conclusion that the fossil record is not millions of years old, after all, but more like 4000 years old, dating back to some catastrophic event, like a global Flood.

We need to change our way of thinking, Christians. When we filter what we actually see and experience today through the Scriptures, holding to their authority and accuracy, then we should find that God is no author of confusion, but rather of order. Sin disrupted the order established at Creation, and we now need to rely on our Savior to once again bring order. We certainly should look forward to that new Creation, written of at the end of His Word.

Holding fast to the name of our Creator

Reference: www.answersingenesis.org