CREATION V. EVOLUTION
WHAT THEY WONT TELL YOU IN BIOLOGY CLASS
What Christians Should Know About Biblical Creation
Second Edition
Daniel A. Biddle, Ph.D. (editor)
Copyright 2016 by Genesis Apologetics, Inc.
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http://www.genesisapologetics.com: A 501(c)(3) ministry equipping youth pastors, parents, and students with Biblical answers for evolutionary teaching in public schools.
CREATION V. EVOLUTION:
What They Wont Tell You in Biology Class
What Christians Should Know About Biblical Creation
Second Edition
by Daniel A. Biddle, Ph.D. (editor)
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN-13: 978-1522861737
ISBN-10: 1522861734
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Dedication
To my wife, Jenny, who supports me in this work. To my children Makaela, Alyssa, Matthew, and Amanda, and to your children and your childrens children for a hundred generationsthis book is for all of you. To Dave Bisbee and Mark Johnston, who planted the seeds and the passion for this work.
We would like to acknowledge Answers in Genesis ( www.answersingenesis.com ), the Institute for Creation Research ( www.ICR.org ), and Creation Ministries International ( www.creation.com ). Much of the content herein has been drawn from (and is meant to be in alignment with) these Biblical Creation ministries.
Guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called knowledgewhich some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you.
1 Tim. 6:2021
This is the Lords doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psalm 118:23
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About the Authors
David V. Bassett, M.S. earned his Bachelor of Science in Geology at the University of Texas in El Paso and a Masters of Science in Geological Science from Columbia Pacific University, maintaining a 4.0 post-graduate academic record. He is a high school science teacher with over 28 years experience in Christian education and has been the Science Department Head of Ovilla Christian School in Ovilla, TX since March 1996. Since then, he has been at the Creation Evidence Museum, located on the bank of the Paluxy River in Glen Rose, Texas, where he has served as the Assistant to the Director, Dr. Carl E. Baugh. Mr. Bassett is a voting member of the Creation Research Society and is the current president of the Metroplex Institute of Origin Science for the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Dr. Jerry Bergman has five Masters degrees in the science, health, psychology, and biology fields, a Ph.D. in human biology from Columbia Pacific University, and a Ph.D. in measurement and evaluation from Wayne State University. Jerry has taught biology, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, anthropology, geology, and microbiology at Northwest State Community College in Archbold Ohio for over 30 years. He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Toledo Medical School. He has over 1,000 publications in 12 languages and 32 books and monographs, including Vestigial Organs Are Fully Functional ; Slaughter of the Dissidents: The Shocking Truth About Killing the Careers of Darwin Doubters; The Dark Side of Darwin ; Hitler and the Nazis Darwinian Worldview: How the Nazis Eugenic Crusade for a Superior Race Caused the Greatest Holocaust in World History and The Darwin Effect. Its influence on Nazism, Eugenics, Racism, Communism, Capitalism & Sexism . Professor Bergman has also taught at the Medical College of Ohio as a research associate in the Department of Experimental Pathology, at the University of Toledo, and at Bowling Green State University. Jerry is also a member of MENSA, a Fellow of the American Scientific Association, a member of The National Association for the Advancement of Science, and member of many other professional associations. He is listed in Whos Who in America, Whos Who in the Midwest and in Whos Who in Science and Religion.
Dr. Daniel A. Biddle is president of Genesis Apologetics, Inc. a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to equipping youth pastors, parents, and students with Biblical answers for evolutionary teaching in public schools. Daniel has trained thousands of students in Biblical creation and evolution and is the author of several Creation-related publications. Daniel has a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from Alliant University in San Francisco, California, an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Alliant, and a B.S. in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco. Daniel has worked as an expert consultant and/or witness in over 100 state and federal cases in the areas of research methodologies and statistical analysis. Daniels ministry experience includes over two decades of Church service and completing graduate work at Western Seminary.
David A. Bisbee is the Vice President of Genesis Apologetics, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that equips Christian students attending public schools and their parents with faith-building materials that reaffirm a Biblical creation worldview. Genesis Apologetics is committed to providing Christian families with Biblically- and scientifically-based answers to the evolutionary theory that students are taught in and public schools. Mr. Bisbees professional experience includes over 25 years in the field of energy efficiency. For the last 14 years, he has been in charge of a research program which tests energy efficiency technologies in real-world environments. Mr. Bisbee has presented the results of these projects through numerous published reports and educational seminars throughout the United States. Daves ministry experience includes over 10 years teaching Sunday school classes and creation science presentations.
Roger Patterson is a writer and editor with Answers in Genesis, one of the largest Creation Ministries in the U.S. Roger earned his B.S. Ed. degree in biology and chemistry from Montana State University-Billings. Before joining Answers in Genesis, he taught high school students for eight years in Wyomings public school system and assisted the Wyoming Department of Education in developing assessments and standards for use in its schools. For many years, he taught from an evolutionary perspective in his classroom until God opened his eyes to the truth of Scripture.
Dr. Jonathan D. Sarfati has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Spectroscopy (Physical Chemistry). Dr. Sarfati is a research scientist and editorial consultant for Creation Ministries International (CMI) in Brisbane. In this capacity, he is co-editor of Creation magazine, and also writes and reviews articles for Journal of Creation , CMIs in-depth, peer-reviewed publication, as well as contributing to CMIs website, http://www.creation.com . Dr. Sarfati has authored or co-authored several notable books, including Refuting Evolution (now over 500,000 copies in print), The Creation Answers Book , Refuting Evolution 2 , Refuting Compromise , 15 Reasons to Take Genesis as History , By Design: Evidence for Natures Intelligent Designerthe God of the Bible , and The Greatest Hoax on Earth? Refuting Dawkins on Evolution .
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