Evolution has a numerous amount of intellectual pit falls. To be honest, there have been too many to count, mainly because it’s wrong. But as I listened to a pastor preach about the image of God and what that means, something really struck a chord about Evolution. We, human beings, dwell on beauty and have emotions. We can feel, and not just vague feelings of sorrow like a dog whimpering after he is disciplined for chewing on its master’s slippers. But man can feel intensely, we are passionate beings.
We are people of passion because our Creator is a God of passion. We are created in His likeness, His image. Humans feel emotions. This simple fact cuts evolution at the knees. It paralyzes Darwinism. Evolution teaches that the key to life is survival. This is the key for every living cell, including people, animals, plants, everything. If that’s all we are here to do its quite pointless isn’t it? You might think I’m going on a tangent, but I’m getting to my point. According to Darwinism, every “evolutionary advance to human life” was for a reason – surviving. Yet, one must consider the question; do we need to feel to survive?
If life was simply about survival wouldn’t it have been easier (and a couple “million” years less) to numb our painfully pointless existence and simply not feel? It would make life a whole lot “easier!” It’s quite obvious that animals and plants do not feel the same way as humans. An evolutionary animal activist might say, no. But consider this, animals react to their environment, they are dependent upon their environment to know which emotion to display (Skinner was correct, other than the subject of course). E.g. a cat might be “happy,” but why? It just got fed. A cat might be “sad,” but why? You hid its favorite toy. The point is, an animal’s feelings are reactions to their various circumstances.
One might say that this is the same for people. A boy is sad, why? His father died. A woman is happy, why? She just got married. Are these reactions? Yes. But, what about those who are joyful in the face of disturbing and difficult situations? What about the people who are praising God, yet are being whipped and beaten for their faith? This separates us from animals and thus from evolutionary thought. This is not evolutionary; it is not in the best interest of the person displaying gratitude to God yet being led to the slaughter. This shows that true emotions, not just reactions but true emotions, disprove Darwinism’s claim about life being a simple struggle for existence.
If we have emotions, which we do, it is for a purpose. Otherwise, why? There are essentially two ways of life. You can either live for self, which includes all the systems of the world (evolution being one). Or, you can live for God, the system found in God’s Word. Are emotions for your own benefit? The obvious answer is no (unless it is done for God, which in turn God allows it to be a blessing to us). So logically, the only alternative is for God. Our emotions are for the benefit, or glory of God. Because once again, we are a people of passion because our Creator is the God of passion.
These conscious decisions to display emotion, to show passion is yet just another way the Designer is proven without the Bible (the irrefutably best illustration of God’s existence). Emotions are yet just another way to give glory and honor to the One who called us according to His Will. That’s my opinion. Take it or leave it. - Dean
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