Why I Believe a Literal Six Day Creation Is Important - Part 2

Dennis Edwards

My Friend continues again: I agree with you when you said that Christians need a stronger foundation in their beliefs in order to be ready to give answers.

My response.

There are different ways to do apologetics. There is the Rational Apologetic which Dr. Wm Lane Craig and many of the Intelligent Design scientists use, Semi-Rational Apologetics and Presuppositional Apologetics. Weston Fields writing in the 1970’s explains it in the following way:

The Rational Apologetics is done by evidences which are not necessarily irrational to the natural mind (i.e., fulfilled prophecy, the internal coherence of the Bible, and the historical details of the resurrection), but frequently rational apologetics also try to defend such aspects of Christianity as its doctrine of supernatural creation and miracles. It is the conviction of rationalists that if only the proofs are presented, the unregenerate mind may be by these persuaded into accepting Christianity. The preoccupation with making Christianity reasonable is evident in many areas throughout Christian doctrine, but none are so susceptible to manipulation as the doctrine of creation and the facts of the Genesis Flood. For this reason, one’s system of apologetics becomes very transparent with respect to one’s views on these subjects. Some Christian apologetics reject the global Flood, Genesis so clearly presents and conclude that as far as the cause of the Flood, “the only reasonable course” is to confess that “we just do not know.” Some apologetics seem to have been led to their conclusions by the belief that a global Flood does not do justice either to the Bible or to the many facts of geology and archaeology…” One cannot but feel that such accommodation to modern science finds its roots in a belief that if the Bible is to be acceptable to modern man, it must be reasonable…..

If the Holy Spirit depends upon a certain degree of apologetic proficiency in order to enable a person to believe, most Christians are automatically disqualified from evangelism. An underlining motivating belief of many involved in the Bible-science controversy seems to be that a view of certain biblical teachings (creation, the Flood, etc.) which is not immediately in line with current scientific theories is both an embarrassment to the Christian and a barrier to the propagation of the Gospel. There seems to be an assumption that if Christianity is to realize its full potential of impact on the scientific community, the message that no conflicts exists between the Bible and modern science must be heralded. Such an idea is more often implicit than explicit, but one cannot miss it. Unfortunately, the results of this assumption often leads either to a reduction of the facts of the creation and the Flood to the level of agnosticism (“we just do not know for sure”), or a wrestling of Scripture to make it harmonize with contemporary (though often out-dated) “science.” Under the guise of removing barriers to the Gospel, the truth is diluted or denied, and the Holy Spirit and His sovereignty disgraced. Biblical Creationism can never be a barrier to a sinner’s salvation; only a Christian’s refusal to propagate the Gospel message can be that, and that only temporarily. Those who believe that recent Creationism or Flood Geology are barriers to the Gospel either completely misunderstand the biblical statements about the dynamics of salvation, or they have rejected them, for they are relying on a system of apologetics which is totally autonomous-man-centered, not sovereign-God-centered.[1]

Fields goes on to explain the Presuppositional Apologetics:

It is important to recognize that the sovereignty of the self-contained God is the key to every field, in that only the God of Scripture makes all things possible and explicable and is thus the basic premise not only of theology but of philosophy, science and indeed all knowledge. One either presupposes man’s autonomy or God’s sovereignty. One either presupposes that the natural man’s reason can rightly judge religious truth, or that special revelation from God is needed….In seeking to fulfill the Great Commission to propagate the message of salvation through Christ to the lost world, some Christians have abandoned their God-given offensive weapons in favor of proving the existence of God and the infallibility of the Bible by means of logic, philosophy, archaeology, and science. Such arguments, however, assume that (1) man is autonomous and can either reject or accept God and His Word at will, and (2) that God needs such common ground to accomplish the salvation of the sinner.[2]

I had wanted to type more but it is quite a big section which generally argues that the presuppositional approach is the more biblically-correct manner of doing apologetics. The book may be worth your while to invest in. Obviously, we can and do use both types of arguments in our witnessing and we can learn from each type of apologetics.

Ken Ham has also written a book The Lie: Evolution/Millions of Years where he argues that,

Compromising Genesis has led to a generational loss of an acceptance of the absolutes of the Word of God, leading to an exodus of young people from the church; Genesis remains critically important in presenting the Gospel; How you handle of the biblical account of creation impacts your understanding of all of Scripture and your worldview.[3]

His book may also help to further understand the presuppositional argument and the theological importance of Genesis chapter one. Brain Young has also written a book called Doubts About Creation? Not After This!, Creation Instruction Publishing, 2008, which may be interesting.

My friend continues. I appreciate the links to YouTube videos, the articles you’ve sent and the books you named.

I have also read the following books besides the In Six Days: why 50 scientists choose to believe in Creation by John F. Ashton Ph.D. which I mentioned in the former communication. I have read a book on fossils by Dr. Carl Werner, Evolution: The Grand Experiment, New Leaf Press, 2007. 

Dr. Werner shows that the animal fossils do not make evolutionary sense and support recent creation instead.

Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils, by Marvin L. Lubenow, Baker Books, 2004, shows how the human fossil bones support creation rather than evolution. 

Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, by Phillip E. Johnson, Inter Varsity Press, 1997, is another good book. Phillip’s writings were what helped spark the initiating of the present Intelligent Design movement.

Big God vs. Big Science: a rebuttal to the theory that the earth is billions of years old, by Bill Sardi, Here and Now Books, 2001, gives easy to understand arguments in favor of creation . Noah to Abram: the turbulent years by Erich A. von Fange, Ph.D., 1994, explains what may have happened between the time of Noah and Abraham. Creation Panorama, by Carl E. Baugh, 1992, Bible Belt Publishing, offers some interesting ideas of how the earth may have been before the Flood. Scientific Creationism, by Henry Morris, Master Books, 1974/2006, goes over the scientific arguments for creationism. 

Dragons or Dinosaurs? Creation or Evolution? by Darek Isaacs, Bridge Logos, 2010, shows how dragons and dinosaurs were really the same animal. Below is a video on the topic.

Flood Legends: Global Clues of a Common Event, by Charles Martin, Master Books, 2009, is a review of the hundreds of flood legends from around the world and how they relate to the Genesis account. Creation Ministries International have done a video on the topic.

Answers in Genesis have also done a similar shorter style video found below.

Refuting Evolution by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., CMI, 1999/2008 and Refuting Evolution 2, by Jonathan Sarfati, CMI 2002, offer arguments against specific evolutionary programs or literature. 

Dr. Sarfati is also a former National chess champion of New Zealand and has played chess blindfolded against 10 different opponents simultaneously. 

Frozen in Time: Woolly Mammoths, the Ice Age, and the Biblical Keys to their Secrets, by Michael Oard, Master books, 2004, explains where the ice-age fits in within a biblical interpretation of history. Oard is a meteorologist among other specialties.  Watch the video The Woolly Mammoths and the Ice Age.

The Long War Against God: the History and Impact of the Creation/Evolution Conflict, by Dr. Henry Morris, Master Books, 1989/2000, is a good history lesson on the war we are in. The Ultimate Proof of Creation, by Dr. Jason Lisle, Master Books, 2009 goes over some of the fallacies found in evolutionist’s arguments and how to recognize them and presents an ultimate logical proof for creation.

Eternity in their Hearts, by Don Richardson explains how God reveals Himself to every tribal group in some way.

There are also documentaries by Werner Gitt on the problem of information within the DNA molecular called The Origin of Life in the Light of Information: Is Evolution Scientifically Logical? Gitt shows that the information in DNA is proof of God’s existence.

He is also a six day young earth creationist. 

Ben Stein’s film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed exposes the persecution which creation scientists receive at the hand of their evolutionary superiors throughout America relating it to the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany.

Unlocking the Mystery of Life: the scientific case for Intelligent Design, Illustra Media follows Dr. Michael Behe’s ideas as expressed in his bestselling book Darwin’s Black Box . The documentary looks at the DNA molecule’s complexity.

Icons of Evolution: the growing scientific controversy over Darwin, by Cold Water Media reviews some of the bad evolutionary arguments still in use.

The Privileged Planet, by Illustra Media goes over the Cosmological Anthropic Principle or fine-tuning of the universe based on the book by the same name by Guillermo Rodrigues.

Mount St. Helens: modern evidence for the world-wide Flood with Geologist Dr. Steve Austin shows how the explosion of Mount St. Helens in 1980 gives a confirmation that the Grand Canyon was formed rapidly by receding flood waters.

Spike Psarris also does a nice job of describing some of the anomalies found in our solar system which evolutionary ideas cannot explain in Astronomy: what you aren’t being told about.

Bruce Malone has written a good book which can be used for witnessing called Search for the Truth and has sold over 40,000 copies.[4] Here he is on YouTube discussing some of the points I have shared above.

Dr. Barry Gates does a good job of explaining the connection of aliens to evolution in his bestselling book The Alien Intrusion seen here speaking on YouTube. 

Dr. Wilder-Smith talks about creation and time using the Flatlander example.

He has many other good lectures explaining science in a very interesting fashion. 

Mike Riddle also does a good job explaining the Big Bang in relation to Genesis chapter one.

Besides the above, I have seen other documentaries too numeral to present here.

I have recently found Dr. Greg Bahnsen’s lectures also very inspiring.

My friend’s final comments: I’m sure that they will be helpful to me in my studies. I’ll be keeping you and all you do to give others the message of His love in my prayers.

Thanks, we certainly need it in these trying times. Please pray for our financial solutions.

Footnotes

[1] Weston Fields, Unformed and Unfilled: A Critique of the Gap Theory, Master Books. 1976,pg. 182-189
[2] Ibid
[3] Ken Ham, The Lie: Evolution/Millions of Years, Master Books, 1987, pg. back cover.
[4] http://logosresearchassociates.org/team/bruce-malone/

Originally published September 8, 2014. Edited and republished on June 2, 2026.