Rally at Southeast explores scientific evidence for creation

Members of the SEMO Creation Science Club say scientific evidence proves God created the heavens and earth instantaneously.

The non-denominational Christian group met Sunday afternoon in Dempster Hall's Glenn Auditorium on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University for a creation science rally. About 40 people attended the event, which featured a variety of speakers and supporters of scientific evidence for creation.

Members of the two-year-old SEMO Creation Science Club promote creation science, which attempts to reconcile the Bible's account of creation with scientific data and observations. It rejects evolution and argues there is evidence to support the idea of a creator.

The Rev. Tony Hammack, youth pastor at Christian Faith Fellowship in Cape Girardeau, said there is no mention of evolution in the Bible. He said the evolution theory doesn't even mention a God, who was the only one in existence when the universe and life began.

"Evolution is a theory used to keep God out and it lacks scientific evidence," Hammack said. "But there is a ton of scientific evidence to support creation."

The evolution theory grew in popularity when Charles Darwin wrote "The Origin of Species" in 1859. Darwin's theory holds the notion that all life is related and descends from a common ancestry.

When Darwin announced his theory, a lot of people abandoned Christianity and jumped on board with Darwin, said Randy McWilson, a video production teacher at the Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center.

But the evolution theory has two major flaws, McWilson said. "There is no adequate explanation for the origin of life from dead chemicals. And the fossil record, the only documentation of whether evolution actually occurred in the past, lacks any transitional forms."

McWilson said the Bible is proof enough that God created the heavens and the earth in six days.

Greg Watts has spoken to churches and public schools for several years about creation science. He said he once wanted to use science to prove God didn't exist.

"But the more you dig into science, the more it disproves the evolution theory," Watts said. "For years I tried to use science to disprove there was a creator. I now use that knowledge to prove one exists."

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