Creation Science Rebuttals
Creation Magazine
Back on Solid Ground
Volume 27, Issue 3, June 2005
Review by Greg Neyman
© Old Earth Ministries
First Published 22 July 2006
The June 2005 issue of Creation gives the testimony of a young earth
creationist, Albert Mills, and his journey from young earth creationism, to
evolution, and back again. 1
Dr. Mills was raised in a conservative Christian home,
and when he was in high school, he began to be influenced by the
evolutionary teaching. As a result, he “bought into the non-literal
interpretation of Genesis.” This foray into theistic evolution caused him to
not take parts of the Bible seriously.
The article goes on to say that his church and family
had not equipped him to deal with evolution. Eventually, he drifted
away from the Bible. He even got wrapped up in belief in UFOs.
Finally, he was brought back into young earth
creationism through the materials in Creation magazine.
The “Rest of the Story”
It is easy to see why Dr. Mills drifted away from the
faith. It was not because of evolutionary teaching, but because of his
conservative Christian upbringing. Young earth creationists teach
their children that the earth is young, and that evolution is not true.
If you don’t accept this, you cannot be a follower of Christ. They
present it as an “either/or” choice. Either you believe the Bible, or you
believe evolution.
However, there is no conflict between evolution and the
Bible. One can be a conservative Christian and believe in evolution.
Had Dr. Mills been properly taught this in his upbringing, he would not have
gone away from the Bible.
Unfortunately, this scenario is repeated many times
each year, as children of young earth creationists abandon the Bible when
they are faced with the cold, hard facts of science. In a sense, young
earth creationists are their own worst enemies. This is not to say
that evolution is true. Personally, I do not believe in evolution (I
am a progressive creationist). However, there is no conflict between
evolution and the Bible (when properly understood). If a Christian
chooses to believe in evolution, they are free to do so.
I am thankful that Dr. Mills came back to his faith.
It is better to be a young earth creationist, than to not be an active
Christian at all. His talents could, however, be put to fuller use for
God if he were to truly examine the age of the earth, free of any young
earth influence.
1 Creation Magazine, Volume 27, Issue 3. Published on the web at https://creation.com/back-on-solid-ground
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