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13. Ralph O. Muncaster, Dismantling Evolution (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2003), p.
14.

14. Colby, "Evolution," Electric Library.

15. Evans and Selina, p. 11.

16. Schopf, p. 17. See also Richard Forte, Life: A Natural History ofthe First Four Billion Years ofLife
on Earth (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), p. 240. See also Benton, p. 25.

17. "Uniformitarianism," The Hutchinson Dictionary ofScience. See also Ken Ham, The Lie (El Cajon,
CA: Master Books, 1991), pp. 123-24.

18. Ham, p. 124.

19. John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris, The Genesis Flood- The Biblical Record and Its Scientific
Implications (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980), p. xvi.

20. Benton, p. 29.

21. Some intelligent Christians believe in a young earth, and some intelligent Christians believe in
an old earth. While Christians may have disagreements on this issue, they agree that microevolution does not constitute proof for macroevolution. Of course, Christians who believe in theistic evolution are in a category all their own, and I discuss their position later in the book.

22. Wells, "Issues in the Creation-Evolution Controversies," Electric Library.

23. Del Ratzsch, The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1996), p. 49.

24. Evolutionist Ernst Mayr describes microevolution as "evolution at or below the species level," and
macroevolution as "evolution above the species level; the evolution of higher taxa and the production of evolutionary novelties, such as new structures." What Evolution Is, pp. 286-87.

25. William Nowers, "Darwinism in Denial," The Washington Times, November 25, 2001, Electric
Library.

26. Johnson, p. 87.

27. Hank Hanegraaff, TheAace that Demonstrates the Farce ofEvolution (Nashville, TN: W Publishing
Group, 1998), p. 172.

28. Colby, "Evolution," Electric Library.

29. David H. Lane, "Special Creation or Evolution: No Middle Ground," Bibliotheca Sacra (Dallas,
TX: Dallas Theological Seminary [Electronic edition by Galaxie Software]) 1999. See also Muncaster,
pp. 67-68.

30. See Steve Jones, Darwin's Ghost: The Origin ofSpecies Updated (New York: Random House, 2000),
pp. 69-101.

31. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (Houghton Mifflin
Company, 2000), electronic online edition.

32. See Phillip E. Johnson, Darwin on Trial (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1993), p. 69.

33. Wells, "Issues in the Creation-Evolution Controversies," Electric Library.

34. Rachel D. Ramer, "In Debate with Evolutionists," Statement DC742, Christian Research Institute,
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.

35. Phillip E. Johnson, Defeating Darwinism by OpeningMinds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press,
1997), p. 58.

36. Norman Geisler and Joseph Holden, Living Loud- Defending Your Faith (Nashville, TN: Broadman
& Holman Publishers, 2002), p. 57.

37. As noted by Ratzsch, p. 30.

38. Ratzsch, pp. 33-34.

39. Julian Huxley, "Evolution and Genetics," in What Is Science?ed. J.R. Newman (New York: Simon
and Schuster, 1955), p. 272.

1. See "Naturalism," The Columbia Encyclopedia, 7th ed., January 1, 2002, online edition.

2. See, for example, Signs oflntelligence, eds. William A. Dembski and James M. Kushiner (Grand
Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2001), p. 46.

3. Del Ratzsch, The Battle of Beginnings. Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1996), p. 14.

4. William A. Dembski, Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology (Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1999), p. 103. See also Michael J. Behe, "Huxley: From Devil's Disciple
to Evolution's High Priest," Book Reviews, National Review, Vol. 50, February 9, 1998, p. 54.

5. Dembski, Intelligent Design.- The Bridge Between Science dr Theology, p. 103.

6. Phillip E. Johnson, Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law and Education
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1995), p. 38.

7. See Phillip E. Johnson, Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry
Press, 1997), p. 21.

8. Paul Kurtz, "Symposium on Humanist Manifesto II: Beyond Humanist Manifesto 11," The
Humanist, Vol. 58, September 19, 1998, online edition.

9. Julian Huxley, Associated Press Dispatch, November 27, 1959, Address at Darwin Centennial
Convocation, Chicago University, see Issues in Evolution, ed. Sol Tax (Chicago, IL: University of
Chicago Press, 1960).

10. See Johnson, Reason in the Balance, p. 75.

11. "To introduce occult or transcendental causes is inadmissible within the sciences." Kurtz,
"Symposium on Humanist Manifesto II: Beyond Humanist Manifesto ll."

12. Belie, "Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest," National Review, p. 54.

13. See Dembski, Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science dr Theology, p. 100.

14. Belie, "Huxley: From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest," National Review, p. 54.

15. Michael J. Belie, Darwin's Black Box (New York: The Free Press, 1996), pp. 235-36, insert added.

16. Quoted in Jodie Berndt, Celebration ofMiracles (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1995), p.
20.

17. Norman L. Geisler, "Miracles, Arguments Against," in Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics
(Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1999), pp. 457-68.

18. "Religious Doctrines and Dogmas: In the 18th and Early 19th Centuries," Encyclopedia Britannica,
electronic media.

19. David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1777), entire essay reproduced in
R. Douglas Geivett and Gary R. Habermas, In Defense ofMiracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's
Action in History (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1997), p. 33.

20. Randal Keynes, Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter, and Human Evolution (New York:
Riverhead Books, 2001), pp. 42-43.

21. Ernst Mayr, What Evolution Is (New York: Basic Books, 2001), p. 9.

22. See Mayr, p. 9.

23. Since I do not have the luxury of devoting such space to debunking naturalism, I recommend
Phillip Johnson's Reason in the Balance: The CaseAgainstNaturalism in Science, Law and Education.
See also Ron Rhodes, Miracles Around Us (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers, 2000).

24. Johnson, Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds, pp. 92, 114-15.

25. John A. Witmer, "The Doctrine of Miracles," Bibliotheca Sacra, Logos Bible Software, electronic
media.

26. Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1982), p. 177.

27. Charles Ryrie, Survey ofBible Doctrine, QuickVerse Library, electronic media.

28. Berkhof, p. 177.

29. Quoted in Norman L. Geisler and Ronald M. Brooks, When Skeptics Ask (Wheaton, IL: Victor
Press, 1989), p. 76.

30. Geisler and Brooks, p. 76.

31. Ken Boa and Larry Moody, I'm Glad You Asked (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1994), pp. 50-51.

32. Boa and Moody, p. 53.

33. Peter Kreeft and RonaldTacelli, HandbookofChristianApologetics (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity
Press, 1994), p. 109.

34. David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1777), in Geivett and Habermas,
p. 33.

35. Norman Geisler, "Miracles and the Modern Mind," chapter 4, Geivett and Habermas, p. 78. See
also Henry Clarence Thiessen, Lectures in Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1979),
p. 12.

36. Geisler and Brooks, pp. 79-80.

37. Paul E. Little, Know Why You Believe (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1975), p. 59.

38. Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, Logos Bible Software, electronic media, insert added.

39. Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, p. 450.

40. Isaac Asimov admitted he could not prove that God did not exist. Isaac Asimov interview by Paul
Kurtz, "An Interview with Isaac Asimov on Science and the Bible," Free Inquiry, Vol. 2, Spring
1982, p. 9.

41. J.P.Moreland,ed.,The Creation Hypothesis: ScientficEvidenceforanIntelligentDesigner (Downers
Grove, IL: InterVarsiry Press, 1994), p. 116.

1. See William R. Wineke, "Much Gray Area in Debate on World's Birth," Wisconsin State Joun al,
February 2, 1997, p. 10A, online edition.

2. Gordon R. Lewis and Bruce A. Demaresr, Integrative Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan,
1996), 11:23.

3. See A.F. Johnson, "Gap Theory," The Concise Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, ed. Walter A.
Elwell (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1991), p. 192.

4. Millard Erickson, Christian Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1985), p. 380.

5. Charles Ryrie, Basic Theology (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1986), p. 183.

6. Donald Grey Barnhouse, The Invisible War (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1965), p. 9.

7. Barnhouse, p. 19.

8. Barnhouse, p. 61.

9. Barnhouse, p. 22.

10. Henry Morris, The Biblical BasisforModern Science (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1984),
p. 121.

11. H.L. Willmington, Willmington's Guide to the Bible (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1984),
p. 19.

12. John C. Whitcomb, The Early Earth (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1979), p. 116.

13. Vern S. Poyrhress, "Response to Robert C. Newman," Three Views on Creation and Evolution, eds.
J.P. Moreland and John Mark Reynolds (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999), p. 149.

14. Erickson, p. 384.

15. Loren Haarsma, "Why Believe in a Creator?: Perspectives on Evolution," The World and I, Vol.
11. January I, 1996, p. 322, online edition.

16. See P.P.T. Pun, "Evolution," in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, ed. Walter A. Elwell (Grand
Rapids, Ml: Baker Book House, 1984), p. 389.

17. Erickson, p. 384.

18. Robert C. Newman, "Progressive Creationism," Three Views on Creation and Evolution, p. 106.

19. Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia ofBible Difficulties (Grand Rapids, MI: Zonderan, 1982), p. 60.

20. See Pun, p. 389.

21. Lewis and Demarest, 11:29.

22. Newman, "Progressive Creationism," p. 107.

23. Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2001), p. 78.

24. Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe, When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties,
The Norman Geisler CD-ROM Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House), 2002.

25. Pun, p. 392.

26. Haarsma, "Why Believe in a Creator?: Perspectives on Evolution."

27. Morris, The Biblical Basis for Modern Science, p. 117.

28. Kyrie, Basic Theology, p. 185.

29. Don Batten, ed., The Revised and ExpandedAnswers Book (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 1990),
pp. 37-38.

30. W.E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, William White, eds. Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
(Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1995), p. 72.

31. Whitcomb, 28. See also Ryrie, p. 186.

32. Morris, The Biblical Basis for Modern Science, pp. 128-29.

33. The Revised and Expanded Answers Book, pp. 46-47.

34. The Revised and Expanded Answers Book, p. 48.

35. Whitcomb, 27-28. See also The Revised and ExpandedAnswers Book, p. 44.

36. Robert Lightner, Evangelical Theology: A Survey and Review (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House,
1986), p. 178.

37. See Ron Rhodes, The Complete Book of Bible Answers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House Publishers,
1997), p. 155.

38. David H. Lane, "Special Creation or Evolution: No Middle Ground," Bibliotbeca Sacra (Dallas,
TX: Dallas Theological Seminary [Electronic edition by Galaxie Software]) 1999.

39. Haarsma, "Why Believe in a Creator?: Perspectives on Evolution."

40. Haarsma, "Why Believe in a Creator?: Perspectives on Evolution."

41. Quoted in Charles Ryrie, You Mean the Bible Teaches That? (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1976),
p. 108.

42. Lane, "Theological Problems with Theistic Evolution."

43. "Teaching Notes for `A is for Adam'," Answers in Genesis, copyright 1996-1999, at www.chris-
tiananswers.net.

44. See Paul Nelson and John Mark Reynolds, "Young Earth Creationism," Three Views on Creation
and Evolution, p. 56.

45. Whitcomb, p. 104.

46. Lane, "Theological Problems with Theistic Evolution."

47. Haarsma, "Why Believe in a Creator?: Perspectives on Evolution." See also Bryn Nelson, "Six
Days of Creation," Newsday, March 11, 2002, p. D06, online edition.

48. The following summary is drawn from Morris, The Biblical Basis for Modern Science; Henry M.
Morris, Scientific Creationism (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2001); and Whitcomb.

49. Erickson, p. 383.

50. Duane T. Gish, Evolution: The Fossils Still Say i"/o! (El Cajon, CA: Institute for Creation Research,
1995), p. 34.

51. Paul Nelson and John Mark Reynolds, "Conclusion," Three Views on Creation and Evolution, p.
97.

52. See Douglas Belkin, "God vs. Darwin-Faith vs. Science-Adam vs. an Ape," The Palm Beach
Post, August 22, 1999, p. 1 D, online edition.

53. See Whitcomb, p. 30.

54. Del Rarzsch, The Battle of Beginnings: Why Neither Side Is Winning the Creation-Evolution Debate
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996), pp. 70-71.

55. Ron Rhodes, What Did Jesus Mean? Making Sense of the Difficult Sayings of Jesus (Eugene, OR:
Harvest House Publishers, 1999), pp. 155-56.

56. Ron Rhodes, Miracles Around Us: How to Recognize God at Work Today (Eugene, OR: Harvest
House Publishers, 2000), p. 99.

57. Whitcomb, p. 30.

58. Rarzsch, pp. 70-71.

59. John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris, The Genesis Flood The Biblical Recordand Its Scientific
Implications (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980), p. 369.

60. Ratzsch, p. 97.

61. See Stephen Jay Gould, ed., The Book of Life (New York: W.W. Norton, 2001), pp. 33-34, 46-
48,227,251.