Saturday, September 10, 2005

Did man evolve from the chimpanzee?

It was recently reported that the chimpanzee has 98-99% identical Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) when compared to humans. Researchers now claim that the total percentage difference between man and the chimpanzee is only 4%. Darwin’s disciples will continue to use percentages because it obscures the real difference between humans and chimpanzees. This allows them to hold firm to their evolutionary hypothesis. All life on earth uses two molecules, DNA and Ribonucleic acid (RNA), as blueprints for reproduction. Both DNA and RNA consists of a chain of chemical compounds called nucleotides. These chains are arranged like a ladder that has been twisted into the shape of a winding staircase, called a double helix. The sequence of these nucleotide bases makes up an organism’s genetic code. Genetically speaking, that “tiny” percentage difference translates to approximately 40 to 45 million bases that are present in humans but absent from the chimpanzee.

In Genesis 1:25 we read, “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” There was no sharing of common ancestry between the species because everything was created “after their kind”. The recent report is even more problematic because of claims made by evolutionists themselves. They tell us that most evolutionary change is due to random genetic drift, which means that change occurs without natural selection in operation. So without natural selection to explain away everything, how do we explain a 40-45 million difference in the nucleotide bases between humans and chimps? The theory of evolution is a joke and we have not even touched the problem of irreducible complexity yet. A lot of what passes for science these days is nothing more than naturalistic philosophy repackaged. The truth about the origin of life is in the book of Genesis.