Base Camp of Original Creation Summary

The Creator spoke the Heavens and Earth including plants, animals, and man into existence. Therefore, they do not have any common ancestry nor was any evolutionary processes involved and any similarities in functions of the body come from a common intelligent designer.

Beliefs of Creationism

The modern concepts within Biology, the study of life, are based on secular views of life which are hidden in evolutionary terminology. Evolution considers plants, animals, and man to all be alive and related to one another. Within Scripture, a very different view of life is given. A simple look at the differences between the body, soul, and spirit shows that life is much more than just functions of the body which act as a response to a stimulus.

Creationism is the belief that the entire universe and all of life were created in a special act by a Creator. This is based on the concepts contained within Scripture with an emphasis on the Genesis account of a seven day act of creation. It states that the creation was originally made in a good condition and that over time it is deteriorating and getting worse due to the fall of man and the action of sin. If Creationism, including Created Kinds, is true, then the book of Genesis is foundational to understanding life and the view's on what is important in life must change. The study of Created Kinds, and Creationism in general, helps us to understand what life is, the great value it has, and makes plain what benefits or harms life now and eternally.

Defending Creation in Theology and Science

Worldviews are a concept or image of the universe and man's relationship to it. Ideologies are beliefs or bodies of doctrine that guide an individual or group. Both worldviews and ideologies are primary sources of confirmation bias and pseudoscience. These things encourage a person to jump to a conclusion that goes beyond what the immediate facts state. Whether it is Evolution or Creation that is a the worldview or ideology, it can strongly effect the interpretation of data. In fact, both creationists and evolutionists have the same data and facts to work with ... they just interpret them differently according to their views. True science would take the facts and see which concept is actually supported rather than assuming one or the other. Science is neither friend nor foe. It is a tool by which we can learn about life, ourselves, and the world around us. Our Creator does not do things haphazardly. He is a Maker of order. The patterns of His handiwork appear time and again. The complexity found in living organisms hides layers of incredibly designed information which is now only beginning to be uncovered.

The Creator

The Almighty created the Heavens and the Earth including the plants, the animals, and mankind. He spoke them into existence in a literal seven day act of creation. There are many philosophies, cultures, and ideas that want to take attention away from the Almighty and have believer’s forget the truth about creation and life. By knowing and understanding His word, believers can stand strongly in the truth and resist what is false.

• What Is Intelligent Design?

From Garden to Flood

The book of Genesis states that The Creator made the Heavens and the Earth including plants, animals, and man. The plants and animals made during the Creation Week are often referred to as the genesis kinds. Plants, animals, and mankind were created fully complex and reproducing after their own kind. This allows for variation within a kind, but no transitional forms between kinds. Although the focus is on the relationship with mankind, the Scriptures continue to describe the genesis kinds in both the physical and spiritual aspects of life. The plants are quite different from animals and man on many levels. When the plants were formed on day three, He was designing something that would be used for food, produce oxygen, capture and store energy, and so many other things.

Living in a Fallen World

Many things have changed since sin has entered the world. It has become difficult to fulfill the responsibility to both serve and master the Earth. Man is neither righteous nor loving. Instead he has become selfish and pursues things that are destructive to life. About 4,500 years ago there was a worldwide flood covering the face of the earth for about one year. This caused many of the large scale geological features on the surface of the earth, made dramatic changes to the atmosphere, and set into place the modern hydrologic cycle. This theory would predict the rapid formation and catastrophic deformation of sedimentary layers all over the earth. It also predicts the sudden appearance of many well developed languages throughout the Earth.

Man Kind is defined as the all humans past and present, both male and female, which were initially created in Adam and Eve and placed in the Garden of Eden as described in the Genesis account of creation in the Bible. Creation was made to be inhabited and the Earth was placed under the authority of man kind who is made in the image of the Creator.

The creation of man is told a little differently than the plants and animals. While he is still spoken into existence, he is made in the image of Elohim which includes being given a spirit. Then, rather than reproduce after his kind, he is instructed to fill and subdue the Earth. The first commands given to man were to be fruitful, to multiply, and to subdue the Earth (Gen 1:28). These can be recognized as commands rather than a position or task to fulfill because these words are given in the imperative verb form instead of being a simple noun or adjective form.

Creation Restored

Typically, the Believer thinks about the Messiah in terms of being his or her personal savior. While this is true, He is also the redeemer of all of creation. Creation is currently in a fallen state and man cannot bring it back to where it should be. Man himself is fallen and in need of redemption and restoration. This is a job that must be done by the Creator Himself. The Creator is eternal, but this creation is not. Several passages of Scripture talk about how things now known will grow old, wear out, and later are changed. The Almighty has promised a new Heavens and Earth. All of creation waits for this current time of vanity to end.

Evolutionism and Society

Evolutionism, not to be confused with the Theory of Evolution, is defined as a philosophical, and sometimes spiritual, belief or set of concepts and forces regarding the processes that shape and form life. It is a belief that, over billions of years, all life forms have evolved to their current form (from basic molecules to man) by means of natural processes which cannot be witnessed. Concepts, like abiogenesis, which contradict the known laws of physics are generally believed to be true, despite being statistically impossible.

We live in a post-truth and probably also post-science society. What do you expect when science has gone the way of desired consensus rather than following the evidence or being based on facts for so long? What do you expect when evolutionary thought is supported not so much by evidence, but by squashing and muting the opposition?

• What Is Evolutionism?

Creation Science

The Creation and Evolution debate continues to rage onward and the field of Baraminology (the study of Created Kinds) continues to be one of the front-line battlegounds. This battle is not trying to prove creationism in order to get people to believe, but rather to defend believers from the attacks of evolutionism. Good testable science models, in support of the Genesis account of creation, and their results are needed more than ever in an increasingly secular world.

Elder's Model of Created Kinds

For too long the secular science community has been able to accuse the creation science community of not being able to define a created kind or to produce testable observations. Elder's Models pf Created Kinds attempt to fill that void with concepts to examine the expected condition of morphology, phenotypes, and genotypes over time. These concepts include Environmental Acclimation, Katagenos Species Concept, Heritage Mating, Natanzera Classification System, and Floral Formula Discontinuity Systematics for Angiosperms.

Life is Valuable

The topic of Creationism is not a salvation issue. However, anything, like Evolutionism, that causes doubt or difficulty with understanding or believing Scripture is yet another stumbling block that inhibits a person from becoming a believer or a stronger believer. Without the solid basis of creation for the good news, salvation, and eternal life the preciousness of life is easily overlooked or ignored.

One of the best ways to encourage life is to boldly confront the issues raised by the great questions of life rather than fearing or shying away from them. If we do not have the answers to these questions, then our lives will generally become reactive to situations and people rather than proactive towards a goal. Reactions to family, friends, work, and society may produce a lifestyle we are comfortable with, but a lifestyle is not life itself. When we know the answers to the questions of life, it will produce a sense of purpose and meaning that can give us goals and projects on which to move forward. It is a means to life abundant and a life with blessing.