What About Creation and Evolution?

What About Creation and Evolution? is an article written by A.L. Barry, in his former capacity as president of the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod (an officially creationist Confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States) in support of creationism.

Like most Lutheran groups, the LCMS holds to the doctrine of the two kingdoms, which has it that, inter alia, churchmen are generally supposed to stay out of politics. Hence, this article is nearly free of the political claptrap generally associated with creationist polemic. Confessional Lutherans are almost the exact opposite of charismatic whackjobs, so it also contains very few attempts to use the Bible to shore up the point.

In summary, this is probably the most honest and secular pro-creationist statement in existence. In this side-by-side, we show why it is, notwithstanding, highly erroneous.

For Further Study:

 * Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution (New York: The Free Press, 1996).


 * William Dembski, ''Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology (Downer's Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1999).


 * Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (Chevy Chase, Md.: Adler & Adler, 1985).


 * Carl Wieland, "Darwin's Real Message, Have You Missed It?" Creation Ex Nihilo (14(4):16-19, Sept.-Nov. 1992).