Hello I am 14 and I simply am asking for Atheists opinions on this and what I am about to say. Since I am only 14 you can expect me not to be very knowledgable. But remember a kind can still have good points. I do not want to put any of you on the spot or offend anyone in any way. I am a strong believer in Christ, so I don't want to win an argument, I want to win souls.
So to start off with we need to have some presuppositions. First, everyone in the discussion has to agree that all people operate with a set of starting assumptions. Nothing can be proven in the end. It is either faith in naturalistic science or faith in the science God created. Until then we can't have a civilized argument or rather should I say, conversation.
So to get started I am going to talk about the big bang. The First Law of Thermodynamics - the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes. This law is also very close to the law of the conservation of energy which states: In the absence of external work input or output, the energy of a system remains unchanged. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. So you see both laws say that wether or not you have internal changes of a system, the rate if energy stays the same or constant. Then in the conservation of energy the systems energy can only be changed by an external input or output. So basically that states right there that it is physically impossible for the big bang to occur. Because the BB is stated as being a outward expansion, the fact that you cannot have a system change energy in any way without a external input or output, nothing would happen. So the big bang is rendered as impossible based on these two laws.
So next I would like to talk about fossil records. The utter failure of the fossil record to back up evolution is an important subject for us to talk about.
Yes, there are transitional species, but
1.they are few and far between.
2.they are all controversial.
3.their shelf life tends to be about a decade before they are replaced.
There is nothing stopping God from having created a fascinating assortment of creatures. From all appearance, He did not. Had we found the transitional fossils or species required for evolution, they would be used as evidence for evolution and as a weapon against creation. Yet, they could not logically be submitted as proof for evolution and disproof of creation because the data could easily fit into either model. The fact is, however, that a general lack of transitional species exists, which does not fit nicely into evolutionary theory. Darwin predicted that future scientists would find innumerable transitional fossils. In fact, he said this would be a direct test of his theory. 150 years later, the missing links are still missing. So what else must I say about this?
So this is it. I could say more but it is getting late here and I need to go to sleep. So basically I want your opinions. Do you think this is sound logic? Remember I do not mean this as proof of creation. I simply wanted to see how you guys would see this. Please don't be mean because in end it makes you look bad.
