Science rightly interpreted is consistent with the Bible

Speakers to tackle Darwin's theories
Ron Brown
July 16, 2005

Organizers of the 2005 Creation Mega Conference at Liberty University next week will attempt to prove that teachers of evolution are all about monkey business.

With 27 Christian speakers, many of them with doctorate degrees, the conference will battle the theories of Charles Darwin with science, not religion, organizers say.

Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, believed that human beings evolved from lesser organisms over many generations.

Darwin’s theory, not creationism, is taught in most public schools.

“We’ll be able to show people the mounting scientific evidence that supports creationism,” said David DeWitt, the director of Liberty University’s Center for Creation Studies. “There is so much propaganda out there depicting Creationists as ignorant. We’re not a bunch of flat Earthers.”

LU is co-hosting the conference with Answers in Genesis, a group headed by Ken Ham, who is one of the chief creationist proponents in America.

“This will be our annual national meeting,” said Mark Looy, vice president of outreach and co-founder of Answers in Genesis. “This will be our biggest conference of the year.”

Evening sessions of the conference will be open to the public. The sessions will be held at LU’s Vines Center.

About 1,100 people had registered for the conference by Friday and more are expected to register Sunday.

The conference will run from Sunday through Friday.

LU was selected as the site for the conference because Answers in Genesis personnel have come to know many LU professors, Looy said.

DeWitt, who is a biology professor at the school, will make a presentation on the molecular evidence of creation.

He says DNA science is consistent with the teachings of the Bible.

Proponents of evolution have used only about 1 percent of the DNA markers in supporting their assertions that human beings are the product of evolution, he said.

Genetic codes for molecules that make up organisms typically have about 3,000 markers, DeWitt said.

“They excluded major portions of the DNA letters and ignore major regions of the DNA where there are significant differences,” DeWitt said. “By looking at the full range of DNA letters, I will show important anatomical differences between humans and chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are designed to walk on four legs.”

The molecular evidence is only one area that will be explored during the conference.

The overriding theme of the conference is to debunk secular theory and to show a creator’s hand in the development of the universe.

“Science rightly interpreted is consistent with the Bible,” DeWitt said. “The speakers all believe in the Biblical account of creation.”


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