Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: MIQ
Program Code: MIQ000003
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00:02 ♪ ♪ >> BACK IN 1938, A CAPTAIN
00:08 HENRIK GOOSEN WAS FISHING WITH HIS CREW OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH 00:12 AFRICA WHEN THEY CAUGHT A VERY UNUSUAL FISH. 00:15 MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS SO BIZARRE, NONE OF THEM KNEW WHAT 00:17 IT WAS. 00:19 THEY BROUGHT IT BACK TO A DIRECTOR OF A MUSEUM IN NEW 00:22 ENGLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, SHE SAID, 00:26 "THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH YOUR FISH. 00:28 IT'S BEEN EXTINCT FOR 65 MILLION YEARS AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 00:32 ONE OF THE MISSING LINKS." 00:34 IT HAD THESE STUBBY FINS THAT IT SUPPOSEDLY USED TO WALK UPON 00:37 LAND. 00:39 THE PROBLEM WAS, WHEN THEY CAUGHT IT, IT WAS IN VERY DEEP 00:41 WATER, AND IN BRINGING IT UP, IT DIED AS IT GOT CLOSER TO THE 00:44 SURFACE. 00:45 IT'S CALLED A COELACANTH. 00:46 IT LIVED ALONG WITH THE DINOSAURS. 00:49 SO HOW COULD THERE BE MODERN COELACANTHS TODAY -- THEY'VE 00:52 CAUGHT SEVERAL OTHERS -- AND IT REALLY BE 65 MILLION YEARS OLD? 00:57 OR MAYBE THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE DATING SYSTEM. 01:00 DID WE EVOLVE, OR DID GOD CREATE US? 01:03 WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT NOW IN THIS PRESENTATION OF M.I.Q. 01:08 ♪ ♪ >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS 01:12 LISTENING? 01:13 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 01:16 >> CAN THE BIBLE BE TRUSTED? 01:17 >> WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? 01:19 >> COLLEGE? 01:20 >> CARS? 01:22 >> A JOB? 01:23 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 01:24 >> CAN I MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 01:25 [ALL ASKING QUESTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY] 01:32 >> ...OR WHAT? 01:36 >> ANNOUNCER: "M.I.Q.": YOUR QUESTIONS, GOD'S ANSWERS. 01:41 >> WHERE DO WE COME FROM? 01:42 APES? 01:43 ALIENS? 01:44 ADAM AND EVE? 01:45 JOIN US NOW AS WE DISCUSS ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS OF 01:48 TODAY. 01:49 WELCOME TO M.I.Q. 01:52 >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 01:54 WELCOME BACK TO M.I.Q.: 01:56 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 01:58 WE'RE IN PURSUIT OF TRUTH. 02:00 AND TODAY, WE'RE ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTION, "WHERE DO WE 02:03 COME FROM?" 02:04 I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THOSE IN OUR AUDIENCE FROM CEDAR LAKE, 02:07 MICHIGAN, AND ALSO THE STUDENTS OF GREAT LAKES ADVENTIST 02:10 ACADEMY. 02:11 THANKS FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. 02:12 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD ON THE VARIOUS 02:16 TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ON THE INTERNET, WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND A 02:18 SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOU AS WELL. 02:20 THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS PROGRAM. 02:23 NOW, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 02:26 THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH US. 02:28 YOU CAN GO TO THE M.I.Q. TEENS WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN POST YOUR 02:32 QUESTION RIGHT ONLINE. 02:34 THAT WEB ADDRESS IS 02:35 MIQTEENS.COM. 02:38 AND WHILE YOU'RE AT THE WEBSITE, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE VARIOUS 02:41 RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE. 02:43 WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAVE POSTED ONLINE THAT 02:46 YOU CAN READ. 02:47 WE HAVE VARIOUS ARTICLES. 02:49 WE ALSO HAVE AN ARCHIVE OF ALL THE PROGRAMS. 02:51 SO IF YOU'VE MISSED ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PROGRAMS, YOU CAN GO TO 02:54 THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN VIEW IT AND CATCH UP WITH THE REST OF 02:57 THE GROUP. 02:59 TO THOSE OF YOU HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I HOPE YOU HAVE 03:01 RECEIVED YOUR M.I.Q. WORKBOOK, AND ALSO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE 03:05 WATCHING. 03:05 THAT'S A GREAT RESOURCE. 03:08 YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE WORKBOOK THAT 03:10 WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE OF TIME: A LOT 03:13 OF INTERESTING FACTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 03:16 SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WORKBOOK. 03:17 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE: 03:19 MIQTEENS.COM. 03:21 YOU CAN ORDER YOUR WORKBOOK ONLINE. 03:24 YOU CAN ALSO SEND US A TEXT MESSAGE WITH YOUR QUESTION. 03:28 IF YOU WANNA SEND A TEXT MESSAGE, THE NUMBER IS 03:30 760-5-AFACTS. 03:34 760-523-2287. 03:40 WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 03:41 NOW, FRIENDS, WE HAVE A THEME SONG THAT WE LIKE TO SING AT THE 03:44 BEGINNING OF EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS. 03:46 SEVERAL PROGRAMS BACK, WE ASKED FOR YOUR HELP TO NAME THE SONG. 03:51 THE SONG WAS JUST WRITTEN FOR THE SERIES. 03:53 WE'VE GOTTEN MANY TEXT RESPONSES AND EMAILS WITH SUGGESTED NAMES. 03:58 THERE HAS BEEN ONE CENTRAL SUGGESTION, ONE NAME THAT HAS 04:02 RISEN UP ABOVE THE REST. 04:03 AND I THINK WE'VE DECIDED ON THAT. 04:06 THIS IS GONNA BE THE NAME. 04:07 NOW, I'M NOT GONNA TELL YOU WHAT THE NAME IS, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE 04:09 ABLE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. 04:12 FOUR WORDS, REPEATED AT LEAST TWICE IN THE CHORUS OF THE SONG. 04:17 SO WATCH FOR IT AS WE SING IT THIS EVENING. 04:19 OUR SONG LEADERS ARE COMING FORWARD. 04:21 AT THE END OF OUR THEME SONG, LAUREN WILL HAVE OUR OPENING 04:25 PRAYER. 04:25 LET'S STAND NOW AS WE SING. 04:27 ♪ ♪ ♪ WHEN I GAZE ABOUT THE 04:38 COUNTLESS STARS ♪ ♪ OR ON AN ENDLESS SEA ♪ 04:44 ♪ MY MIND MAY SWIM WITH QUESTIONS ♪ 04:48 ♪ BEWILDERING TO ME ♪ ♪ BUT THEN I READ THE BIBLE ♪ 04:56 ♪ AND SEEK YOUR FACE IN PRAYER ♪ 05:00 ♪ I'M SATISFIED REMEMBERING ♪ ♪ YOUR LOVING GRACE AND CARE ♪ 05:09 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 05:13 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 05:20 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 05:25 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:33 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 05:41 ♪ I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS ♪ ♪ I WONDER IN MY HEART ♪ 05:49 ♪ HOW SOMETHING COMES FROM NOTHING ♪ 05:53 ♪ WHEN DID FOREVER START ♪ ♪ WHY CAN'T I SEE YOUR GLORY ♪ 06:01 ♪ WHERE IS THE PROMISED LAND ♪ ♪ I TRUST THAT YOU WILL LEAD ME 06:08 THERE ♪ ♪ IF I CAN TAKE YOUR HAND ♪ 06:13 ♪ WHATEVER QUESTIONS I MAY HAVE ♪ 06:18 ♪ WHETHER GREAT OR SMALL ♪ ♪ I KNOW JESUS DIED TO SAVE 06:25 ME ♪ ♪ AND THAT HE FORGAVE ME ♪ 06:30 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 06:38 ♪ JESUS IS THE ANSWER TO IT ALL ♪ 06:47 >> DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL 06:49 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. 06:51 PLEASE HELP US ALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR WORD AND JUST 06:55 BE WITH EVERYONE HERE ON CAMPUS AND AROUND THE WORLD TO GAIN A 06:58 BETTER UNDERSTANDING. 07:00 AND PLEASE HELP THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE WITH US. 07:01 IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. 07:03 ♪ ♪ >> PASTOR DOUG: AMEN. 07:10 HI, EVERYBODY. 07:11 GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. 07:13 AND I WANNA WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING ON THE VARIOUS 07:16 CHANNELS, AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE JOINED US FOR M.I.Q. 07:20 THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: A SPECIAL SERIES OF 07:24 AMAZING FACTS, ESPECIALLY FOR TEENS. 07:27 AND YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST SAY -- IF I CAN 07:29 DO THIS -- I WANNA SAY HI TO TWO BATCHELOR TEENAGERS THAT ARE AT 07:33 HOME, STEPHEN AND NATHAN, WHO I THINK ARE WATCHING THIS SERIES. 07:36 AND I WISH THEY COULD BE HERE, BUT THEY'VE GOT SCHOOL ALSO. 07:39 AND WANNA WELCOME EACH OF YOU AND JUST SEND GREETINGS TO OUR 07:42 FAMILIES. 07:43 >> WELL, PASTOR DOUG, IT'S QUESTION TIME ONCE AGAIN. 07:47 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 07:47 I PROBABLY -- NOW THAT YOU MENTION THAT, I PROBABLY 07:49 SHOULD JUST GREET MY FAMILY. 07:51 THEY'RE WATCHING AT HOME. 07:52 >> THEY'RE GONNA FEEL LEFT OUT NOW. 07:53 >> THEY WILL. 07:54 I DON'T HAVE TEENAGERS, BUT I KNOW MY KIDS ARE WATCHING, SO I 07:56 JUST WANNA GREET THE ROSS CLAN BACK IN SACRAMENTO. 08:00 WELL, LET'S GET TO THE QUESTIONS. 08:01 I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION IS READY FOR US. 08:03 >> OKAY. 08:07 >> HI, MY NAME IS DARQUAID [PHONETIC], AND MY 08:09 QUESTION IS, WHY WOULD GOD LET OTHERS GET THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT 08:14 EVOLUTION AND CREATION? 08:19 >> ALL RIGHT. 08:20 WHY WOULD GOD ALLOW PEOPLE TO EVEN GET THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT 08:23 CREATION AND EVOLUTION? 08:26 YOU KNOW, REALLY, THAT QUESTION GOES TO THE HEART OF ANOTHER 08:28 ISSUE: WHY DOES GOD ALLOW THE DEVIL TO DECEIVE? 08:32 BECAUSE IT'S -- THE WHOLE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION IS REALLY 08:34 A DECEPTION THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT INTO, ALONG WITH 08:38 MANY OTHER DECEPTIONS. 08:40 WHY DOES GOD ALLOW THAT? 08:42 WELL, OUR WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, HAS BEEN INVADED -- 08:45 KIDNAPPED, TO SOME EXTENT -- BY AN ARCH FIEND CALLED SATAN OR 08:49 LUCIFER. 08:51 HE WAS THE HIGHEST OF GOD'S CREATED BEINGS. 08:53 HE REBELLED. 08:55 AND WHEN HE CAME TO THIS PLANET IN ITS INFANCY, HE TEMPTED OUR 08:58 FIRST PARENTS TO LISTEN TO HIM INSTEAD OF GOD. 09:02 THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 6, "WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE 09:06 SERVANTS YOU ARE." 09:07 AND WHEN OUR FIRST PARENTS BEGAN TO LISTEN TO THE DEVIL'S 09:10 SUGGESTIONS INSTEAD OF THE COMMANDS OF GOD, HE BASICALLY 09:14 KIDNAPPED THIS PLANET. 09:16 AND SO HE'S BEEN SPREADING DECEPTIONS EVER SINCE THEN. 09:19 THE IDEA ABOUT OUR ORIGINS IS ONLY ONE OF THOSE MANY 09:22 DECEPTIONS. 09:24 >> LAST NIGHT, PASTOR DOUG, WE SPOKE ABOUT THE BIBLE. 09:27 CAN YOU TRUST THE BIBLE? 09:28 WELL, WE HAVE A QUESTION THAT SORT OF TIES IN WITH THAT THEME. 09:32 AND I THINK IT'S READY. 09:33 ♪ ♪ THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU 09:42 STUDY THE BIBLE? 09:45 >> THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 09:47 NOW, WHEN I FIRST BEGAN TO READ THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T 09:52 RAISED UNDERSTANDING THIS, AND IT'S WRITTEN WHERE THE BIBLE IS 09:56 DIVIDED UP AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR BOOKS OF HISTORY AND THE SONGS, 09:59 THE BOOKS OF POETRY, YOU'VE GOT THE GOSPELS, MINOR PROPHETS 10:02 AND MAJOR PROPHETS. 10:03 AND I FOUND IT WAS HELPFUL TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY, 10:07 WHICH IS THE BACKDROP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS. 10:09 AND YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I LOVE THE STORIES IN THE BIBLE. 10:13 AND SO I WAS READING THE STORY OF THE EXODUS -- GENESIS THROUGH 10:18 EXODUS -- THE STORY OF THE JUDGES AND FIRST AND SECOND 10:22 SAMUEL, FIRST AND SECOND KINGS. 10:24 AND THEN I WENT TO THE GOSPELS. 10:26 AND THEN EVERYTHING JESUS SAID IN THE GOSPELS MADE A LOT MORE 10:29 SENSE. 10:30 YOU MIGHT JUST START BY READING LITTLE PASSAGES AT A TIME. 10:34 THE PSALMS ARE GREAT IF YOU WANT INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT 10:37 FOR THE TRIALS OF LIFE. 10:39 AND IF YOU WANT WISDOM, I KNOW SOMEBODY THAT READS -- BECAUSE 10:42 THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 30 DAYS IN EACH MONTH -- THEY READ ONE OF 10:44 THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON, OR ONE CHAPTER, EVERYDAY. 10:49 AND YOU GET A LOT OF WISDOM THAT WAY. 10:50 SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN APPROACH THE BIBLE, BUT 10:54 FIRST GET THE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE MAIN STORY IS. 10:56 YOU MIGHT BEGIN, EVEN, BY TAKING ONE GOSPEL, LIKE THE GOSPEL OF 11:00 LUKE OR JOHN, AND JUST READ THAT AND GET THE BACKDROP FOR IT. 11:05 AND THEN JUST LET THE LORD SPEAK TO YOU EVERYDAY. 11:07 THERE ARE MANY BIBLE-READING PROGRAMS YOU COULD USE. 11:09 I HAVE ONE ON MY COMPUTER. 11:10 EVERY MORNING I USE IT. 11:12 AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DOING NOW -- THIS IS NEW. 11:14 I'M NOT ONLY READING THE BIBLE, WHICH I'VE DONE FOR YEARS, 11:17 READING THROUGH THE BIBLE, BUT I'VE GOT AUDIO THAT WILL READ IT 11:20 TO YOU ONLINE. 11:21 YOU CAN HEAR IT READ. 11:22 SO WHILE I'M READING THE WORDS, I'M HEARING IT READ AND I'M 11:24 FINDING I'M GETTING NEW THINGS I'VE MISSED BEFORE. 11:27 IT'S A BOOK -- YOU READ AND READ IT AND READ IT, AND YOU ALWAYS 11:30 GET SOMETHING NEW. 11:31 IT'S LIKE A MINE; YOU NEVER GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. 11:34 >> ABSOLUTELY. 11:35 ALL RIGHT, WELL, PASTOR DOUG, I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION 11:37 WE'LL GO TO AT THIS TIME. 11:42 >> MY NAME'S LANE, AND... 11:45 I ALWAYS WONDERED, WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE INFORMATION ON GENESIS 11:49 AND HOW WE WERE CREATED AND THE TIME SPAN SKIPS SO MUCH? 11:59 >> OKAY, WHY DON'T WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN GENESIS REGARDING 12:01 THE DETAILS OF CREATION? 12:04 WELL, GOD IN THE BIBLE OFTEN JUST SETS THE BACKDROP WITH 12:07 HEADLINES. 12:09 AND THEN HE GOES IN AND HE FILLS IN THE DETAILS. 12:12 THE BACKDROP FOR THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE WORLD 12:15 IS NOT THAT GOD CREATED US. 12:17 HE BASICALLY EXPLAINS THAT HE CREATED EVERYTHING, THAT HE 12:21 SPOKE THINGS INTO EXISTENCE. 12:22 MATTER OF FACT, IT SURPRISED ME WHEN I FIRST READ THE BIBLE HOW 12:25 MUCH INFORMATION THERE WAS REGARDING CREATION, BECAUSE THAT 12:29 WASN'T REALLY THE PROBLEM. 12:30 THE PROBLEM IS SIN. 12:31 AND SO HE TELLS US SIN WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE WORLD, AND 12:34 THE SOLUTION FOR SIN. 12:36 MATTER OF FACT, THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE TALKS 12:39 ABOUT GOD CREATING MAN, PLACING HIM IN A PARADISE, AND THROUGH 12:43 DISOBEDIENCE, HE LOST ACCESS TO THE TREE OF LIFE. 12:48 IN THE BEGINNING, THERE'S A MARRIAGE, THERE'S A SERPENT. 12:51 YOU GO TO THE LAST THREE CHAPTERS OF THE BIBLE, AND NOW 12:54 YOU HAVE... SIN IS DEALT WITH, THERE'S ANOTHER MARRIAGE BETWEEN 12:59 CHRIST AND THE CHURCH, MAN CAN EAT FROM THE TREE OF LIFE AGAIN, 13:04 AND THE SERPENT IS DESTROYED. 13:05 IT'S THE COMPLETE SOLUTION FOUND IN THE BIBLE: HOW THE GARDEN WAS 13:09 LOST, HOW TO GET BACK TO THE GARDEN. 13:12 IT'S ALL THERE, REALLY. 13:13 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT HAS COME IN. 13:17 ♪ ♪ THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS A GOOD 13:25 BIBLE TRANSLATION TO STUDY? 13:27 IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO STUDY THE BIBLE, WHERE SHOULD THEY START? 13:30 >> WELL, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM IN ENGLISH -- LATER WE 13:33 EXPECT TO TRANSLATE IT -- THERE ARE MORE ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF 13:37 THE BIBLE THAN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE. 13:40 AND OF COURSE, THE CLASSIC KING JAMES VERSION HAS HAD MORE 13:44 IMPACT ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAN ANY OTHER PIECE OF 13:47 LITERATURE. 13:48 MY FAVORITE, WHAT I'M USING HERE IS THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION, 13:52 WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR, BUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN 13:54 MODERNIZED A LITTLE BIT. 13:56 MATTER OF FACT, I'M HOLDING -- THIS IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE A 13:58 COMMERCIAL -- I'M USING AN AMAZING FACTS STUDY BIBLE. 14:02 AND IT NOT ONLY HAS THE BIBLE AND THE RED LETTER AND 14:04 EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S GOT ALL OF THE AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY 14:07 GUIDES IN THE BACK, ALONG WITH A CONCORDANCE AND STUFF. 14:10 SO YOU CAN GO AROUND AND GIVE BIBLE STUDIES. 14:12 AND SO, WE WANTED TO DEVELOP A BIBLE TO HELP PEOPLE NOT ONLY 14:15 STUDY, BUT TO GIVE BIBLE STUDIES. 14:18 AND YOU CAN FIND BIBLES THAT HAVE MAPS IN THEM. 14:20 I THINK THIS HAS MAPS TOO. 14:21 YOU CAN FIND ALL KINDS OF STUDY RESOURCES. 14:23 SO MY FAVORITE IS THE NEW KING JAMES. 14:26 I THINK IT'S GOOD TO STICK WITH A BIBLE TRANSLATION THAT IS AS 14:30 CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT. 14:33 SOME ARE PARAPHRASED BIBLES WHERE A PERSON SORT OF PUTS IT 14:36 IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, AND THEY MIGHT BE EASY READING, BUT 14:39 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE FOR STUDY. 14:42 >> ALL RIGHT. 14:42 WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 14:43 WE HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO QUESTION. 14:49 >> HI, MY NAME IS KHAN [PHONETIC], AND MY QUESTION 14:51 IS, HOW LONG WERE ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE 14:54 THEY WERE KICKED OUT? 15:00 >> GOOD QUESTION. 15:02 HOW LONG DID ADAM AND EVE LIVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN AND ENJOY 15:05 IT BEFORE THEY WERE EVICTED BECAUSE OF SIN? 15:08 WELL, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SPECULATE A LITTLE BIT. 15:10 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT ADAM AND EVE WERE PERFECT AND HEALTHY, 15:14 AND GOD HAD TOLD THEM, "BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY." 15:17 THEY HADN'T HAD ANY CHILDREN YET, AND SO THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T 15:21 GET TO ENJOY THE GARDEN FOR VERY LONG BEFORE THEY WERE 15:23 TEMPTED, DECEIVED AND CAST OUT. 15:26 AND SO MY GUESS IS -- AND THERE'S NO EXACT WAY OF 15:29 KNOWING -- IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS OR MONTHS 15:32 BEFORE... YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL COMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE 15:34 VULNERABLE. 15:35 AND THEY WERE FRESH FROM THE HANDS OF THE CREATOR, AND HE 15:39 KIND OF HIT THEM WITH A BLITZKRIEG. 15:41 SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS VERY LONG INTO THEIR LIVES BEFORE 15:44 THIS HAPPENED. 15:45 BY THE WAY, ADAM'S LIFE IS GIVEN AS I THINK 930 YEARS, AND THAT 15:49 PROBABLY STARTED FROM HIS CREATION. 15:51 >> WELL, THANK YOU, PASTOR DOUG. 15:52 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, FRIENDS, FOR YOUR BIBLE QUESTIONS. 15:55 THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, YOU CAN SEND US YOUR BIBLE QUESTION 15:58 THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE. 16:00 THE NUMBER TO TEXT TO IS 760-523-2287. 16:07 YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION 16:10 ONLINE. 16:10 THE WEBSITE IS MIQTEENS.COM. 16:14 PASTOR DOUG, WE'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO YOU. 16:16 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR ROSS. 16:19 FRIENDS, TONIGHT'S SUBJECT IS JUST SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IF 16:24 YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, WELL, IT'LL AFFECT YOUR WHOLE LIFE. 16:29 WE'RE DEALING WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 16:31 YOU CAN'T HAVE SECURITY UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE THREE BIG 16:34 ISSUES. 16:35 ONE: WHERE DID I COME FROM? 16:38 TWO: WHAT AM I DOING HERE? 16:41 AND THREE: WHERE AM I GOING? 16:44 YOUR WHOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE FOR EXISTING AND YOUR WHOLE 16:47 DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE DEFINED BY THOSE BIG QUESTIONS. 16:52 THERE IS A MASTERPIECE OF DECEPTION THAT JUST IN THE LAST 16:57 150 YEARS HAS BEEN SPREADING THROUGH THE WORLD REGARDING THE 17:02 ORIGIN OF MAN THAT IS EXPLODING. 17:06 IT'S DESTROYING PEOPLE'S PURPOSE FOR LIFE. 17:09 NOW, THIS IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE I WAS RAISED -- 17:12 YOU KNOW, I WENT TO 14 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 17:16 AND I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND JEWISH SCHOOLS, PUBLIC 17:20 SCHOOLS, MILITARY SCHOOLS, FREE SCHOOLS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT 17:24 SCHOOLS. 17:26 AND MOST OF THE SCHOOLS I WENT TO, THEY TAUGHT THAT WE HAVE 17:29 EVOLVED FROM LOWER FORMS OF LIFE AND THERE'S REALLY NO PURPOSE 17:32 TO LIFE, THAT WE'RE ALL JUST... 17:36 BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENTS OF CHANCE AND TIME AND THAT YOUR VALUES 17:42 ARE NO IMPORTANT [SIC] THAN MY VALUES AND THERE JUST REALLY IS 17:45 NO TRUTH, NOTHING MATTERS. 17:48 AND I USED TO THINK A LOT ABOUT SUICIDE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 17:51 "WELL, IF WE JUST SORT OF EVOLVED FROM SLUDGE, AND WE'RE 17:55 GOING BACK TO FERTILIZER, THEN WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? 17:59 AND IF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH UNHAPPINESS SO MUCH OF THE TIME, 18:02 WHY NOT GET IT OVER WITH?" 18:04 IS IT ANY WONDER THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN THE TEACHING OF 18:08 EVOLUTION, THERE'S ALSO BEEN A SPIKE IN TEEN SUICIDE? 18:14 BECAUSE I THINK IT REALLY CHOPS AWAY AT THE PURPOSE OF LIFE. 18:18 BUT IF WHAT GOD SAYS IS TRUE, IF WE HAVE ALL BEEN CREATED IN THE 18:22 IMAGE OF GOD WITH A GREAT PURPOSE OF GOD AND DESIGNED BY 18:26 GOD AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR OUR LIVES, WELL, THAT CHANGES 18:29 EVERYTHING. 18:30 YOUR WHOLE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHY YOU'RE ALIVE IS CHANGED. 18:33 IF YOU AND I HAVE EVOLVED, THERE REALLY IS NO PURPOSE. 18:36 SO THE DEVIL IS WORKING WITH ALL OF HIS POWER AND SKILL TO TRY TO 18:42 REINFORCE THIS FALSE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION. 18:45 AND I SHOULD ALSO ADD... 18:48 I GREW UP BELIEVING IN IT. 18:50 I USED TO LAUGH AT PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT GOD CREATED. 18:53 I THOUGHT IT WAS ABSURD. 18:56 AND NOW I'M ACTUALLY ASHAMED. 18:59 NOT BECAUSE OF JUST WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, BUT THE ABUNDANCE OF 19:04 LOGIC AND REASON AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, I JUST CANNOT 19:10 CONVINCE MYSELF TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS ALL AN ACCIDENT OF CHANCE. 19:15 NOW, IN OUR LESSON TONIGHT -- AND I MIGHT NOT EVEN GET THROUGH 19:19 ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE LESSON. 19:19 I'LL COVER AS MANY AS I CAN, BECAUSE I REALLY WANNA NAIL DOWN 19:22 SOME POINTS. 19:23 BUT IN OUR LESSON, WE'RE GONNA COVER A SPECTRUM OF ISSUES THAT 19:27 DEAL WITH, "WHERE DID I COME FROM?" 19:29 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE 19:31 BEING CHALLENGED BY THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION? 19:36 AND BY THE WAY, IT IS STILL A THEORY. 19:39 YOU MIGHT GET A LOT OF... 19:42 EVOLUTIONARY SCIENTISTS TO SORT OF STAND TOGETHER AND SAY, 19:45 "ABSOLUTELY, WE BELIEVE IT," BUT YOU START ASKING THEM 19:48 INDIVIDUALLY THE SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND THE DATING 19:51 METHODS AND THE GEOLOGIC COLUMN, THEY ALL BEGIN TO ARGUE AND 19:55 FIGHT AND CLAW EACH OTHER LIKE CATS. 19:58 THEY DON'T AGREE. 20:01 MATTER OF FACT, MAYBE BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER, I OUGHTTA JUST 20:03 SAY THIS WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT. 20:06 WHY DO WE HAVE THIS THEORY? 20:08 I'VE GOT A THEORY ABOUT THE THEORY. 20:12 YOU'RE HERE. 20:13 MATTER OF FACT, YOU MIGHT DO A CHECK RIGHT NOW. 20:16 FEEL YOUR HEART? 20:19 ARE YOU BREATHING? 20:21 LET'S ASSUME THAT YOU JUST DON'T IMAGINE YOU'RE ALIVE, THAT 20:24 YOU'RE REALLY ALIVE. 20:24 OKAY? 20:25 LET'S ESTABLISH THAT FACT. 20:26 HOW MANY AGREE WITH THAT? 20:27 YOU'RE ALIVE? 20:28 OKAY. 20:28 AND THESE OTHER PEOPLE ARE ALIVE. 20:30 THEY'RE NOT JUST FIGMENTS OF YOUR OWN LITTLE DELUSION YOU'RE 20:32 LIVING IN. 20:33 THEY REALLY LIVE TOO. 20:34 ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE ALL HERE. 20:37 EITHER GOD MADE US -- WE ARE THE RESULT OF AN INTELLIGENT 20:42 PLAN -- OR THERE IS NO PLAN. 20:44 YOU REALLY ONLY HAVE THOSE TWO CHOICES. 20:47 IF THERE IS A GOD, THEN THAT MEANS HE'S IN CHARGE. 20:52 AND THAT MEANS HE IS, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO HIM, THAT HE'S 20:56 THE LEADER. 20:57 SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT GOD TO BE IN CHARGE. 21:01 THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO GOD. 21:03 THEY WANT TO DO WHATEVER THEY FEEL LIKE DOING, LIKE AN ANIMAL, 21:07 AND NOT FEEL GUILTY ABOUT DOING IT OR FEEL RESPONSIBLE. 21:10 AND SO THEY'VE DEVELOPED A THEORY THAT REMOVES GOD FROM 21:16 THEIR CONSCIENCE AND FROM THE EQUATION. 21:18 THAT IS THE REASON. 21:21 THAT'S WHERE EVOLUTION COMES FROM. 21:23 YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST LEARNED THIS, I WENT TO A SCHOOL. 21:26 IT WAS A BOARDING SCHOOL. 21:28 NOT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. 21:29 MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS THE OPPOSITE OF THAT. 21:32 HAD A SCIENCE TEACHER. 21:34 WAS MARRIED, PREGNANT WIFE. 21:38 ONE DAY SHE CAME INTO THE CAFETERIA CRYING HER EYES OUT. 21:41 WE ALL BEGAN TO CONSOLE HER AND TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS 21:43 WRONG. 21:43 AND SHE SAID, "WELL, MY HUSBAND IS HAVING ANOTHER RELATIONSHIP 21:47 WITH ANOTHER FACULTY MEMBER, A LADY." 21:50 AND WE SAID, "WELL, HOW CAN HE DO THAT SO OPENLY?" 21:53 AND SHE SAYS, "WELL, HE BELIEVES THIS IS NATURAL FOR ANIMALS AND 21:56 THAT WE SHOULD JUST GO WITH THE FLOW." 22:00 AND THAT'S WHERE THAT KIND OF THINKING LEADS. 22:03 HE WAS A SCIENCE TEACHER, BY THE WAY. 22:04 HE SAID, "LOOK, WE'RE ALL ANIMALS AND THIS HAPPENS IN 22:06 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 22:07 WE SHOULD JUST ACCEPT IT. 22:07 IT'S NORMAL; NOTHING PERSONAL." 22:09 THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TELLING HIS WIFE. 22:12 AND SO, IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU BELIEVE. 22:14 AND BACK THEN, I WAS AN ATHEIST. 22:16 I THOUGHT, "SOMETHING ISN'T RIGHT ABOUT THIS." 22:19 AND I BEGAN TO THINK THAT THERE MUST BE SOME MORAL TRUTH. 22:22 THERE MUST BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND 22:25 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAY YOU LIVE. 22:28 AND SO HAVING SAID THAT AS A BIG INTRODUCTION, LET'S GET TO OUR 22:31 FIRST QUESTION. 22:33 QUESTION NUMBER ONE IN OUR BIG QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK. 22:38 IT SAYS... 22:42 LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 22:43 THIS IS THE BOOK THAT'S OUR SOURCE BOOK. 22:45 IN GENESIS 1:3, IT READS... 22:56 NOW, YOU AND I THINK, "WOW, THAT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. 22:58 GOD JUST SAYS, 'LET THERE BE LIGHT,' AND THERE IS LIGHT." 23:01 YOU KNOW, I SAW AN INTERESTING PROGRAM PUT OUT BY NOVA. 23:04 NOVA IS A SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION. 23:07 THEY ARE EVOLUTIONISTS. 23:10 THEY MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN CREATION. 23:13 AND IN THIS PROGRAM CALLED THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE, NOVA REPORTS 23:15 "THE NEWEST RESEARCH INDICATES THAT ALL OF THE UNIVERSE CAME 23:20 AS A RESULT OF SOUND." 23:23 I'M QUOTING NOW. 23:24 "ACCORDING TO STRING THEORY," SOME OF YOU MAYBE ARE STUDYING 23:27 THAT, "ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE, ALL OF THE 23:31 PARTICLES THAT MAKE UP MATTER AND FORCES, IS COMPRISED OF 23:34 TINY, VIBRATING FUNDAMENTAL STRINGS. 23:38 SOUND WAVES." 23:40 HA! 23:41 THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE. 23:43 "AND GOD SAID..." 23:46 HE SPOKE THINGS INTO EXISTENCE. 23:48 NOW I KNOW YOU AND I ARE THINKING, "HOW COULD THAT 23:50 POSSIBLY BE?" 23:51 BUT THINK ABOUT HOW LITTLE WE KNOW, COMPARED TO HOW MUCH 23:54 KNOWLEDGE THERE IS. 23:55 ONE THING YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT, YOU KINDA OF GO THROUGH A 23:59 CURVE IN LIFE... 24:01 WHEN YOU'RE YOU KNOW... 6, 7, 8, 9, YOU REALIZE, "YOU KNOW, I 24:04 DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH. 24:05 EVERYBODY AROUND ME SEEMS TO KNOW SO MUCH," AND YOUR PARENTS, 24:07 YOU THINK THEY'RE GENIUSES. 24:08 AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE TEENAGE YEARS AND YOU THINK, 24:10 "WOW, MY PARENTS DON'T KNOW ANYTHING." 24:13 AND THEN YOU KNOW, AROUND, 18, 20, YOU START COMING OUT OF THAT 24:16 AND YOUR CONCEPT OF HOW MUCH YOU KNOW STARTS GOING BACK DOWN 24:19 AGAIN. 24:20 YOU GET A LITTLE MORE HUMBLE. 24:21 AND THEN AS YOU GET OLDER, YOUR IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU KNOW IS 24:24 GONNA GO LIKE THIS. 24:25 YOUR KNOWLEDGE WILL GO UP BECAUSE THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND 24:28 HUMILITY IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM. 24:30 SO THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE YOU KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW AND THAT 24:33 MEANS YOU KNOW MORE. 24:36 DID YOU GET THAT? 24:38 THE MORE YOU LEARN, THE MORE YOU'LL REALIZE, "I DON'T KNOW." 24:42 SO FOR US TO SAY, "HOW CAN GOD CREATE THINGS BY SPEAKING THEM 24:45 INTO EXISTENCE?" 24:46 DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 24:47 HE SAID IT, HE CAN DO IT. 24:49 AND WE MAY NEED TO CATCH UP WITH ALL THE SCIENTIFIC ANSWERS FOR 24:51 THAT. 24:52 AND SOMEONE ASKED A GOOD QUESTION: WHY ISN'T THERE MORE 24:54 IN THE BIBLE ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC NATURE OF CREATION? 24:57 YOU KNOW HOW MANY BOOKS WE'D HAVE HERE TO TRY AND GET US 25:00 TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOD CAN SPEAK SOMETHING INTO EXISTENCE? 25:04 THINK ABOUT THE UNIVERSE AGAIN. 25:06 HE'S VERY POWERFUL. 25:07 HE'S VERY BIG. 25:08 BUT HE GAVE US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. 25:11 AND SO TRUST HIS WORD. 25:12 QUESTION NUMBER TWO: 25:24 NOW, BEFORE I GO TO THE SCRIPTURE TO GIVE YOU THE 25:26 ANSWER... 25:29 ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF A LIGAR BEFORE? 25:32 YOU HAVE? 25:33 OH, THEY GOT IT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE. 25:34 A LIGAR IS A CROSS BETWEEN A TIGER AND A LION. 25:40 I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T CALL THEM "TIONS" BUT THEY CHOSE TO 25:43 CALL THEM "LIGARS." 25:45 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A ZEBRA WITH A DONKEY? 25:50 A ZONKEY. 25:52 [LAUGHTER] ISN'T THAT A CUTE LITTLE ZONKEY? 25:55 NOW, PASTOR ROSS IS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 25:57 I DON'T KNOW. 25:58 MAYBE HE'S SEEN A ZONKEY BEFORE. 25:59 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO WITH IT. 26:01 IT LOOKS, IT KINDA LOOKS PITIFUL IF YOU ASK ME, BUT THEY'RE CUTE. 26:06 AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER CREATURES THAT YOU CAN CROSS, 26:08 BUT YOU MUST DO IT WITHIN THEIR SPECIES. 26:12 AND MATTER OF FACT, YOU CAN EVEN CROSS A WHALE AND A DOLPHIN AND 26:17 WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU CALL THAT? 26:19 IT'S A WHALPHIN. 26:21 IT'S TRUE. 26:22 MATTER OF FACT, IN OUR ANSWER, WE'VE GOT A PICTURE OF ONE. 26:24 GENESIS 1:21, 24. 26:27 THAT'S A WHALPHIN. 26:44 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY IN VERSE 24: 26:52 ACCORDING TO ITS WHAT? 26:53 KIND. 26:54 THAT MEANS SPECIES. 26:55 NOTICE, ACCORDING TO ITS KIND. 26:56 ITS KIND. 26:57 ITS KIND. 26:58 AND IT SAYS, "IT WAS SO. 27:00 CATTLE AND CREEPING THINGS AND BEASTS OF THE EARTH, EACH 27:02 ACCORDING TO ITS KIND." 27:05 NOW YOU CAN CROSS A LION AND A TIGER. 27:09 BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA CROSS A ZEBRA AND A LION. 27:13 AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA CROSS A DOLPHIN AND A DONKEY. 27:19 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D CALL THAT ANYWAY. 27:22 YOU CAN ONLY CROSS THINGS WITHIN THEIR KIND. 27:25 NOW ONE, ONE OF THE GREAT BAMBOOZLING MYTHS THAT 27:29 EVOLUTIONISTS HAVE PERPETRATED ON PEOPLE, THEY SAY, "WE'VE GOT 27:32 SO MUCH EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION IN THE WORLD," AND YOU KNOW WHAT 27:35 THEY ALWAYS POINT TO? 27:36 THEY ALWAYS POINT TO SOMETHING CALLED "MICRO-EVOLUTION." 27:39 I BELIEVE IN MICRO-EVOLUTION. 27:40 YOU BELIEVE IN MICRO-EVOLUTION. 27:43 EVERY TIME YOU LOOK AT ANY KIND OF BREED OF DOG, YOU'RE LOOKING 27:45 AT MICRO-EVOLUTION. 27:47 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BROWN HARE THAT'S IN THE DESERT AND YOU 27:50 LOOK AT, I DON'T MEAN THIS KIND OF HAIR, I MEAN THE RABBIT, AND 27:53 YOU LOOK AT THE WHITE ONE THAT'S IN THE ARCTIC, THEY ARE BOTH 27:56 RABBITS, BUT THEY HAVE MICRO-EVOLVED INTO DIFFERENT 28:00 STRENGTHS WITHIN THEIR SPECIES, FOR THEIR ENVIRONMENT. 28:04 BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A RABBIT EVOLVING INTO A CAT. 28:08 THERE IS NO EVIDENCE. 28:09 THERE IS NOT A SINGLE, SOLITARY EXAMPLE OF EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION 28:13 BETWEEN SPECIES. 28:16 THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID. 28:17 "EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR KIND." 28:19 AND YET THEY HOLD FORTH, THEY SAY, "LOOK, THIS BUTTERFLY 28:22 HAS GONE FROM BEING GRAY TO BLACK BECAUSE IT'S LANDING ON 28:25 BLACK TREES AND BECAUSE OF SELECTIVE BREEDING." 28:29 WELL, THEY'RE STILL MOTHS. 28:31 THEY'RE STILL BUTTERFLIES. 28:33 YOU KNOW, I HEARD, MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS ON THE COVER OF 28:35 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. 28:36 THE ARTICLE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP; IT 28:39 WAS CALLED "FROM WOLF TO WOOF," LIKE "WOOF WOOF," A DOG? 28:44 AND IT SHOWED A WOLF ON THE COVER AND SOME LITTLE POODLE OR 28:47 SOMETHING. 28:48 I DON'T REMEMBER. 28:49 AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE NOW TRACKED THE D.N.A. OF ALL THE 28:52 DOGS AND THEY CAN TRACE ALL THE DOGS IN THE WORLD, ALL THESE. 28:56 REALLY, LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN DOGS. 28:57 YOU GOT THOSE LITTLE, LITTLE WIENER DOGS, DACHSHUNDS, AND 29:00 THEN YOU GOT THE CHIHUAHUAS AND YOU GOT THESE GREAT BIG 29:03 GREAT DANES AND THEN YOU GOT THE DOGS THAT ARE COVERED WITH 29:05 WRINKLES AND A LOT OF DOG NAMES YOU CAN'T EVEN SAY. 29:09 THEY GOT SOME POOR DOG THAT'S A HAIRLESS DOG. 29:12 LITTLE HAIRLESS CHIHUAHUA. 29:14 I THINK THAT'S MEAN TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO BREED 29:17 THAT. 29:17 [LAUGHTER] AND ALL... THEY SHIVER ALL THE 29:19 TIME. 29:20 YOU SEEN THEM? 29:21 THEY ALWAYS LOOK SCARED AND THEY'RE SHIVERING. 29:25 ALL OF THOSE DOGS, THEY SAY THEY CAN BE TRACED BACK TO TWO 29:28 WOLF-LIKE DOGS. 29:31 SO WHEN NOAH GOT ON THE BOAT, DID HE HAVE TO TAKE A BEAGLE AND 29:35 A GERMAN SHEPHERD AND A HUSKY AND A DALMATIAN AND ALL THESE -- 29:40 NO. 29:40 ALL OF THE DIVERSITY THAT YOU FIND WITHIN DOGS WAS IN THOSE 29:43 ORIGINAL DOGS. 29:45 LOOK AT ALL THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN THE WORLD. 29:48 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 29:48 PEOPLE CAN CROSS-BREED WITH PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL 29:53 RELATED. 29:54 WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME KIND. 29:56 BUT LOOK AT ALL THE VARIATION THAT YOU'VE GOT. 29:59 SO SURE, YOU CAN SEE MICRO-EVOLUTION THERE. 30:02 BUT WE'RE ALL HUMANS. 30:03 SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 30:05 AND SO IT'S A SCHEME REALLY TO CONFUSE PEOPLE BY THAT. 30:10 ALL RIGHT. 30:11 LET'S MOVE ALONG HERE. 30:12 QUESTION NUMBER THREE: 30:22 ANSWER: GENESIS 2:7. 30:34 AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL. 30:37 NOW, YOU AND I CAN TAKE DUST AND PARTICLES AND WE CAN'T MAKE IT 30:42 ALIVE. 30:43 AND NEITHER CAN CHANCE. 30:48 LET ME, I WANT TO... 30:50 I NEED A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS. 30:53 OKAY. 30:55 WELL, YOU'RE IN THE PINK. 30:56 YOU'RE EASY TO SPOT. 30:57 WHY DON'T YOU COME UP, IF YOU CAN GET HERE REAL QUICK. 30:59 I KNOW I GOT ONE GUY. 31:00 GOT A GIRL SOMEWHERE, RIGHT HERE. 31:02 CAN YOU GET OUT? 31:02 WILL YOUR FRIENDS LET YOU OUT REAL QUICK? 31:03 WHILE THEY'RE COMING I'VE GOT TO GRAB SOME OF MY IMPORTANT STUFF 31:08 HERE. 31:11 OKAY? 31:14 ALL RIGHT. 31:14 YOU WANT TO HOLD THAT FOR ME? 31:16 ALL RIGHT. 31:16 WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE IS YOU'VE GOT A BOTTLE OF LAKE WATER. 31:20 IT'S GOT ALGAE AND ALL KINDS OF BIOLOGIC... 31:22 DON'T DRINK THAT. 31:24 [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT? 31:26 NOW, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE LIFE RIGHT HERE ON THE PROGRAM. 31:31 HERE'S SOME PEANUT BUTTER. 31:32 YOU NEED PROTEIN. 31:33 SO IF YOU COULD OPEN THAT UP AND PUT SOME PEANUT BUTTER IN THE 31:35 JAR. 31:36 YOU CAN TAKE THE LID OFF THAT. 31:38 DID I MENTION, DON'T DRINK IT? 31:39 OH, THAT'S HONEY. 31:42 WELL, LET'S, WE NEED SOME SUCROSE IN THERE TOO. 31:45 SO HERE, WHY DON'T HOLD THAT FOR HER. 31:46 JUST DON'T GET IT ON THE STAGE OR I'LL GET STUCK LIKE A FLY AND 31:48 I WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE. 31:49 OKAY. 31:51 HONEY AND PEANUT BUTTER. 31:53 THAT OUGHTTA MAKE LIFE, DON'T YOU THINK? 31:55 OKAY. 31:56 ALL RIGHT. 31:59 NO, I JUST WON'T STAND THERE. 32:01 ALL RIGHT. 32:03 AND HERE'S... 32:06 YOU CAN PUT THAT BACK IN THE BAG. 32:09 AND HERE, WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE YOU -- PUT SOME PEANUT BUTTER IN 32:12 THERE. 32:14 AND WE ALREADY GOT OUR SUCROSE IN THERE. 32:16 WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE FAT BACTERIUM, SO WE'VE ALSO GOT 32:18 SOME NUTRASWEET. 32:20 WE WANT TO THANK OUR HOTEL LOCALLY FOR PROVIDING THE 32:22 INGREDIENTS TO CREATE LIFE. 32:23 [LAUGHTER] THAT'S PROBABLY ENOUGH FOR OUR 32:28 EXPERIMENT. 32:30 YEAH, YOU CAN -- YEAH, WELL YOU'LL SHAKE IT IN JUST A 32:32 MINUTE. 32:32 WE'RE GONNA PUT THE LID ON, WE'RE GONNA SHAKE IT UNTIL WE 32:34 GET LIFE. 32:35 [LAUGHTER] SO, WHY DON'T YOU OPEN THAT UP 32:37 AND PUT SOME OF THAT IN THERE. 32:40 OH. 32:40 THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT IS IN THE BOTTOM HERE. 32:45 I'M GONNA BE LICKING MY FINGERS THROUGH THE REST OF THE 32:47 PRESENTATION HERE. 32:51 OH COME ON. 32:53 THERE WE GO. 32:54 YOU NEED ELECTRICITY. 32:55 THIS IS TO SIMULATE THE LIGHTENING. 32:56 SO WHY DON'T YOU PUT THAT STICKY BATTERY IN THERE. 32:59 [LAUGHTER] OKAY, PUT THE LID ON. 33:02 THERE WE GO. 33:03 YEAH. 33:04 NOW YOU CAN SHAKE IT. 33:07 HERE, GIVE IT A GOOD SHAKING. 33:08 WE'RE GONNA MAKE LIFE HERE. 33:10 >> BOY: I DON'T THINK SO. 33:12 >> HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE NEED? 33:14 WE GOT ELECTRICITY IN THERE, WE GOT ALL THE INGREDIENTS THAT ARE 33:17 NECESSARY. 33:19 >> IT'S NOT WORKING. 33:21 >> NOW, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW ABSURD IT IS, HOW MANY 33:24 MILLIONS OF YEARS DO WE NEED TO SHAKE THAT? 33:29 HOW MANY BILLIONS OF YEARS... 33:31 BEFORE WE GET SOME LIFE? 33:32 THERE'S PROBABLY SOME SINGLE CELLS IN THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT 33:34 IS EVER GOING TO PRODUCE A HUMAN? 33:37 NO. 33:38 I JUST WANTED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS TO SHOW YOU HOW ABSURD IT IS TO 33:41 SAY THAT SOME KIND OF COMBINATION, ANY COMBINATION OF 33:44 SLUDGE YOU WANT. 33:45 LOOK AT ALL THE SOPHISTICATED LABORATORIES THAT DOCTORS HAVE 33:49 TODAY... 33:50 [LAUGHTER] YOU BETTER GIVE THAT BACK TO ME 33:52 IN CASE YOU'RE TEMPTED. 33:53 [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 33:55 LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND. 33:56 THANK THEM FOR THEIR HELP WITH THAT. 33:59 [APPLAUSE] WITH ALL OF THE SOPHISTICATED 34:06 LABORATORIES THAT THEY HAVE TODAY, I MEAN, WE'RE JUST DOING 34:09 A REALLY SILLY EXPERIMENT. 34:11 HAVE THEY BEEN ABLE TO CREATE LIFE FROM NON-LIFE? 34:15 NO. 34:16 THEY CAN TRY AND RECREATE ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS AND ALL THE 34:19 INGREDIENTS AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A SINGLE 34:22 CELL, AND YET THEY SAY THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH THESE LIVING 34:25 CREATURES. 34:26 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING 34:29 THINGS TO ME -- WE JUST READ ABOUT GOD CREATING 34:33 MALE AND FEMALE IN THE BEGINNING -- IS SEX. 34:37 CAN I HAVE A VOLUNTEER? 34:39 NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 34:40 I'M JUST KIDDING. 34:41 [LAUGHTER] BUT I KNEW I'D GET YOUR 34:44 ATTENTION. 34:45 NO, I'M REALLY SERIOUS. 34:46 I'M REALLY SERIOUS IN THAT -- THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT THIS 34:51 FOR A SECOND. 34:53 YOU'VE GOT TWO CELLS. 34:55 WHAT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR A CELL TO REPRODUCE? 34:59 WELL, YOU GOT ONE CELL AND IT'S GONNA, HOW DID THE EARLY CELLS, 35:04 AND THEY STILL DO IT TODAY, HOW DO THEY REPRODUCE? 35:07 THEY JUST GO... 35:08 THEY SPLIT. 35:08 NOW YOU GOT TWO. 35:09 AND WHEN THIS ONE WANTS TO START A FAMILY, IT DOESN'T NEED THIS 35:11 ONE; IT JUST SPLITS. 35:14 YOU GOT ANOTHER SINGLE CELL OF LIFE. 35:16 WHAT IN THE EVOLUTIONARY SCHEME WOULD EVER CREATE THE NEED OF 35:22 TWO OPPOSITE GENDERS, THAT 35:25 CANNOT PROCREATE WITHOUT A COOPERATIVE ACT? 35:31 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 35:32 GOD SAID HE MADE THEM MALE AND 35:34 FEMALE, AFTER THEIR KIND. 35:36 THERE'S NO, THEY HAVE NO EXPLANATION AND I'VE TALKED TO 35:39 EVOLUTIONISTS ABOUT THAT BEFORE AND THEY SAID, "IT'S A PROBLEM." 35:43 THAT'S THEIR ANSWER. 35:44 "IT'S A PROBLEM." 35:45 YOU BET IT'S A PROBLEM. 35:46 THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE THEORY, BUT THEY WANT TO GET 35:49 RID OF GOD. 35:51 ALL RIGHT. 35:52 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO... 35:53 OH, THEY'RE TELLING ME WE GOT A TEXT QUESTION THAT CAME IN. 35:55 ALL RIGHT. 35:57 LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 36:09 WELL, THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS FOR WHY YOU ARE THE WAY 36:13 YOU ARE. 36:13 FIRST OF ALL, THE LORD BLESSES EVERY PERSON WITH A PURPOSE. 36:18 BUT THE, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR GENETICS HAVE A ROLE. 36:22 YOUR ANCESTRY HAS A ROLE AND GOD USES THAT FOR YOU TO FULFILL 36:27 YOUR PURPOSE WHEN YOU TRUST YOUR LIFE TO HIM. 36:30 NOW I MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION, I HAD A BROTHER THAT WAS BORN WITH 36:33 CYSTIC FIBROSIS. 36:36 IF GOD IS GOOD... 36:38 WHY WAS I BORN -- MY BROTHER USED TO SAY, "DOUG, LIFE IS NOT 36:40 FAIR." 36:41 HE SAID, "YOU'RE SO HEALTHY AND YOU'RE SO DUMB, AND I'M SMART 36:43 AND I'M SICK." 36:45 [LAUGHTER] IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT. 36:48 HE WAS VERY BRIGHT. 36:49 BUT MY BROTHER'S PASSED AWAY FROM HIS DISEASE. 36:52 AND YOU MIGHT SAY, "WHY DID GOD MAKE HIM THAT WAY?" 36:54 WELL, GOD DIDN'T MAKE SICKNESS AND DISEASE. 36:56 THAT CAME AS A RESULT OF SIN. 36:58 AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PRESENTATION. 37:02 QUESTION FOUR: 37:10 WHEN YOU READ THE ANSWER, GENESIS 1:27: 37:24 MAN WAS NOT MADE LIKE THE OTHER CREATURES. 37:26 GOD SPOKE THE OTHER CREATURES INTO EXISTENCE, BUT WHEN GOD 37:29 MADE MAN, HE PULLED HIM TOGETHER WITH HIS OWN HANDS. 37:33 MADE HIM IN HIS OWN IMAGE. 37:35 AND ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, WHEN IT DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF GOD, 37:38 GOD IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A FORM LIKE US. 37:42 OR WE'RE REALLY LIKE HIM. 37:43 HE HAS EYES, HE HAS HAIR, HE HAS HANDS, HE HAS FEET, HE HAS A 37:46 TORSO. 37:47 GOD... 37:49 BASICALLY CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE. 37:51 WE WERE TO BE THE RULERS OF THIS WORLD. 37:54 MAN WAS GIVEN DOMINION OF THIS WORLD, AND THAT'S OBVIOUS FROM 37:57 WHAT YOU CAN SEE TODAY. 37:59 YOU KNOW, I JUST REMEMBERED A STORY. 38:01 THERE WAS A MAN LOOKING FOR WORK AND HE WAS FLIPPING THROUGH THE 38:04 ADS IN THE PAPER AND HE SAW THAT THE ZOO, THE CITY ZOO, WAS 38:08 LOOKING FOR AN EMPLOYEE. 38:09 SO HE WENT AND APPLIED FOR THE JOB. 38:11 AND THEY SAID, "WELL, THE JOB INVOLVES YOUR DRESSING UP IN A 38:14 GORILLA SUIT AND GOING INTO THE GORILLA CAGE." 38:17 HE SAID, "WHAT?" 38:18 HE SAID, "NO I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT." 38:19 AND THEY SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR MOST IMPORTANT ATTRACTION IS 38:22 A GORILLA AND IT DIED. 38:23 WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO 38:25 STOP COMING. 38:27 AND UNTIL WE CAN GET ANOTHER GORILLA, WE NEED SOMEONE JUST TO 38:28 FILL IN." 38:30 THEY SAID, "LOOK, THE D.N.A. 38:31 BETWEEN HUMANS AND GORILLA, VERY SIMILAR. 38:34 YOU'LL BE A NATURAL. 38:35 WE GOT THIS VERY REALISTIC SUIT. 38:36 IT'S COMFORTABLE. 38:38 YOU JUST GOTTA GO OUT THERE AND JUST WALK AROUND AND GRUNT A 38:40 LITTLE BIT. 38:40 THE PEOPLE WILL COME, THEY WON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE." 38:42 WELL, THE JOB PAID WELL, SO THE GUY SAID, "ALL RIGHT, WELL I'LL 38:46 TRY IT." 38:47 SO HE GOT OUT THERE AND AT FIRST HE SAT THERE. 38:49 HE FELT A LITTLE SELF-CONSCIOUS. 38:50 BUT PRETTY SOON, HE SAW SOME PEOPLE GATHERED AND SO HE KIND 38:52 OF WALKED AROUND AND MORE PEOPLE CAME. 38:53 AND THE KIDS WERE POINTING, AND THEY GO, "OH, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK," 38:55 AND SO HE... HE STARTED GETTING INTO IT. 38:57 SO HE'S WALKING AROUND ON HIS KNUCKLES AND PRETTY SOON HE GOT 38:59 UP AND HE BEAT ON HIS CHEST AND OH, A BIG CROWD CAME OVER. 39:02 AND HE THOUGHT, "OH, THIS IS PRETTY GOOD. 39:04 I LIKE THIS." 39:04 HE LIKED THE ATTENTION. 39:05 AND THEY HAD A CONCRETE TREE THERE AND SO HE STARTED HANGING 39:09 ON THE TREE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING, AND BIG CROWDS ARE 39:11 GATHERING. 39:11 HE SAID, "I CAN CLIMB THE TREE. 39:12 I CAN CLIMB." 39:13 SO HE CLIMBED UP THE TREE AND HE WAS GETTING SO CARRIED AWAY WITH 39:15 THE GORILLA THING THAT HE TRIED TO SWING FROM ONE BRANCH TO 39:18 ANOTHER IN THIS CONCRETE TREE. 39:21 AND HE FELL... 39:23 INTO THE LION'S CAGE. 39:24 >> AUDIENCE: AH... 39:26 >> AND NATURALLY, HE SAW THAT AND HE YELLED, AND THE LION RAN 39:30 OVER TO HIM AND SAID, "BE QUIET OR YOU'RE GONNA GET US BOTH 39:33 FIRED! " [LAUGHTER] 39:41 ALL RIGHT. 39:43 MAN WAS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. 39:46 LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT MAY HELP. 39:50 ONE REASON THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION TOOK HOLD, BACK DURING 39:54 THE DAYS OF DARWIN, WHEN DARWIN WAS DEVELOPING HIS HYPOTHESIS OF 39:59 THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES... 40:02 THE MICROSCOPES WERE VERY PRIMITIVE. 40:06 DO YOU KNOW BEFORE THE TIME OF DARWIN, THEY BELIEVED IN 40:08 SOMETHING CALLED "SPONTANEOUS GENERATION"? 40:11 THEY REALLY BELIEVED BACK THEN THAT LIFE GREW OUT OF NOTHING. 40:15 THEY THOUGHT, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAD OLD MEAT THAT WAS JUST 40:17 SITTING OUT THERE, KIND OF DECOMPOSING, WORMS AND MAGGOTS 40:20 BEGAN TO APPEAR AND CRAWL OUT OF IT. 40:22 THEY SAID, "LIFE IS JUST COMING OUT OF THE MEAT." 40:24 YOU LEFT SOME OLD STRAWBERRIES SITTING ON THE COUNTER. 40:26 ALL THESE -- THIS MOLD BEGAN TO GROW OUT OF 40:29 IT. 40:29 AND THEY SAID, "LIFE JUST COMES OUT OF THINGS." 40:31 IT'S CALLED, SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. 40:34 THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING BACK THEN. 40:36 LOUIS PASTEUR SAID CAME ALONG AND SAID, "UH, NO. 40:38 IF YOU PUT THAT MEAT IN A SEALED ENVIRONMENT AND FLIES CAN'T LAY 40:41 EGGS ON IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY MAGGOTS. 40:44 IF YOU PUT THAT STRAWBERRY INSIDE A JAR, AND NO SEEDS FROM 40:49 THE FUNGUS LAND ON IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT SPRING." 40:54 AND SO IT SORT OF DESTROYED THAT. 40:55 AND BACK WHEN DARWIN WROTE HIS THEORY -- 40:58 OH, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE CELL IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BLOB OF 41:01 PROTOPLASM, AND THEY SAID, "WELL, THAT MIGHT EVOLVE; IT 41:03 DOESN'T LOOK TOO COMPLICATED." 41:05 WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW NOW? 41:08 THEY'VE DONE RESEARCH, AND A SINGLE CELL OF LIFE IS MORE 41:12 COMPLEX THAN NEW YORK CITY -- ONE SINGLE CELL OF LIFE -- 41:18 MORE COMPLEX THAN NEW YORK CITY AT RUSH HOUR. 41:20 THINK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT ALL THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING IN NEW 41:24 YORK CITY AT RUSH HOUR. 41:25 THE SUBWAYS AND THE TRAFFIC, AND THE PHONE LINES AND THE PLUMBING 41:28 AND THE ACTIVITY... 41:30 THE ELEVATORS GOING. 41:31 ONE SINGLE CELL OF LIFE HAS MORE MACHINERY AND MORE PROCESSES 41:35 GOING ON, BECAUSE NOW WE CAN LOOK WITH THESE FANTASTICALLY 41:39 POWERFUL ELECTRON MICROSCOPES. 41:41 THE IDEA THAT THAT COULD COME BY ACCIDENT: HOW ABSURD IS THAT? 41:47 IF YOU'RE WALKING ALONG IN THE DESERT, AND YOU SEE A ROCK 41:51 STICKING OUT OF THE SAND... 41:52 YOU MIGHT THINK, "OH, LOOK AT THAT ROCK MAY HAVE BEEN HERE 41:54 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS." 41:55 YOU MIGHT SIT ON IT, REST, TAKE A DRINK OF WATER. 41:57 THEN YOU RESUME YOUR WALK AND PRETTY SOON YOU COME UP TO A 42:02 LAPTOP COMPUTER. 42:04 YOU WOULD NEVER SAY TO YOURSELF, "WELL, I WONDER HOW LONG IT TOOK 42:07 FOR THAT TO COME UP OUT OF THE DESERT." 42:10 WOULD YOU EVER SAY THAT? 42:11 THINK ABOUT HOW MANY PROCESSES IT PERFORMS AND ALL THE PROGRAMS 42:15 IT RUNS AND ALL THE FEATURES IT HAS AND ALL THAT IT DOES AND THE 42:17 DESIGN AND THE SHAPE. 42:18 DO YOU KNOW -- IF A MAN IS WALKING ALONG A TRAIL IN THE 42:20 DESERT, AND HE FINDS FIVE STONES STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, 42:24 HE'LL STOP RIGHT THERE AT THOSE STONES AND SAY, "SOMEBODY WAS 42:27 HERE." 42:29 THOSE FIVE ROCKS STACKED UP MEANS A TRAIL HAS BEEN MARKED. 42:32 THERE'S BEEN SOME INTELLIGENCE HERE. 42:35 THINK ABOUT HOW CRAZY IT IS FOR US TO LOOK AT ALL THE DESIGN AND 42:38 ORGANIZATION AND SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD TODAY AND SAY, "HEY, IT 42:41 JUST KINDA TOOK A LONG, LONG TIME; IT JUST HAPPENED BY 42:43 ACCIDENT." 42:46 I BEGAN TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, I SAID, "SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT." 42:48 THERE IS A CONSPIRACY TO MESMERIZE A GENERATION INTO 42:54 THINKING THAT THEY'RE JUST GORILLAS, THAT THEY'VE JUST 42:58 EVOLVED. 42:59 IT'S NOT TRUE. 43:01 ALRIGHT, BACK TO OUR LESSON. 43:03 QUESTION NUMBER FIVE: 43:12 YOU CAN FIND THE ANSWER TO THIS IN EXODUS 20:11. 43:18 THIS HAPPENS TO BE ALSO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 43:34 HOW MANY DAYS? 43:36 SIX DAYS OF CREATION. 43:37 WELL, IF YOU WANNA COUNT THE SABBATH, HE ALSO MADE ANOTHER 43:39 DAY THAT INCORPORATED TIME. 43:41 SO LET'S SAY SEVEN DAYS. 43:42 ANYTHING THAT YOU READ THERE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK THOSE 43:45 SEVEN DAYS -- "REALLY THERE'S A SPIRITUAL 43:47 MEANING TO THAT. 43:48 IT REALLY MEANS 7,000 YEARS." 43:50 OR "IT REALLY MEANS 700,000 YEARS" OR 7,000,000 YEARS OR 43:56 700,000,000 YEARS, OR FOUR BILLION YEARS OR... 43:59 WOULDN'T YOU HAVE TO SORT OF TORTURE THE TEXT TO MAKE IT SAY 44:01 THAT? 44:03 IF YOU READ IT THE WAY IT SPEAKS. 44:06 BY THE WAY, YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD TODAY AND IT'S VERY CLEAR. 44:10 WE DON'T HAVE ANY WRITTEN HISTORY THAT GOES BACK BEYOND 44:12 4,000 YEARS. 44:14 IT'S LIKE SUDDENLY MAN WENT THROUGH THIS EXPLOSION OF 44:17 INTELLIGENCE AND CIVILIZATION. 44:19 HE GOES FROM DRAGGING AROUND HIS WIFE BY HER HAIR, TO BUILDING 44:22 PYRAMIDS... 44:24 OVERNIGHT. 44:26 THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT US TO BELIEVE. 44:30 IT'S NOT TRUE. 44:31 NOW I WANNA ILLUSTRATE THIS. 44:33 I'VE GOT ONE MORE ILLUSTRATION HERE. 44:40 I WAS GONNA USE A MOUSETRAP BUT IT WAS SO SMALL I DIDN'T THINK 44:42 THEY COULD GET IT ON CAMERA. 44:43 YOU'VE MAYBE SEEN THIS BEFORE. 44:45 IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. 44:45 THIS IS A SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION THAT HAS BEEN USED -- 44:50 IT'S TALKED ABOUT OR REFERRED TO AS IRREDUCIBLE COMPLEXITY. 44:55 NOW, YOU GOT A MOUSETRAP HERE AND IT'S GOT SEVERAL PARTS. 44:58 YOU GOT YOUR LEVER, YOU GOT YOUR HAMMER, YOU GOT YOUR BAIT AND 45:01 YOU GOT YOUR PLATFORM. 45:02 YOU GOT YOUR SPRING. 45:03 SO WHAT DID I SAY, ABOUT FIVE PARTS THERE? 45:05 AND IF YOU REMOVE ANY -- YOU KNOW WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME? 45:11 WELL, I GOTTA FINISH WHAT I'M SAYING HERE. 45:13 YOU REMOVE ANY ONE OF THESE AND THE WHOLE THING LOSES ITS 45:17 PURPOSE. 45:19 ANY ONE -- TAKE AWAY THE PLATFORM -- ANY ONE PART OF IT, 45:22 AND IT CEASES TO HAVE A PURPOSE FOR EXISTING. 45:25 IN YOUR BODY AND IN EVERY CELL, THERE ARE SO MANY MACHINES. 45:29 EVEN IN THE CELLS, THERE ARE MACHINES THAT HAVE SEVERAL 45:32 MOVING, WORKING PARTS THAT ONLY HAVE A PURPOSE FOR EXISTING AS 45:35 THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. 45:39 THERE IS NO EXPLANATION IN EVOLUTION HOW ALL OF A SUDDEN 45:43 THERE WOULD BE SOME FORCE THAT WOULD BRING ALL THE PARTS OF THE 45:45 MOUSETRAP TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME, AND MAKE IT A WORKING 45:47 MOUSETRAP TO CATCH MICE. 45:49 OR IN THIS CASE, RATS. 45:53 CAN I HAVE A VOLUNTEER? 45:54 [CHUCKLING] I'M SERIOUS. 45:57 OH, NO HANDS ARE GOING UP NOW. 46:01 WHEN I MENTIONED SEX, I HAD SEVERAL HANDS THAT WENT UP. 46:03 [LAUGHING] ALRIGHT, WHO'S MY VOLUNTEER? 46:07 GREEN SHIRT. 46:11 OKAY. 46:12 I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND THIS IS NOT A MOUSETRAP. 46:14 THIS IS A RAT TRAP. 46:15 NOW WE MAY NEED THIS; YOU NEVER KNOW. 46:17 BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVOLUTION DURING THIS PROGRAM, 46:19 SOMETHING COULD CRAWL OUT OF THE STAGE, AND WE MIGHT NEED TO 46:22 CATCH IT. 46:23 OH LOOK, WHAT HAVE WE GOT THERE? 46:25 [LAUGHTER] GO GRAB THAT REAL QUICK BEFORE 46:27 IT GETS AWAY. 46:28 [LAUGHTER] LET'S BRING THAT OVER HERE. 46:32 LET'S SEE IF THIS THING WORKS. 46:34 [SNAP] [LAUGHTER] 46:39 DID IT WORK? 46:40 YOU SAW ME JUMP THREE FEET OFF THE GROUND. 46:44 [LAUGHTER CONTINUES] BOY, THIS COULD HAVE GONE BAD... 46:48 IF MY HAND HAD BEEN CAUGHT IN THAT. 46:53 THEY GOTTA BE SENSITIVE. 46:56 GO AHEAD, PUT YOUR HAND IN THAT GLOVE THERE. 46:59 NO, NO. 47:00 [SNAP] I'M GONNA LET THIS GO RIGHT 47:01 THERE. 47:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING. 47:04 WE'LL ASSUME IT'S DEAD. 47:06 [LAUGHTER] I DON'T WANNA PUSH MY LUCK WITH 47:09 THAT THING, AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 47:12 ALRIGHT, LET'S GET BACK TO OUR LESSON HERE. 47:15 QUESTION NUMBER SIX: 47:27 HAVE YOU HEARD THAT SAID BEFORE? 47:29 "OH, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF YEARS." 47:31 ANSWER: MATTHEW 15:9. 47:44 THEY'RE NOT THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 47:46 THERE ARE MEN WHO ARE CONFUSING PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN THEORIES 47:51 THAT ARE GOING AGAINST WHAT THE PLAIN TEACHING OF GOD'S WORD IS, 47:53 AS WELL AS THE EVIDENCE OF SCIENCE. 47:56 IT'S NOT BEEN MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF YEARS. 47:59 LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 48:01 FOR ONE THING, I TALKED ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MAN -- 48:03 A WRITTEN HISTORY. 48:04 BUT WHAT ABOUT IN THE TREES? 48:06 TREES LIVE A LONG TIME. 48:08 THIS IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY CALL THE METHUSELAH TREE. 48:11 IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE OLDEST TREE IN THE WORLD, THERE IN 48:13 CALIFORNIA. 48:14 WHEN THEY DO THE RESEARCH AND THEY BORED A HOLE AND CHECKED 48:17 THE RINGS ON IT, IT CAME OUT AT ABOUT 4,800 YEARS, AND THAT'S AN 48:21 APPROXIMATE GUESS, BECAUSE SOME YEARS -- BECAUSE OF THE SEASONS 48:25 AND THE RAINS, IT CAN SOMETIMES CONFUSE THE RINGS A LITTLE BIT. 48:28 BUT ISN'T IT INTERESTING THAT THE HISTORY OF MAN -- 48:32 THE WRITTEN HISTORY OF MAN, AND THE HISTORY IN THE TREES, AND IN 48:37 SO MANY OTHER AREAS, IT JUST SEEMS TO GO BACK 4,000 OR 5,000 48:40 YEARS. 48:41 AND THEN EVERYTHING SORT OF DROPS OFF INTO SPECULATION. 48:45 SUPPOSE THAT YOU GO INTO A ROOM. 48:48 I GOT A ROOM, AND THERE'S A DOOR. 48:51 IT'S A DARK ROOM, AND I OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU LOOK IN THE ROOM 48:54 AND THERE'S A BURNING CANDLE. 48:56 AND I ASK YOU, "CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG THAT CANDLE HAS BEEN 49:00 BURNING?" 49:01 AND THEN YOU SHUT THE DOOR. 49:05 CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG? 49:08 WELL, LET'S JUST SEE. 49:09 IF YOU KNEW HOW TALL THE CANDLE WAS WHEN IT STARTED, YOU MIGHT 49:14 LOOK AT THE CLUMP OF WAX THAT'S AT THE BOTTOM, IF IT'S LEAKING. 49:17 GOOD CANDLES DON'T LEAK. 49:18 BUT IF IT'S LEAKING A LITTLE WAX, YOU MIGHT TRY AND MEASURE 49:20 HOW MUCH WAX IS THERE. 49:21 AND YOU MIGHT DO A BUNCH OF CALCULATIONS AND SAY, "WELL, 49:24 BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE CEILING, AND BASED ON THE ROOM 49:27 AND HOW QUICKLY THE CANDLE IS BURNING, THE CANDLE MUST HAVE 49:31 BEEN THIS TALL WHEN IT STARTED." 49:34 BUT SUPPOSE THERE WAS MORE OXYGEN IN THE ROOM OR LESS 49:37 OXYGEN IN THE ROOM BEFORE YOU OPENED THE DOOR. 49:40 DOES THAT AFFECT THE SPEED AT WHICH IT BURNS? 49:42 IT DOES. 49:44 THE WHOLE DATING METHOD IS BUILT UPON ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING 49:50 HAS BEEN THE WAY IT IS NOW, AND THE BIBLE SAYS IT HASN'T. 49:55 OUR WHOLE PLANET WENT THROUGH A VERY RADICAL, CATASTROPHIC 49:59 CHANGE ABOUT 5,000 YEARS AGO -- 4,500 YEARS AGO. 50:05 IT'S CALLED THE FLOOD. 50:06 THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT WAS CHANGED. 50:08 THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CHANGED. 50:10 AND YOU KNOW THEY SEE THIS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD EVERYWHERE, 50:12 WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN ANIMALS, EVEN MAMMALS, THAT WERE VERY 50:15 LARGE SUDDENLY GOT VERY SMALL. 50:17 IT WAS LIKE THE OXYGEN LEVELS CHANGED. 50:19 WHERE DO YOU THINK WE GET THESE MASSIVE COAL BEDS AND OIL FIELDS 50:22 FROM? 50:23 THE ONLY EXPLANATION THEY'VE GOT FOR THAT IS THERE WAS SOME 50:26 KIND OF CATASTROPHE THAT QUICKLY COVERED ALL OF THIS LIVING 50:29 MATERIAL AND COMPRESSED IT. 50:32 THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH OIL WE BURN EVERYDAY AROUND THE WORLD. 50:35 THAT ALL CAME FROM -- YOU KNOW YOU DRIVE TO SCHOOL ON DINOSAUR 50:39 BLOOD. 50:41 EVER THINK OF IT THAT WAY? 50:42 IT REALLY IS: IT'S A PREHISTORIC WORLD THAT'S DRIVING OUR WHOLE 50:47 CULTURE TODAY. 50:48 ALRIGHT, THEY TELL ME THAT WE GOT ANOTHER TEXT QUESTION COMING 50:51 IN. 50:53 HERE IT IS: 51:03 YES, THEY DID. 51:06 AND ONE OF THE BIG REASONS THAT THEY ARE COMING UP WITH THESE 51:11 DIFFERENT THEORIES IS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY THINK THEY SEE IN THE 51:14 GEOLOGIC COLUMN THAT THE DINOSAURS ARE DEEPER THEN THEY 51:19 MAY FIND SOME OF THE HUMAN REMAINS. 51:22 BUT REALLY THAT HAS TO DO WITH WHAT HAPPENED WI5H THE FLOOD, 51:24 HOW QUICKLY THEIR REPTILES SINK AS COMPARED TO MAMMALS. 51:28 THAT WOULD AFFECT EVERYTHING. 51:29 THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE SEASHELLS ON THE BOTTOM. 51:31 I'VE BEEN TO A PARK IN THE... 51:36 GLEN ROSE, TEXAS DINOSAUR PARK. 51:39 DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS EVERYWHERE IN THAT PARK. 51:42 YOU CAN WALK OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THEM. 51:43 FAMILIES CAN GO THERE ON A PICNIC. 51:44 I'VE BEEN THERE. 51:45 AND THEY GOT HUMAN FOOTPRINTS, BIG HUMAN FOOTPRINTS CROSSING 51:48 OVER RIGHT ALONG WITH THE DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS. 51:50 AND IF I KNEW THIS QUESTION WAS COMING IN, I WOULD'VE SHOWN YOU 51:52 A PICTURE OF MY FOOT NEXT TO ONE OF THESE FOOTPRINTS. 51:56 I THINK THAT THEY DID CO-EXIST TOGETHER. 51:58 A MATTER OF FACT, GOT THAT TYRANNOSAURUS REX. 52:02 HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS TYRANNOSAURUS REX THEY FOUND IN 52:04 2005? 52:05 AND THE EVOLUTIONIST, PROBABLY ATHEISTIC PALEONTOLOGIST 52:13 DISSECTING A PIECE OF THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX BONE. 52:16 "60 MILLION YEARS OLD." 52:19 WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE FOUND SOFT TISSUE HEMOGLOBIN AND BLOOD 52:24 CELLS. 52:25 AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF IT. 52:27 YOU CAN FIND THIS ONLINE. 52:28 THEN THEY BEGAN TO REALLY TALK JURASSIC PARK WHEN THEY SAW 52:30 THAT. 52:31 AND THEY SAID, "WHOA. 52:33 WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT ANY SOFT TISSUE IS DESTROYED AFTER 52:38 10,000 YEARS." 52:39 WELL, THEY'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT: 10,000 YEARS. 52:41 THEY SAID, "HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THAT WE HAVE SOFT TISSUE IN A 52:45 TYRANNOSAURUS REX THAT'S 60 MILLION YEARS? 52:47 THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN. 52:48 THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG IN THE WAY WE'RE CALCULATING SOFT 52:51 TISSUE." 52:52 THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT THEY MIGHT BE CALCULATING THE DATES 52:55 WRONG. 52:56 THE DATING SYSTEM THAT IS USED BY EVOLUTIONISTS IS THE HOLY 53:01 COW. 53:03 ONCE YOU SHOW THAT THEIR WHOLE DATING SYSTEM IS BASED UPON 53:07 BAD DATA, THE WHOLE EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEM CRUMBLES LIKE A HOUSE OF 53:11 CARDS. 53:12 I'VE GOT SO MUCH TO SHARE WITH YOU. 53:14 MAYBE I'LL BE ABLE TO COVER MORE OF THIS INFORMATION IN SOME OF 53:16 YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WILL COME IN. 53:18 I GOT A QUOTE HERE. 53:19 LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THIS REAL QUICK. 53:22 ABOUT -- YEAH, CARBON 14 DATING. 53:24 THIS IS FROM COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA. 53:28 "CARBON 14 IS PRODUCED IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WHEN NITROGEN 53:31 14 OR N14 INTERACTS WITH COSMIC RAYS. 53:34 SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT COSMIC RAYS HAVE BEEN BOMBARDING THE 53:37 ATMOSPHERE EVER SINCE THE EARTH WAS FORMED WHILE THE AMOUNT OF 53:40 NITROGEN IN THE ATMOSPHERE HAS REMAINED CONSTANT." 53:43 THEY'RE ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING IS CONSTANT. 53:46 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN USE THAT THEORY. 53:48 "CONSEQUENTLY, C14 FORMATION IS THOUGHT TO OCCUR IN A CONSTANT 53:52 RATE." 53:53 IT'S "THOUGHT TO"; THIS IS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. 53:56 "ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT RATIO OF C14 AND OTHER CARBON ATOMS IN 53:59 THE ATMOSPHERE IS KNOWN, SCIENTISTS ARE NOT CERTAIN THAT 54:03 THIS RATIO HAS BEEN CONSTANT." 54:06 THIS IS THE ENCYCLOPEDIA ABOUT THEIR DATING METHOD, UPON WHICH 54:08 THIS WHOLE THEORY IS BASED. 54:12 "ERRORS IN RADIO CARBON DATING CAN BE CAUSED BY INACCURATE 54:15 RADIATION OR PARTICLE COUNTS, CONTAMINATION OF A SAMPLE WITH A 54:18 MORE MODERN CARBON AND A STRAY RADIATION STRIKING THE COUNTER." 54:24 "USING SUCH DATA, SCIENTISTS ARE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHICH EVENTS 54:26 CAME BEFORE OTHERS. 54:28 BUT USUALLY CANNOT PINPOINT PRECISELY WHEN THE EVENTS 54:31 OCCURRED." 54:33 IT IS A VERY LOOSE, SLOPPY SCIENCE. 54:36 I HAVE A FRIEND, USED TO BE AN EVOLUTIONIST. 54:38 WORKED IN A DATING LAB, WHERE THEY... RADIO ISOTOPE DATING. 54:42 AND WHEN PEOPLE SUBMIT SAMPLES TO BE DATE [SIC], THEY TELL WHAT 54:46 THEY RECOMMEND THAT THE DATE TO BE BASED ON HOW DEEP THEY FOUND 54:48 IT. 54:50 SHE SAYS, "IT WAS STAGED AND YOU SENT THE SAME SAMPLES TO 54:52 DIFFERENT LABORATORIES. 54:53 THEY COME UP WITH ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF READINGS." 54:58 AND SO, THE SCIENCE IS SO TERRIBLY FLAWED, AND YET IT IS 55:01 BEING BROUGHT AND PRESENTED AS "OH, THIS IS A FACT. 55:04 IT'S A FACT, AND YOU'RE FOOLISH IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT." 55:07 BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A VERY SCIENTIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE 55:10 CALLED NAZIS... 55:12 THAT SAID, "EVERYONE OTHER THAN ARYANS IS INFERIOR." 55:16 AND THEY WERE CONSIDERED, I MEAN THEY HAD A MILITARY MACHINE. 55:20 VERY SCIENTIFIC, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR BELIEF WAS THAT THEY 55:23 TAUGHT EVERYBODY? 55:24 THE PROBLEM WITH THE WORLD IS JEWS. 55:26 I GUESS THEY WOULD'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH JESUS TOO, RIGHT? 55:29 SCIENTIFIC PEOPLE, VERY EDUCATED. 55:32 AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE HARD ON GERMANS. 55:35 I'M PART GERMAN, MY WIFE'S GERMAN; YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M 55:36 SAYING? 55:38 BUT ADOLF HITLER AND OTHERS HAVE SAID, "IF YOU TELL PEOPLE A LIE 55:41 OFTEN ENOUGH, THEY'LL GET TO WHERE THEY BELIEVE IT. 55:45 YOU TELL ENOUGH PEOPLE A LIE OFTEN ENOUGH AND WELL ENOUGH, 55:49 AND IF YOU INTIMIDATE THEM FOR BELIEVING SOMETHING ELSE, PRETTY 55:53 SOON THEY'LL START TO CAPITULATE AND BELIEVE A LIE." 55:57 WELL FRIENDS, WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF TIME FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 56:01 BUT I THINK I'VE MADE THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT. 56:04 YOU DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT. 56:07 YOU WERE CREATED BY GOD. 56:09 I WAS TALKING THIS LAST YEAR TO A FRIEND WHO'S ON NATIONAL 56:13 TELEVISION EVERYDAY. 56:15 DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GOD, HE'S AN ATHEIST AND WE AND I, HE AND I 56:19 HAVE FRIENDLY CONVERSATIONS. 56:21 AND AFTER WE GOT DONE TALKING ONE DAY HE SAID, "WELL DOUG, I 56:24 KNOW ONE OF US IS RIGHT." 56:27 AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "YEAH, BUT... IF I'M RIGHT, NOTHING IS 56:33 MORE IMPORTANT. 56:35 IF YOU'RE RIGHT, NOTHING REALLY MATTERS." 56:39 IF IT'S ALL A BIG ACCIDENT, THEN NOTHING MATTERS. 56:42 BUT IF WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE TRUTH, FRIENDS, THEN NOTHING 56:45 IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GOD BEING CENTRAL IN YOUR LIFE. 56:50 CAN YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT THIS QUESTION IS? 56:52 AND HAVING THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION? 56:54 BECAUSE IF GOD MADE YOU, HE'S GOT A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 56:58 AND IF THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY YOU AND THERE'S A BATTLE 57:00 OVER YOUR ALLEGIANCE AND YOUR LOVE, AND JESUS IS TRYING TO WIN 57:04 YOUR, YOUR FAITH AND YOUR TRUST, NOTHING'S MORE IMPORTANT. 57:08 AND THAT'S MY APPEAL FOR EACH OF YOU TO KNOW: THAT YOU ARE 57:11 FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD... 57:16 AND HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 57:17 I HOPE YOU'LL INVITE HIM INTO YOUR HEARTS. 57:19 AND YOU TOO, FRIENDS, WHO ARE WATCHING. 57:21 WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE NEXT MOST IMPORTANT 57:24 QUESTION PROGRAM. 57:26 ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS 57:32 EPISODE OF M.I.Q. 57:34 IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING LIFE, AND CAN IT 57:37 REALLY LAST FOREVER? 57:38 YOU WON'T WANNA MISS THIS. 57:40 SEE YOU THEN. 57:42 ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 58:00 >> HOW CAN I KNOW THAT GOD IS LISTENING? 58:01 >> WHERE IS HE WHEN I NEED HIM? 58:03 >> WHAT IS HEAVEN LIKE? 58:04 >> CAN I EVER BE PERFECT? 58:05 >> IS CHURCH FOR ME? 58:06 >> DID I COME FROM APES OR PREHISTORIC SLUDGE? 58:10 >> ANNOUNCER: DO YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD, THE BIBLE 58:12 AND LIVING A CHRISTIAN LIFE? 58:14 THE OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE 58:15 "MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS" TV SERIES HAS MORE ANSWERS. 58:18 GET ALL THE BIBLE-BASED ANSWERS TO HUNDREDS OF THE MOST 58:20 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. 58:21 TO ORDER CALL (800) 538-7275, OR VISIT... 58:24 STORE.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. |
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