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Frequently Asked Questions
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CREATION VS. EVOLUTION
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What does Reasons To Believe think about evolution?
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What does Reasons To Believe think about the Intelligent Design movement?
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Didn't life evolve by natural means from a "primordial soup"?
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Will we eventually find evidence of life on Mars or Jupiter’s moon, Europa?
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Could the first life have been deposited on Earth from a comet or other space
debris?
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Doesn’t “junk DNA” prove evolution?
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Is the Paley watchmaker argument outdated?
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Doesn't the fossil record prove Darwinian evolution?
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Cambrian Explosion
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Fossil record
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Speciation
* HUMAN ORIGINS
Go to The Hominid Corner
Who
Was Adam? a groundbreaking book by Fazale 'Fuz' Rana and Hugh Ross
Answers
to Human Origins Questions -- see Creation Update Topical Index
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Is it true that chimpanzees and humans are almost genetically identical?
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Are advanced primates genetically capable of evolutionary advance?
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Are the differences between humans and apes merely one of degree or of kind?
How are humans different than animals?
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What does science and the Bible have to say about how humans filled the earth?
What does science tell us about early human migration?
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When did modern humans first
appear? When were Adam and Eve created?
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Where did humanity originate? (also discussed
here)
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What can we learn through DNA analysis?
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What does the Book of Mormon say about human origins? How can we put it to the
test?
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What does Reasons To Believe think about popular television documentaries on
human origins?
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What is the scientific evidence for humans being made in the image of God?
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Why did God wait so long before creating human beings?
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Are the long life spans recorded in Genesis scientifically implausible? What
does science have to say?
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Does the evidence for human tails establish that evolution occurred?
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What does Reasons to Believe think about the young earth creation position
regarding human origins?
* THE HOMINID CORNER
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Can evolution account for the facts of the fossil record? What about
bipedalism?
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Is man the only Homo sapiens? What about the archaic Homo sapiens
that showed up before Adam and Eve?
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How does Homo antecessor fit into everything?
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What about Homo erectus?
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What about Homo habilis?
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Who were the hobbit men, Homo floresiensis?
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Who was Toumai man? How does he fit into RTB's creation model?
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Who was Kenyanthropus man?
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What is the significance of the Australopithecines?
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Differences between
Neanderthals and humans
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Genetic makeup
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Diet
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Brain structure
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Anatomy/morphology
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Behavior
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Did Neanderthals and humans interbreed?
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Is it a problem for the RTB creation model if hominids used tools?
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Are there problems with dating methods?
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Why did God create Bipedal Primates?
THE BIBLE AND SCIENCE
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Doesn't a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 mean that God created everything
in six consecutive 24-hour days?
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Does Hugh Ross believe in miracles even though he’s a scientist?
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Doesn't the Big Bang contradict the Bible?
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Doesn't the order of the creation miracles described in Genesis 1 contradict
the scientific record?
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Who was Cain’s wife?
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How could humans live over 900 years like the Bible says?
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What did the Magi see in the sky that led them to Jesus?
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Is there any evidence for Joshua’s long day?
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Is there any evidence for a modern day Jonah?
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Is there any evidence confirming the Genesis account of Isaac and Ishmael
fathering two great nations?
EVIDENCE FOR DESIGN
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Design Evidences
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What are the chances of finding another Earth-like planet capable of
sustaining life?
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What is the purpose of the universe?
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Can't there be a natural explanation for what appears to be design in the
universe?
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What about design in the biological realm?
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What does RTB think about the idea of the "Intelligent Design" movement?
AGE OF THE EARTH
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Does Dinosaur Blood Show Evidence of Recent Creation?
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What do major Christian leaders/organizations think about the age of the earth
issue?
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Doesn't a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 mean that God created everything
in six consecutive 24-hour days?
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Did the "old earth" position arise as a compromise position in reaction to
Darwinian evolution?
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The Historical Development of "Creationism"
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Does Reasons To Believe promote the "gap theory?"
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Does Reasons To Believe believe that the Bible is the error-free word of God?
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Isn't belief in an old universe and the Big Bang compromising Scripture?
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Doesn't a belief in a local flood compromise a literal interpretation of the
Bible?
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Can the measurements for the age of the earth be trusted?
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What does Reasons To Believe think about the views of certain young-earth
leaders?
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Is the speed of light constant?
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Is the sun shrinking? Does that prove a young age?
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Do human footprints appear alongside dinosaur footprints in the Paluxy
riverbed?
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Why did God wait billions of years before creating humans?
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Can the findings of non-Christian scientists be trusted?
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Did animals die before the Fall?
QUESTIONS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
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How to become a Christian
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Don't all religions lead to the same God?
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Who is Jesus?
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Isn't the Trinity a contradiction?
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How could Jesus be both God and man?
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Is there any evidence that Jesus rose from the dead?
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Didn't early Christians suppress some books from being included in the Bible?
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Is morality all relative?
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What happens to the physical body after we die?
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How can a good God allow evil, death and suffering?
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Why would an educated person become a Christian?
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Isn't the Bible merely a collection of interesting Jewish myths?
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Doesn't modern science rest on atheistic presuppositions?
HOT TOPICS
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Multiverse Concepts
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Should Christian promote the teaching of "creation" in public schools?
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Could UFOs and ETs exist? Is it possible to travel through the vast reaches of
space?
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Is there evidence for the Bible codes?
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What is a Christian perspective on the unborn, cloning and stem-cell research?
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Do I have to be a professional scholar in order to "defend" my faith against
secular critics?
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Do you have any advice for reaching my non-Christian friend with the Gospel?
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Is astrology okay?
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What does Reasons To Believe think about Gerald Schroeder's views?
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Has Hugh Ross responded to the criticisms of William Lane Craig regarding his
view of time?
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