Did You Know - That Atheists And Evolutionists Descended From Pigs?

For many years I have been receiving The Berean Call newsletter.  This is a Christian apologetic organization founded by the late Dave Hunt and now under the leadership of Tom McMahon, Dave's partner in the ministry for many years.  Each month when I receive my snail-mail copy of the newsletter, the first place I turn to is the Q&A section.  I love discussions about Biblical issues - and the Q&A discussions in this newsletter can be very enlightening.

In the September issue, the first Question really got my attention.  Atheists and Evolutionists are adamant that the universe and all life was created by the Big Bang followed over billions of years by chance developments -  and they tell us that eventually some simple cell floating in a primordial swamp evolved into living, breathing human beings.  And, of course, from that simple little cell floating in some primordial swamp (wonder who or what created the cell and the swamp?) - chance eventually worked some miracle, causing that simple lifeless cell to become a living cell, and over billions of years - it became first an ape or a chimp - and then over more billions of years - actually developed, by chance, into a living, breathing human being.

Their proof of this is that the chimp DNA and the human DNA (our genes) have great similarities.  But, according to this latest report from The Berean Call - it is not the chimp that atheists and evolutionists seem to have evolved from - but, in reality, it was from PIGS.  Yes, that is right.  Human DNA is more similar to pig DNA than to chimp DNA.

So, our atheist and evolutionist Friends have a choice.  They can finally admit that God created them ~ OR ~ they must accept that their early ancestors were PIGS!  Bad enough that they had to accept being related to chimps.  But, can they accept being descended from PIGS?

We will leave them to ponder that - while I will introduce you to the entertaining The Berean Call Q&A post about the Pig Ancestors Of Atheists:

THE BEREAN CALL NEWSLETTER

Questions & Answers, September 1, 2016

Question:  Do you know anything about groups called “gene-testing services?”  Apparently they have convinced many to believe they come from monkeys.

Response:  It has been well documented that man actually is closer “genetically” to pigs.  That’s why we have for decades used biological parts that have been grown in pigs.  As a scientific publication notes, “Pigs share a number of surprising comparable traits with humans. For instance, we both have [relatively] hairless skin, a thick layer of subcutaneous fat, light-colored eyes, protruding noses and heavy eyelashes. Pig skin tissues and heart valves can be used in medicine because of their compatibility with the human body.  Medical students often practice suturing on pig’s feet.”

We have not thoroughly researched “customer gene-testing services” and consequently cannot respond with specific details to your question. Nevertheless, there is one point of particular interest:  “Apologists” for the theory of evolution point to a similarity between man and chimpanzees of up to 96 percent, leaving only a 4 percent difference in DNA.  But even evolutionists point out that, although humans and chimps are judged to have many identical genes, the biological functions are often used in different ways.

Going further, another scientific writer notes, “The sheer fact that pigs and humans are mammals means that we share some genes.  But it is simplistic to put an actual figure on the amount of genetic material we have in common,” says animal geneticist Professor Chris Moran from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Veterinary Science.

“‘Making broad comparisons by saying…98 percent of  [human] genes are similar to a chimpanzee or whatever else…tend to be a little bit misleading,’ says Moran.  The amount of genetic material we share with other species depends upon what you compare.  All living organisms have genetic information encoded in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), divided into units called genes. 

Information is transferred from the genes via a chemical called ribonucleic acid (RNA).  Some RNA is translated into chains of amino-acid that make up proteins, the building blocks of every living cell.  Scientists have discovered about 20,000 mammalian genes that encode proteins with similar basic functions.  So if you compare the protein-encoding portion of our DNA we have a lot in common with a lot of mammals.

“‘Mammals have most of the same genes for similar biochemical and physiological functions.  If you look at the details of the genes…there’ll be differences between them, but they’ll still be doing the same kind of function,’” says Moran (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/05/03/2887206.htm).

As Dave Hunt wrote in the February 1997 newsletter, “In his book, The Blind Watchmaker, Oxford University zoologist Richard Dawkins, a leading evolutionist, calls biology ‘the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose’ (Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker (England: Longman 1986, 1).  

Indeed! One cell, the smallest living unit, could have 100,000 molecules and 10,000 intricately interrelated chemical reactions going on at one time.  Cells couldn’t arise by chance!  Dawkins admits that every cell contains in its nucleus ‘a digitally coded database larger...than all thirty volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica put together.’   You can’t even imagine the odds against chance creating a thirty-volume encyclopedia! That’s for one cell - and there are trillions (of cells) in the human body, thousands of different kinds, working in unbelievably complex and delicately balanced relationships!”

Of course, since the Lord used the same building blocks in the creation of all life, we shouldn’t be surprised to see some similarities.  Nor do we ignore the distinctions.  And, we don’t see people rushing to admit they descended from pigs.

So, the next time that an atheist or an evolutionist insists that there is no God and that all the universe, including life, just happened by chance - introduce him/her to their newly discovered ancestor, Miss Piggy!

Then, of course, to be good Christians who do believe and practice the Great Commission, share the Gospel with your atheist or evolutionist Friend.  True, he/she may turn a cold shoulder to your sharing God's Word.   But, keep in mind that in every person, maybe down really deep, there is some good soil.  And, prayerfully, among the seeds you sow when sharing the Gospel - maybe one tiny little seed will eventually find its way into that good soil - and be nurtured into eternal life for that Friend.  What do you have to lose - sow those seeds!  One day that Friend may come to you in heaven and say, "Thank you for sharing the Gospel with me."
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill