The
Evolution Theory
An
apology by the Church of England to Darwin in 2008 appears to
establish the belief that people descend from animals – and
ultimately from mono-cells - and therefore were not created in the
Likeness of God.
The
belief that natural selection favours those who are
more adapt in the struggle for life and eliminates
those who are weaker may of-course become a double-bladed sword.
The
English Church and Creation
The
Church founded in England has its origins in the Gospel, it was
established in Canterbury by King Ethelbert on account of the
Christian Faith of his Consort Queen Bertha.
This
Church was not founded by Henry VIII and does not have a hereditary
supreme governor as does Henry VIII's establishment.
Reneging
on the doctrine of Faith which maintains that mankind was created in
the Likeness of God as a distinct creation, distinct from all other
creations of God, means showing a weakness and succumbing to doubt.
In
the struggle for life, the English Church maintains steadfast
the Faith in our Saviour Jesus Christ, of whom it is written in the
Gospel according to Saint John:
In
the beginning the Word already existed, the Word was with God, and
the Word was God.
From
the very beginning the Word was with God.
Through
him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made
without him.
The
Word was the source of life, and this life brought light to humanity.
Gospel
according to John, 1:1-4,
Rainbow Good News Bible,
edition 2004.
The
Creationist Faith is the only true Faith, as explained in the Gospel,
and the Coming of our Saviour to Bethlehem is the birth of the divine
Word among mankind.
To
give in to the evolutionist theory and the public pressure
challenging the Faith may have seemed the easy way out, but, as the
struggle for life dictates, only those who hold true to the
end will have overcome the hardships.
The
English Church upholds that we have a common Creator who created all
things and gave life, and that mankind was created in the Likeness
of God distinctly from the rest of Creation.
We
did not evolve from mono-cells or from any other variant of cells,
and we do not descend from apes or from any other form of animal.
For
the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as
one day. In this respect, the term day in the Old Testament
can mean even a very long period of years, and so the period of time
in which the universe and Earth were created, as too the animals
living on it, may be very long indeed.
Mankind,
however, has not been around for tens of thousands of years, neither
in the form of man, nor in the form of a predecessor species. Our
history in fact dates back around 6,000 years.
This
is regardless of how many millions of years it may have taken for the
Creation of the universe, the Earth, and animals both extinct and
present.
Similarly,
the English Church cannot evolve from its original conception in the
sixth and seventh centuries into another church, and thus the process
of natural selection will inevitably favour the Church that is
built following the original plan.
As
the struggle for life of the Church is in the care of God
Almighty, so too is its natural selection determined by God.
Thus
the One Faith in the Creator has to be consistent with the Gospel of
the divine Son who is our Saviour.
The
English Church will never renege the words of Saint John:
Through
him God made all things; not one thing in all creation was made
without him.
Our
Church remains true to the words in Genesis:
Then
God said, “And now we will make human beings; they will be like us
and resemble us.”
Genesis
1:26,
Rainbow Good
News Bible, edition 2004.
Written by D. Alexander
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