Argument

Critique

The theory of evolution is bad theory.

Evolutionary theory is dubious because hypotheses about the distant past can’t be proven with absolute certainty.

• Nothing in science is absolutely certain. Scientific theories are considered to be true with varying degrees of probability.
• If "only a theory" were a real objection, creationists would also be issuing disclaimers about the theory of gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, and the theory of limits (on which calculus is based). The theory of evolution is no less valid than any of these. Even the theory of gravity still receives serious challenges!
• It is possible to have strong evidence about matters that one cannot directly observe. >>> abductive argument
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Evolutionary theory violates the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

According to this well-established law, order cannot arise from disorder simply through natural processes. A car can eventually disintegrate into a pile of random molecules through random processes. But no natural cause can assemble a pile of junk into a functioning car.

• This law actually says that a closed system will (with high probability) move from states of greater order to states of lesser order.
• This law says nothing about systems that are not closed. If the Earth were a closed system, its overall level of order would decline.
• But, of course, the Earth is not a closed system—it receives constant inputs of energy from the sun and other regions of space.
• Basically, this law says nothing about the possibility of life evolving from non-life.

>>> Wikipedia: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

>>> The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Evolution, and Probability

>>> All About Entropy, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and Order from Disorder
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The revealed age of the Earth is too short for evolution to have occurred.

The Earth is young (about 10,000 years old)—the same age as can be computed from scriptural statements.

• The Earth is ancient—about 4.5 billion years old, according to current geology and physics.
• Acceptance of this argument entails more than the dismissal of evolutionary theory. Big chunks from the rest of science have to be discarded as well.
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