Daddy, Were There Really Dinosaurs?

by Leonard V Johnson

Stacy Trasancos of the National Catholic Register wrote back in 2016 ──

What Do You Say When Kids Ask About Dinosaurs?

Suppose you catechize your children properly and teach them all about Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and original sin. Suppose you sit on the sofa one Sunday evening, read the Bible with them and explain how God created all of the plants and animals.

On Monday morning, they return to their science classes and learn about fossils and dinosaurs, which have sparked an interest and led them to browse the Internet for more information. It’s not like dinosaurs are taboo or anything. Kids love dinosaurs! Eventually, they ask the obvious question.

“So, Mom, I have been wondering: Did the dinosaurs live before or after Adam and Eve?” …

If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve, then it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally. Dinosaurs are believed to have dominated the earth for more than 100 million years, first appearing more than 200 million years ago in the Triassic Period and reigning during the Jurassic Period …

If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived after Adam and Eve and roamed with antediluvian giants (or something) before the Great Flood of Noah, then fine, maybe, just maybe, you have preserved the literal sense of the very first Bible story to a T. …

My kids have asked this question, and I have practiced my answer. First, do not teach them young-earth creationism. In my opinion, that is a failure to teach at all. It requires you to tell kids that a certain narrow group of self-appointed authorities are the sole authorities of both science and theology, and that is a dangerous corral to shove them in. …

Meanwhile, say something like this to your kids: “Dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve. You have been taught about how God created plants and animals before he [sic] created man and woman. Well, there is much more to the story. Scientists have learned about fossils, taxonomy, anatomy and genetics, all subjects you will learn in time. Be excited; it is mind-blowing to explore how God designed nature!”

(https://www.ncregister.com/blog/what-do-you-say-when-kids-ask-about-dinosaurs).

Mrs. Trasancos, a chemist from Penn State University, who worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont (historically, in the 1930s, DuPont was deeply involved in U.S. corporate and political circles. DuPont had financial and logistical ties to arms suppliers worldwide, which were also sold to and used by our enemies) 1 was right about one thing ── this dinosaur subject requires parents to be ready for the correct answer.

The Holy Bible, which is God’s living word, admonishes all parents to teach their children the holy and righteous commands of the LORD God ──

“’ And these words which I command you TODAY shall be in your heart. 7) You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 8) You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9) You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.’” – Deuteronomy 6:6-9.

It was at this moment in time when Judah was a vassal of Assyria, and King Josiah was leading a pro-independence, monotheistic reform. The Prophet Moses here isn’t just speaking of any legal code; it’s a teaching moment urging all parents to pass the faith of the LORD God to their children, in everything they do with their hands, with their mind, and in their heart.

Traditionally, Jews affix a mezuzah (a small parchment scroll containing this very Scripture) to each of the doorposts of their home. It’s placed in a decorative case and secured on the right side of the doorway, serving as a physical reminder of the commandment. The Prophet Moses was speaking figuratively about keeping the LORD's words in our hearts and minds, but it was Jewish tradition that turned this into a literal mezuzah ritual.

Also, the Apostle Peter admonishes us, brethren, that we should “sanctify the Lord God in [our] hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks [us] a reason for the hope that is in [us], with meekness and fear.” – 1 Peter 3:15.

There were large creatures ── that have come to be called dinosaurs ── prior to the creation of Adam and Eve.

The overall majority of what Mrs. Trasancos wrote is wrong! For one thing: It is utterly wrong of her to even suggest: “If the answer is that the dinosaurs lived before Adam and Eve, then it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally.”

The very opening of God’s living word ── of which our own Savior, High Priest, and Advocate has said, “ …’ Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4. So, we can either believe what the LORD God has said, or like Mrs. Trasancos, you do not take anything His living word says literally ──

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1.

1. beereshuday֖at beerha֣ elohyay֑im imt֥a hashoomahy֖im ve'eyat֥a ha'arֽetz: (ו)

Of course, God’s living word doesn’t tell us just when this occurred, this “in the beginning.” There have been many (including myself) who have added up the ages of various biblical figures when they became fathers, then combined that with the reigns of kings, and then added in some additional Scriptures, and have concluded that from the time of verse 3 of Genesis chapter 1 to the present has been a little less than 6,000 years! Basically, each day = 1,000 years of Earth's recreation history. (For details, be sure to read and study the article “Could Mankind’s 6000 years end in 2030?”).

There was indeed a creation as stated in Genesis 1:1. But there was a long gap between verse 1 and verse 2 ── of billions of years! In a series of Personals, I began writing, I went over “Some Prehistory Facts.” And I began with the rebellion of the evil one – Satan the devil. Because of this rebellion, physical destruction occurred to the earth! Notice this – Genesis 1:2, “[But] earth [became] without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.” The Hebrew words which our great patriarch and prophet Moses used are tohu and bohu – which truly means “chaotic and in confusion.”

Notice ──

2. veha'aretz, hiyata tohu vevohu, vehoshech, al-pni thom; veru'ach elohim, merahefet al-pni hamayim.

Here are a few additional translations ──

“The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface.” – Genesis 1:2, NLT.

“And the earth was † without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” – Genesis 1:2, NET.

(† Hebrew, hayah could also be read as became).

Illustration of the Earth being formed per-2 Peter 3:5 ── “But this fact is hidden from them – they themselves choosing to ignore it – that by the Word of God the heavens existed of old, and the earth came forth out of water and amid water.”

Let us also notice the following ──

“For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: ‘I am the LORD, and there is no other.’” – Isaiah 45:18.

This planet was formed from and amid water. Evidence from ancient rocks suggests Earth may have been a water world for much of its early history, with little or no land until later tectonic activity created continents. 2

So, as mentioned earlier, something terrible occurred to the Earth between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2. Day one officially begins in verse 3 ──

“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.”

Now, the LORD God’s living word “cannot be broken” – John 10:35. And the Prophet Isaiah, under divine inspiration, clearly states that the LORD God “formed the earth and made it … Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited.” So therefore, there was a second creation of the planet Earth. Psalm 104:30 supports this understanding ── “You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.”

Notice this from Arthur C. Custance (1910-1985), the British-born Canadian who wrote about the unique connections between scientific research and biblical understanding, bringing together faith and reason. He attended the University of Toronto, where he obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees in biblical languages ──

“ … the view was never thereafter entirely lost, even though it was sometimes presented only in the form of an opinion that such a gap did exist, a time interval of unknown duration between the initial creation and the work of the six days which began in verse 3. …

Furthermore, in the Massoretic Text in which the Jewish scholars tried to incorporate enough ‘indicators’ to guide the reader as to correct punctuation there is one small mark which is technically known as Rebhia, which is classified as a ‘disjunctive accent’ intended to notify the reader that he should pause before proceeding to the next verse. In short, this mark indicates a ‘break’ in the text. Such a mark appears at the end of Genesis 1:1. This mark has been noted by several scholars including Luther. It is one indication among others, that the initial waw ( ו) which introduces verse 2 should be rendered ‘but’ rather than ‘and’, a dis-junctive rather than a con-junctive.” 3

So, we come to see that, anciently, there is a ( ו) mark between verses 1 and 2 of the Book of Genesis──indicating that there should be a pause. Also, that instead of verse 2 beginning with “And” as the 1611 King James Version, as well as the New English Translation, has, it should rather begin with “But.”

Notice that mankind was not created until well after Genesis 1:1 ──

“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28) Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill [replenish] the earth and subdue it; …” – Genesis 1:27-28.

The New English Translation by Minister Fred R. Coulter rightly uses “And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; …”

To replenish is Strong’s #4390, from the Hebrew מָלאֵ , male' ── replenish.

It should also be noted that this was the same command by the LORD God to the Prophet Noah after the Flood ──

“So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill [replenish] the earth.” – Genesis 9:1.

Again, the New English Translation by Minister Fred R. Coulter rightly uses “replenish.”

So, this gap that was between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 was when there were dinosaurs.

Now, do dinosaurs disprove God’s living word? Well, scientists tell us that dinosaurs roamed the earth some millions of years ago ── like the Tyrannosaurus, which lived some 69-66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period just before the mass extinction event. Yet, God’s living word tells us that everything was created in a mere six days──which, as mentioned earlier, actually began in verse 3 of Genesis chapter 1. Nearly 6,000 years ago (cf. 2 Peter 3:8).

So, indeed, before Adam and Eve were created, this Earth was inhabited by strange and bizarre creatures, most of them of awesome and immense size, called “terrible lizards” ── with one, Argentinosaurus huinculensis, with an estimated weight of 60–124 tonnes! In real-world terms, it’s about nine-tenths the weight of the Statue of Liberty without its base (which is about 140 tonnes)!

Yet, most fundamentalist and traditionalist churches, along with most “creationists,” tend to support the idea that “God created the whole universe, including mankind along with the dinosaurs, 6,000 years ago.”

So, just as has come to Mrs. Trasancos, dinosaurs have come to completely befuddle biblical students and scholars regarding the authenticity of the Bible ── and to come to question its very Author. Because can God’s word account for the very existence of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures? If not ── then, as they say, “it follows that all words and sentences in the first three chapters of Genesis are not to be taken literally.”

The fact is, without real and true spiritual knowledge imparted from our Father and our Savior, it becomes a real conundrum trying to squeeze dinosaurs into a 6,000-year understanding. Scientific facts don’t allow it.

Notice these well-established facts ──

1. There is a vast difference between the age of dinosaurs (which had three distinct stages, Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) and the age of mankind.

2. In truth, the world of dinosaurs and the world of our modern mammals are not the direct, unbroken descendants of ancient mammals in a simple “Linear Evolutionary Chain,” cf. Genesis 1:20-25.

3. It has been well-established, and the most common and widely used method for dating dinosaur fossils is relative dating through stratigraphy and biostratigraphy, 4 which shows us that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

4. The Great Flood, which is estimated to have occurred around 2348 BC, is not what killed off the dinosaurs.

God’s living word tells us in Genesis 6:19, “And of EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.”

5. An impact crater, estimated to have formed some 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub crater, is believed to have formed when an asteroid, about 120 miles in diameter, struck Earth. It is now widely accepted that the devastation and climate disruption resulting from the impact were the primary cause of the mass extinction.

Now, dinosaurs were warm-blooded, land-dwelling, air-breathing creatures that should have been on the Ark ── what a massive ark that would have been! Dinosaurs were not on the Ark, which means they were not alive during the Antediluvian period. The same holds true for the flying reptiles; they would have been on the Ark as well.

So, from these five well-established facts alone, we must outright reject the fundamentalist and traditionalist churches along with most “creationists” with their idea that the Earth (without the gap understanding) along with all life upon it, was created a mere 6,000 years ago. 

INDEED! This Earth is estimated to be some 4.54 billion years old ── give or take some 50 million years ── and the fact that there are no “terrible lizards” today shows us that they were extinct before the Great Flood.

So, with all this being said, there were dinosaurs before the creation of Adam and Eve. And the LORD God caused and/or allowed the dinosaurs of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods to become extinct before they created human beings ── cf. Genesis 1:26-27.

A true Christian should not be afraid to teach children the living truth about the LORD God’s creation ── including the creation of dinosaurs. □

Sources:

1 Sanders, R., The du Pont Company, Press for Conversion! Coat.ncf.ca, Retrieved 12 Aug. 2026.

2 Haynes, K., https://www.astronomy.com/science/ancient-earth-may-have-been-a-water-world-with-no-dry-land/, Astronomy Magazine, 6 Mar. 2020.

3 Custance, Arthur C. M.A., Ph.D., F.R.A.I, Without Form and Void: A Study of the Meaning of Genesis 1.2., Arthur C. Custance, Brockville, Canada, 1970, pgs. 14, 18.

4 Science News Today Editorial Team, How Do Paleontologists Date Fossils? Science News Today, 31 July 2025.

Evaluating Evolutionary Theories Around Life’s Origins

Dubbed the “trial of the century,” the March 1925 case of State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes—commonly known as the Scopes Trial, took place some 101 years ago ── but as the Associated Press writes, “the fight isn’t over” ──

March 13, 2025

The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt.

A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more.

In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms. Strong reactions rippled across the United States. The eventual upshot: a legal battle that became one of the most renowned in the nation’s history.

Historians say the trial started as a tourism gambit on behalf of the small town of Dayton, Tennessee — where the landmark case unfolded. The town’s leaders were eager for an economic boost and encouraged a local teacher to challenge the law. They wanted the debate over the controversial anti-evolution mandate to take place in their own backyard while the rest of the country eagerly followed along.

But amid the spectacle, the arguments and tensions raised during the eight-day trial persist. The rift over evolution and creationism — particularly in classrooms — has never fully been put to rest, and questions over how students should be taught about life’s origins still spark debate among educators, lawmakers, and the public. …

And in Texas, new state curriculum has sparked criticism due to its inclusion of biblical references, a lesson that asks students to repeat the phrase that starts the creation story in the Book of Genesis and an activity requesting that children remember the order in which the Bible says God created the universe.

(https://apnews.com/article/scopes-monkey-trial-tennessee-evolution-creationism-1db282339a6f5a6b6d4a8b52dfdf45f3).

Of course, it was utterly foolish and entirely unscientific for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of teaching the theory of evolution regarding mankind, as it does not explain the true origin of mankind nor of life itself.

God’s living word teaches us ──

“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt, They have done abominable works, There is none who does good.” – Psalm 14:1.

Notice some absolute foolishness that Scientific American put out several years back ──

July 5, 2021

Denial of Evolution Is a Form of White Supremacy

As museums reopen let’s introduce ourselves, and our children, to the original Black ancestors of all human beings

The global scientific community overwhelmingly accepts that all living humans are of African descent. Most scientific articles about our African origins focus on genetics. The part of the story that is not widely shared is about the creation of human culture. We are all descended genetically, and also culturally, from dark-skinned ancestors. Early humans from the African continent are the ones who first invented tools; the use of fire; language; and religion.

(https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/denial-of-evolution-is-a-form-of-white-supremacy/).

Well … truthfully, according to the LORD our God, human beings (Homo sapiens) were created in what is known as Mesopotamia. And the Africans did not “invent” religion.

From what God’s living word teaches, God gave instructions to the first human beings in the Book of Genesis. Yes … there were Neanderthals. Here is something by the renowned Professor Roy Schulz ──

Using the general guide provided by the Bible, it is possible to isolate many specific features of the society before the Flood. Consider, first of all, the “giant” of Genesis 6:4. Can they be identified in terms of archaeology and history?

The English word “giants” is used in various places in the Authorized or King James Version of the Bible. It is translated from two original Hebrew words – Rephaim and Nephilim. The Rephaim are mentioned only after the Flood; they were tall men, like [the] Anakim. The term Rephaim [the Moabites calling them Emim] is translated “giants” in Deuteronomy 2:11, 20, and other places; and they are mentioned directly in Genesis 14:5 and 15:20.

However, in the Scripture we are presently concerned with – Genesis 6:4, which is primarily concerned with pre-Flood times – the original is Nephilim. This word nephal means “a feller” – one who fells a tree – or, by extension, one who brings down another because of his unusual strength. The term implies a “tough” or a bully, an individual of great physical might. Nephilim, then, were shorter, very stocky, and had tremendous power! In other words, they were giants in strength but not in tallness of stature. The point of emphasis here is that the word Nephilim does not require tallness as part of its definition! Any men of unusual height who existed prior to the Flood were distinct from the Nephilim.

In the history of ancient Europe, archaeologists have defined three basic cultural zones – Lower, Middle, and Upper Paleolithic. Now, the Middle Paleolithic, which occurs well within the story of early human history, was the cultural zone of the famous Neanderthals. Now the Neanderthals were squat, stocky, powerful human beings! In short, the descriptions of the Nephilim and of the Neanderthals match perfectly! They are one and the same!

Schulz, R., EXPLORING ANCIENT HISTORY -- THE FIRST 2500 YEARS, Social Studies Department Imperial Schools at Pasadena, CA. 1967.

Now, God’s word tells us that the “inventor” of musical instruments was Jubal (Genesis 4:21), and he was likely dark-skinned.

God’s living word ── the Holy Bible ── is not a book of “White Supremacy”!

Biblical stories and accounts are factual (be sure to read our online PDF booklets “Does God Exist?” and “Many Convincing Proofs That Jesus Is Christ”). However, evolution as the origin of life is most certainly not! It actually goes against real science.

Is it scientifically logical to believe in the LORD God and that God created all things?

Yes.

Well … instead of believing that a divine Creator created all things, is it also logical to believe in “spontaneous generation” of life ── which is often pushed by well-known “evolutionists” claiming to be a theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, or simply a scientist?

No, it’s not.

Even the English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, Charles Darwin, began to question his life’s work ──

His ideas were quickly grasped by many of the people of his day, particularly those who had intellectually discarded the concept of creation as unscientific.

Through the years most of his followers lost interest in his theory because there was no proof for it. During that time Darwin himself said: ‘I am in a hopeless muddle concerning the origin of things. Our ignorance of the derivation of things is very profound. I must be content to remain agnostic.”

However, as he lay dying, he embraced the concept of creation. He also reflected on his life work, saying: ‘I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; to my astonishment, the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion out of them.’

(Kieth, B., Scopes II the Great Debate, Shreveport, LA., Huntington House, 1984, pg. 47).

Former Louisiana senator Bill Keith, in that book, “documents the harmful results of children being indoctrinated in evolution when they enter schools after having been taught creation in the home. He also explains to parents and others what can be done to solve this dilemma.”

Let us consider, again, the living words of the Eternal One ──

“Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15) But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.” – Revelation 22:14-15.

Now, would not professing a belief in something that you know is impossible, i.e., spontaneous generation of life, be loving and practicing a lie?

In truth, the theory of evolution does indeed function as a religion that many cling to. Therefore, like other religions, most people do not even bother to prove to themselves why they are even on planet Earth, why their life is, and what their ultimate potential holds.

The Apostle Paul, under divine inspiration, warns about false claims of science ──

“O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21) which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. A-men ´.” – 1 Timothy 6:20-21, KJV.

Great contradictions of what is known as “science” exist to this day.

Sadly, Allison Hopper, the author of the Scientific American article, did not write a scientific article─but it was published anyhow. She outright denied the account of Adam and Eve in God’s word. While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, they are not entitled to their own facts. She went on to write, “At the heart of white evangelical creationism is the mythology of an unbroken white lineage that stretches back to a light-skinned Adam and Eve. In literal interpretations of the Christian Bible, white skin was created in God's image.” That statement is racist.

Racism is a serious issue and is wrong, and her belittling of the issue of racism to falsely tie it with God’s living word ── well … she should be ostracized.

God’s living word is scientifically accurate when it covers matters of science.

If one does have any contradictions between God’s word and what is considered “science,” let us remember what the LORD God has said ──

“ … Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. …” – Romans 3:4.

God’s word is reliable. But not all theoretical astrophysicists, cosmologists, or scientists are. Nor are all theologians. Let's believe and rely on the LORD God’s logic.

Also, the Apostle Paul has warned us, brethren ──

“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13) But evil [people] and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14) But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.” – 2 Timothy 3:12-14.

As we get nearer the end of this present evil age, we are witnessing many more being deceived and deceiving others. We are also witnessing an ever-greater volume of anti-biblical and anti-God statements, including what is known as “shadow-banning.”

It is not “White Supremacy” to believe and accept the Holy Bible as the living truth of our Creator.

As far as the origin of life, die-hard evolutionists claim that multiple amino acids perfectly lined up and somehow “became” alive and then evolved to all life that we currently have on planet Earth. The following is a portion of our free no-obligation PDF booklet, “Does God Exist?” ──

Where did LIFE come from?

Did life originate from what the likes of Carl Sagan had argued? “That the early atmosphere of the Earth was hydrogen-rich, and that the origin of life occurred before the hydrogen was lost, and that such gases sparked, creating life. That life began in the ocean with temperatures that began to fall and the amino-acids, and the proteins and the nucleotides – and how these different chemicals and the different aspects of this old earth – which condensed out of interstellar gas and dust some 4.5 billion years ago – and how they came together to form the earliest stages of life – a kind of organic soup!?”

Well, LIFE ONLY COMES FROM LIFE!

The late great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur in 1862, tested the validity of a widely held belief in spontaneous generation. For centuries, the general population and naturalists alike believed that a variety of organisms could arise spontaneously. Sound familiar? “The universe can and will create itself from nothing.” Pasteur’s experiments showed that microbes CANNOT arise from nonliving materials. Now, some argue that eons ago, conditions on Earth and in the atmosphere were vastly different from those they were in Pasteur’s lifetime. Pasteur proved that microorganisms come from the multiplication of parent microorganisms of their own kind. Advocates of this spontaneous generation doctrine continue to argue that some form of the doctrine is true – in the sense that if life did not always exist on Earth, it must have been spontaneously generated at some point. And, without even realizing it – turning 360° back to a CREATOR! …

Now, there’s a plethora of debate and speculation about life arising in many places throughout the universe. But what do established scientific observations and experiments tell us? We NEVER see evidence of anything remotely looking like some “kind of organic soup”!? Nor any life arising spontaneously! What do we see? We only see living things reproducing “according to its kind” – Genesis 1:20-27. The LORD God – THE LIVING CREATORS – who is LIFE, who has imparted life to all that have it.

A person cannot rationally deny the existence of our God – unless he can successfully demonstrate that life can come from non-life.

Evolution isn’t based on science, but instead on a mind that utterly rejects God and the facts of the origin of life. □

To Be or Not to Be ── A Debunk of Evolution!

Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet, with Yorick's skull (Photographer James Lafayette, circa. 1885-1900)

“To be, or not to be, that is the question …”

The other day, while I was at home, I said out loud, to no one in particular, “I am, therefore I am.” And I was reminded by Alexa that the statement, which I thought was from Isaac Asimov, actually came from ── the actual quote, René Descarteś ── “I think, therefore I am.” And then she babbled on about something having to do with the Three Laws of Robotics!

However, I opened with this because I want to discuss the theory of evolution with you today.

On a website called Watts Up With That?, Ross Pomeroy has an article entitled, “Human Evolution: ‘Our Ultimate Fate Comes Down to… Three Possibilities.’” And, throughout my research over these past 45 years, I have encountered these three possibilities before.

January 17, 2026

Everything around us seems to be changing at breakneck speed. …

“Humans are still evolving,” Dr. Scott Solomon, an Associate Teaching Professor at Rice University specializing in ecology, evolutionary biology, and scientific communication, wrote in his forthcoming book Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds. …

“In the far-flung future, what will happen to us, evolutionarily speaking?”

It’s a question that Solomon considered in his 2016 book, Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution. He surmised that our ultimate evolutionary fate could follow one of three basic trajectories.

The first is a standstill – our species will remain roughly as it currently is. But Solomon thinks this is unlikely. …

Our second possible fate is extinction. Though the chances of this may seem remote to our brains biased to optimism, the odds are far higher than any of us would like to admit. …

The third possible fate for humanity, which Solomon explored in depth in Becoming Martian, is that at least part of humanity will evolve into a different species.

(https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/01/17/human-evolution-our-ultimate-fate-comes-down-to-three-possibilities/).

In this article, I would like to look closely at these three possibilities from this said article, but first… we should debunk human evolution ── and for that matter, animal evolution. Strict and diehard evolutionists claim that all the elements of an early earth all lined up, and an electrical spark ignited life, and then, somehow, life began to evolve and… well… here we are sitting in front of a computer, drinking a Caramel Macchiato, speaking to the world! Notice this from our free no-obligation online PDF booklet, “Does God Exist?” ──

What About LIFE?

Where did LIFE come from?

Did life originate from what the likes of Carl Sagan had argued? “That the early atmosphere of the Earth was hydrogen-rich, and that the origin of life occurred before the hydrogen was lost, and that such gases sparked, creating life. That life began in the ocean with temperatures that began to fall and the amino-acids, and the proteins and the nucleotides – and how these different chemicals and the different aspects of this old earth – which condensed out of interstellar gas and dust some 4.5 billion years ago – and how they came together to form the earliest stages of life – a kind of organic soup!?”

Well, LIFE ONLY COMES FROM LIFE!

The late great French microbiologist Louis Pasteur, in 1862, tested the validity of a widely held belief in spontaneous generation. For centuries, the general population and naturalists alike believed that a variety of organisms could arise spontaneously. Sound familiar? “The universe can and will create itself from nothing” [a quote from Stephen Hawking]. Pasteur’s experiments showed that microbes CANNOT arise from nonliving materials. Now, there are those who argue that eons ago, conditions on Earth and in the atmosphere were vastly different from those they were in Pasteur’s lifetime. Pasteur proved that microorganisms come from the multiplication of parent microorganisms of their own kind. Advocates of this spontaneous generation doctrine continue to argue that some form of the doctrine is true, in the sense that if life did not always exist on Earth, it must have been spontaneously generated at some point. And, without even realizing it, turning 360° back to a CREATOR!

The evolution of life is not actually based on science ── instead, it’s based upon… O’ what phrase did that article use? It was surmise, which is not a scientific term. Evolution is based upon minds that absolutely refuse to accept the facts of a mighty and powerful Creator.

Well, having said all that, the FIRST of this Dr. Solomon’s three possibilities:

1. A standstill – that human beings will remain roughly as we currently are.

That analysis is both true and false.

Let me explain. You see… the human family doesn’t stop – it doesn’t stop after a thousand years. Sadly, the likes of the Seventh-day Adventists, under the leadership of Ellen G. White, are taught that the Earth is going to be melted down like liquid glass! An absolute perversion of the Word of God! It’s not the Way it’s going to happen! God the Father is returning with Jesus Christ! And He’s going to associate with human beings.

Isaiah 9:6 - 7 – “Of the increase of His government and peace THERE WILL BE NO END, …” Which begs the question: Why do so many remnant churches teach that at the end of the Millennium and the “Great White Throne Judgment” that the Earth is going to be melted down like liquid glass and it’s all over, no more humankind? Well, if there are no more humankind, there are no more godkind. But the Bible says just the opposite: “Of the increase of His government and peace THERE WILL BE NO END!” “Even forever.”

There won’t be a cessation of human reproduction and human families; they will continue, and then at some point in their maturity, in their spiritual growth, at some point in their life, they also will be allowed to graduate, as it were, into the Family of GOD. To literally be “born again.”

Yes indeed! Mankind, created after the God kind will continue, made “in Our image, according to Our likeness” – Genesis 1:26. Because, if mankind ── as that article stated, “Becoming Martian” occurs (as I’ll speak on more in a moment), then mankind would no longer be in the image and likeness of God.

Let’s look at this doctor's SECOND possibility:

     2. Extinction.

As previously mentioned, if there are no more humankind, there are no more godkind. It’s really LOGIC 101. But also, and we highly stress the living warning of our Master, Creator, and Savior, Jesus Christ, concerning the soon-coming trauma ──

“’ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22) And UNLESS those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved [and the Moffett translation renders this ‘saved alive’]; but for the elects sake those days will be shortened.’” – Matthew 24:21-22.

Yes! Praise be to our mighty Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ ── they will intervene and keep mankind from destroying ourselves ──

“’ Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; …’” ── as we’ve spoken about elsewhere, during those days the atmosphere will be thick with massive ash clouds caused by volcanoes erupting all around the world all at once caused by a massive earthquake the likes of which the earth has never experienced, and even possibly a nuclear winter. “ … ‘the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’” ── Satan the Devil and his imps won’t be allowed to travel throughout the atmosphere but will be confined to the earth.

“Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, …” – Revelation 6:14.

Earth’s atmosphere will be cleared of pollution caused by massive volcanoes erupting worldwide, and possibly caused by a nuclear winter.

30) Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and the tribes [the nations] of the earth WILL MOURN, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with POWER AND GREAT GLORY.’” – Matthew 24:29-30.

Men will literally see in the nights sky a tiny distant light, and then throughout the following nights and months the light gets brighter and closer ── and upon looking up and seeing this bright light coming towards the earth at lightning speed, mankind will say to the caves and in the rocks of the mountains they are hiding within, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” – Revelation 6:16.

And then, this doctor's THIRD possibility is that human beings ── again, created in the very “image and likeness” of God ── will eventually evolve into Martians, or Venusians, Plutonians, or even Europians (if humans eventually travel to and “evolve” on the moon Europa)! In other words, humans would no longer be human.

Well, mankind will never become Martians or Proxima Centaurians, because mankind is not evolving. Nor would mankind “evolve” on a distant planet ── even if it could support life as we know it. Human beings can and do adapt, but we do not evolve. But God’s living word does clearly teach us that true Christians will be resurrected, and will change from mortal to immortal, from wholly physical to wholly spiritual beings ──

“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood CANNOT inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51) Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep [die], but we shall all be changed – 52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye [within a split second], AT THE LAST TRUMPET. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead [the dead in Christ] will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53) For this corruptible MUST put on incorruption, and this mortal MUST put on immortality.” – 1 Corinthians 15:49-53; see also 1 Thessalonians 4:14-17.

Unless You Are Born Again

From our free no-obligation online PDF booklet “What Is the Kingdom of God?” ──

In the Book of John, the 3rd chapter, here we read the response that Jesus gave to a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, who was curious as to whether Jesus was really who He said He was. So, here was, in all accounts, an upstanding man in his society who came to Jesus at night – because he didn’t want his neighbors or religious associates to discover that he was conversing with Jesus Christ. Indeed, it says in verse 2 – “This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs [these miracles] that You do unless God is with him.’” It’s amazing – here it was that he understood that Jesus was someone of extreme importance and that His ability to perform these miracles – he knew that the Man came from God, yet here he was out at night – incognito – so that no one saw him. It reminds us of religious people today. They claim to be Christian but are very afraid to truly keep the commandments of God and have and defend the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Our Lord Jesus went on to explain, verse 3 – “ ... ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’”

And Nicodemus said in bewilderment – verse 4 – “ ...’ How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?’”

Notice our Lord Jesus’ response. He says, verse 5 – “ ...’ Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.’”

Anyway, be sure to read and study the PDF booklet “What Is the Kingdom of God?”

Well, none of these doctors’ three possibilities is going to occur. Yet he is correct in the fact that all of mankind is risking its very existence. Sadly, a large majority of mankind completely ignores God’s living words to all humanity.

There is coming a time when it’s going to be announced ──

“ … ‘The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord [God the Father] and of His Christ, and He shall reign FOREVER AND EVER! …

17) … ‘We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned. 18) The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.’” – Revelation 11:15, 17-18.

While human beings, who cannot get along with our neighbors, will eventually cause such devastation that the very likelihood that all life upon the earth would cease to exist (cf. Matthew 24:21-22), the greatest of news is the glorious promise of the powerful return of our Savior, Jesus Christ, to put an immediate stop to it, and will establish the glorious kingdom of God! □

Bill Nye ── No More Than A ‘Science Guy’ Title

Nye taking a "selfie" with Barack Obama and Neil deGrasse in 2014 (White House/Wikipedia)

Back in 2014, Bill Nye ── the self-proclaimed “Science Guy” best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy-- wrote a book on evolution. Here’s what he has to say ──

Darwin’s theory explains so much of the world, from bumblebees to human origins, says the Science Guy. …

In his new book, Nye delights in how this fundamental discovery helps to unlock the mysteries of everything from bumblebees to human origins to our place in the universe.

Who do you hope will read this book? 

Grown-ups who have an interest in the world around them, people coming of age who have an interest in science, and people who still want to know how the world works. …

How and when did you first encounter creationism? 

About 20 years ago. I was a member of the Northwest Skeptics, which is the Seattle-based skeptics organization. We met people who insisted that the Earth was 6,000 years old. The inanity took my breath away. When you understand anything about astronomy or have just a rudimentary understanding of radioactivity, the Earth is patently not 6,000 years old. It’s silly. … 

What one or two points do you want people to take away from this book? 

Evolution is a discovery. We discovered evolution. Two guys [Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace], at about the same time, reached the same conclusion about nature. … 

Anything else?

Evolution fills me with reverence for our place within the cosmos, what I like to call “our place in space.” We’re the product of stardust, brought together by gravity—we’re at least one of the ways that the universe knows itself. That, to me, is astonishing. 

(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150125-bill-nyescience-guy-evolution-creation-book-talk-culture/).

Sadly, the overall majority of those claiming to be scientists accept the theory of evolution as the explanation for how LIFE ON EARTH began. 

Biogenesis ── which many also call a theory ── is defined as the development of life from preexisting life. Not, as Stephen Hawking self-righteously hawked, “Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” 

Notice this from Dr. George Wald (1906-1997), who in 1967 won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ── 

“We tell this story to beginning students of biology as though it represents a triumph of reason over mysticism. In fact, it is very nearly the opposite. The reasonable view was to believe in spontaneous generation; the only alternative, to believe in a single, primary act of supernatural creation. There is no third position. For this reason, many scientists a century ago chose to regard the belief in spontaneous generation as a ‘philosophical necessity.’ It is a symptom of the philosophical poverty of our time that this necessity is no longer appreciated. Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative belief in special creation, are left with nothing.” (Wald, 1954, The origin of life. Scientific American 191:46).

Truly, believing something is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE is not at all “scientific.” Rather, it is but another form of belief in a false religion.

The “reasonable view” of a “supernatural creation” is the logical option according to the LORD God, as well as statements as those above. 

Yet, sadly, surely, since the beginning, there have been people claiming that they just spontaneously appeared on Earth with no Creator.

Even in the first century, there were those “enlightened” people who were trying to explain the origin of life and the origin of the universe ── 

“for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said …” (Acts 17:28) 

Such as the poet Aratus. To some extent, Paul uses the ideas and language of the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers who were popular in first-century Athens. Aratus evidently spent much time in the circle of writers and artists who enjoyed the patronage of the Macedonian king Antigonus Gonatas. Aratus’ literary output included an edition of Homer's Odyssey, hymns, epigrams, and even didactic poems on pharmacology and astronomy. 1 

“O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and idle babblings and CONTRADICTIONS of what is falsely called knowledge.” – 1 Timothy 6:28.

As this Bill Nye calls creation “inane” ── that is truly nothing more than idle babbling and a contradiction of what is true knowledge.

True science is indeed compatible and complementary to God’s living, immutable word. Scientists who teach the theory of evolution are but fools ── according to the LORD our God ──  

“For since THE CREATION OF THE WORLD His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21) because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22) Professing to be wise, they became fools.” – Romans 1:20-22.

“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God. …’” – Psalm 14:1.  

Their foolish hearts are darkened from the light of knowledge ── and the LORD God says there is no excuse! 

The theory of evolution has led our peoples to not clearly see the glorious creations of God ── even invisible attributes that are clearly seen by the things that are. It has become a religion to a great many.

The very beginning of God’s living word begins with the light of truth ──

“In THE BEGINNING was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2) He was in the beginning with God. 3) ALL THINGS were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” – John 1:1-3.  □        

1) The Apostle and the Poet: Paul and Aratus - Dr. R. Faber, Spindle Works, 8 Feb. 2013. 

Life’s True Purpose

Tree of Life (AI-generated by deeznutz1, Pixabay)

The digital magazine of ideas, philosophy, and culture, Aeon, published an essay by Michael Ruse. 

Does life have a purpose?

Nobody expects atoms and molecules to have purposes, so why do we still think of living things in this way? 

There’s no sense for most scientists that a star is for anything, or that a molecule serves an end. But when we come to talk about living things, it seems very hard to shake off the idea that they have purposes and goals, which are served by the ways they have evolved.

As I have written about before in Aeon, the chemist James Lovelock got into very hot water with his fellow scientists when he wanted to talk about the Earth being an organism (the Gaia hypothesis) and its parts having purposes: that sea lagoons were for evaporating unneeded salt out of the ocean, for instance. And as Steven Poole wrote in his essay ‘Your point is?’ in Aeon earlier this year, the contemporary philosopher Thomas Nagel is also in hot water since he suggested in his book Mind and Cosmos (2012) that we need to use teleological understanding to explain the nature of life and its evolution.

Some have thought that this lingering teleological language is a sign that biology is not a real science at all, but just a collection of observations and facts. Others argue that the apparent purposefulness of nature leaves room for God. Immanuel Kant declared that you cannot do biology without thinking in terms of function, of final causes: ‘There will never be a Newton for a blade of grass,’ he claimed in Critique of Judgment (1790), meaning that living things are simply not determined by the laws of nature in the way that non-living things are, and we need the language of purpose in order to explain the organic world. 

Why do we still talk about organisms and their features in this way? Is biology basically different from the other sciences because living things do have purposes and ends? Or has biology simply failed to get rid of some old-fashioned, unscientific thinking — thinking that even leaves the door ajar for those who want to sneak God back into science? 

(https://aeon.co/essays/what-s-a-stegosaur-for-why-life-is-design-like ── accessed 9 August 2025). 

Indeed! Life does have a purpose! A grand and most wonderful purpose!

Those who teach that life evolved are not actually being logical. 

Let us consider this from Dr. George Wald, an American scientist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Psychology or Medicine ──  

“One has only to contemplate the magnitude of this task to concede that the spontaneous generation of a living organism is impossible. Yet here we are - as a result, I believe, of spontaneous generation.” 1 

Incredible. He concedes that it is impossible for a living organism to spontaneously generate, yet continues to believe in spontaneous generation.

Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “impossible” as ── 

im▪pos▪si▪ble \ (,)im-‘pä-sə-bəl \ adj [ME, fr. MF & L; MF, fr. L impossibilis, fr. in- + possibilis possible] (14c) 1 a: incapable of being or of occurring b: felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or fulfilled: insuperably difficult 2 a: extremely undesirable: UNACCEPTABLE b: extremely awkward or difficult to deal with ─ impossibleness n  2 

Surely it’s illogical to believe that something impossible can happen spontaneously. 

Notice God’s living word ──   

“Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates of the city. 15) But outside [will be] dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.” – Revelation 22:14-15.

Wouldn’t teaching something that you certainly know is impossible be loving and practicing a lie? 

Also, the fact that evolution and this world’s faith are actually not at odds. Notice this from the Pew Research Center ──

Are faith and belief in evolution necessarily at odds? According to Pope Francis, the answer is no. Indeed, the pope recently reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church’s view that “evolution in nature is not inconsistent” with church teaching on creation, pushing the debate on human origins … 

1) The Roman Catholic Church has long accepted – or at least not objected to – evolutionary theory. …

2) A minority of Americans fully accept the scientific explanation for the origins of human life. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, 60% of Americans say humans have evolved over time, …

3) … roughly one-in-ten white evangelicals (8%) say that humans evolved through natural processes. …

5) A series of court decisions prohibit the teaching of creationism or intelligent design in public schools. 3 

Nearly everyone who holds to their belief in evolution does not look into any proof that it is not truth. They do not look into why they are here on this beautiful jewel of a planet, nor what their life is supposed to be about. 

Our beloved Apostle Paul warned Timothy, as well as all of us ──

“O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21) Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen .” – 1 Timothy 6:20-21, KJV.

While in Athens, the Apostle Paul came across, at least for one day, Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. The Stoics believed that the universe operated according to reason, i.e., by a God that is immersed in nature itself. According to the Stoics, the universe is a material reasoning substance, which was divided into two classes: the active and the passive. The passive substance is matter itself, while the active substance is an intelligent aether or primordial fire. 4 Do you recall the blockbuster movie, The Fifth Element, with Bruce Willis? That’s what the fifth element is: their view of a so-called “intelligent aether.” 

Now… there are scientific aspects to God’s living word, i.e., Isaiah 40:22, Job 26:7; 28:5, Ecclesiastes 1:7, Amos 9:6, etc. And let us always remember our LORD God’s word in regards to man and his often fickle word ──

“Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass.” – Psalm 37:5.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” – Proverbs 3:5-6. 

“ … Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: ‘That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.’” – Romans 3:4.

Also, the Apostle Paul had written Timothy ── inspired by the very mind of the LORD God ── that there would come to be people “in the last days” who are “always learning and NEVER able to come to the knowledge of the truth.” And continuing ──  

“Now as Jannes and Jambres [two magicians in the Book of Exodus; the “wise men and the sorcerers”] resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; 9) but they will progress no further [in their thinking], for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was.” – 2 Timothy 3:7 9.

Let us not be foolish. Let us believe the living word of God. Be sure to read our free online booklet, “Does God Exist?”   

Yes! The LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God ── which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) DOES EXIST! And the LORD God has a purpose for everyone that has ever been born (even including unborn babies)!

Yet, this glorious and wonderful Master Plan… From the Beginning is a mystery that is wrapped in an enigma to nearly everyone. 

The LORD God's purpose for humanity is to “plant the heavens” (Isaiah 51:16). Sadly, even the overall majority of so-called Christians are not aware of this grand purpose. As I wrote in “God… THE FATHER” ── THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE GOD AS GOD IS GOD! 

Yes, life has a purpose! □

1 George Wald, Scientific American, 191, 1954, pg. 45. 

2 Webster M. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, impossible, 1996, pp 584. 

3 Masci, D., 5 facts about evolution and religion, Pew Research Center, 30 Oct. 2014.

4 Wikipedia contributors. "Stoicism." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Aug. 2025. Web. 9 Aug. 2025.