Evolution or creation? -- The importance of origins -- Impossibility of scientific proof of origins -- The two scientific models of origins -- Pedagogical advantages of the creation model -- Chaos or cosmos? -- Origin of matter, energy, and natural law -- The beginning of the universe -- Origin of the solar system -- Purpose in creation -- Uphill or downhill? -- The laws of thermodynamics -- The origin of life -- Variation and selection -- Genetic mutations -- Accident or plan? -- The complexity of living systems -- Similarities and differences -- Vestiges and recapitulations -- Systematic gaps in the fossil record -- Uniformitarianism or catastrophism? -- The testimony of the fossils -- Rapid formation of geologic deposits -- Contemporaneity of the fossil world -- Residual catastrophism -- Old or young? -- How to date a rock -- Radiometric dating -- Evidence for a young earth -- The antiquity of man -- Apes or men? -- The origin of man -- Languages and races -- Ancient civilizations -- The origin of religion.
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