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Evolved … or created

How the Earth began cannot be proven, because none of us were there when it happened. Our schools allow for only one view: evolution. I find it much easier to believe in creation as the beginning of life. Why? To believe in evolution, you must believe that everything came into existence out of nothing. I believe if that’s what happened, it’s the only time that has happened. We know you cannot make anything out of nothing.

By contrast, to believe in creation you believe an intelligent being designed everything we see. I believe the universe, the Earth, the seas and everything in them scream “design.” Take the human body. Could anyone come up with a better design?

Take just the human hand, as an example. At the end of two arms we have two hands, perfectly placed in proportion to our body. A thumb and four fingers on each hand are the exact length needed for tying a shoe lace or fastening a button. Our hands receive directions from our brains so that we grasp, hold, write, type, cook, sew, or build. Some hands are especially gifted and enabled by their brain to play musical instruments, write literature, create jewelry, and build furniture, homes and skyscrapers. On and on I could go about just the subject of hands.

In summary, I see no harm in discussing the possibility of creation along with the theory of evolution in the schoolroom.

VIRGINIA CROSS

Little Rock

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