In the last post, I talked about how the “days” to “ages” argument from theistic
evolutionists (and OECs, though they are not the topic of this post) does not fit with the literal
details Moses provided. The subject of this post will be another oft-mentioned phrase Moses uses
in Genesis one. In verses 1:11, 12, 21, 24, and 25, Moses writes, “after his kind.”
He writes that the trees yielded fruit after his kind (11 and 12). He wrote that the great
whales and every sea creature after his kind (21). He does the same with land animals. What does
this mean for theistic evolutionists? Before we get to that, let’s examine the word “kind”.
The Hebrew word for “kind” is min. Min meant the definition of “species” in the past, but
it does not mean the definition of “species” today. When we call something a species today, it is
very specific and exclusive in that, for an animal to be one of that specie, it has to meet certain
detailed requirements. No, that is not the “species” min means. I will give you the link to the article at
the end, but for now, min meant and means something closer along the lines of today’s genus (species
is the most specific classification, with genus being second closest to it). So when Moses wrote that
they reproduced “after their kind”, he was saying they would produce similarly to the English
definition of genus.
Now back to theistic evolution (TE). This is a problem for this camp because they want
to incorporate evolution into the Bible. The problem is that the Bible makes it very difficult for
them to do that. You see, for Moses to be correct in saying that the birds and the bees reproduced after
their own kind (genus), that means that they cannot and have not changed into other kinds.
This is the crux of evolution. Evolution states that one-celled organisms evolved into
multiple-celled organisms that gradually evolved into larger and larger organisms until they
reached… us! For evolution to be true, animals have to be able to change kinds. Moses puts a
kabosh on that by saying, “Nope! Once they were created, these animals only produced
offspring of the same kind.” There were and are different species, sure. We see that when new types of
dogs are bred. But that dog cannot become a pig. Naturally, observational evidence backs this up.
Evolution is molecules to man, kind to another kind. The Bible clearly does not support
this. God wrote that the kinds (dogs, cats, whales) reproduced after their kind. Whenever you
are debating (nicely and with love) a TE, just state that evolution can’t be true because “all
animal kinds have only reproduced after their kind. Molecules to man goes against the Bible.” At this
point, you’ll have God’s Word on your side. You can show them where God wrote that animals
produced after their kind, and not any other.
What response will he or she give you? I don’t know, but it probably will be a shrug and
a “Genesis is symbolic” argument, which doesn’t answer your argument. If Genesis is symbolic,
TEs have to be able to defend its symbolism. They can’t do that, because there are too many
literal details. I’ve just given another one.
P.S. The link is here.
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