Organic Evolution 



they must withstand an examination based on the logical, 

 cumulative observations, investigations and experiences of 

 man throughout the entire period of civilization and still 

 remain undestroyed as to truth. If these statements cannot 

 be disproved by all the accumulated knowledge possessed by 

 all mankind, then they are accepted as true. On the other 

 hand, if these statements are contrary to well-known natural 

 laws and well-established scientific facts, they must fall 

 because they have no foundation in truth. 



The secular statements contained In the book of Genesis 

 relative to the age of the world and of man, of the method 

 of creation, of the deluge, of the longevity of the lives of 

 the early Bible characters, of the destruction of all life 

 except one family and the animals with it in the ark, are all 

 amenable to proof and must be examined in relationship 

 with the established facts of geology, astronomy, anthro- 

 pology, ethnology, archaeology, and other branches of 

 Science. 



Since Science has proved by reasonable conclusions that 

 the age of the world Is many millions of years, and has 

 traced In an unbroken line the life of some of Its creatures 

 for a period of millions of years, and has established the 

 fact of man's evolution from a lower order of creatures, the 

 story of creation as recorded in the book of Genesis must 

 be taken as poetic Instead of being a literal truth. 



Dr. Alexander WInchell, a great scientist, author and 

 Bible student, in his book: "Preadamites" page 456, gives 

 his ideas of Bible Interpretation In these words : "I maintain, 

 against the narrow and pernicious dogma that the Bible is 



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