A Battle Plan
A Battle Plan
- Practical steps to fight evolution:
Most thinking people will agree that the theory of evolution is
dangerous and should have no place in the classroom. What should
we do to counter and combat this false teaching that is
permeating and ruining our society via our tax-supported
institutions?
Understand the Importance of the Conflict:
The theory of evolution, which is taught as a fact in our public
school textbooks, tax-supported parks, museums, and public
television programs, is actually not a harmless theory but a
dangerous religious belief. I have dedicated my life to helping
people learn the truth needed to expose evolutionism as being
largely responsible for molding the thinking of hosts of people
like Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot of the Khmer in
Cambodia, Margaret Sanger, and Karl Marx, who have caused untold
suffering in our world. Evolution as it is being taught is
dangerous for several reasons.
At stake is the credibility of Jesus. He said the creation of
Adam was "the beginning" (Matthew.
19:4). Evolution and creation represent worldviews
that are polar opposites—one of them is wrong! Also at stake are
the morals of our children, because if evolution is true, there
are no moral absolutes and only the strongest have a right to
survive. If evolution is true, abortion, euthanasia, pornography,
genocide, homosexuality, adultery, incest, etc., are all
permissible.
Evolution is positively anti-science. Science deals with things
that are testable, observable, and demonstrable and evolution has
none of those qualities. To call evolution "science" Is to
confuse fairy tales with facts. True, evolution has been mixed
with science for the last thirty years, but that does not mean
that it is the same as science. Beer is often advertised during
sporting events but the two subjects have no logical connection,
and evolution has no more to do with science than beer has to do
with sports.
Real science, not evolution, should be taught in the science
classes. Teaching the pagan religion of evolutionism is a waste
of valuable class time and textbook space. It is also one of the
reasons American kids don’t test as well in science as kids in
other parts of the world.
Government should not sponsor religion. Teaching the theory of
evolution as fact in tax-supported schools violates the
establishment clause of the First Amendment. Why should all
taxpayers support one religion over all others in our schools?
Efforts must be made on all fronts to inform people that
evolution is only a religion and that tax-supported institutions
should not teach it as fact.
Live for God!
All our efforts to stem the tide of moral decay in our land are
futile unless God leads and supports our cause. The most
important thing anyone can do to help fix the problem is to obey
2 Chronicles. 7:14 —
"If my people, which are called by my name,
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
Pray for Wisdom. Most importantly, ask God to give you wisdom (James.
1:5) and direction about what He would have you do
in His service. Jesus told us that we are to be the "salt of the
earth." Salt preserves from corruption. One of our jobs is to
preserve this world from corruption; if we do not preserve, we
are worthless (see Matthew. 5:13).
Win Souls! God called us to win souls, not causes. The great
commission (Matthew. 28:19-20;
Mark. 16:15, and Acts
1:8) commands us to preach, baptize, and teach
people what Jesus taught His disciples. While there is nothing
wrong with working for a cause (1
Samuel. 17:29), Christians’ strong tendency is to
major on minors and minor on majors; we need to keep priorities
in order. The battle raging for the minds of men is a battle
between God and the Devil.
The people who (knowingly or unknowingly) are working for the Devil are not the real enemy. There is a tendency among Christians to not keep the sin separate from the sinner. However, we can still use the advice given by Abraham Lincoln: "The best way to get rid of an enemy is to make him your friend." When dealing with evolutionists, our job is to love them and to keep a sweet spirit while trying to influence them to be saved.
As we win people
to Christ they will begin to have their mind renewed and will see
that God’s Word is true. Our best offensive weapon is soul
winning—converted evolutionists make great creationists! Most of
the active creation scientists are former evolutionists. If we
obey Christ and "preach the gospel to every creature," we will
see great results.
To spread the Word, to edify the believers, or to evangelize the
lost, order or copy extra sets of my tapes to loan, give as
gifts, or to donate to libraries at schools, churches, or even
the public library. These tapes are regularly updated to improve
quality and to add new research and artwork.
Don’t Get Discouraged! "Be not weary in well doing" (2
Thessalonians. 3:13). "Evil men and seducers shall
wax worse and worse" (2 Timothy 3:13).
"The battle is the Lord’s" (1 Samuel.
17:47). Our job is to be faithful until the Lord
takes us out of this world. When the events of this world start
to get you discouraged, read Psalm 2.
The Devil may
have his plans, but God in Heaven will laugh! Though I have
worked for several years to get the textbooks changed in my home
town, all that I have done so far is to keep the subject before
the people. I have had no visible effect on the textbooks. It is
our job to do right; God will take it from there.
Become Informed.
Often people are motivated to do something, but they don’t have
the knowledge of the subject to be effective. Many good books
have been written to help people learn the truth about creation
and evolution. A list of some of these books is included in the
annotated bibliography of this notebook. Also important is to
become informed about the "New World Order" and the persecution
that will come to Christians in America unless the Lord returns
soon.
Know your rights. We need more godly politicians, school board
members, etc. to get involved in the political aspect of our
great Republic while still possible. Students and parents
involved in public schools need to know that they have many
rights. Here are two good books on the subject which will be a
great help to parents and students in learning what one can and
cannot do for the Lord in his or her public school.
Students Legal Rights on the Public School Campus by J. W.
Brinkley. Available ($9.95) Roever Communications, P.O. Box
136130, Fort Worth, Texas 76136, (817) 238-2005.
Your Rights in the Public Schools by John W. Whitehead. Available
($1.25) from Rutherford Institute, P.O. Box 7482,
Charlottesville, Va. 22906-7482, (804) 978-3888.
Teaching Creation Science in Public Schools by Duane T. Gish.
Available ($5) from Institute for Creation Research, P.O. Box
2667, El Cajon, Calif. 92021
Call me for help. It is my privilege to travel and speak (over
700 times each year) in public and private schools, university
debates, churches, camps, and radio and television talk shows on
the subjects of creation, evolution, and dinosaurs. It is my
studied opinion that the Bible is the infallible, inspired,
inerrant Word of the living God. The facts from the Bible and
science are clear; the entire universe was created by an all-wise
Creator only a few thousand years ago.
The original
creation was perfect and very different than it is today. In the
original creation, plants and animals lived longer and grew much
bigger than they do today (see
Genesis 1:6-7; 5; 6:4, and my Creation Seminar
Videotape 1). In my seminars I present many scientific evidences
that the world is not "millions of years old." Most people are
excited to learn that dinosaurs were in the Garden of Eden, have
always lived with man, were on the ark with Noah, and a few may
still be alive today in some parts of the world!
Students often call me for advice on how to handle various
situations at school where they are being forced to learn things
contrary to their beliefs on creation. Please feel free to call
or write if I can be of any help.
Please understand, when I talk about evolution I am not referring
to simple variations that occur in any species. Dogs produce a
variety of puppies, but never will dogs produce hamster or pine
tree offspring! Creationists do not argue that all dogs, wolves,
and foxes may have had a common ancestor, nor do they argue that
natural selection occurs. These would both be true whether plants
and animals were created or evolved. However, real evolution, as
presented in the textbooks, teaches that dogs share a common
ancestor with pine trees! While anyone is certainly welcome to
believe what he wants to believe, no intelligent person can say
evolution is real science, because evolution is not observable,
testable, or demonstrable. My argument is not with science, but
with evolution being improperly incorporated into science where
it has no place.
Influence your Area.
Everyone has a circle of people they can influence. At activities
such as birthday parties, neighborhood Bible classes, Sunday
school class parties, etc., you can show creation videos, have a
creation speaker, or play games that teach the truth about
dinosaurs and creation. You can also help private or home schools
with your time, energy, and money.
Use the media (secular or Christian). A great way to reach people
with the truth is to have your local radio or TV station contact
me for an interview or call-in talk show on creation, evolution,
dinosaurs, or the teaching in public schools. Secular stations
are often glad to get a controversial guest such as I. I do radio
interviews by phone from my house.
Local access cable TV stations are usually willing to air my
videotapes.
Write letters to the editor. Most local newspapers have a Letters
to the Editor section. I have found this to be a great way to
reach many people in an area as each time I have written a letter
to the editor, there has been a great response. Nearly all of my
letters to the editor are reproduced in this notebook. Some are
responses to other articles or letters and, of course, need to be
considered in context with the original article; but please feel
free to use any of my information to construct a letter to your
local paper.
Help teachers and school board members do right. Most teachers,
principals, board members, etc., involved in the public school
system are sincere, dedicated professionals who want what is best
for students. Often they face enormous pressure from small but
vocal groups making them feel they are in the battle alone.
Informed Christians can help by attending school board meetings,
giving good creationist literature to these people, inviting them
to creation lectures. Donate good books about creation science to
your school’s library.
Learn the real (radical) agenda of the National Education
Association (NEA), encourage public school teachers that you know
to get out of the NEA and join alternative teachers unions.
Phyllis Schlafly (Eagle Forum), Alton, Illinois, (618) 462-5415
Christian Educators Assn. Int., P.O. Box 41300, Pasadena, Cal.
91114, (818) 798-1124
Keystone Teacher’s Association, 640 Billet Drive, Mechanicsburg,
Pa. 17055, (717) 697-0509 or (717) 432-1727
Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU), 8001
Braddock Road, Springfield, Va. 22160, (703) 321-8519
Review the textbook selections. Of the fifty American states,
twenty-two have a state textbook-selection committee, a group of
people who look at the books available from all publishers for a
given subject and then select five or six that they "approve."
The list is then given to the local selection committee in each
county. The county textbook selection committee will normally
display the books for a few weeks, giving parents a chance to
review them. After the committee decides which book to recommend,
the school board votes to purchase that book for use in the
county schools. Often the books are selected on a rotating basis,
with a different subject being chosen each year. In the states
without a state-level committee, each county, or district, or
teacher may choose their own textbooks.
Any person in the county may review the books and make comments
at the school board meeting. I would suggest that informed
Christians in each county get involved in the textbook selection
process. The input of the Gablers in Texas will save lots of work
for anyone wanting to get involved. Their organization reviews
each new textbook as it comes out, sending a copy of their review
to any who request one.
The Mel Gablers
Educational Research Analysts
P.O. Box 7518, Longview, Texas, 75607-7518
(903) 753-5993.
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