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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