important proponents of creationism and evolutionism es Lyell - Lyell's version of geology came to be known as rmitarianism, because of his fierce insistence that the 2sses that alter the Earth are uniform through time. Like yn, Lyell viewed the history of Earth as being vast and tionless. And the history of life was no different. und evidence for many rises and falls of sea level, and of giant noes built on top of far older rocks. Processes such as quakes and eruptions, which had been witnessed by humans, enough to produce mountain ranges. Valleys were not the of giant floods but the slow grinding force of wind and water.in Baptiste Lamarck - The first was that the environment gives rise to chans animals. He cited examples of blindness in moles, the presence of teeth in mmals and the absence of teeth in birds as evidence of this principle. The ond principle was that life was structured in an orderly manner and that n erent parts of all bodies make it possible for the organic movements of mals. 2gor Mendel - Mendel's pea plant experiments conducted between 1856 a 53 established many of the rules of heredity, now referred to as the laws Mendelian inheritance. ndel worked with seven characteristics of pea plants: plant height, pod sh 1 color, seed shape and color, and flower position and color. With seed col showed that when a yellow pea and a green pea were bred together their spring plant was always yellow. However, in the next generation of plants, en peas reappeared at a ratio of 1:3. To explain this phenomenon, Mende ned the terms “recessive” and “dominant” in reference to certain traits.orge Cuvier - he founded vertebrate paleontology as a scientifi cipline and created the comparative method of organismal biol incredibly powerful tool. It was Cuvier who firmly established tl t of the extinction of past lifeforms through catastrophism. He ntributed an immense amount of research in vertebrate and yertebrate zoology and paleontology. rolus Linnaeus - Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the fir frame principles for defining naturalgenera and species of Zanisms and to create a uniform system for naming them (binon menclature). shop Ussher - set the date for creation, October 23, 4004 B.C.yduction: Why Is the Question of Creation So Important? nesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the rth.” 2ation is concerned not only with how but also for what purpos 2 world was created and it’s foundational to any and every ridview. Understanding the purpose of creation can help us derstand the purpose of our lives. There’s a clear difference tween the world originating by accident or design. There’s a cle: ference between being an ancestor of an ape and being createc 1e image of God.” =ryone wants to know their: 1) origin, 2) identity, 3) purpose, 4) stiny — and they’re all tied together!w Can We Best Understand the Creation rrative? ere are spiritual realities like God, the devil, heaven/hell, /righteousness, morality and ethics, punishment and rewards tl > not in the purview of science. christian view of creation is based on an understanding of and f all of God’s revelation. Physical eyes weren’t made to see spiritt alities; spiritual truth must be spiritually discerned (1 Cor.2:12-1 2 need to discover what the entire Bible says about “the creatio. 2 heavens and the earth”!Vat Is the Bible’s Explanation of Creation? The Method of Creation — Supernatural Miracle (Heb. 11:3) The Means of Creation — Divine Command — Gen. 1:3 nesis 1-2 clearly teaches that God commanded each step of the Crea -ount. “Let there be...” isn’t a wish or a desire but an authoritative di cree! Miracles are simply the act or method of carrying out God’s cle mmand. The Bible is replete in reaffirming this obvious and foundatic th (Psa. 33:9;148:5; Heb. 11:3). The Pattern of Creation — God’s Wisdom — Psa. 136:5 t as an engineer doesn’t build without a plan, God didn’t create the rid without a wise plan. Creation is intricate and complex. “We are ful and wonderfully made” (Psa. 139:14). The Bible gives credit wl dit is due; God in His wisdom made the world (Psa. 136:5).The Proof of Creation — Eye Witness — Gen. 1:2 e Bible is actually a legal document, not a scientific treatise or ‘tbook — both sides know this. The Agent of Creation — The Holy Spirit — Gen. 1:2 e Spirit was involved in creation as an agent as well as a witness sates, empowers and imparts life. 2ation cannot be subjected to the scientific or empirical methoc festigation. The creation of the heavens and the earth is beyond rview of secular science. Creation was a miraculous event by an Inipotent God not a sequence of natural causes.