(William
S. Pinkston, Jr. and David R. Anderson Pub. By BOB JONES
UNIVERSITY PRESS - SECOND EDITION 1997)
This 7th grade book has 500 pages. There are over 150 references to the Bible and no references to any scientific book or journal. God, Lord, or Creator is used over 380 times. Satan is referred to 3 times and Hell at least twice.
“Dr. Bob Jones, Sr., stated the only logical position that a Christian can take regarding creation and evolution when he said, ‘Whatever the Bible says is so; whatever man says may ormay not be so.’ Our belief in a holy and righteous God, our salvation through Jesus’ blood, and our hope of spending eternity in heaven all depends upon the truth of the Word of God. If the Bible is not true, or if it is only partially true, then we along with the Apostle Paul, ‘are of all men most miserable.’
(I Corinthians 15:19).” Page 131
“Since the Bible is always accurate, we can use it to judge scientific observations and any conclusions based on observations. Any observation or conclusion will fit one of three categories. It will 1. contradict the Bible and be wrong, 2. agree with the Bible and be accurate, or 3. not be discussed in the Bible and may or may not be accurate.” page 22
“Once we accept the Word of God as true and accurate, we must believe the Bible when it says God designed, created, and sustains the physical world (John 1:1-5). Satan, however, wants us to doubt God. He bends facts, supplies twisted interpretations, and plants thoughts in our minds to make us doubt what the Bible says about Creation. If he can cause us to doubt the doctrine of Creation, in time he could cause us to doubt everything the Bible says.” Page 132
“When an evolutionist says that the world and man evolved by chance, he is really saying that God is a liar and that He does not have the power to create. .......In Genesis 1 God describes what He created each day. But according to evolutionists, having the sun, moon, and stars created after the plants were created or creating light and dark on the earth before creating the sun is ‘out of order.’ This sequence, however, is the way God said He did it.” Page 133
“Since
“The biblical teaching that the Flood was universal supports the Flood theory of fossil formation. If this theory is true, most fossils are a record of Noah’s day, and not a progressive record of long ages of time. The Flood theory also provides some interesting material to support different ideas about the time in which dinosaurs lived.” Page 136
“Scientists have calculated that if two of
every land-dwelling animal were put into a cage and stacked inside the ark, the
ark would be only half full. Noah may have used the rest of the ark for his
family, the sacrificial animals, and food. Noah did not have to personally
gather all of the animals from far corners of the earth. God brought them to
the
“Flood theorists often use the fossils to provide direct support for the Flood theory of fossil formation. For example, fossils are found in randomly arranged layers. This lack of order could be easily explained if fossils were formed by the Flood. According to the Bible the Flood waters contained all kinds of organisms. Sediment from the Flood probably settled to the bottom during the forty-day rain. If the sediment was pressed down during the year the water was on earth, mixed-up layers of fossils could have resulted.” Page 141
“Evolutionists believe that it took a long period of time (along with possible series of catastrophes) to form the fossil layers. They say that these layers contain a record of evolution. The older layers at the bottom contain tiny ‘early’ organisms, and the younger layers at the top contain larger ‘advanced’ organisms. One problem with this interpretation is that some fossils are found passing through several layers. Does this mean that one part of the fossilized organism evolved long before another part of the same organism?” Page 144
“In Job 41 God describes a second creature. The leviathan is a mighty untamable, fearless animal with tightly-fitting scales and a mouth full of ‘terrible teeth,’ out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. ‘Out of his nostrils goeth smoke...His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth’ (Job 41:19-21). Was leviathan a fire-breathing dragon? Some skeptics point to this passage and say that since fire-breathing dragons are myths, the Bible must be a book of fairy tales. Christians must reject such interpretations.” Is it possible that fire-breathing animals existed? Today some scientists are saying yes. They have found large chambers in certain dinosaur skulls. These chambers do not exist in skulls of living organisms, and scientists are not sure of their function. Is it possible that the large skull chamber contained special chemical producing glands? When the animal forced the chemicals out of its mouth or nose, these substances may have combined to produce fire and smoke. This chemical might have been similar to the bombardier beetle’s reaction. This beetle is able to produce chemicals that cause an explosion when released.” Job was probably familiar with behemoths and leviatans because they were animals he had seen on the earth. Many creationists believe that before the Flood, and for a short time afterwards, dinosaurs and men lived neat each other. If this is so, then behemoth and leviathan may have been seen by Job around four thousand to five thousand years ago.” Page 143
“As Bible-believing Christians we cannot accept any evolutionary interpretation. Dinosaurs and men may have lived side by side within the past few thousand years. This could not have happened if evolution were true.” Page 143
Jim Strayer
Biojims@aol.com