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Cr Eternal omnipotent Creator
Ev Eternal matter
Cr Natural laws and character
of matter unchanging
Ev Matter and laws evolve
Cr Trend toward degradation
Ev Trend toward order
Cr Creation of life the only possibility
Ev Spontaneous generation probable
Cr Life unique
Ev Matter/life continuum
Cr No current creation
Ev Continual creation
Cr Life eternal
Ev Life began
Cr Basic categories of life unrelated
Ev All life related
Cr World catastrophe
Ev Uniformity
Cr Organs always complete
Ev Gradual evolution of organs
Cr Mutations harmful
Ev Mutations can improve
Cr Language, art, and civilization sudden
Ev Civilization gradual
Cr Man unique
Ev Man an animal
Cr Design manifest
Ev Naturalism |
Universe began; matter degrades;
life is highly ordered
Laws constant; matter constant;
no new laws
Second law of thermodynamics
Biochemical improbabilities
Matter/life gap
First law of thermodynamics
Law of biogenesis
Law of biogenesis; reversion to type;
fossil gaps; heterogeneity; similarities
Fossils; sedimentary strata; frozen
muck; present uniformity
Organs always fully developed;
natural selection culls
Mutations are destructive; laws of
information science prevail
Archaeology and anthropology document
appearance of civilization was sudden
Man/animal similarities exist, but also
many differences—art, language, religion
Life complex and highly ordered;
natural synthesis inadequate |