Doctrines of Devils

In his first of two letters to fellow apostle Timothy, the apostle Paul warned that in the end times directly preceding the return of Jesus Christ, "some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron." (1 Timothy 4:1-2)

Most biblical scholars believe that Paul was referring to heretical doctrines that would invade the church under the banner of "new revelations." And certainly, that's part of what Paul was referring to. However, he was also referring to other aberrant teachings that would affect the church and the entire world as well.

Such as? Such as Charles Darwin's theory of evolution that lent scientific credibility to atheism. Until he published his dubious theory in 1859 (On the Origin of Species) that attempted to explain the existence of life in purely natural terms sans God, atheism was the belief system of experientialists who refused to believe in God because (1) they couldn't see Him and (2) because of the prevalence of evil in the world.

Certainly, atheism isn't a recent phenomenon. It's existed since the dawn of human history. Nearly 3,000 years ago, King David wrote this: "The fool says in his heart, 'there is no God.'" (Psalm 14:1)

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Paul wrote this concerning those who rejected God: "The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles." (Romans 1:18-23)

Both David and Paul lived long before the advent of modern science and microbiology that was made possible by the invention of the microscope that allowed the human eye to study the complex mechanisms that make up the cells in every living organism. Certainly, Darwin's atheistic theory came just before the invention of the microscope. And that's why evolution prevailed, because there was no scientific answer at that time to rebut it.

However, microbiology has allowed science to prove rather than disprove God's existence. But how? Because it's revealed the vast network of DNA the contains the digital blueprint for every living being from simple amoebas to complex human beings. Not only does each cell contain enough information to fill thousands of books, but that information is arranged in a specific order that enables the cell to function along with billions of other cells that make up living creatures.

If evolution is true, then life came from nothing and the information (DNA) that determines the unique characteristics (size, shape, color, species etc.) for each organism arranged itself without a designer. The odds of that occurring are mathematically impossible.

Even the brilliant scientist Albert Einstein, who was an agnostic, called evolution a terrible and impractical theory. Einstein explained that if the universe originated from a primordial explosion (Big Bang), then the heat from such an explosion would've sterilized all organic matter making life impossible.

Furthermore, Einstein reasoned that the physical universe displayed remarkable organization with the rotation of the galaxies and the planets around stars. Einstein stated that a primordial explosion would've scattered material haphazardly across the universe.

But the discovery of DNA and its complex design proves Darwin's theory as bogus. World renowned microbiologist Michael Behe explained it best: DNA, the most famous of nucleic acids, is made up of four kinds of nucleotides; A,C,G and T. The first building block, A, can be in several forms, designated AMP, ADP or ATP. The form that is first synthesized in the cell is AMP.

It is comprised of 10 carbons, 11 hydrogens, seven oxygens, four nitrogens, and one phosphorous. The formation of biological molecules requires specific, highly sophisticated molecular robots. To make AMP, we also need very high tech equipment: the enzymes. In the absence of enzymes, AMP is simply not made. AMP is required for life on earth: it is used to make DNA and RNA, as well as a number of other critical molecules. The problem for Darwinian evolution is this: AMP is required for life. Either it immediately has a way to produce AMP, or the cell is dead.

No one has a clue how the AMP pathway is developed. And no one has written about the obstacle posed by the need to regulate a cell's metabolic pathway immediately at its inception. AMP is not the only metabolic dilemma for Darwin. The biosynthesis of the larger amino acids, lipids, vitamins, heme, and more run into the same problems, and there are difficulties beyond metabolism; mountains and chasms that block a Darwinian explanation of life. (Behe, Darwin's Black Box)

Behe best summed up his analysis of evolution with this statement: The cumulative evidence shows with piercing clarity that life is based on machines--machines made of molecules which are enormously complex. The complexity of life's foundation has paralyzed science's attempt to account for it. Faced with such complexity beneath even simple phenomenon, Darwinian theory falls silent.

But even beyond the complexity of life that Darwin knew nothing about is this question that science can't answer: What makes organisms live? When an organism dies, all the necessary ingredients for life are still prevalent. And yet the organism no longer lives.

Why? A good analogy is an appliance or machine that runs on electricity. Although all the components are installed to operate the machine (computer, television, refrigerator etc.), it can't run without electricity.

Thus, a living organism can't live without the spirit or soul that gives it life. (James 2:26) Science has no explanation for that and never will because to admit that life contains a spiritual dimension is to admit that something exists beyond the physical realm.

If evolution is true, then how do we explain death? Why do organisms grow old and die? Thus, death provides the ultimate rebuke and contradiction of evolution's theory of Natural Selection. If random evolutionary forces are driving life toward perfection, then organisms shouldn't be aging and dying off. But they are. There can be no such thing as survival of the fittest as long as death exists. Why would Natural Selection program aging, sickness and death into the DNA of every living organism? Science has no answer for that either.

And how does science explain human behavior? If human beings are evolving toward perfection, then moral and crime statistics betray that belief. The human race is becoming much more wicked and immoral, and the evidence proves that. Natural Selection should be eliminating the morally unfit from society. However, only a fool would argue that the world is becoming a safer, friendlier, more benign place to live.

The apostle Paul explained the real reason why human beings become violent, and it has absolutely nothing to do with science. Paul wrote: "Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them." (Romans 1:28-32)

Indeed, evolution is one of those doctrines of demons that Paul warned of nearly 2,000 years ago. But why? Because it denies the existence of God. And if God doesn't exist, then the 10 Commandments and God's transcendent moral laws recorded in the Bible are nothing but human constructs than can be changed or eliminated.

Even worse, if evolution is true, then no one is morally accountable for their actions, and no judgment awaits anyone at death. Certainly, heaven and hell can't exist and death becomes the ultimate escape for even the most wicked people. If God doesn't exist, then such evil monsters as Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin fare no worse in death than Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa.

Indeed, evolution has been perhaps the most demonic doctrine that has encouraged depravity and evil across the world since it was introduced in 1859.

Concerning the increase of evil in the last days, Paul prophesied this: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people." (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

That describes a world that no longer believes in God. And that's a terrifying world where fascism eventually takes over after the world has fallen into complete depravity. Paul's prophecy in his second letter to Timothy is directly related to the world's embrace of Darwin's terrible theory.

Ironically, Darwin himself admitted that if it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. (Darwin, Origin of Species, p. 154)

Science has indeed proven that life was designed and created by God and did not come about by accident in some primordial pond millions of years ago. Indeed, Darwin's theory has broken down and can't be fixed. Tragically, for atheists, a broken theory that dismisses God--no matter how bad it is--is better than the evidence for God.