Theories are not Truth
There continues to be a huge problem in the world’s spacious buildings, who teach theories as truth and teach evolution over faith. Why is it so easy for many intellectuals to praise man’s intellect when our Father in Heaven gave it to them? It reminds me of the quote, “O ye of little faith”
JST, Luke 9:24–25. Compare Luke 9:24–25
Gaining worldly wealth is not worth losing one’s soul.
24 For whosoever will save his life, must be willing to lose it for my sake; and whosoever will be willing to lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25 For what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and yet he receive him not whom God hath ordained, and he lose his own soul, and he himself be a castaway?”
“Through the ages, some without scriptural understanding have tried to explain our existence by pretentious words such as ex nihilo (out of nothing). Others have deduced that, because of certain similarities between different forms of life, there has been a natural selection of the species, or organic evolution from one form to another. Still others have concluded that man came as a consequence of a “big bang” that resulted in the creation of our planet and life upon it. To me, such theories are unbelievable!”
“We are children of God, created by him and formed in his image. Recently I studied the scriptures simply to find how many times they testify of the divine creation of man. Looking up references that referred either to create or form (or their derivatives) with either man, men, male, or female in the same verse, I found that there are at least fifty-five verses of scripture that attest to our divine creation. So, we can either believe in evolution or the scriptures, not both.” The Magnificence of Man RUSSELL M. NELSON of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles March 29, 1987 https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/russell-m-nelson/magnificence-man/
Our great friend David W Allan shared some sad information with me the other day about the unfortunate attitudes imbedded in our intellectuals at BYU. He was asked by BYU to submit a paper on the subject of Evolution and Faith.
David Allan said to me, “This is a blog article that followed my submission to BYU Studies: https://itsabouttimebook.com/evolution-and-faith/
Then a couple of months ago, I followed up, and submitted my article again, which they rejected. I have not told the world of the rejection, but I am happy to, as a sign of how pervasive evolution is at BYU. If you don’t believe it, you are not part of the club!” David W. Allan (Biography below)
Evolution And Faith
BYU Studies are soliciting ABSTRACTS for a special issue on EVOLUTION AND FAITH, which will come out next year. (An abstract is a brief summary of research on a particular subject.)
Since BYU just installed a permanent display of the evolution of humankind in their Bean Museum and because the theory of evolution is taught at BYU as the primary inception of mankind, a dear friend of mine suggested I submit an abstract for this special issue. I have great respect for him. He taught for the Church Education System, was in the Stake Presidency with me, was a Mission President, and an executive secretary for a General Authority. At his suggestion, I have prepared the following abstract.
My Expertise
Since I am not a biologist, how can I share anything meaningful about evolution? We will see! My expertise is precise timing – having helped with the development of GPS and official atomic time for the USA and the world. I have witnessed a billion-fold improvement in the accuracy and stability of timekeeping, as the world moved from astronomical time to atomic time starting in 1967 with the redefinition of the “second” in terms of the Cs-133 hyperfine quantum transition. It has been exciting to be part of this community.
My ORAL HISTORY has been recorded by the IEEE.1 (The IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.) For this Abstract, I have applied my scientific background as a time metrologist to the theory of evolution.
The Theory of Organic Evolution
Every scientist knows a theory or hypothesis cannot be proven true. Data consistency does not prove it true. Data correlation does not provide validation. But a theory or hypothesis can be proven false, if reliable falsification data exist. This falsification standard is very powerful in determining the TRUTH, since it does provide proof of what is not true. This gauge can be applied to Darwin’s theory of organic evolution.
The theory of organic evolution, as generally held in the world view, includes humans being evolved from lower forms of life. Contrary to what most people believe, there is no reliable data for cross-kinds of evolution. However, it is an incontrovertible fact that organisms have changed or evolved within a kind, which could be seen as God’s design in helping any kind adapt to its environment. (Genesis 1:21-25) For instance a bird evolves within its kind to better adapt to its surroundings, as Darwin observed with finches on the Galápagos Islands.
Most of the world believes Darwin’s theory of organic evolution to be true, which supports the theory that a species can evolve into a different kind. Yet, there is no data to support cross-kinds of evolution. That being the case, evolution of humanity from lower forms of life is false has enormous implications. If false, this is a massive world-wide deceit. What is the truth?
“Neo-Darwinism”
In 1980, Harvard paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould stated that “Neo-Darwinism ‘is effectively dead, despite its persistence as textbook orthodoxy,’ the weight of critical opinion in biology has grown steadily with each passing year.”2
In 2009, Dr. Stephen C. Meyer was asked to testify before the Texas State Board of Education, who was considering a provision “that would encourage teachers to inform students of both strengths and weaknesses of scientific theories.”3 He had a binder with 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in which biologists described significant problems with the traditional theory of organic evolution.4
Darwin gave a copy of the Origin to Louis Agassiz, an 18th century Swiss biologist and geologist, who was considered to be the greatest natural scientist of the time – and asked him to read it with an open mind. As Meyer reports, Agassiz “concluded that the fossil record, particularly the record of the explosion of Cambrian animal life, posed an insuperable difficulty for Darwin’s theory.”5 In other words, reliable data contradict Darwin’s theory – proving the theory false.
Yet, the masses have adopted the theory.
The consequences of this world-wide deceit are enormous! Mainly because the theory of organic evolution promotes atheism with the survival of the fittest mentality. A recent survey showed that 93% of the leading American scientists believed the Bible to be a myth. The world’s books and education systems are filled with the theory of organic evolution with the belief consequences that there is no God, the Bible story is a myth, there is no moral standard, and when you are dead, you’re dead! Many have lost their faith in God because of this theory, and the growth of atheism is on the rise.
Faith In God and Creationism
The scriptural creation account is referencing periods of “time,” and not specific hours or “days” as we think of them. (2 Peter 3:8; Alma 40:8; Abraham 3:4-9). We learn from the Book of Abraham that the Lord created everything spiritually first, and then physically. So, as the Lord is creating this earth, He has as much time as he needs with each phase of creation, to prepare this earth as a fit habitation for His Children. In the Abraham account it says that the Gods “watched those things they had ordered until they obeyed…” (Abraham 4:12, 18, 21)
So, the discussion of evolution as most texts and teachers unfortunately teach is flawed from the outset, and it leads people away from the truths which would help them progress toward their true “divine” potential. The scriptures repeatedly make the point that we are children of God (He is our Father, we pray to our Father in Heaven, etc.). Our faith in Him motivates us to become like Him, as Jesus taught (Matthew 5:48; 3 Nephi 12:48), increasing in love, in compassion, in honesty, in charity, in chastity, in righteousness, etc. as we keep His commandments. Most importantly, keep the first two great commandments, and learn to love like Heavenly Father and Jesus love us. If everyone would do that, it would solve all the world’s problems!
It’s About Time
I have written a book, It’s About Time, Harmonizing Science and Religion, which uses the best scientists, their books, and the data associated there with to bring about this harmony. Since Darwin’s theory of evolution is contrary to creationism, Chapter 6 falsifies the theory of organic evolution. Additionally, as prophesied by Joseph in Egypt (2 Nephi 3:11) and by the Prophet Nephi (1 Nephi 13:38-41), the book provides data validating the Bible from the Book of Mormon,6 as well as sharing scientific data validating Noah’s flood and the Adamic family – the Clovis Culture.7 This validation is tied to 1,800 data points — three key phrases that are shown to have evolved from the Adamic language.
Chapters 20-25 of the book explain the difference between man’s time and God’s TIME with experimental data to support the information shared. I was the nation’s timekeeper for most of my 32 years in Boulder, CO, -at NBS/NIST, and in 1968 wrote the algorithm for generating official time from an ensemble of atomic clocks for the USA and helped with the algorithm for international time (UTC). As far as I know, with improvements by colleagues, those algorithms are still generating official time for the USA and the world.
It is a fact that the truths of true science and true religion cannot contradict. God is the Master Scientist as well as the author of His Perfect Plan of Happiness, which perpetuates His glorious gospel message opening the door for us to come to Him and a fullness of joy. As the Book of Mormon so profoundly shares, “Adam fell that man might be, and men are that the might have joy.” (2 Nephi 2:25), and Christ perfectly overcame the effects of the “fall” — conquering death and hell. If there were no “fall,” there would be no need for an atonement. Hence, we see that Darwin’s theory of evolution is actually anti-Christ. Since there is an infinite atonement, the fall, the “natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam… unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit…” (Mosiah 3:19)
David W Allan
- https://ethw.org/Oral-History:David_W._Allan
- Gould, Is a New and General Theory of Evolution Emerging? p. 120
- Steven Meyer, Darwin’s Doubt; The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, p. xi
- Steven Meyer, Darwin’s Doubt; The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design, p x, xi
- Steven Meyer, Darwin’s Doubt p. 6
- https://ItsAboutTimeBook.com
- https://www.ldsliving.com/The-Powerful-Book-of-Mormon-Phrase-We-Always-See-but-Never-Think-About/s/81070
Evolution and Big Bang Theories Are Pervasive
But, Have We Been Deceived?
These three points are fundamental in our search for truth.
1. You cannot prove a theory true; we don’t know enough. Only God knows enough. Correlation does not provide validation. This is a common mistake many make. If data agree with an idea, thesis, or theory, they assume it must be true, when in fact it proves nothing. Maybe it gives a person a warm feeling.
2. You can prove an idea, thesis, or theory false if you have reliable falsification data. This is very powerful, and we will see that it is very important–to know what is not true so that we can move on to the truth.
3. You can only know something is true if God tells you, because, “by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.” (Moroni 10:5)
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Mr. Allan’s Biography
David obtained a BS in Physics from Brigham Young University and an MS in physics from the University of Colorado. He worked for 32 years at NBS/NIST in Boulder, CO, and after retiring he set up his consulting company, Time Interval Metrology Enterprise (TIME).
David’s 1965 master’s thesis gave birth to the Allan variance. In collaboration with colleagues at NBS, he later developed the Modified Allan variance and the Time variance, all three of which became international standards. In 1968 he wrote the time-scale algorithm AT-1 for optimally combining atomic-clock readings to generate official time for the USA. In addition to his work on software and measurement statistics, David has made many contributions to measurement hardware and instrumentation, including the development of the dual-mixer time difference technique, receiver technology for GPS common-view timing, and a special “SmartClock” GPS receiver to remove the civil signal degradation applied to GPS signals and greatly improve timing precision for the telecom industry. He also assisted with the APOLLO, GPS, and NASA/JPL Deep Space Network programs, as well as precision timing measurements for millisecond pulsars.
Dave has received many awards, including the I. I. Rabi Award from the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (a year after Rabi, the original recipient), the Time Lord Award from the International Timing & Sync Forum in 2011, an Achievement Award in 2016 from the IEEE UFFC, and the IEEE Keithley Award in 2018. He is a Fellow in the Institute of Navigation and an IEEE Life Senior Member. He was a member of URSI and served on the International Radio Consultative Committee, where Richard L. Sydnor and he were editors of an International Telecommunication Union HANDBOOK: Selection and Use of Precise Frequency and Time Systems, which he did in 1997 after his retirement. He remains a member of the International Astronomical Union. He also served as a US representative for the Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Second for many years. In 2018, the IEEE UFFC celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Allan variance with a Special Issue of the Transactions of the UFFC with several authors contributing. Dave has also contributed a lifetime of service to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to serving two full-time missions, he served as Bishop of the newly formed Boulder Second Ward for six years, as Stake President of the Boulder Stake for ten years, and in the Denver Mission Presidency for three years. After moving back to Utah, he taught institute for the Moroni Stake for 11 years, and he continues to give firesides and talks about his research as well as write blog articles.