Oversimplification - STOP IT!!!

Romans 1:18-23
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men 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 men 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 mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

We too often sit back on this verse, look at evolutionary scientists and say (to ourselves at least) "He chooses to reject God and embrace evolution as his god. He will get what he deserves."

We need to look at what else the Apostle Paul said, "I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some." If we want to engage the men and women in the scientific community we have to be able to speak at their level. If Paul had not been schooled in oration and liberally educated, he could never have gained the attention of the men of Athens. If we cannot speak to evolutionary biologist in without inflammatory terms and with scientific research they will respect, then we cannot reach them at all.

I have been searching the internet to find creation focused research on the platypus genetic code. The gene code of the platypus has been revealed and there are a number of interesting findings. The platypus shares features in its code which are similar in nature to the genetic codes of mammals, birds and reptiles. The internet is replete with articles concerning the discovery and its meaning to biology and our understanding of evolution. However, I cannot find a single creation focused article that has anywhere near the scientific rigor or even level of writing that would allow me to challenge the basic conclusion that the platypus DNA has provided further evidence of how mammals, reptiles and birds branched from common ancestors millions of years ago. WHY?

Instead, I find creation focused articles written at the eighth grade level that simplify the issue and blithely point to the Biblical God of creation and say what a beautiful thing His creation is. Although I agree with their points, where is the research? Where is the argument? WHERE IS THE SCIENCE? Articles are filled with inflammatory terms assigning evolutionary biologists to the realm of false teachers. I find it hard to believe that this is the intent of the authors of these articles and I certainly hope it is not. But the result is we are only reaching those who believe. Creation science preaches to the choir, which is why we are losing court cases and frankly, by my estimation, losing the scientific argument.

If we are to engage the scientific world, then we have to enter it, and like Paul, we have to speak their language. So, stop making it so simple, it's not. The issues and facts that matter in modern science are complex and intellectually challenging. The platypus is a "hodgepodge" animal, having several traits of different classes of animals. Evolutionists say this is prima facia evidence of evolution at work. Creationists, say, no, such a mix would never result from evolutionary processes. Who's comparing the paleontological record to the genetic record? Where is the study of why mammals need IgG and IgE, but birds need IgY to handle certain enzyme functions and why does the platypus have the mammalian set, when it's sex determining genetics are so much more like a bird. When you get into the details, the facts get a lot more confusing and the conclusion regarding a Creation versus Evolution is not so clear cut. I don't know if it's possible to have a truly unbiased approach to details like platypus DNA, but we have to at least start dealing with it at a post-graduate level if we ever hope to converse with the scientific community about it.

Will the details of biology, genetics and origin research challenge your beliefs? I hope so. If they don't then you aren't looking deep enough.