Start Early in Teaching Creationism

My suggestion is to start defending against evolution early.  Not by taking a defensive posture, but by teaching them the terms early and thoroughly, equipping them with arguments without them knowing it.  1 Peter 3:15 says:  but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;

It was called to my attention about 10 years ago that Darwin’s Origin of the Species is perhaps the most influential piece of literature ever written.  I’m not including the Bible in this, I’m emphasizing “literature”. Think about that.  Origin of the Species is the most influential piece of literature ever written. Well, I agree. Think of any other piece of literature that has turned the world upside down and changed the world view of so many educated people.  From early on, I tried to teach my own students a Creation world view, without pounding the fact that it would refute Darwinism.  First of all, I always taught that Science is empirical.  This means that true Scientists use observations, experiments and calculations to develop theories.  And then they test their theories with more experiments and calculations to come up with reliable data to prove their theory.  In the early years I never brought up evolution, I just told them that Science is observation and recording data.  It was something that we all could do.  Science is not a theory.  Science is what is observed.

I also taught about adaptation.  They are always giving stories about animals that change colors or grow more hair.  Adaptation is God’s way of allowing us to adapt to our environment for survival, not evolution.  We can move from Southern California to Maine and after a couple of years 45 degrees would be considered “sweater weather”.  Did we evolve?  No, we just adapted.  Because if after 10 years we move back to Southern California, our sweater weather would move back to 65 degrees after a couple of years.  It is all about adaptation!  

I found it helpful to comb through all of the Creation Research Institute’s books so that I could naturally refute the theory of Evolution all the way through their education.  Plus, since I didn’t have the background, it was helpful for me to learn more about my God, the Creator.  It wasn’t until my students were in high school, when I felt confident in their personal relationships with Christ before I actually introduce them to the theory of evolution, but by that time, they could almost refute it themselves.  If they know what is true, and they know what the other side believes, they are less likely to be influenced.  And I always had available no less than 5 sources that could show them the proper arguments, if they needed them.  They know where to find truth, when it isn’t on the tip of their tongue.