Mommy, where did I come from?

My wife Nancy and I had the pleasure of taking care of our ‘grand-dog’, Momo, a few weekends back as our son and daughter-in-law travelled to Montreal for a conference. Momo is a West Highland Terrier.

Dogs are amazing creatures. They come in a huge range of sizes and shapes with different facial features varying quantity of fur and of course with different temperaments and abilities. Just think of a pit-bull compared to a Greyhound or a St Bernard compared to a Chihuahua. Huge differences yet they are all dogs. Everyone knows they are all dogs.

Look at the different size of heads on two of them.

Now let’s think about humans for a minute. Humans also come in a variety of sizes with differing body structures, facial features, temperaments and abilities. Evolutionary scientists claim that humans evolved, we came from, ape like creatures over millions of years. On the internet you can find articles from science magazines which show skulls of apes and various other ‘in-between’ creatures and then humans. They are of different sizes and somewhat different shapes, but similar. These similarities can be seen in the featured image above, of skulls taken from TIME Magazine; August 23, 1999, pp. 54-55. The top portion shows the skulls over time while the bottom shows we came from the same ancestors as monkeys and apes about 6 million years ago.

We have seen a great variety in dogs. We can see that same variety in horses. We can see that variety in many species but not to the same extend as the animals where humans have done selective breeding, like dogs and horses. Based on these species does it really make sense to claim humans came from ape-like creatures? Dogs are dogs and horses are horses. Likewise humans are humans. There is no evidence of dogs evolving from some other species like cats or rats. Likewise there is no evidence of horses evolving from lions or tigers. Despite claims to the contrary, there is really no evidence that humans evolved from ape-like creatures. Humans are humans.

In the Bible, in Genesis chapter 1, verses 26 and 27 state “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Mankind is a unique creation by God, as are all animal species. There are claims to the contrary but no real evidence.

“Jimmy”, mom says, “you are very special. God created you just the way you are.” As He did with human kind, so He did with every species of animals, and so they remain to this day.