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entities gradually form through some process. Only the book of Genesis even attempts to account for
the ultimate origin of all matter, all space, all time. It does this uniquely through special creation.

B. Origin of order and complexity
As we observe the physical universe, we notice that there is order, specificity, and complexity. We also
notice that all systems tend to wind down and move from order to chaos. We observe nothing becoming
more orderly. The tendency is toward decay, disorder, simplicity. Order and complexity never arise
spontaneously they are always generated by a prior cause programmed to produce such order. The
Primeval Programmer and His programmed purposes are found only in Genesis.

C. Origin of the solar system
The earth, sun, moon, and stars were brought into being by the creator in Genesis. It is ironic that
modern scientists and cosmologists are unsuccessful and attempting to devise plausible naturalistic
theories to explain the origin of the universe and solar system.

D. Origin of the atmosphere and hydrosphere
The earth is unique in the known universe for its abundance of water and breathable atmosphere. We
find a balance of Oxygen-Nitrogen gaseous atmosphere infused with liquid water and water vapor.
These elements and these concentrations are necessary for the sustenance of life. It has not developed
anywhere in the rest of the known universe and will never be found to have. The earth system did not
randomly develop. It was purposefully created as was the rest of the universe.

E. Origin of life
The question of how living systems could come into existence from nonliving chemicals has always and
will always be a mystery to materialistic philosophers, and modern evolutionary scientists. However, the
book of Genesis explains that all matter living, and nonliving sprang into existence at the Word of the
eternally existing God of creation. The marvel of the reproductive process and the almost-infinite
complexity programmed into the genetic systems of plants and animals are inexplicably complex except
by special creation especially when the laws of thermodynamics and probability mean anything at all.
The account of creation in Genesis is the only rational explanation.

F. Origin of man
Man is the most highly developed and organized entity in the known universe. He is complex and
capable of very difficult and complex activities, thoughts, behaviors, and interrelations. To suggest that
man is nothing more than the random act of time and chance as organisms evolved through billions of
years of mutations and random occurrence is absurd. Even more illusionary given the mathematics of
probability. The true record of man’s creation is recorded in Genesis.

G. Origin of the Sexes
God declared that He made male and female of all the animals and of mankind in order for each to
reproduce after its kind. He made each sex distinctive of various characteristics that allow for every
living thing to reproduce young and care for them through maturity. While male and female species are
alike and many ways, they differ physically, emotionally, and physiologically in numerous ways. A male
cannot become a female or vice versa by surgery or ingesting hormones. Genesis tells us that God
determines a person’s sex. Seeking to change a person’s birth gender is nothing more than rebellion
against God’s design for their life.

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