It is a self-evident truth, that no creature can give an authentic account of
his own creation. Unless that account, therefore, be furnished by his Creator,
he would for ever remain in ignorance of his own origin.
Edward W. Grinfield; A Scriptural Inquiry into
the Nature and Import of the Image and Likeness of God in Man; 1837; p6
Belief in Evolution proves that gullibility is not the monopoly of three year
old children.
In the evolutionary scenario, it is
impossible to account for:
1- A sinless pair of human beings (Rom. 5:12)
2- Who were not born of parents (Gen. 2:2, 2:22)
3- The female was
made from the male (Gen. 2:22, ICor. 11:8)
4- And they were not
subject to physical death (Rom. 5:12, 8:10)
In view of the insistence shown by the sacred writer on the multiplication
of the race by the repeated declaration that each of the patriarchs begat
“sons and daughters,” and that he allows so much time between Adam and the
Flood (MT 1656 years; Samaritan text 1307; LXX 2256), it is hardly to be
assumed that he thought all men could still be living in one region. In
fact, the text indicates to the contrary, for God not only gave the command
to increase and multiply, but also to “fill the earth,” 1:28
[The
same command was given after the Flood as before, and man has filled the
earth after the Flood.]
*curse*
Genesis 3:14
14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock and
above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you
shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:17
17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of
it,’ cursed is the ground because of
you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 4:11
11 And now you are cursed from the
ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your
hand.
Genesis 5:29
29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the LORD has
cursed, this one shall bring us relief
from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.”
Genesis 8:21
21 And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart,
“I will never again curse the ground
because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth.
Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Genesis 9:25
25 he said, “Cursed be Canaan; a servant
of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Genesis 12:3
3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will
curse, and in you all the families of
the earth shall be blessed.”
Genesis 27:12
12 Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and
bring a curse upon myself and not a
blessing.”
13 His mother said to him, “Let your curse
be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me.”
Genesis 27:29
29 Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your
brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be everyone who
curses you, and blessed be everyone who
blesses you!”
Genesis 49:7
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is
fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will divide them in Jacob and
scatter them in Israel.
Exodus 21:17
17 “Whoever curses his father or his
mother shall be put to death.
Exodus 22:28
28 “You shall not revile God, nor curse
a ruler of your people.
Leviticus 19:14
14 You shall not curse the deaf or put a
stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the
LORD.
Leviticus 20:9
9 For anyone who curses his father or
his mother shall surely be put to death; he has
cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.
Leviticus 24:11
11 and the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the Name, and
cursed. Then they brought him to Moses.
His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Leviticus 24:14
14 “Bring out of the camp the one who cursed,
and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the
congregation stone him.
15 And speak to the people of Israel, saying, Whoever
curses his God shall bear his sin.
Leviticus 24:23
23 So Moses spoke to the people of Israel, and they brought out of the camp
the one who had cursed and stoned him
with stones. Thus the people of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 5:18
18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and unbind the hair of
the woman’s head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance,
which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall
have the water of bitterness that brings the
curse.
19 Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, ‘If no man has lain
with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were
under your husband’s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that
brings the curse.
Numbers 5:21
21 then’ (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the
curse, and say to the woman) ‘the LORD
make you a curse and an oath among your
people, when the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.
22 May this water that brings the curse
pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.’
And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
23 "Then the priest shall write these curses
in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness.
24 And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the
curse, and the water that brings the
curse shall enter into her and cause
bitter pain.
Numbers 5:27
27 And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled
herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the
curse shall enter into her and cause
bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and
the woman shall become a curse among her
people.
Numbers 22:6
6 Come now, curse this people for me,
since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and
drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and
he whom you curse is
cursed.”
Numbers 22:11
11 ’Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the
earth. Now come, curse them for me.
Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”
12 God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not
curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Numbers 22:17
17 for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will
do. Come, curse this people for me.’”
Numbers 23:7
7 And Balaam took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought
me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: ‘Come,
curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce
Israel!’
8 How can I curse whom God has not
cursed? How can I denounce whom the LORD
has not denounced?
Numbers 23:11
11 And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to
curse my enemies, and behold, you have
done nothing but bless them.”
Numbers 23:13
13 And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, from which
you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see
them all. Then curse them for me
from there.”
Numbers 23:25
25 And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse
them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
Numbers 23:27
27 And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place.
Perhaps it will please God that you may curse
them for me from there.”
Numbers 24:9
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion and like a lioness; who will rouse
him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and
cursed are those who curse you.”
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands
together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to
curse my enemies, and behold, you have
blessed them these three times.
Deuteronomy 11:26
26 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a
curse:
Deuteronomy 11:28
28 and the curse, if you do not obey the
commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way that I am
commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.
29 And when the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering
to take possession of it, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and
the curse on Mount Ebal.
Deuteronomy 21:23
23 his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him
the same day, for a hanged man is cursed
by God. You shall not defile your land that the LORD your God is giving you
for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 23:4
4 because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when
you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of
Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse
you.
5 But the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the LORD your
God turned the curse into a blessing for
you, because the LORD your God loved you.
Deuteronomy 27:13
13 And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for the
curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 27:15
15 “’Cursed be the man who makes a
carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the
hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall
answer and say, ‘Amen.’
16 “’Cursed be anyone who dishonors his
father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
17 “’Cursed be anyone who moves his
neighbor’s landmark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
18 “’Cursed be anyone who misleads a
blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
19 “’Cursed be anyone who perverts the
justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the
people shall say, ‘Amen.’
20 “’Cursed be anyone who lies with his
father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’ And all the
people shall say, ‘Amen.’
21 “’Cursed be anyone who lies with any
kind of animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
22 “’Cursed be anyone who lies with his
sister, whether the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’
And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
23 “’Cursed be anyone who lies with his
mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
24 “’Cursed be anyone who strikes down
his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
25 “’Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe
to shed innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
26 “’Cursed be anyone who does not
confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say,
‘Amen.’
Deuteronomy 28:15
15 “But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to
do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all
these curses shall come upon you and
overtake you.
16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and
cursed shall you be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be your basket and your
kneading bowl.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your
womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young
of your flock.
19 Cursed shall you be when you come in,
and cursed shall you be when you go out.
20 “The LORD will send on you curses,
confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are
destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because
you have forsaken me.
Deuteronomy 28:45
45 “All these curses shall come upon you
and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not
obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his
statutes that he commanded you.
Deuteronomy 29:20
20 The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the
LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the
curses written in this book will settle
upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.
21 And the LORD will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for
calamity, in accordance with all the curses
of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
Deuteronomy 29:27
27 Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing
upon it all the curses written in this
book,
Deuteronomy 30:1
1 “And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the
curse, which I have set before you, and
you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has
driven you,
Deuteronomy 30:7
7 And the LORD your God will put all these
curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you.
Deuteronomy 30:19
19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and curse.
Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Joshua 6:26
26 Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, “Cursed
before the LORD be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. “At
the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of
his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”
Joshua 8:34
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the
curse, according to all that is written
in the Book of the Law.
Joshua 9:23
23 Now therefore you are cursed, and
some of you shall never be anything but servants, cutters of wood and
drawers of water for the house of my God.”
Joshua 24:9
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against
Israel. And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to
curse you,
Judges 5:23
23 “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the
LORD, curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
because they did not come to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD
against the mighty.
Judges 9:57
57 And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their
heads, and upon them came the curse of
Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Judges 17:2
2 And he said to his mother, “The 1,100 pieces of silver that were taken
from you, about which you uttered a curse,
and also spoke it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And
his mother said, “Blessed be my son by the LORD.”
Judges 21:18
18 Yet we cannot give them wives from our daughters.” For the people of
Israel had sworn, “Cursed be he who
gives a wife to Benjamin.”
1 Samuel 14:24
24 And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day, so Saul had laid an
oath on the people, saying, “Cursed be
the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people had tasted food.
1 Samuel 14:28
28 Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people
with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man
who eats food this day.’” And the people were faint.
1 Samuel 17:43
43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with
sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David
by his gods.
1 Samuel 26:19
19 Now therefore let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it
is the LORD who has stirred you up against me, may he accept an offering,
but if it is men, may they be cursed
before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no
share in the heritage of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
2 Samuel 16:5
5 When King David came to Bahurim, there came out a man of the family of the
house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, and as he came he
cursed continually.
2 Samuel 16:7
7 And Shimei said as he cursed, “Get
out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man!
2 Samuel 16:9
9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead
dog curse my lord the king? Let me go
over and take off his head.”
10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If
he is cursing because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse
David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son
seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and
let him curse, for the LORD has told him
to.
2 Samuel 16:13
13 So David and his men went on the road, while Shimei went along on the
hillside opposite him and cursed as he
went and threw stones at him and flung dust.
2 Samuel 19:21
21 Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death
for this, because he cursed the LORD’s
anointed?”
1 Kings 2:8
8 And there is also with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from
Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous
curse on the day when I went to
Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by
the LORD, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
1 Kings 21:10
10 And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge
against him, saying, ‘You have cursed
God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death."
1 Kings 21:13
13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless
men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying,
“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So
they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
2 Kings 2:24
24 And he turned around, and when he saw them, he
cursed them in the name of the LORD. And
two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.
2 Kings 9:34
34 Then he went in and ate and drank. And he said, “See now to this
cursed woman and bury her, for she is a
king’s daughter.”
2 Kings 22:19
19 because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the
LORD, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its
inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a
curse, and you have torn your clothes
and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the LORD.
2 Chronicles 34:24
24 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and
upon its inhabitants, all the curses
that are written in the book that was read before the king of Judah.
Nehemiah 10:29
29 join with their brothers, their nobles, and enter into a
curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law
that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the
commandments of the LORD our Lord and his rules and his statutes.
Nehemiah 13:2
2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired
Balaam against them to curse them — yet
our God turned the curse into a
blessing.
Nehemiah 13:25
25 And I confronted them and cursed them
and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. And I made them take an
oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their
sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Job 1:5
5 And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and
consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt
offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that
my children have sinned, and cursed God
in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
Job 1:11
11 But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will
curse you to your face.”
Job 2:5
5 But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will
curse you to your face.”
Job 2:9
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity?
Curse God and die.”
Job 3:1
1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed
the day of his birth.
Job 3:8
8 Let those curse it who
curse the day, who are ready to rouse up
Leviathan.
Job 5:3
3 I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I
cursed his dwelling.
Job 24:18
18 “You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is
cursed in the land; no treader turns
toward their vineyards.
Job 31:30
30 (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a
curse),
Psalms 10:3
3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for
gain curses and renounces the LORD.
Psalms 37:22
22 for those blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but those
cursed by him shall be cut off.
Psalms 62:4
4 They only plan to thrust him down from his high position. They take
pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they
curse. Selah
Psalms 102:8
8 All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a
curse.
Psalms 109:17
17 He loved to curse; let
curses come upon him! He did not delight
in blessing; may it be far from him!
Psalms 109:28
28 Let them curse, but you will bless!
They arise and are put to shame, but your servant will be glad!
Psalms 119:21
21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed
ones, who wander from your commandments.
Proverbs 3:33
33 The LORD’s curse is on the house of
the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
Proverbs 11:26
26 The people curse him who holds back
grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Proverbs 20:20
20 If one curses his father or his
mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
Proverbs 24:24
24 Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be
cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
Proverbs 26:2
2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a
curse that is causeless does not alight.
Proverbs 28:27
27 Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will
get many a curse.
Proverbs 29:24
24 The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the
curse, but discloses nothing.
Proverbs 30:10
10 Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he
curse you, and you be held guilty.
11 There are those who curse their
fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Ecclesiastes 7:22
22 Your heart knows that many times you yourself have
cursed others.
Ecclesiastes 10:20
20 Even in your thoughts, do not curse
the king, nor in your bedroom curse the
rich, for a bird of the air will carry your voice, or some winged creature
tell the matter.
Isaiah 24:6
6 Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the
earth are scorched, and few men are left.
Isaiah 65:15
15 You shall leave your name to my chosen for a
curse, and the Lord GOD will put you to death, but his servants he
will call by another name.
Isaiah 65:20
20 No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an
old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a
hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
Jeremiah 11:3
3 You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:
Cursed be the man who does not hear the
words of this covenant
Jeremiah 15:10
10 Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to
the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them
curse me.
Jeremiah 17:5
5 Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man
who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from
the LORD.
Jeremiah 20:14
14 Cursed be the day on which I was
born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the
news to my father, “A son is born to you,” making him very glad.
Jeremiah 23:10
10 For the land is full of adulterers; because of the
curse the land mourns, and the pastures
of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not
right.
Jeremiah 24:9
9 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse
in all the places where I shall drive them.
Jeremiah 25:18
18 Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them
a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse,
as at this day;
Jeremiah 26:6
6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse
for all the nations of the earth.’”
Jeremiah 29:18
18 I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence, and will make them
a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a
curse, a terror, a hissing, and a
reproach among all the nations where I have driven them,
Jeremiah 29:22
22 Because of them this curse shall be
used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: “The LORD make you like
Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,”
Jeremiah 42:18
18 “For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my
wrath were poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so my wrath will be
poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You shall become an execration, a
horror, a curse, and a taunt. You shall
see this place no more.
Jeremiah 44:8
8 Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making
offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so
that you may be cut off and become a curse
and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah 44:12
12 I will take the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come to the
land of Egypt to live, and they shall all be consumed. In the land of Egypt
they shall fall; by the sword and by famine they shall be consumed. From the
least to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine, and they
shall become an oath, a horror, a curse,
and a taunt.
Jeremiah 44:22
22 The LORD could no longer bear your evil deeds and the abominations that
you committed. Therefore your land has become a desolation and a waste and a
curse, without inhabitant, as it is this
day.
Jeremiah 48:10
10 “Cursed is he who does the work of
the LORD with slackness, and cursed is
he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
Jeremiah 49:13
13 For I have sworn by myself, declares the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a
horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse,
and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes.”
Lamentations 3:65
65 You will give them dullness of heart; your
curse will be on them.
Daniel 9:11
11 All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey
your voice. And the curse and oath that
are written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon
us, because we have sinned against him.
Micah 6:10
10 Can I forget any longer the treasures of wickedness in the house of the
wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?
Zechariah 5:3
3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse
that goes out over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall
be cleaned out according to what is on one side, and everyone who swears
falsely shall be cleaned out according to what is on the other side.
Malachi 1:14
14 Cursed be the cheat who has a male in
his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished.
For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared
among the nations.
Malachi 2:2
2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to
my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the
curse upon you and I will
curse your blessings. Indeed, I have
already cursed them, because you do not
lay it to heart.
Malachi 3:9
9 You are cursed with a
curse, for you are robbing me, the whole
nation of you.
Matthew 25:41
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you
cursed, into the eternal fire prepared
for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 26:74
74 Then he began to invoke a curse on
himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster
crowed.
Mark 11:21
21 And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you
cursed has withered.”
Mark 14:71
71 But he began to invoke a curse on
himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.”
Luke 6:28
28 bless those who curse you, pray for
those who abuse you.
John 7:49
49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
Romans 3:14
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and
bitterness.”
Romans 9:3
3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed
and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to
the flesh.
Romans 12:14
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not
curse them.
1 Corinthians 12:3
3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of
God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and
no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 16:22
22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed.
Our Lord, come!
Galatians 1:8
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel
contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you
a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 3:10
10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a
curse; for it is written, “Cursed
be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law,
and do them.”
Galatians 3:13
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of
the law by becoming a curse for us — for
it is written, “Cursed is everyone who
is hanged on a tree” —
Hebrews 6:8
8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being
cursed, and its end is to be burned.
James 3:9
9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we
curse people who are made in the
likeness of God.
2 Peter 2:14
14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady
souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed
children!
Revelation 16:9
9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they
cursed the name of God who had power
over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
Revelation 16:11
11 and cursed the God of heaven for
their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.
Revelation 16:21
21 And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on
people; and they cursed God for the
plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
Revelation 22:3
3 No longer will there be anything accursed,
but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will
worship him.
The fatal flaw of Darwinian macroevolution — from a scientific and
philosophical standpoint — comes down to several interconnected problems:
1. The Origin of Information Problem
DNA contains specified, complex information — essentially a digital code.
Random mutations and natural selection can modify existing information, but
there is no demonstrated mechanism by which unguided processes generate new,
functional genetic information. Information, in every observed case, comes
from a mind.
2. The Cambrian Explosion
The fossil record shows an abrupt appearance of most major animal body plans
(phyla) in a geologically brief window (~530 million years ago), with no
credible fossil ancestors leading up to them. Darwin himself recognized this
as a serious difficulty. It looks far more like sudden creation than gradual
descent.
3. Irreducible Complexity
Many biological systems (the bacterial flagellum, the blood-clotting
cascade, the immune system) consist of multiple interdependent parts —
remove one and the system fails entirely. Step-by-step Darwinian gradualism
has no plausible pathway to build such systems, because partial assemblies
provide no selective advantage.
4. The Fossil Record’s Systematic Gaps
Macroevolution predicts vast numbers of transitional forms. The fossil
record — now very well sampled — shows stasis (species appear, remain
stable, then disappear) far more than gradual transformation. Stephen Jay
Gould and Niles Eldredge acknowledged this with “Punctuated Equilibrium” —
itself an admission that the classic Darwinian picture doesn’t fit the data.
5. The Origin of Life (Abiogenesis)
Strictly speaking, abiogenesis is separate from evolution — but Darwinism as
a worldview requires it. No one has come close to explaining how the first
self-replicating, information-bearing cell arose from chemistry. The
Miller-Urey experiment produced amino acids, not life — and the gap between
the two is enormous.
6. The Epigenetic and Molecular Revolution
Modern biology has revealed layers of regulation (epigenetics, non-coding
RNA, protein folding codes) far beyond what the “Modern Synthesis” assumed.
The genome is not just a string of mutations — it is a system of systems.
Neo-Darwinism’s mutation/selection engine is increasingly seen as
insufficient even by secular biologists (the “Extended Evolutionary
Synthesis” debate).
7. The Fine-Tuning of the Universe
Macroevolution assumes a universe hospitable to life arising by chance. But
the physical constants are tuned to extraordinary precision for life to
exist at all — pointing to intentional design before biology even begins.
The AI even gave a conclusion:
The bottom line: Darwinian macroevolution requires that undirected,
unintelligent processes produce increasing functional complexity and
biological information over time. No experiment, no observation, and no
fossil has ever demonstrated this happening. What we observe is variation
within kinds — microevolution — not the origin of fundamentally new body
plans, organs, or genetic programs.