Creation Lectures by Dr D B Cowell

The following documents have been produced by Dr Cowell based on lectures which he has given regularly for a number of years. You are welcome to download, copy and distribute them provided they are not altered in any way.

As a committed Christian I have always felt that the evolution theory is incompatible with my Christian Faith. Therefore I have examined in depth the evidence put forward by evolutionists to support their theory. Like many other Christians, I have found that the so-called evidence for evolution is very weak. To imagine that all the complex biological structures found in even the simplest living organism came about by chance requires much more faith than to believe in a great Creator Designer. The evidence for design is overwhelming, especially on the molecular biochemical level. Dr D B Cowell

Introduction to Creation
We take a young earth position, and this talk shows how the short Scriptural time frame does fit in with scientific facts.

An Impossible Beginning
This talk points out the total inadequacy of evolutionary arguments for the supposed evolution of life from non-life. Even the simplest conceivable cell is far too complicated to have come into existence by chance.

Puzzling Things
We attempt to answer some of the questions frequently asked by evolutionists about pathogenicity, parasitism, carnivory, attack/defence mechanisms etc. which seem incompatible with a 'very good' initial creation and a God of love.

Fossils Indicate Creation
The lack of intermediate fossils required by gradual evolution, and the sudden appearance of all the major groups of animals is far better explained by creation than evolution.

The Creation of Man
The fossil evidence put forward by evolutionists for the evolution of man from an ape-like ancestry is examined. The conclusion is that all the fossils found so far are either clearly ape or clearly human. The missing like has never been found.

Comparative Anatomy
Evolutionists use this as evidence for common ancestry. In the absence of other evidence for evolution, we think that common design is a better explanation. Organs alleged to be vestigial are considered in detail and we claim that no organ is a useless vestige.

Replication of DNA
The extraordinary complicated mechanism to copy DNA accurately and the 50 or so safeguards and correcting mechanisms would have to be in place at the beginning for any cell to survive, and indeed any life to survive.

Radioactive dating
What does this really tell us about the age of the earth? Is is foolproof or are there too many assumptions? Recent research has shown that there have been periods of accelerated radioactive decay which fit the Biblical time frame.

Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms. Could such a complex process have happened by chance?

Wonders of the Living Cell
There is nothing simple about the living cell. Even viruses are complicated. The smallest know bacterium is incredibly complex.

Dr D B Cowell B.Pharm. (London) First Class Honours Ph.D. (London) Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Read Dr Cowell's personal testimony "Why I became a Young Earth Creationist."