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Evolution Theory Confronted

Evolution theory confronted

At first I could not believe it; there was but one pattern---the 'sudden' appearance of civilizations worldwide. Five coincidences, or one pattern; call it what you like, the evidence is irrefutable.

1. Egypt.

In the 3rd millenniumn B.C. Egypt sprang into existence suddenly, fully developed---that is, without transition from a primitive state, with a fantastic ready-made high society. In the remotest period of which there are records, Egypt shows a level of civilization which is inexplicable. It sounds crazy I know, but it's a fact!

2. Sumeria.

The appearance around the same time as Egypt of Sumerian civilization was likewise

sudden, unexpected and out of nowhere.

3. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

They were the key centers of the Indus Valley civilization. These also appear to have suddenly sprung up with no clear-cut traces of having evolved from primitive beginnings. Your

third coincidence.

4. Maya of Central America

The Maya go back to approximately the same time. And at the outset of Mayan culture, their script was already perfect. Four very odd coincidences. But there's one more.

5. The megalith builders of northwest Europe appeared at precisely the same time. The achievements they demonstrated were identical, that is, the 'simultaneous discovery of Pythagorean triangles, a precise calendar, a true compass-bearing for north, knowledge of the movement of celestial bodies (possibly including knowledge that the world was round) and a minutely accurate system of measurement.

Well, what do you think? How was all this possible? So many instant civilizations.

I took a map, encircled these suddenly appearing, ready- made cultures and stared at them.

A COMMON ORIGIN

Was there any connection between them?

I began to sift every available isolated piece of information. Over the next few months the search would lead through scores of countries. Something told me there was a connection, though I knew not where. As for a possible link between the "instant" civilizations, eight clues emerged.

1. Symbols and hieroglyphics, identical worldwide, bore the marks of a common heritage. Everywhere the swastika, snake and sun combinations, as well as numerous specialized and intricate glyphs were repeated with no chance of coincidence.

2. Likewise, similar systems of writing were in use--- again all over the globe, even on isolated islands. This was striking.

3. And languages had similarities. The older these were, the more they resembled each other.

Practically all languages have connections through both vocabulary and construction. In almost every language are many words containing similar root words or combinations beyond what mere chance would allow. (Take, for instance, the names of the constellations. I found these were substantially the same whether in Mexico, Africa or Polynesia.)

4. The calendars of Egypt and faraway Peru both had eighteen months of twenty days, with a five-day holiday at year's end.

5. I also took into account the great similarities in buildings, not only in construction but in astronomical alignment. Sphinxes in Egypt and Yucatan; pyramids on every continent and on remote islands; monoliths and stone circles also worldwide and often quarried elsewhere in the world. I was struck by similarity even as to original purpose. The Tower of Babel was built (according to Josephus, first-century Jewish historian) to provide shelter should another Deluge destroy the earth. And regarding the Toltec pyramids, the Mexican chronicler, Ixtlilxochitl, states: "After men had multiplied, they erected a very high 'zacuali,' which is today a tower of great height, in order to take refuge in it should the second world be destroyed." Now I ask you, without a common source, why should the purpose be identical in Babylon and Mexico?

6. Customs again were similar, as in burial, mummification, circumcision, or in binding babies' heads to produce an elongated skull. (The Maya, Incas, Celts, Egyptians and Basques did this.)

7. Forms of religious observance bore more striking similarities.

8. Finally, I added to the list worldwide traditions of early history. Traditions of a Garden of Delight, a Golden Age, a global Flood, one original language, a tower where sudden language confusion resulted in a dispersal---clearly these bore the marks of a common source.

Of one thing I was certain. The origins of cultures that were so different and so widely dispersed could not wholly be explained by borrowing and imitation. The Russian poet Valeri Brussov seemed to express it well: "At the bases of the oldest cultures of mankind we must look for a single influence... We must look back beyond antiquity for an X, for a still unknown cultural world that set the engine we know in motion.

"The Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Greeks and Romans were all our teachers, but who were our teachers' teachers?"

My attention was riveted. Here were several fully developed cultures, apparently related, suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Well, how does one deal with such a discovery? I must confess, my curiosity was exploding. One more search was imperative. This time I had to track down the common source of any footprints leading to these cultures.

SOURCE OF THE FOOTPRINTS

Fortunately, after four to five thousand years, there were prints still visible enough to read Language was the first clue. It was soon apparent that root words in almost every language had their origins in the Middle East. Written signs added to the evidence. A single system of signs used over an extensive area of the earth by the Stone-writers originated likewise in the Middle East.

Anthropology provided another helpful clue. I discovered that the best reconstructions by anthropologists located man's point of origin close to the center of the Europe- Asia-Africa land mass. Archaeological finds clinched it. Agriculture had spread all over the world from, where else, but the Middle East highlands. In every instance plants, shrubs and fruit bearing trees basic to survival and advancement came out of the Middle East first. Botanical genetic studies confirm the archaeological finds and leave no doubt.

There it was. Our beginnings were in the Middle East highlands. You ask, why did agriculture begin in the difficult arc of mountains and highlands? Doesn't it make you wonder? Why was it not begun on the fertile, easily cultivated plains and valleys? That is a natural enough question. During my search I had found other scholars expressing surprise at this most odd discovery.

The evidence suggests a worldwide Deluge as recorded in the bible, that is commonly referred to as Noah's Flood yes this does shed some light on things. Survivors of such a Deluge (an event most scholars have overlooked) would still be in the mountains. The lowlands were not yet dry enough following the global Flood. And did you know, biblical sources not only point to the mountains of Ararat (modern day Armenia) as the landing place of the Flood survivors, but state that they landed in the mountains.

Artifacts uncovered suggest that settled communities extended from the Americas in the west to Thailand in the east by 2000 B.C. And overlaying that is a proven pattern of high cultures from Spain to Pakistan. Modern day Armenia is the dispersion point laying almost precisely in the middle of global map.

I would later discover that other researchers had reached a similar conclusion. As says Howells: "If we look, first of all, for that part of the world which was the hothouse of the races, we can make only one choice. All the visible footsteps lead away from Asia. "

Five significant discoveries made

1. Each of the first civilizations appeared suddenly, already fully developed.

2. A connection existed between them.

3. Their footprints led back to the Middle East mountains.

Only one thing could explain their high level of civilization. Those nations got their heritage basically from the world that was wiped out in the Deluge. They continued where the generation of the biblical Noah left off! The Flood survivors must have carried sufficient knowledge of the antediluvian era to give a rapid start to the new cultures that sprang up 'out of nowhere' soon after.

A few hundred years is all the time needed. The oldest civilizations appear just long enough after the Deluge for a population density to support a culture. Of course we could hardly claim to be first to conclude such . Sir Leonard Woolley notched up a similar observation years before:

"It was confidently expected that the widely held view of a gradual development would be proved, but the whole evidence has been to the contrary; indeed, it has grown to such proportions where we contact the most ancient civilizations that we find the peak was reached soon after the flood."

The sudden appearance of civilization is itself a memorial to history's one great catastrophe. More importantly, the Flood is a historical event of tremendous testimonial importance to modern man. Our world conditions are similar -- high technology, population explosion, corruption and violence. Is there a warning for us here?

GLOBAL ORDER FROM THE RUINS

It goes without saying that the small group of bewildered survivors from the Deluge could hardly reproduce all the aspects of the pre-Flood technology. Nevertheless, they would have bequeathed to their migrating descendants the information of which they had personal or recorded knowledge. We know that the very earliest grains show genetic evidence of sophisticated manipulation; that is, they were already uniform and highly specialized immediately after the Flood.

In an attempt to reconstruct the antedeluvian technology, the semblance of an integrated global civilization emerged in various parts of the world. Its achievements were astonishing; in some spheres, penetrating knowledge which our science has scarcely begun to nudge.

The proponents of Evolution theory have been confronted with astonishing facts on a global scale that challenge its very precepts. Unanswerable, these achievements are frequently ignored for the simple reason that they cannot be explained, except from a biblical perspective.

Lost Races

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