PT-2 “Uniformitarianism” (2 Peter 3:4)

 

EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/4/2026 9:06 PM

My Worship Time                                                                     Focus:  PT-2 “Uniformitarianism”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                                      Reference:  2 Peter 3:4

            Message of the verse:  “and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming?  For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.’”

            It looks like this Spiritual Diary will be rather short as I finish this section from the verses above.

            “The rise of modern uniformitarianism occurred largely because of the efforts of the nineteenth-century British lawyer and geologist Charles Lyell.  His book Principles of Geology had profound impact on the scientific community of his day.  In fact, Lyell’s uniformitarianism was a primary pillar on which Charles Darwin established his theory of evolution.  (Darwin too a copy of Principles of Geology with him during his famous voyage on the Beagle to Galapagos and other islands off the Pacific coast of South America in 1831-32.) As a result of Lyell’s hypothesis, catastrophism—which had previously been the dominant view among deologists—was largely abandoned for more than a century.

            “In recent decades, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in catastrophism among secular geologists.  It became apparent that there is far too much evidence of catastrophism in the earth’s geologic features to support Lyell’s tranquil, uniformitarian view.  But instead of embracing the biblical account of a catastrophic six-day creation and another worldwide catastrophe—namely, Noah’s Flood—the ‘new catastrophists’ opt for countless smaller catastrophes.

            “To be sure, there is an element of general uniformity in the universe; it is a manifestation of God’s providential care for His creation.  After all, if the natural laws and universal processes did not normally function in a consistent manner, chaos would ensue.  A biblical view of the universe, then, sees creation as an open system—in which God has ordained a uniform operation of natural causes, but also a universe in which He has intervened and still does intervene.  Those who go beyond this, advocation a uniformitarianism so rigid as to preclude God’s involvement in history, have foolishly deceived themselves.  Like the false teachers of Peter’s day, they deny the promises of Scripture (including Christ’s return) on the basis of their conveniently devised worldview.”

            I said that this would be a very short SD this evening, but there is much packed in it.  I have mentioned in earlier SD’s that I HATE EVEOLUTION and always will.  The reason is that evolution is impossible to have happened.  The universe had to have something in it to make evolution happen.  If there was something in it, and there was because God created it all, which makes evolution impossible.  Evolution has come about in the recent centuries in order to cause people to disbelieve the Bible.  They say I believe in evolution, and therefore do not need to even read or think about the Bible.  I will say it again I Hate Evolution, and Evolution is impossible to have happened.

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