The Genesis Debate: Richard Peachey’s speeches
On March 8, 2018, a debate was held in Lacombe, Alberta (Canada) regarding the Biblical book of Genesis. The stated topic was: “Teaching Kids that Genesis is Literally True: Divine Mandate, or Child Abuse?” Taking part in the debate were Scott Lewis (atheistic evolutionist) and Richard Peachey (Christian creationist). The
A Smorgasbord of Quotations: Creation vs. Evolution
Compiled by Richard Peachey CAN SMALL VARIATIONS LEAD TO LARGE-SCALE EVOLUTION? — EVOLUTIONISTS CAN’T AGREE! “A long-standing issue in evolutionary biology is whether the processes observable in extant populations and species (microevolution) are sufficient to account for the larger-scale changes evident over longer periods of life’s history (macroevolution). Outsiders to
Response to Governor General Julie Payette
Governor General of Canada Julie Payette, in her speech to Canadian Science Policy Centre, November 1, 2017: “Can you believe that still today in learned society and in houses of government, unfortunately, we’re still debating and still questioning whether humans have a role in the earth warming up, or whether
Criticizing The Creator — And Calling It “Science”!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of December 2014 by Richard Peachey “An intelligent, omnipotent God wouldn’t have done it that way — so evolution must be the explanation.“ When evolutionists make statements like that, they fall into a trap (actually, several traps). Such arguments are
As a Creationist . . . I Agree with Evolutionists!
Featured as a back-of-page article in the CSABC Quarterly Letter of June 2005 by Richard Peachey I agree with Mark Ridley (zoologist at Oxford University) that fossils should not be used as evidence for evolution! “In the chapters on the fossil record in the Origin of Species Darwin showed that
Personalities in the Evolution/Creation Conflict
by Richard Peachey 1. An Early “Evolutionist”: Lucretius (c. 99 – c. 55 B.C.) Lucretius was an ancient writer with a naturalistic theory of origins. The quotations below are from his De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things”), translated by W. H. D. Rowse (Cambridge, MA: Harvard U. Press,
What Would Jesus Do . . . about the Creation/Evolution Controversy?
by Richard Peachey [Featured as an advertorial in Cascade News, University of the Fraser Valley student newspaper, Oct. 1, 2009] Perhaps you were raised as a Christian and now you’re having to wrestle with seemingly anti-biblical concepts being taught in a biology course (or physics, or sociology, or anthropology, or
Debate: “Evolution versus Creation: War of the Worldviews!”
(Richard Peachey’s opening remarks) On May 5, 2006, a debate was held at Langara College in Vancouver, BC, under the title “Evolution versus Creation: War of the Worldviews!” Scott Goodman argued the case for evolution on behalf of the BC Skeptics, and Richard Peachey, vice-president of the Creation Science Association