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At Cedarville University, we believe that God exists,
and we hold to the “inerrant, infallible, and reliable”
Word of God as authoritative “over the Church and the
Christian’s life and thought.” To borrow from Francis
Schaeffer, God “is there, and He is not silent.” His
Word explains the origins of the universe, including
the earth and all that inhabits it. We hold to a “literal
and historical account of God’s creation of all things,”
and that radically impacts the way we teach in every
academic program. Below are just a few examples of
how all Cedarville programs incorporate a creation
perspective into their curriculum.
SCIENCE
At Cedarville, our science professors start with the
foundation that God created the universe and all life
on planet earth. The earth was not a piece of debris
produced by a “big bang”; life did not evolve from a
primordial soup of chemicals. In the field of biology,
Darwinian evolution has become accepted fact. It is
believed with a fervor rivaling religion. This is because
Darwin asserted that “conflict facilitated natural
selection,” and, as such, presupposed “a teleology, an
end or goal in mind.” Teleology has to do with the way
circumstances will work out, but it assumes a designer.
Darwin assumed a teleology based on the strongest
and best winning out, or survival of the fittest. Nature
would determine the outcome of species based on their
ability to survive and thrive. But in taking this position,
Darwin substituted the creation for the Creator, making
nature the grand designer, not God.
Cedarville professors recognize the limitations of
science to prove the origins of man. While science can
corroborate the truth of Scripture, how the universe
began will never be proven by scientific method. At
Cedarville, we start with the foundation of Scripture
as God’s truth and critique the theory of evolution on
two fronts: epistemically (pertaining to the process by
which knowledge is obtained) and methodologically
(pertaining to an orderly process of investigation).
Epistemically, we start with Proverbs 1:7, which
IN THE CURRICULUM
CREATION
by Thomas Mach ’88
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