Welcome to the homepage of the East Tennessee Creation Science Association (ETCSA). Started by a group of concerned individuals in 1998, we are currently continuing our mission as an outreach to the people of East Tennessee with a particular emphasis on the students of the University of Tennessee (UT). The original impetus for our forming was to combat Darwin Day at UT. This was and is an annual event of speakers and sessions that is a blatant attempt by atheists and secular humanists to evangelize the youth at this place of higher learning. In past years we have had a presence on-campus during this event, and met throughout the year amongst ourselves. This past spring we initiated an on-campus program with regular monthly seminars during the spring and fall targeted at UT students. Our message is that this universe and the life that is in it is a special creation of God that is recent in nature, and not produced by purely naturalistic processes over eons of time. We further present a recent catastrophic flood as being factual and present compelling evidence that this event can explain the bulk of earth’s geology we see today.

    On a personal note, I grew up as a science and technology enthusiast reading literally hundreds of journals and books on science, absorbing every article and television program on the subject with great zeal and interest. Unfortunately, through all this diligent interest and study I was never exposed to the problems with naturalistic views on origins. Imagine that, 20 years of diligent study fueled by sincere interest, but being shown only one perspective. You hear it often said that “science is unbiased.” I think it is important to understand that scientific investigation does not take place in a vacuum, but rather by individuals who all maintain beliefs and biases. In a recent interview on MSNBC with Chris Matthews the Baptist Pastor at the center of the curriculum debate in Kansas was interviewed along with Eugenie Scott, the head of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). The NCSE is essentially a group of people with atheistic viewpoints on origins that want to discredit a creation worldview and have people believe that secular people are unbiased. During the interview Matthews allowed the pastor to give his viewpoint on the efficacy of the creation viewpoint. Later, when discussing Scott’s viewpoint, he asked her point blank “what do you believe?” She refused to answer stating that it was not germane to the discussion of science. Matthews asked her again. Scott refused a second time stating that was not the issue. Matthews pressed a third time saying to the effect “humor me, I’m just curious.” She still wouldn’t answer. In closing Matthews stated that even he found it hard to believe everything just got here accidentally. This interview really struck at the heart of this issue. Atheist, humanists, and apostate Christians would have you believe that the secular viewpoint is unbiased, but nothing could be farther from the truth. The myth of unbiased secular people is just that, a myth. It is a myth that must be exposed. There is no such thing as an unbiased person, and scientific investigation is performed by people. In other words, the creation viewpoint is no more biased than the viewpoint of naturalism, and its exclusion from class curriculums is indicative of how entrenched the secular viewpoint is in science, education, and our society as a whole.

    With that said, we live in a very special time in human history. Our scientific knowledge has grown by leaps and bounds in the last 50 years. The assumption made by Darwin and his contemporaries and predecessors that the fundamental unit of life, the cell, is just chemical soup has been proven woefully false. This ignorance that led folks to be lulled into the belief that natural systems are simple and their change is an uncomplicated process has been crushed by evidence. Our adaptive capabilities are driven by complexly integrated, information rich, and systematized cellular mechanisms that are preprogrammed for adaptability within narrow parameters. Simple random mutational change does not produce evolution, but rather critical damage to this amazing microscopic series of systems. Nanotechnology at the microscopic basis of life is a reality. The ultimate damning blow to naturalism is currently in the process of filtering its way into the popular culture of our country. Our understanding of physics and cosmology has pointed us toward the fact that our universe had an origin, and that the forces that bind it together are finely tuned in such a way as to provide a stable framework for life, something that randomness could never do. Recent geological and paleontological discoveries of cold spots in the mantle, rapid canyon creation and sediment stratification, dinosaurs with soft tissue, and short lived isotopes in materials like diamonds are shaking the very foundation of the widely held view of long geologic chronologies. While many scientists are turning their back on all this new evidence, many others are not, and the great majority of people who do not believe in evolution to begin with are having a field day with this new data.

    As you can see, we who believe that the Bible is the only authoritative book (scientific or otherwise) on the issue of origins have a great deal to be excited about today. Even the hardened atheist Antony Flew, who is a world famous author and champion of the atheist cause, has recently recanted his life’s work of over fifty years because the evidence for a creator is so overwhelming. This is the same information that is currently being withheld from students in our educational system at all levels. Could it be that some are afraid of the cultural ramifications of young people finding out that our 21st century scientific investigation all points toward a super-intelligent creator?

   Here at the ETCSA we plan to move with purpose to get this information to a society that has become largely secular due to our scientific ignorance, and the apostasy of the Christian segment of society on this issue. As many sources are noting, both secular and religious, things appear to be changing rapidly in our society today, moving away from secularism and back to our Christian roots. We at the ETCSA are fully committed to our piece of this struggle and will continue to reach out to people, especially students, who are unaware of the amazing findings of science that demonstrate the existence of an omnipotent creator, and moreover, that this creator is the one of the Bible, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. My heart’s desire and sincere prayer to God is that we at the ETCSA, in everything we say and do, bring honor to His holy name. Please join us as often as you can in this amazing ministry. Thanks and God bless.