Christians have allowed themselves to be put in an unfair position.  For centuries, the Bible survived as the accepted account of the formation of the universe, the world, and its inhabitants.  However, in the mid-1800's that all changed with Darwin's publication, The Origin of Species.  The book made a fairly convincing case in those days for the idea of natural selection.  I think most Christians could agree that there is nothing fundamentally anti-Christian to the idea of natural selection.  We can obviously see in domesticated animals that the creation of new species is possible.  However, as the years progressed and "science" became god, the culture began to accept the idea that all the diversity of life on earth was a result of the evolutionary process.  Men suggested that, not only were new species formed through evolution, but new classes of animals.  The accepted idea became that not only could evolution account for the fact that there are various kinds of finches, but also the fact that there are birds, reptiles, and mammals, suggesting that all life on earth came from a single ancestor.  Such an idea is of course against the accepted norm of the majority of history and an anti-Christian idea.  Moreover, it is an anti-religion idea.  There are few religious in the world without some sort of an account for a divine creation, though the accounts may vary widely.

Neverthess, there is a rule in logic and philosophical argument called the "burden of proof".  According to this rule is a person makes a claim that he or she says is true, then the burden of proof lies on their shoulders.  If a person wishes to challenge the accepted truth and makes a truth claim which is contrary, then he/she has the responsibility to proove that the accepted truth is wrong and proove that his/her idea is truth.  Therefore, the evolutionist not the Christian has the burden of proof.  The evolutionist must not only show that his ideas about the formation of life are true, but he must also proove that the Biblical account is false.  As of yet, the Bible has not been proven to be untrue.  On the contrary, every time the Bible has been put to the test, it has passed with flying colors and has offered evidence of its validity in a way that has even astonished those who believe it to be true as well as those who are seeking to prove its falsehood.  Evolution as a scientific theory is poorly validated.  It is a theory riddled with assumption, speculation, and often scandal. The supposed truth of evolution changes on a daily basis, which is of course the nature of a developing theory or of science in general.

Therefore, I am more than willing to stand by the Bible, which has been shown over and over to be historically, geographically, prophetically, and internally accurate.  When the evolutionists themselves are finally able to agree on what their version of the truth is, then I will be willing to examine the theory.  When the evolutionists are able to proove that the Bible is false, then I will be willing to examine the theory of evolution.  When evolutionists are able to provide a clear cut case for the validity of their theory then I will be willing to allow for the possiblility that it is indeed the truth.  However, at this moment in time, there are simply too many holes in the theory to be filled, and too many assumptions and speculations made for me to be willing to even call it a science.

As a Christians we have a responiblity, not to proove that the Bible is true.  It prooves by it's own text that it is truth.  Of course, one must truly examine the Biblical text to find this out.  Many who propigate the theory of evolution simply dismiss the Bible without examining the possiblity that it is true.  However, the burden of proof lies upon those who claim that evolution is the truth and that the Bible is false.

The evolutionist must first PROVE that the Bible is false.  Then he must PROVE that evolution is true.  He has the responibility of examining the Biblical text unbiasly, and every shred of evidence for the validity and falsity of the Bible to determine first if it, as the accepted truth, is indeed true or false.  Then he must examine every shred of evidence for the validity of falsity of  the evolutionary theory to determine if it is validated or refuted by the weight of the evidence.

To those who argue for the "truth" of evolution...

I DO NOT HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF!  YOU DO!

I'll be quietly waiting here for you to completely examine both sides of this debate, then you may make a truth claim.  For now, I will simply follow what has been accepted for centuries as truth, until proven otherwise.