Orchard of Created Kinds
It is interesting that atheists and other evolutionists strongly react to biblical creationists discussing created kinds, almost as if the current system of taxonomy was devised by a higher power. Ironically, this system used by secularists was originally developed by Carl Linnaeus, who was a creationist.
It may come as a shock to some people, but facts can fit opposing models; "Their" facts and "our" facts is false. Natural selection is an accepted part of most creation science models, for example. We also have no problem with speciation and hybridization.
Nobody seems to be advocating the replacement of the current system. It is pretty useful for reference points. Biblical creationists study the created kinds (baraminology), and most of them place kind near the family level of current taxonomy.
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| Basement Cat photo by Cowboy Bob Sorensen, enhanced with FotoSketcher |
Creationists have the cat kind, dog kind, horse kind, and so on. There are variations within them — which is expected. Despite the claims of feral evolutionists, natural selection and speciation are not evolution: Nothing is turning into something else. Also, Charlie Darwin and his followers believe in the Tree of Life, where everything has a common ancestor and other living things evolved from that. Not seen, Sigmund. What clearly fits the observed facts is the creation science concept of an orchard.
In the classic film The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and her comrades wander through the dark forest chanting, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!”If we used a similar phrase to describe the animals on Noah’s ark, we would say, “The cat kind and the bear kind, oh my!” Not quite as catchy but biblically and scientifically accurate. Since the lion and tiger both belong to the cat kind, we would see only two members of their kind going on the ark along with two members of the bear kind.
To read the rest or listen to an audio by my favorite reader, kindly click on "One of a Kind?" For those who want to go deeper, visit "Comparison of morphology-based and genomics-based baraminology methods".