Ant Evolution or Creation?
by Owen Borville
August 4, 2019
Biology, Bible
The ant is unique in its morphology and its behaviors and is a product of a special creation by an Intelligent Designer. Evolutionists claim that ants first appeared in the fossil record 100 million years ago, but these fossils are remarkably similar to modern versions. Evolutionists also claim that the ant evolved from the wasp, but fail to explain how the ant supposedly lost its wings. If ants are 100 million years old, why have they not changed much from modern versions?
Ants live in large colonies or groups and these colonies can number up to one million or more. What makes the ant want to colonize while other insects seem to stay alone? This is a unique behavior of the ant. The ant colonies contain the queen ant, the female workers, and the male ants, but only the queen and the males have wings. Ants only sleep about eight minutes during a 12 hour period, which is very little time for rest. The queen ant lays the eggs and helps reproduce the colony. In addition, the queen ant establishes new colonies in different locations. Therefore, the queen ant ensures the survival of the ant colony and the ant population in general.
The ant colonies are very efficient workers and are referenced in the Biblical Book of Proverbs (6:6-8) and Proverbe 30 (24-25).
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV.
“Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: 25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; Proverbs 30:24-25 KJV.
How does the evolutionist explain how the ants work together so well with no guide or ruler? In addition, how does the ant know how to store up its food in the summer? How do the ants know how to work together to build the mound complete with tunnels inside, a structure the size of a large building compared to the size of the ant? While the ants use collected soil particles to construct the mound, some ants use parts of other ant bodies to build the mound.
Another unique behavior of ants is their ability to escape floods by forming a raft made up of thousands of members joined together that resembles a typical mound floating on water. The ants must do this quickly enough to prevent drowning, which is even more impressive. Scientists believe that ants build the raft to protect the queen ant. Evolutionists must explain how a behavior such as this could evolve but creationists know that ants were uniquely designed to have these behaviors and that they were given what they need by an Intelligent Designer.
These are not behaviors that randomly evolve by accident but are behaviors associated with the unique genetic code installed inside each ant during the Creation Week by an Intelligent Designer.
by Owen Borville
August 4, 2019
Biology, Bible
The ant is unique in its morphology and its behaviors and is a product of a special creation by an Intelligent Designer. Evolutionists claim that ants first appeared in the fossil record 100 million years ago, but these fossils are remarkably similar to modern versions. Evolutionists also claim that the ant evolved from the wasp, but fail to explain how the ant supposedly lost its wings. If ants are 100 million years old, why have they not changed much from modern versions?
Ants live in large colonies or groups and these colonies can number up to one million or more. What makes the ant want to colonize while other insects seem to stay alone? This is a unique behavior of the ant. The ant colonies contain the queen ant, the female workers, and the male ants, but only the queen and the males have wings. Ants only sleep about eight minutes during a 12 hour period, which is very little time for rest. The queen ant lays the eggs and helps reproduce the colony. In addition, the queen ant establishes new colonies in different locations. Therefore, the queen ant ensures the survival of the ant colony and the ant population in general.
The ant colonies are very efficient workers and are referenced in the Biblical Book of Proverbs (6:6-8) and Proverbe 30 (24-25).
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV.
“Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: 25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; Proverbs 30:24-25 KJV.
How does the evolutionist explain how the ants work together so well with no guide or ruler? In addition, how does the ant know how to store up its food in the summer? How do the ants know how to work together to build the mound complete with tunnels inside, a structure the size of a large building compared to the size of the ant? While the ants use collected soil particles to construct the mound, some ants use parts of other ant bodies to build the mound.
Another unique behavior of ants is their ability to escape floods by forming a raft made up of thousands of members joined together that resembles a typical mound floating on water. The ants must do this quickly enough to prevent drowning, which is even more impressive. Scientists believe that ants build the raft to protect the queen ant. Evolutionists must explain how a behavior such as this could evolve but creationists know that ants were uniquely designed to have these behaviors and that they were given what they need by an Intelligent Designer.
These are not behaviors that randomly evolve by accident but are behaviors associated with the unique genetic code installed inside each ant during the Creation Week by an Intelligent Designer.
