i have some questions...
what are these corruptions in DNA that can cause unhealthy children? and if they were not present originally, how did they come about?
is there a way for me to find the scientific evidence for the earth being less than 7,000 years old? and why do you think that this evidence is suppressed?
When God created the universe, and Adam & Eve, it was perfect in every way. God declared that all that He did was good (Gen. 1:31). But when Adam & Eve sinned, corruption and death entered the world as part of the curse God put on it. This is detailed in Genesis 3. The curses upon the earth were quick to occur, as man was forced to till the ground, pull weeds, etc., to provide sustenance for himself and his family (Gen. 3:17-19). Before they sinned against God, Adam & Eve merely had to pick the fruit off of the trees in order to eat (Gen. 2:15-16).
Death and the corruption of their genes occurred more slowly, as evidenced by the long life spans of people in the early chapters of Genesis. Adam lived 930 years and then died, returning to dust; Seth (Adam's son) lived 912 years; Methuselah lived 969 years (you've probably heard of him); Noah lived 950 years, the Flood happening when he was 600. By the time of Abraham, as genetic imperfections increased, the average lifespan had shortened a great deal...Abraham only living 175 years. Moses, through whom God passed on the laws forbidding incest, lived 120 years. By the time of Israel's kings, David, Solomon, etc., the average lifespan had decreased to 70 years or so. Average lifespan has at times been even lower than that, sometimes as low as 40-50 years. It is now on the increase mainly due to life-sustaining medical breakthroughs.
As for what exactly those defects are, I'm not well enough acquainted with genetics to say, but it's well-known that inbreeding leads to the chances of defects being more pronounced and more likely to occur.
For info on a young earth creation, you might look into websites such as
Creation Ministries or
The Institute for Creation Research
There may be a couple of reasons for suppression of said research. One is that main-stream scientists rely on long ages for support of their evolution theory and other assumptions they make from their observations. Credible alternatives cast doubt on their own findings. And, if credible (and there is credible research being done by well qualified scientists) alternatives were to come to the attention of a public that for the most part believes that if scientists say it, it must be true, it would seriously affect their reputations and their funding. A ton of money rides on it. Another reason stems from the philosophy of a naturalist/humanist worldview, which seeks to eliminate God from the public consciousness, and which finds much support from the scientific community. But whatever the reasons, it is clearly evident that main-stream scientists are close-minded and dead set in their beliefs, having suckled at the teat of evolution for all these years.
