The weekend of February 1, 2009 was a "banner" day for evolutionists and environmentalists on The Times Online edition. I have already mentioned the story about limiting families to two children for environmental reasons. A second article that caught my attention carried the title, "Hello smartypants: baby chimps are as bright as human infants."
Obviously, the article captured my attention. It appears that researchers are ready to say that a nine month old chimpanzee is as smart (or smarter in some instances) than a nine month old baby. The research, in and of itself, does not really matter to me. To me, I see evidence of God's wisdom in how He created creatures to be unique within the world.
As I considered the information contained in the article, I started evaluating how the article was written. The article has assumptions built within it's language and context that lead to terrible conclusions though. In my opinion, the article was written with the objective of saying that chimps and humans are the same. Cultures that has reached that point, always leads to atrocities against people.
Of course, the Bible is clear that man is different than the rest of creation. The Genesis account points out that man is the crown of God's creation. This is most clearly seen in man being described as bearing God's image. Because we bear the image of God, which includes but not limited to having a spirit or soul, humans are different than the animals.
Man has been created to have a relationship with God and to have dominion over the earth. Any thought that equates the value of man with animals is to denigrate the value God has placed upon mankind. The Creator, above any other person, would be able to accurately weigh the worth and value of the creation. We must always understand the world in light of the way God views the world. By doing so, we remain in touch with reality, the way the world really is and can interact with God, other people, and creation appropriately.
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