While we were in Cairns, the TV aired an anti-creation program which blasted creation as 'bad science, bad religion, and bad business'. An article in the July 16 issue of The Australian newspaper was titled 'Christians lose faith but eastern religions prosper'. The July 20 issue of Brisbane's The Sunday Mail Metro newspaper had as a front page story 'Our Shame Teenage Health Tragedy', reporting that Queensland youth had Australia's highest rate of suicide and that young people have 'a sense of hopelessness'. A farmer told us there is almost no willingness to work among young people an almost nonexistent work ethic. Drug use, crime, unemployment, alcohol abuse and immorality are apparently also rampant.
Drugs are an essential part of most civilized societies.
All this in a country in which the incredible beauty of God's awesome creation surrounds people continuously. People don't 'stop to think' as God Himself ponts out in the book of Isaiah. There are extraordinary opportunities each day, whether in Australia, America or wherever, to bring acclaim to Jesus Christ. It is obvious that the forces of darkness are using evolution as an affront to God, and as a distraction from people serving their Creator. Creation ministries are on the frontlines contending for the truth of the biblical account of creation, to get people to stop and think about the ramifications of what they believe and who they are serving.