INTRODUCTION Genesis contains most of what the Bible reveals on the origin of the Universe

                              INTRODUCTION                             
                                                                       
    Genesis contains most of what the Bible reveals on the origin of   
the Universe. Because of its significance, the Genesis account occupies
a central position in discussions of the origin and development of     
life.  While the Bible-believer accepts it as the only reliable record 
of Creation, the atheist dismisses and ridicules Genesis as            
unscientific Jewish folklore. There is a third view, however, which    
asserts that evolution is compatible with the Bible. This position     
(known as theistic evolution) is especially dangerous because it forces
the biblical record into an impossible compromise. The claim that      
"evolution and the Bible show amazing agreement on almost all issues   
and that one is not mutually exclusive of the other" (Clayton, 1990, p 
135) is contradicted by an objective investigation of the evidence.    
This contradiction is perhaps best seen when one soberly examines the  
first two chapters of Genesis. This article will review each day of the
creation week and show that the inspired record refuses to conform to  
the humanistic theory of evolution, and that it does not contain the   
errors its critics allege. As this is done, it will be evident that God
wrote of His Creation in such a way as to remove the possibility of    
compromise.