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XIVIS THE WORLD RUNNING DOWN?second coming. Historical escape is exactly what New Age mysticsoffer them, but without asking them to give up the fundamentalprinciple of their Darwinian religion: an escape from God's judgments.Which, ifeither, of these escapist religious appeals should weexpect to win the hearts of Darwinian humanists, New Age mysticismor Scientific Creationism? The answer is obvious. The NewAge mystics allow secular humanists to retain the heart of theirDarwinian religion: human autonomy.An Alternative to Historical DespairChristians need a better alternative than historical despair, bothfor themselves and for their presentation of Christ's gospel of redemption.We are at war with post-Darwinian evolutionism, and thiswar encompasses every area of life. Very few Christians recognizethe comprehensive, literally life-and-death nature of this war, includingmembers of the Scientific Creation movement. Marx understoodit, Lenin understood it, but Christians don't. Occasional tacticalvictories during well-organized evening debates are motivationallyencouraging to those Christians who happen to attend or listento the tapes, but these tactical victories are not decisive to the outcomeof the war. The Darwinists are still winning the visible war.Not a single liberal arts college or university has been captured forsix-day creationism. (Christian Heritage College began with six-daycreationism; it was not captured for it.) There has not even been a"close call." Not a single Christian denomination or association hasadopted the doctrine of the six-day creation as a screening doctrinefor the ordination of its pastors and deacons, let alone the facultymembers at their underfunded, struggling colleges.This indicates that the vast majority ofChristians still do not believethat the doctrine of the six-day creation is relevant for Christianspiritual life. There is a reason for this: Scientific Creationists havewritten virtually nothing on how and why the doctrine of the six-daycreation must reshape all of modern Christian theology and the entireChristian way of life. Christians have not been shown clearlyand decisively that Darwinism is a total worldview, and that by acceptingany aspect of this worldview, Christians compromise andweaken the presentation of the Christian worldview, as well as riskdisobeying God. They have not been shown how evolutionismspreads like cancer from the geology or biology textbook to everyarea of personal ethics and public policy. Worse, they have not been