In my college Psychology class, we were shown pictures of (straight) male and female brains. Photoimaging shows that they look different. How? Electrical signals emitted show that females use their whole brain while activity in men’s brains are high in the left side and almost nonexistent in the right side. If you have ever taken a basic psychology course, you’ll remember that the left brain is logical and linear, and contains the language center. The right brain is abstract, emotional, and highly visual. What connects the right and left sides of your brain? A tiny little bridge called the corpus callosum. In females the c.c. is thicker. This allows for better communication between the right and left sides. Those with thicker c.c.'s will also be more highly emotional and visual.

Those are facts. Undisputable because of the evidence we have (the photoimages). Now, it has been shown that the brain activity of gay men resemble the brain activity typically found in a female.  This too is a fact. Proof is proof.

Here’s where things get muddy. The application of theory to fact. Gay proponents say this proves people can be born homosexual. Should Christians back down and say, “well, golly, they’ve got the proof, nothing I can say but throw some bible verses their way and hope they listen!” ? Wrong! While it is possible some men are born with a thicker corpus callosum, which would give them easier access to their emotional and visual brain functions, I believe it is the actions of the person that hard-wires the brain into becoming what it is, in this case, more feminine.

Is there any proof of this? When you learn something new, your brain creates little things called neural pathways. As you struggle and make mistakes trying to learn a new skill, your brain creates more neural pathways. The more of these you have, the more skilled you are. Ever have an aha! moment? Clarity finally came to you after months and months of hard work and you finally just GET IT! That happens when neural pathways cross each other; you’ve begun to think and understand in ways you never could before. The brain indeed is influenced by our actions, as well as the other way around.

It is the same with natural selection. Natural selection is a very easily understood concept that has been a building block for evolutionary theorists for a long time. But it doesn’t mean they are right, it just means creationists aren’t doing their homework or being vocal enough. See, we can “select” genes through generations; people do it all the time. It’s called breeding. By picking animals (or even plants) with certain characteristics, and mating them with other animals within the SAME SPECIES (this is important), breeders can develop a specialized group of animal.

For example, if Johnny the breeder has 12 monkeys and two of them who just happen to be a male and a female, show an ability to jump higher than the other monkeys, Johnny can breed these two together. Not all of the offspring of these two monkeys will have an exceptional ability to jump high, but a few will. Johnny can then interbreed these high jumpers with each other, and with every generation, the high-jumping gene becomes stronger, until voila! Johnny has created a race of high-jumping monkeys. Is this evolution? NO! You CANNOT breed animals from different species (with an exception I'll talk about soon). It has never been possible, and it never will be possible. Evolutionists play on the public’s ignorance of these things to make it seem like they have a strong case, but they are just putting their own theory (evolution) onto the facts (natural selection). Christians need to take those facts (natural selection) and explain it in the light of creationism. That is, we need to tell people how amazing God is that he gave people, animals, and plants an amazing ability to ADAPT (not evolve) to the environment.

What is the difference between adaptation and evolution, anyway? Adaptation is sort of a HORIZONTAL EVOLUTION, which is adapting to the demands of the environment, but staying the SAME species. Evolution is a kind of VERTICAL jump, where one species of animals actually miraculously CHANGES into a completely different species of animal. There are a couple of differing species that man has successfully bred together, for example, the mule is a cross between a horse and donkey. However, the resulting offspring between two similar but different species are always sterile (unable to have their own offspring).

As Christians, we need to not be afraid to delve into the world of facts. Science and psychology contain an entire plethora of facts like those I have mentioned above that are being exploited by secular people to further their own theories for their own agendas. We need to not be afraid to look at the facts and what is being presented as fact (very important to separate the two. This is called discernment), and then present the facts in the light of God’s word. Since God is real and his word is truth, true science will support the bible and vice versa, NOT disprove it.

Though I find both science and psychology fascinating, my point isn’t to get into a discussion of either of those right now. Those were just examples of what I mean that we should be able to study any topic and know how to separate the facts from the theories imposed on them, then compare the facts to God’s word, and you will see that the truth of science and the truth of psychology MUST support the truth of God’s word. In fact, think about this: since Christians believe that evolution is untrue and all of nature and science are God’s very handiwork, then TRUE scientific research MUST reveal evolution to be a completely false premise. We must have faith in this. We need more Christian scientists and psychologists willing to examine the facts and argue for them in light of our understanding of scripture. It is then, the Christian psychologist and scientist's spiritual duty to study and be proficient in both the area of their chosen field, and scripture. This would clear up a lot of the confusion about why research of science and behaviorism (psychology, or, "why people do what they do") sometimes seem to lean in favor of the secular than the divine. Christians, have FAITH that God is true and his word is true, and true research must support what is in the bible. Then go out and write, write, write about it! Lack of knowledge causes us to perish.