Starlight, Gravity, Space and the Fifth Dimension – Part 2
In 1929 an American astronomer, Edwin Hubble using the 100 inch Wilson Observatory Telescope, detected a shift in the light coming from distant objects in the night sky through his telescopic observations. He discovered that the further away objects were from the earth – things like galaxies, dust clouds or clusters of galaxies, the […]
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Starlight, Gravity, Redshifts and the Fifth Dimension – Part 1
I reflect on the night I discovered the Milky Way galaxy while lying atop of a great boulder in Utah with my brother, gazing at the sky above. It was a summer of discovery for us as my Father took us on a 35-day camping trip around the United States. We traveled from Pennsylvania to […]
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Of Demons, Demoniacs and the Devil – Part 3
This is the last of a three-part series concerning the Bible’s acceptance and teaching about demons, demoniacs and the devil. We have discussed some of the Bible’s ideas and other ideas about what demons are and their origin. We’ve also discussed the power and the ability of evil spiritual beings, the demons, to inhabit the […]
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Organic Molecules Survive for 350 Million Years?
Breaking news in the science of paleontology! Organic (living) molecules have been found in several fossilized species of marine sea lilies (Figure 1). The fossilized crinoids (sea lilies) are found throughout the U.S. Midwest sedimentary rock but the current discovery was found in Australia (Fig. 2). The surprise to the discoverers was that these fossils […]
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A Golden Ring in a Pig’s Snout: The Triumph of an Idea!
This is the third part of a review on the book, “Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea”. The first part of the review is found under the section of book reviews on this website. The second post is entitled “Bait and Switch Tactics.” In his book, the scientific journalist Carl Zimmer recounts the classic stories […]
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The Bait and Switch Tactics of Evolution – Triumph of an Idea!
Continuing a critical reading of the book “Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea” by Carl Zimmer the science journalist, we find that in explaining what evolution is and how it works he uses the same bait and switch tactics that most evolutionary biologists use to try to prove that Darwinian evolution is true. This tactic […]
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Galactic Bubbles: A ghostly story of intrigue and suspense.
Today we’re going to have a little fun with a recounting of a recent article I read in the New Scientist magazine. It is a science magazine I enjoy as it is so transparent of the inconsistencies, failures, denials, and sometimes fraudulent data as well as good facts of science. It keeps me engaged. Each […]
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Of Demons, Demoniacs and Satan- Part 2
The Satan-accuser of the faithful. The meaning of the name Satan is Adversary. The Hebrew word is derived from a word meaning “one who plots against another.” The word satan means “to show enmity to, oppose, plot against,” and comes from the root, s-t-n, “one who opposes, obstructs, or acts as a slanderer, literally […]
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Origin of Life: Outer Space?
Preface: A recent publication in the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 11.) entitled; “Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases”, has set off a firestorm of excitement among origin of life researchers and scientists looking to evolution for answers as […]
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DNA: Evidence for the Master’s Blueprint – Part 1
In this article, a history of the science leading up to the discovery of the DNA molecule and its encoded message for building life forms is considered. The history leading up to these many discoveries is amazing in many respects. The synergy of scientific procedures and improvements in technology through time must be credited for the advancements […]
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