Dating the Earth and Life’s Beginning.
The secular study of the universe has left us with the belief that the earth is 4.5 billion years old, the moon a bit younger, the Sun 5 billion years old and the universe at large some 13.5 to 15 billion years old. We are told this is fact due to some incredibly consistent […]
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No Explanation for the Cosmos!
No Explanation for the Cosmos! The science behind the current description of the universe, our theories about its beginning, size, structure and “evolution” has been amazingly successful. Our physics and complex computerized telescopes have not quite supported our theoretical explanations for how all things got here, but has allowed us to generate good questions and […]
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Evolution: The Idea has so Far Triumphed Regardless of the Facts
I’m reading a grand little book entitled, “Evolution: the triumph of an idea,” by Carl Zimmer (2001). Before his death in 2002, Stephen Gould wrote the introduction to the book. As much as I am overwhelmed by the exuberance of his tenacious verbosity, his introduction forewarns the reader of the bait and switch tactics and […]
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Marine Archeology and Sunken Cities.
For several thousand years people have been looking for the lost city of Atlantis. The ancient accounts record a city of such wealth, power and decadence and that the gods destroyed the city by sinking it below the Mediterranean Sea. In fact over 200 city sites have been discovered under that ocean and more abound […]
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If I only had a brain! Sea anemones claimed as a brainless ancestor!
An article on recent genetic studies of the simple sea anemone, in this case Nematostella vectensis, show that the genes involved in the development of the human head (and other animals with heads) are present in this creature even though it has no head. These genes help produce one end of the animal which was […]
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The Complexity of Life: Evolution or Design? Part 6
Biological evolution is supported by myths. The acceptance of evolution as fact is based on faith and some fantasy and cannot explain the essential requirements of what it proposes: the origin of life, the organization of life, and the complexity of life. The story, which continues to evolve, is that bacteria gave rise to protozoa, […]
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Once Saved Always Saved?
There seem to be many “flavors” of Christian theology in the world. Some based on myth and others based on misconceptions. Other denominations highlight baptism or favor communion as the pinnacle of spiritual life. Some theology is correct but over emphasize one aspect of exhortation over another and other theologies are just unfounded such as […]
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Life is Complex and Beautiful
Biological evolution is supported by unproven and unprovable assumptions. The acceptance of evolution as fact is based on faith and some fantasy and cannot explain the essential requirements of what it proposes: the origin of life, the organization of life, and the complexity of life. Evolution does not explain anything though many stories have been contrived […]
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How Evolution Works!
I have begun to expand my reading on the subjects of evolution and design and to re-read the classic arguments, and philosophical positions developed for the two worldviews; that is evolution and God as creative forces. To my collection I have added the book Evolution from Molecules to Men [1983] edited by D.D. Bendall of […]
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Evolution vs. Design: The Geologic Record – Part 5
To date, we have looked at the theory of evolution, challenged its legitimacy, and availed ourselves of a brief but useful understanding of the recent development of materialistic explanations for the existence of life and for the nature of sedimentary rock which covers at least four-fifths of the surface of the planet’s landmass. The latter […]
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