CREATION MOMENTS: 12.25.15

 GLOW, LITTLE COCKROACH

Job 29:3

"When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;"
As Creation Moments has reported in the past, evolutionists were dead wrong when they told us that viceroy butterflies evolved to look like toxic monarch butterflies to trick predators into thinking that they, too, are toxic. As it turned out, viceroy butterflies really are toxic � more toxic than monarchs.

Despite the facts, the myth of viceroy butterfly evolution was taught to millions of unsuspecting children. And it worked so well, evolutionists are at it again. According to National Geographic News, the rare L. luckae cockroach evolved the ability to glow in the dark "to mimic the bioluminescent click beetle, whose glow warns predators of its toxicity."

The only evidence they've got for this is that the wavelengths of light released from both bugs are identical. That's it? That's the best evidence they've got?

The National Geographic News article admits that the cockroach's bioluminescence also gives it a disadvantage, evolutionary speaking, because it makes it easier for predators to spot them. But evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson already has an answer for that: "Bioluminescence is like any evolutionary tool � there is no single use for it. It can attract, deter, or even be used as an invisibility cloak of sorts."

It's been said that when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. In the same way, when all you have is a godless natural world, everything � including a bioluminescent cockroach � looks like it can be used to trick people into believing that evolution caused it.

Lord Jesus, shine Your light on the hearts and minds of evolutionists so that they will turn away from evolution and stop deceiving so many. Amen.

N. Mott, "Glowing Cockroach Mimics Toxic Beetle," National Geographic News, 8/30/12. Photo: The cockroach species Luchihormetica luckae emits a green glow. Courtesy of Peter Vrsansky, Slovak Academy of Sciences. (Fair Use)

 

THIS PLANT CALLS OUT TO BATS!

Leviticus 11:19

"And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
Imagine this � you're a carnivorous pitcher plant with no scent to attract insects. Even worse, though most pitcher plants are designed to kill insects in their pool of digestive fluids, you don't have enough fluid to do the job. What's a poor pitcher plant to do?

Well, God didn't forget about the needs of the Nepenthes hemsleyana. He gave it a unique ability to "call out" to bats that are looking for lodging. Once the bat and its family are checked in for the night, they pay for their room by depositing enough nitrogen-rich guano to keep the plant healthy and alive.

So how exactly does a plant without vocal cords call out to bats? The plant's leaves are actually shaped in a way that reflects sonar. As bats fly through the jungles of Borneo � using echolocation to get around � their "clicks" are reflected to them by the leaves of this plant. They take this as an open invitation to bed down for the night.

If you ever look inside one of these plants, you won't find insects in various stages of decomposition. Instead, you'll find the Hardwicke�s woolly bat roosting comfortably inside, either alone or with her whole family.

Here at Creation Moments, we never tire of telling others about the amazing plants and animals God has created. Judging from the fact that we've been doing this for over 50 years, many of you feel the exact same way. So tell your friends about Creation Moments, won't you?

Heavenly Father, though I cannot see You, I enjoy looking upon the works of Your hands! I pray that You will give me many opportunities to share the gospel and the truth of biblical creation with others. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Sch�ner, Sch�ner, Simon, Grafe, Puechmaille, Ji & Kerth. 2015. "Bats Are Acoustically Attracted to Mutualistic Carnivorous Plants", Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.05.054. Photo: Hardwicke's woolly bat approaches the Nepenthes hemsleyana  pitcher plant. Courtesy of � Ch'ien C. Lee.

 

EVOLUTIONISTS � MASTERS OF MIMICRY

Ephesians 5:6

"Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience."
While doing some research on how the non-venomous hognose snake is able to mimic the behaviors of the deadly rattlesnake, we happened to come across a website with an interesting article on biological mimicry.

According to the website, "Biological mimicry occurs when a group of organisms � the mimics � have evolved to share common perceived characteristics with another group � the models � through the selective action of a signal-receiver � or dupe." In this instance, the hognose snake is the mimic, the rattlesnake is the model, and the creature that missed out on having the hognose snake for lunch is the dupe.

They go on to say that mimicry in most cases is advantageous to the mimic and harmful to the dupe. With this in mind, I would like you to consider the proposition that evolutionists themselves are "mimics". They mimic the "model" scientists who deal with real science � that is, those involved in empirical, observable and repeatable science.

Meanwhile, these mimics in white lab coats get paid handsome salaries and receive government grant money, so they enjoy all the advantages of appearing to be scientists engaged in real science. At the same time, however, they are harming other people � the dupes � by getting them to believe a lie. Worse yet, they make it easy for the dupes to abandon belief in God.

In a world that fails to distinguish between real science and a godless philosophy masquerading as science, let us all be diligent in teaching others how to tell the two apart.

Heavenly Father, I pray that You will continue to give Your people wisdom and discernment so that we won't be fooled into exchanging the truth for a lie.  In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"Biological Mimicry", The Encyclopedia of Earth website, 9/24/09. Photo: Eastern hognose snake, another master of mimicry. Courtesy of Benny Mazur. (CC-BY 2.0)

 

GIANT REDHEADED CENTIPEDE

Genesis 8:19

"Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark."
Many of us would enjoy watching a redheaded woodpecker bang bang bang his head into a tree trunk. But today I'd like to tell you about another redheaded creature that would probably have many of us running in the opposite direction. I'm talking about the giant redheaded centipede.

After the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department posted a picture of the creepy crawler on its social media pages, the photo quickly went viral. To see one in real life, you would have to travel to northern Mexico or the southern United States. But we have a better idea. Check out the photo at the Creation Moments website.

As their name makes abundantly clear, these centipedes are really big � their bodies are typically eight inches long. And with 21 to 23 pairs of long yellow legs, they are able to get around quickly. Those legs aren't just for locomotion, by the way. They can actually inject venom after making tiny incisions in human skin. Plus, the centipede has a pair of fangs that can inject a painful toxin. While it has not been confirmed, there are reports of one person dying of a heart attack after being bitten.

Though the giant redheaded centipede might send shivers up our spine, it reminds us that we live in a fallen world. As the Bible tells us, we long for a better country, a heavenly home where there is no pain, no suffering, and � I sincerely hope � no giant redheaded centipedes!

Heavenly Father, Adam's disobedience brought suffering and death into the world, but the Last Adam endured suffering and death so that we may be reconciled to You. Thank You for sending Your Son to rescue us! Amen.

Elizabeth Palermo, "Giant Redheaded Centipede Photo Goes Viral, Horrifies the Internet", Live Science, 7/10/15. Photo: Giant redheaded centipede. Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

 

EVOLUTIONIST DEFENDS PEDOPHILIA

Isaiah 5:20

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
As Creation Moments has pointed out in the past, evolution is a fundamental corruption of truth with far-reaching consequences � working to undermine and subvert morality, cultures and people.

That's why we weren't surprised when outspoken atheist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins defended what he called "mild pedophilia". He says he experienced it himself as a boy, adding that other children in his school had been molested by the same teacher. He excused it, however, by saying, "I don�t think he did any of us lasting harm."

The Religious News Service reports that Dawkins believes that the fear of pedophilia is overblown by society. After all, if he and his schoolmates didn't experience lasting harm from childhood sexual abuse, how bad could it be?

But, of course, Dawkins can never miss an opportunity to take a pot shot at God. He said that fundamentalist religious beliefs, like those found in the Bible, are actually a worse way to abuse a child. In Dawkins' own words, "Thank goodness, I have never personally experienced what it is like to believe�in hell. But I think it can be plausibly argued that such a deeply held belief might cause a child more long-lasting mental trauma than the temporary embarrassment of mild physical abuse."

As you can see, evolution really has far-reaching consequences that touches every area of our lives. It tosses absolute standards of morality out the door. And it can even turn an Oxford professor into a defender of pedophilia.

Heavenly Father, while unbelievers berate You for telling us about hell, I am grateful to You for warning us about hell and for providing a Savior to keep us from going there! In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Aby Ohlheiser, "Richard Dawkins Defends 'Mild' Pedophilia, Again and Again", The Wire, 9/10/13. Photo: Richard Dawkins at the University of Texas, Austin, in 2008. (CC-BY 2.0)

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CREATION MOMENTS: 12.18.15

 SCIENTISTS STILL DON'T HAVE A CLUE HOW LIFE BEGAN

John 6:29

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."
In a typical anti-creationist op-ed piece for Scientific American, columnist John Horgan begins by explaining why he titled his column: "Pssst! Don't tell the creationists, but scientists don't have a clue how life began."

Horgan looks at an Arizona State University status report on research into the origin of life. In Horgan's own words, the scientists concluded, "Geologists, chemists, astronomers and biologists are as stumped as ever by the riddle of life."

He also notes that he was most startled by the revelation that more scientists than ever are believing in the directed panspermia theory. As we've mentioned on a previous Creation Moments broadcast, this is the notion proposed by DNA co-discoverer Francis Crick that aliens came to Earth in a spaceship and planted the seeds of life here billions of years ago. I guess that's like saying that ET didn't phone home after all but started a family of his own here on Earth.

Though he admits that this notion fails to explain how those aliens came into existence, Horgan quickly claims that creationists have the same problem in explaining how life first began. After all, he says, "What created the divine Creator?"

Of course, this is a question that was answered centuries ago. God is the uncreated Creator. Of course, columnist Horgan won't agree with this answer. But he should stop misleading his readers by claiming that creationists are just as perplexed about the origin of life as evolutionists are.

Heavenly Father, evolutionists believe in even the most far-fetched things rather than to believe in You. I pray that You will change some of them from doubters into believers!

Brian Thomas, M.S., "Pssst! Don't tell the creationists, but scientists don't have a clue how life began," Scientific American, 2/28/11. Photo: Francis Crick believed that life on Earth was started by aliens from another world. (CC-BY 2.5)

 

CARBON-14 BEING FOUND IN DINOSAUR FOSSILS!

Psalm 25:5

"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
Evolutionists were so sure that dinosaur fossils are too old to contain any carbon-14, they never even bothered to check. Or perhaps they were afraid of what they would find. In any case, creationist scientists are now boldly going where evolutionists have feared to tread.

An article in the spring 2015 edition of the Creation Research Society Quarterly presents never-before-seen carbon dates for 14 different fossils, including a Triceratops and other dinosaurs. As ICR scientist Brian Thomas points out, "Because radiocarbon decays relatively quickly, fossils that are even 100,000 years old should have virtually no radiocarbon left in them. But they do."

Using the services of five different commercial and academic laboratories, the research team tested seven dinosaur bones and detected carbon-14 in them all. The team also looked at several dozen published carbon-14 results for fossils, wood and coal throughout the geologic column and found radiocarbon in almost 50 samples.

Evolutionists, of course, try to explain it all away by saying the samples were contaminated. Nice try, but if this were true, how could it be said that any radiocarbon dating results are accurate? Evolutionists can't just toss out data they don't like!

Or maybe they can. In this way, they are acting like police officers telling bystanders, "Nothing to see here, folks. Just move along." If anything, this type of behavior strongly suggests that something really is going on! And in this case, it's proof positive that dinosaurs are thousands and not millions of years old!

Heavenly Father, thank You for raising up creationists who are uncovering evidence that the Earth is young. I pray that this will cause many people to question and then abandon their belief in evolution. Amen.

Brian Thomas, M.S., "Carbon-14 Found in Dinosaur Fossils," 7/6/15.  http://www.icr.org/article/carbon-14-found-dinosaur-fossils/. Photo: Triceratops skeleton at Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. Courtesy of Allie Caulfield. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

 

WHAT'S THIS? A WARM-BLOODED FISH?

Psalm 8:8-9

"The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!"
Though the fish story I'm about to tell you is absolutely true, it goes against what we've always been taught about fish being cold-blooded. Scientists have just discovered the very first warm-blooded fish. Though fish typically require heat from the environment to stay warm, the opah is able to elevate its own temperature without the help of its environment.

So how does the opah pull off this trick? Biologist Nick Wegner tells us, "The opah appears to produce the majority of its heat by constantly flapping its pectoral fins, which are used in continuous swimming." But the opah's real secret was discovered when scientists examined the opah's unique gills.

As an article at Live Science explains, "The blood vessels are set up so that the vessels carrying cool, oxygenated blood from the gills to the body are in contact with the vessels carrying warm, deoxygenated blood from the body to the gills. As a result, the outgoing blood warms up the incoming blood, a process called counter-current heat exchange."

Hey, wait a minute! Doesn't this sound like the "wonder net" heat-exchange system in birds that we described in a Creation Moments program called "Why birds don't need socks"?

Evolutionists will have to say that this heat-exchange system evolved not only in birds but in fish as well. But we have a much better explanation. The same God who created birds on the fifth day of creation used the same design on the opah, which He also created on day five.

Heavenly Father, it makes perfect sense to me that You would invent a heat-exchange system and then use it for more than one kind of creature. Similarities of design indicate that all of creation had one Creator! Amen.

"First Warm-Blooded Fish Found," Live Science, 5/14/15. Photo: Southwest Fisheries Science Center biologist Nick Wegner holds a captured opah, the first-ever warm-blooded fish. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center. (Fair Use)

 

HOW THE SEAHORSE GOT ITS SQUARE TAIL

Genesis 1:31a

"And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good."
Evolutionists and creationists alike enjoy gazing upon the elegant seahorse swimming lazily about the aquarium. However, only creationists are able to see that the seahorse bears the unmistakable stamp of design � all the way from the top of its horse-shaped head to the tip of its unique square tail.

Yes, I said square tail. This striking design makes the seahorse considerably better at gripping and grasping than if it had curved sections in its tail. When you look closely, you will see that the tail is made up of about 36 square-like segments that progressively taper off in size along the length of the tail. By using a 3D printer to duplicate the tail and submitting it to crushing tests, an international team of researchers has now discovered that the squared sections also provide the seahorse with much better armor than a cylindrical tail.

"Almost all animal tails have circular or oval cross-sections � but not the seahorse's," said Michael Porter, lead investigator and assistant professor in mechanical engineering at Clemson University. Porter's research group is now using 3D printing to help them develop new structures and robotic systems.

Although evolutionists will tell you that the seahorse's unique tail only appears to be designed, they act as if the tail really was designed! After all, how intelligent would it be for them to pursue new technologies based on the tail of a seahorse that has no intelligence behind it at all?

Heavenly Father, it is so obvious to me that creatures like the seahorse were designed by You. I pray that You will use me to make others aware that all of creation points directly to You! In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Phys.org, "Why the seahorse's tail is square," 7/2/15. http://phys.org/news/2015-07-seahorse-tail-square.html#jCp. Photo: Researchers found that the tail's square segments created more contact points with the surface that it is gripping when compared to a tail with round segments. Credit: Michael Porter/Clemson University. (Fair Use)

 

BUBONIC PLAGUE, A PROBLEM FOR EVOLUTIONISTS

Psalm 38:7

"For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh."
Want to ruffle the feathers of an evolutionist? Just remind him that mutations are harmful. Yes, there are many mutations that are neutral, but beneficial mutations are only a figment of the evolutionist's imagination. The truth is that mutations typically bring about deformities and death. Such is the case with the tiny mutation that changed a harmless organism found in the intestines of humans and animals into a bacteria that resulted in the bubonic plague.

I am talking about the genetic alteration of the Yersinia pestis bacterium. Research conducted at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has discovered that a single, tiny genetic change fundamentally altered the bacterium into a killer that took the lives of more than 75 million people in 14th century Europe.

In this case, the mutation caused what is known as the "black death." In other cases, mutations cause cancer and a host of other deadly diseases. Think about it. Why would dentists cover your body with lead shielding when you get dental x-rays if the radiation might bring about a beneficial mutation?

As this new research makes clear, mutations are harmful and can even bring about the death of millions. Neither do mutations lead to new species. If anything, they lead to the extinction of species. Despite the evidence, evolutionists persist in claiming that mutations plus natural selection over millions of years add up to all forms of life on our planet. However, the lack of beneficial mutations is the kiss of death to evolution.

Heavenly Father, when the first Adam disobeyed You, suffering and death were unleashed upon our world. I thank You that Your Son � the Last Adam � brought to our world healing and forgiveness. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"Tiny genetic shift led to 'The Black Death' and worse," Digital Journal | Science. "Early emergence of Yersinia pestis as a severe respiratory pathogen," Nature Communications, 6/30/15.  Photo: Oriental rat flea infected with the Yersinia pestis bacterium, which appears as a dark mass in the gut. (PD)

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CREATION MOMENTS: 12.11.15



HALLUCIGENIA

Psalm 113:3

"From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised."
When a very bizarre animal was first discovered in the Burgess shale of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, scientists literally couldn't tell its head from its tail. In fact, when they reconstructed the worm-like creature, they got it totally wrong. They assembled it upside down and put its head where its tail should be.

Even after finally getting it all sorted out, the creature still looks like something you'd see in a hallucination or a nightmare. That's why they called it Hallucigenia. This odd-looking animal was a little over two inches long and had seven pairs of nail-like spines sticking out from its back. On its underside were an equal number of flimsy legs, tipped with claws. And it had a single row of tentacles hanging down from its neck.

Using sophisticated imaging technology, scientists learned that the head was actually at the end of a long, tube-like neck. Near the end of the head were two bean-shaped eyes. "Below the eyes, like an almighty grin, sits a ring of teeth," University of Cambridge paleontologist Martin Smith said.

With all these various body parts, this is pretty complex for an animal without an ancestor, wouldn't you say? Yes, the Burgess shale and the Cambrian explosion have always been a nightmare for evolutionists. After all, how can such a wide variety of highly complex creatures suddenly pop into existence out of nowhere? If they evolved, what did they evolve from? What a nightmare for evolutionists!

Heavenly Father, though You filled our world with many bizarre creatures, I thank You for each one of them because they serve as a testimony to Your great creative genius! Amen.

"Hallucination? No, this Cambrian period creature was really weird," Digital Journal | Science, 6/24/15. Photo: Artist's representation of what Hallucigenia really looked like. (CC-Attribution-NoDerivs)

 

THE FIVE-SECOND RULE SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED

Leviticus 11:33

"And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it."
Do you suppose that bacteria talk to one another when food is dropped on the floor nearby? Their leader shouts: "Hey, don't eat that! We have to wait five seconds!"

Apparently, that's what many of us must think. According to the well-known five-second rule, it is safe to eat food that has fallen to the floor if we pick it up in less than five seconds. If you follow this rule, you're in good company. Research shows that 87 percent of people said they would eat food dropped on the floor or that they've already done so.

Professor Anthony Hilton, from Aston University's School of Life and Health Sciences, has now shown that there's some truth to the five-second rule. Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped really is likely to have less bacteria on it than if it is left on the floor for a longer period of time. Bacteria are also less likely to contaminate food dropped on carpeted rather than hard surfaces. And bacteria are much faster at jumping aboard moist than dry food.

However, Professor Hilton warns, "Consuming food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk as it very much depends on which bacteria are present on the floor at the time." He adds, however, that the findings of this study "will bring some light relief to those who have been employing the five-second rule for years, despite a general consensus that it is purely a myth."

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving my body a great deal of protection against bacteria. But I thank You most of all for protecting me from the temptations that the world, the flesh and the devil throw at me. Amen.

Aston University. "Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests," ScienceDaily. 3/10/14.

 

JET-PROPELLED SQUID

Psalm 8:8-9

"The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!"
You've heard of flying squirrels and flying fish, but did you know there's also a squid that can fly? Even more surprising is that it accomplishes this amazing feat using jet-propulsion! Yes, though they were once only rumors, we now know that a certain kind of squid can emerge from the water and streak through the air at speeds up to 25 miles per hour. A team of Japanese marine biologists have actually photographed Japanese flying squid doing just that in groups.

Jun Yamamoto at Japan's Hokkaido University describes how they take flight. The squid normally swims backwards through the water using its fins. But after taking in a large quantity of water, the squid forcefully ejects the water through a nozzle near its head and becomes airborne.

"Once they finish shooting out the water," Yamamoto said, "they glide by spreading out their fins and arms. The fins and the web between the arms create aerodynamic lift and keep the squid stable on its flight arc. As they land back in the water," he said, "the fins are all folded back into place to minimize the impact."

Of course, it didn't take long for evolutionists to claim that these squid evolved all the parts necessary to fly so that they could escape from sea-going predators. But as it turns out, Japanese flying squid face even more formidable predators in flight – like the albatross. So once again we see that the evolutionary explanation just doesn't fly.

Lord Jesus, the wonders of Your creation have turned many people away from evolution. Use me to share creation truth with my family and friends so I may help them find the path that leads to You. Amen.

"Japanese flying squids – Scientists confirm flight capabilities", Digital Journal/Science, 2/10/13. Photo: Japanese flying squid. Courtesy of Hokkaido University.

 

FOUR EYES OR TWO?

Job 5:8-9

"I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:"
Behold the amazing cuatro ojos – the four-eyed fish! At first glance, you would say it has just two eyes. But look closer and you'll see that each eye is divided into two separate eyes!

According to the book 1000 Wonders of Nature, "Light from the world above the water passes through the width of the egg-shaped lens, which gives very good long-distance vision. While swimming just below the water's surface, the fish can simultaneously check the world above for predators, such as birds, while viewing the surface and depths below for food."

Evolutionists at one website point out that the fish's "two large, bulbous eyes are positioned on the upper side of the head" and are "split horizontally into two sections by a band of tissue. The upper lobe is flattened while the lower lobe is rounded, allowing it to see clearly both above and below water." The lens of the eye also changes in thickness from top to bottom to deal with the different refractive indices of air and water.

Despite the obvious design features of these eyes, evolutionists can't see it because they are blinded by their atheistic worldview. Without evidence of any sort, they say that the eyes "evolved specifically for the purpose of exploiting the narrow ecological niche between aquatic and terrestrial habitats."

Evolutionists are completely in the dark when it comes to explaining how such a primitive creature as the cuatro ojos came to have such complex eyes. But creationists aren't.

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me eyes to see Your marvelous creation and for giving me the faith to know that it was all created by Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

"How Two Eyes Serve as Four," 1000 Wonders of Nature, (Readers Digest), p. 198. Animal-World website on four-eyed fish. Photo: Anableps four-eyed fish. (CC-BY-SA 1.0 GENERIC)

 

THE DEATH KNELL OF CHRISTIANITY?

Psalm 2:4

"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision."
"I think that evolution is absolutely the death knell of Christianity." No, those aren't my words. These words were spoken by atheist Frank Zindler, and they make it very clear what the origins debate is really all about. It is nothing less than the front line in the battle between two incompatible faiths.

In step-by-step fashion, Zindler described how he reached that conclusion. "The most devastating thing that biology did to Christianity," he said, "was the discovery of biological evolution." In other words, he starts out by declaring that evolution has been proven, which, as you know, is very far from the truth.

He goes on to say that evolution means that Adam and Eve never really existed. In his own words, "Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real people, the central myth of Christianity is destroyed."

And why is that? He continues, and I quote: "If there never was an Adam and Eve, there never was an original sin. If there never was an original sin, there is no need of salvation. If there is no need of salvation, there is no need of a savior. And I submit that puts Jesus, historical or otherwise, into the ranks of the unemployed."

Yes, atheists foolishly think that evolution is the death knell of Christianity. In reality, biology – with its established fact that life comes only from life – points directly to our Creator. Biology is actually the death knell of atheism and evolution.

Lord Jesus, I pray that You will use me to help others see that life comes only from life and that the original Life that started it all was You! Amen.

Frank Zindler quote taken from debate with William Lane Craig held in 1993 at Willow Creek Community Church. Photo: American atheist Frank Zindler.

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CREATION MOMENTS: 12.4.15

WILL IT BLEND?

Deuteronomy 12:32

"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it."
For several years now, the humorous "Will It Blend?" videos on YouTube have entertained millions of viewers. In each video, a man wearing a white lab coat places an object into a blender and turns it on, demolishing iPhones, Coke cans, a pair of Nikes, and anything else you can imagine. One of the only objects he wasn't able to "blend" was a crowbar. He didn't even try.

Though the videos might crack you up, they remind Creation Moments of something that's really quite serious. Many people throughout history have tried to blend Christianity with other religions to make it more acceptable to people of other faiths. But all they end up doing is stripping Christianity of its power, its truth and its Savior.

Webster's dictionary defines "syncretism" as "the combination of different forms of belief or practice." From the earliest days of Christianity, syncretism has been a blight on orthodox, biblical Christianity. It has taken many forms and has been successful at deceiving millions. Even today there are people who are trying to blend the "Bible" with "evolution" – as in theistic evolution. But like that crowbar, the Bible and evolution just will not blend.

Without knowing it, however, many Christians have "blended" their beliefs with the belief systems of non-Christians. That's why it's so important for each one of us to examine the things we believe as well as the traditions we practice – placing them not in a blender but under the "microscope" of the Word of God.

Heavenly Father, I pray that Your Holy Spirit will make me aware of any beliefs in my heart that are not based on scriptural truth so that I may turn away from them in repentance. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Tom Dickson has been the star of the "Will It Blend?" videos since Blendtec's very first video appeared in 2007. Copyright © Blendtec Inc.

 

WHY EVE WAS MADE FROM ADAM'S RIB

Genesis 2:21-22

"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."
True or false: Women have one more rib than men have. You might be surprised to know how many people believe that men have one less rib because God took a rib out of Adam and used it to make Eve. The fact is that men and women have 12 pairs of ribs in our chest.

However, modern science may now be able to explain why God chose to make Eve by using one of Adam's ribs.

A research team from USC has reported that humans and mice are able to re-grow removed ribs within a matter of months. The rib, in fact, is the only bone in our body that can regenerate itself. When the researchers removed rib sections and its surrounding sheath of tissue – called the "perichondrium" – the missing rib sections failed to repair itself even after nine months. However, when they removed the rib – but left its perichondrium – the missing rib entirely repaired itself within one to two months.

As one creationist group explains it, "Many doctors know about this feature of the rib being able to regenerate itself. Quite often they will very carefully remove a rib and use it to rebuild or replace things like damaged jaw bones and eye sockets. Not only does the patient get their face reconstructed, but in time the rib grows back and they are as good as they were before the surgery."

So we see once again that the Bible makes perfect sense down to the very smallest details!

Heavenly Father, I thank You that the Bible can be trusted from the first chapter to the last. Instill in me a greater hunger to read the Bible each and every day. Amen.

"We can regenerate! Researchers reveal our ribs regrow if damaged – and say the same could be true for our entire skeleton," Daily Mail, 9/16/14. "Why God Chose Adam's Rib," CreationRevolution, 10/7/11.

 

ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS?

Genesis 4:21-22

"And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah."
Some of you will remember the book Chariots of the Gods that was such a hit in the 1980s. Though its author wasn't the first or the last to write about "ancient astronauts", Erich Von Däniken popularized the notion that aliens from other worlds had come to our planet eons ago. These alien beings supposedly left traces of their visits all over the world – from the pyramids of Egypt to the Nazca lines in southern Peru.

Of course, Creation Moments does not agree with Von Däniken's conclusions. Neither does mainstream science. However, we believe that Darwinian evolution helped to make the ancient-astronauts theory somewhat credible. After all, evolutionists tell us that ancient man slowly evolved upwards. For most of mankind's history, we were supposedly little more than brute beasts, lacking both intelligence and technology. With this in mind, science was unable to explain the many out-of-place artifacts that Von Däniken wrote about in his books.

The Bible, however, tells us that mankind – going all the way back to the first man – has always been intelligent and technologically savvy. In fact, while Adam was still alive, his grandkids were already fashioning things out of brass and iron and making musical instruments.

It was the rejection of biblical truth that made it impossible for scientists to explain ancient technologies and out-of-place artifacts we've told you about on other Creation Moments programs. Perhaps if scientists had believed the Bible, the notion of ancient astronauts from outer space would never have taken off.

Heavenly Father, the next time I'm asked if I believe in extraterrestrials, I will tell them I believe that Your Son came to our planet to provide salvation for Earthlings like me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

This aerial photograph was taken by Maria Reiche, one of the first archaeologists to study the Nazca lines. (PD)

 

DINOSAUR FEATHERS!

Genesis 1:20

"And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven."
Creation Moments isn't in the business of reviewing Hollywood films, and we're not about to start now. However, we do have some thoughts about the whole Jurassic Park movie franchise. Though these films are entertaining, Christians need to be aware that the films are also promoting evolution by claiming that modern-day birds are descendents of Jurassic-age dinosaurs.

The fourth film in the franchise – Jurassic World – wasted no time in making this point. As the film begins, the movie screen is filled with the image of a dinosaur claw emerging from an egg, followed by a shot of the dinosaur's malevolent eye. After a sound effect of a screeching dinosaur, you see a close-up of the claw, but the camera pulls back to reveal that what you're really looking at is the claw of a modern-day bird.

Evolutionists and creationists, of course, won't fail to see what is being taught. Meanwhile, the general movie-going public receives a not-so-subtle message that the birds we see today are a product of evolution.

Many evolutionists, however, thought that the latest Jurassic Park film didn’t go far enough. They were outraged that the dinosaurs didn’t have feathers all over them.

How fitting that evolution is being taught in science-fiction movies! That's where it belongs! Ironically, the very existence of the Jurassic Park movies tells a story, not of chance and evolution but of design. After all, weren't the films intelligently designed by writers and directors who left absolutely nothing to chance?

Lord Jesus, thank You for creating the universe and for creating me. Thank You most of all for entering Your creation to save me from the penalty I deserve because of my sin. As my Creator and Savior, You are worthy of all my praise! Amen.

Poster being used to promote Jurassic World. © Universal Pictures (Fair Use)

 

WHAT HAS EVOLUTION GIVEN TO THE WORLD?

Ecclesiastes 1:14

"I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
We get lots of interesting letters and e-mails here at Creation Moments. Most of them are positive, but occasionally we hear from someone who disagrees with us. One such writer told us that there are, and I quote, "thousands upon thousands of articles written in medical journals about how evolution has been of enormous benefit in medicine."

Want to hear how we responded? We began like this:

How many of those thousands of articles have you read? We've read some, and the references to evolution appear to have been added without thought or reason. Evolution has had absolutely nothing to do with medicine. In fact, Bible-believing surgeons in the past learned from the Bible how to wash their hands under running water. Evolution had nothing to do with the development of antiseptics. Actually, that comes from Joseph Lister, a Bible-believing scientist. Evolution had nothing to do with X-rays or Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Actually, it was a Bible-believing Christian who invented the MRI.

Evolution has played no part in the science that has given us modern technology, medicine and so much more. Evolution didn't even have anything to do with putting a man on the moon. In fact, it was a combination of applied scientists and engineers who accomplished this.

So what has evolution given mankind? Well, it has given us thousands of scientists who make their living writing about evolution and teaching it. Yes, it has created quite an industry for itself. But it has advanced science not one inch.

Heavenly Father, I pray that You will help millions to realize that Darwin is an emperor with no clothes. Reveal to them that they have been foolish for believing that there's any truth in evolution. Amen.

Magnetic resonance imaging scanner, invented by creationist Raymond Vahan Damadian. Courtesy of Jan Ainali. (CC BY 3.0)

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CREATION MOMENTS: 11.27.15

 SOLVING THE DISTANT-STARLIGHT DILEMMA

Isaiah 45:12

"I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded."
Scientists who reject the Bible believe that man's ability to see light from distant stars and galaxies can be likened to a deadly torpedo that sinks the ship of young earth creationism. But they are not taking into consideration that there are many possible solutions to how light from distant stars could reach the Earth very quickly.

One such theory is explained by Creation Moments Board Member Dr. Donald Clark, who holds a Ph.D. in physical biochemistry. He cites both Isaiah 42:5 and Isaiah 45:12 as evidence that the heavens are not uniform but have been "stretched out" by God.

Now if the very fabric of space is stretched in parts, he explains, then light would travel much faster through these "stretchy" parts than through the non-stretched parts. He uses a guitar string as an analogy. Tightening a string produces a higher-pitched sound when plucked because it causes the sound wave to travel faster through the string. In a similar way, stretched space would cause light to travel faster through it.

In his article, "Making Sense of Light from Distant Stars," Dr. Clark writes: "Using Einstein's General Relativity equations, Mark Amunrud at the August 2013 International Conference on Creation suggested that light from the most distant galaxies � would reach Earth in just about one week."

So while Scripture doesn�t directly say that light travels much faster between the galaxies to arrive on Earth quickly, it does give us enough clues to piece together one solution to the distant-starlight dilemma.

Heavenly Father, thank You for creating the universe in such a way that Adam and Eve didn't have to wait around for billions of years before they could gaze upon the stars You created! Amen.

 

THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BOOK OF THE BIBLE

Revelation 22:18

"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:"
As we all know, there are 66 books in the Bible � no more, no less. And yet, from the way that many people interpret the first chapter of Genesis, it appears that they have added a sixty-seventh book to the Bible � a special "book" they use to interpret the other 66 books of the Bible.

The name of that sixty-seventh book is "science". Many pastors � and even entire denominations � now interpret Bible texts in a way to make them compatible with this sixty-seventh book. For example, since this "book" contends that the Earth is billions of years old, Genesis must be reinterpreted to make it "fit" into an old universe. One way they try to do this is the "day-age theory."

This theory holds that each "day" in Genesis 1 (in Hebrew yom) is a long period of time rather than 24 hours. It is important to note, however, that whenever yom appears in the Old Testament with a number attached to it, it always means a literal 24-hour day. In addition, whenever yom is modified with "evening and morning" � as it does 38 times outside of Genesis 1 � it always means a 24-hour day.

God's people must get back to the careful handling of God's Word. This means that we throw out the sixty-seventh book and that we start taking the Bible for what it says � not reinterpreting it in light of the latest pronouncements of so-called "science."

Heavenly Father, I know that the words of fallible men must never be used to interpret the words of an infallible God. Rather, let me interpret the world around me through the light of Your holy Word! Amen.

Old earth creationist Hugh Ross, founder of Reasons to Believe, teaches the day-age theory and has likened nature to the sixty-seventh book of the Bible. Courtesy of Brandon Medeiros/Reasons to Believe. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

 

THE OLD SHELL GAME

1 John 4:6

"We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
Many people � especially those who believe in creation � avoid watching science shows on TV because these programs are usually saturated with unscientific claims favoring evolution. However, even Darwinian soapboxes like Nova can be worth watching, just as long as you do so with a discerning eye.

You especially need to pay close attention to the unwarranted assumptions and faulty logic you'll often encounter. For instance, there's "Kings of Camouflage" � a Nova program about the cuttlefish's amazing ability to instantaneously change the color and texture of its skin. The program did a good job of describing the color disks that expand or shrink in size.

But then the scientist added: "My guess is that their skin evolved for camouflage, because as soon as they got rid of the big shell, they had to hide from predators." Well, Mr. Scientist, why did the cuttlefish discard its shell in the first place if it was beneficial to its survival? And why didn't the cuttlefish just evolve its old shell back? Instead, evolutionists guess that the cuttlefish evolved the most complex skin of any creature on the planet as well as an amazingly complex eye and nervous system that allows it all to work.

So when you watch science shows on television, learn what you can from the true science. Enjoy the breathtaking photography as you marvel at the wondrous creatures that God has designed. And teach your children how to spot the atheistic philosophy that's camouflaged to look like true science.

Heavenly Father, help me learn how to distinguish truth from error in a culture that knows how to make lies look so very appealing. Then help me to share the truth with others. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

HALF OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE MAY BE UNTRUE

Jeremiah 9:5

"And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity."
It is common for evolutionists to dismiss a lot of great work by creationists, saying that their papers do not appear in their own peer-reviewed journals. But now, editors of the two most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals have gone on record as saying that the peer-review process doesn't mean much anymore.

Several years ago, Dr. Marcia Angell, a physician and longtime editor of one of the most trusted medical journals in the world, wrote this: "It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine."

More recently, Dr. Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, wrote the following in his own magazine: "The case against science is straightforward. Much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue." He added that "science has taken a turn towards darkness" and said that this is caused by "flagrant conflicts of interest." He also said something we've been saying for years: "In their quest for telling a compelling story, scientists too often sculpt data to fit their preferred theory of the world."

So never let an evolutionist throw the peer-review process in your face as a mark of the superiority of evolution over biblical creation. Unlike peer-reviewed publications, the Bible is never wrong.

Heavenly Father, rather than putting my trust in the fallible words of man, I put my trust in both Your written and living Word � the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen.

JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS

Proverbs 29:20

"Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him."
Though they are less than a half inch in length, recent studies have shown that Habronattus jumping spiders have eyesight that, in some ways, rivals our own. In fact, they can do something even your family pooch can't do � see colors.

According to Nathan Morehouse of the University of Pittsburgh, "The eyes of jumping spiders could not be more different from those of butterflies or birds, and yet all three tune the color sensitivities using pigments that filter light." Scientists call this "spectral filtering," and until now, nobody suspected that a spider would be capable of it.

ScienceDaily, of course, jumps to the conclusion that the jumping spider's ability to see colors "is a remarkable example of evolutionary convergence." According to evolutionists, convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species that aren't closely related. For example, evolutionists tell us that flying insects, birds and bats evolved the ability to fly independently of one another. They are said to have "converged" on this useful trait.

This term, however, explains absolutely nothing. Evolutionists are unable to demonstrate how even one kind of creature evolved the ability to fly. Their problem is compounded when they have to explain how flight evolved three times in unrelated creatures.

The real reason why these jumping spiders see color is the same reason why bats, butterflies and birds are able to fly. Because their Designer made them that way. This isn't jumping to conclusions. It is simply taking God at His word.

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving every creature what they need to survive, and thank You most of all for what You have given to me � salvation through the shed blood of my Savior. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

"Jumping spiders are masters of miniature color vision," ScienceDaily, 5/18/15. Daniel B. Zurek, Thomas W. Cronin, Lisa A. Taylor, Kevin Byrne, Mara L.G. Sullivan, Nathan I. Morehouse. "Spectral filtering enables trichromatic vision in colorful jumping spiders," Current Biology, 2015; 25 (10): R403 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.033. Photo: Habronattus jumping spider. Courtesy of Kaldari. (CCO-1.0 UNIVERSAL PD)

 

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CREATION MOMENTS: 11.20.15

A CASE STUDY IN SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

Titus 1:2

"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;"
A scientific paper called "DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud" was published a few years ago in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. Though the author deals with scientific fraud related to the banning of DDT, he also gives insights into how some scientists are committing fraud to support other matters, like global warming and evolution.

The paper's author provides several examples of scientific fraud, but today we have time to deal with only one. Environmentalists wanted to portray DDT as a hazardous substance that was endangering birds. One scientist was able to show that the shells of bird eggs were thinner and more fragile after being exposed to the pesticide.

But here is the rest of the story. The scientist behind the thinning egg shell claim had changed the birds' diet, reducing their calcium levels from the normal 2.5 percent to just 0.56 percent. It was this radical reduction in calcium from their diet that caused the egg shells to get thinner – not the DDT! When this fact was presented to Science magazine, the editor refused to publish it, saying that "they would never publish anything that was not antagonistic toward DDT."

Scientific fraud – like all lies – comes from the father of lies. How different is our God. He cannot lie. And that means you can believe the Bible when it tells you that you can have eternal life when you repent of your sin and put your trust in what Jesus did for you on the cross.

Heavenly Father, I pray that scientific fraud will backfire on such deceivers. Let the lies committed in darkness get exposed to the light so they will become widely known! Amen.

J. Gordon Edwards, Ph.D , "DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud," Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 2004, pp. 83-88.  http://www.jpands.org/vol9no3/edwards.pdf. Photo: Commercial product from the 1960s. (CC CC0-1 PD)

 

DON'T MESS WITH THE HOOPOE!

Deuteronomy 14:12, 18

"But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray … And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat."
Don't mess with the hoopoe – especially the female! Their Creator blessed this bird with an oil gland that produces a really foul-smelling liquid. When rubbed into their plumage, it smells like rotting meat and deters not only predators but parasites as well. In fact, it also acts as an antibacterial agent.

Thanks to this nasty-smelling liquid, most predators stay far away from the hoopoe's nest. But even when a predator ignores the stench and comes looking for a meal while mama hoopoe is away, the nestlings are not defenseless. Even when they are just six days old, they can produce the same liquid and shoot it accurately into the face of predators.

With such an awful smell, perhaps it was a great blessing that God placed the hoopoe on His list of animals that were not to be eaten by His people. By the way, the King James version of the Bible refers to the hoopoe as the lapwing but we're still talking about the hoopoe. Since this bird is listed in Deuteronomy as an unclean animal, isn't it rather odd that the modern state of Israel would choose the hoopoe as their national bird?

Like the hoopoe, every person ever born is unclean in God's sight. This is why Jesus Christ, the sinless lamb of God, submitted Himself to die on the cross as our substitute. He will make you clean in God's sight when you repent of your sins and put your trust in Jesus!

Heavenly Father, I know that there's nothing I can do to make myself clean and righteous. Thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to make me acceptable in Your sight. Amen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe. Photo: Courtesy of Arturo Nikolai. (CC-BY-SA 2.0 GENERIC)

 

WHAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER?

2 Corinthians 10:5

"Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"
On today's Creation Moments broadcast, we're going to give you a little quiz, so put on your thinking cap!

Picture in your mind that our planet is as smooth as a billiard ball and is exactly 25,000 miles around at the equator. Now picture a 25,000-mile-long circle of rope lying on the ground that completely encircles the planet. Here's the puzzle: If you wanted to lift this unstretchable rope to a height of one foot all around the Earth, how much rope would you need to add?

What's the right answer? Would you need to add more than ten miles of new rope? Would just a mile be enough? Less than a mile?

Most people say they would need to add more than ten miles of rope or only a mile. But hardly anyone ever gives the correct answer that less than a mile of rope is required. Even more surprising is that only six point two feet of new rope is required to lift the whole rope one foot high! Though this may be hard to believe, to arrive at the correct answer, use the mathematical formula for determining the circumference of a circle – 2 Pi R.

So why does nearly everyone get it wrong? Because people are prone to say what seems right without thinking it through. That's why Christians, especially students, need to approach such topics as evolution with a thinking mind that chooses the right answer over the popular answer.

Heavenly Father, I pray that You will give us all sharp minds and bold hearts to stand strong against evolution and other myths that undermine biblical truth. Amen.

Image: Eratosthenes (276 BC), the Greek mathematician and astronomer who was the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth.

 

PROBLEM CHILD

Proverbs 4:14

"Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men."
When he was just a little boy, people could tell that Charlie was a problem child. By his own admission later in life, the boy was a sadist who experienced a great deal of pleasure from torturing and killing animals. One of his favorite things to do was killing birds by pounding on their heads with a hammer.

As a teenager, Charlie continued behaving like a twisted individual. When he was 17, he dedicated his summer and autumns to killing animals, not for the meat but for the sheer joy of killing. When he started making plans for an ocean voyage that would take him to many exotic lands, he decided to bring along several guns, hoping to find cannibals so he could kill them.

If you haven't already guessed, I am talking about Charles Darwin. Not only was he a problem child obsessed with torturing and killing animals, he grew up to unleash a philosophy that would leave the whole world in ruins after the publication of his book On the Origin of Species.

As Kevin Swanson points out in his book Apostate: The Men Who Destroyed the Christian West, Darwin came from a long line of apostates. This included his father, Robert, and his grandfather, Erasmus, who was a pioneering humanist and enlightenment thinker. But it was the apostate Charles who turned his back on his Creator and reaches out from the grave with a philosophy that continues to destroy countless millions of lives.

Heavenly Father, I pray that You will bless pastors, Bible teachers and biblical-creation ministries that are proclaiming the truth about Darwin and his godless philosophy. Show me how to be a blessing to them! Amen.

Kevin Swanson, Apostate: The Men Who Destroyed the Christian West, p. 128 (Generations with Vision, 2013).

 

THE UMBRELLA BIRD

1 Thessalonians 5:5

"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness."
The best fishermen not only know where the fish are biting, but exactly what type of bait or lure is needed to catch the big ones. That's why I say that the best fisherman of all is not a man but a bird.

The black heron knows exactly where and when the fish are biting. He goes fishing for his food by wading into shallow lakes and ponds. But there's a problem. Fish avoid the water's surface to avoid the bright rays of the sun. Even if a fish does come close to the surface, the black heron is unable to see it because he is blinded by the sun's reflection.

But like I said, this bird is a master fisherman. What he does is shape his wings into a large black umbrella. He then crouches down until his wings are almost touching the water, effectively turning daylight into darkness, and attracting fish to the shade. Under cover of his umbrella, the black heron pokes his head into the water and comes out with a squirming fish in his beak.

This kind of fishing is known as canopy feeding. How did the black heron learn to fish like this? Creationists know, but evolutionists have no reasonable answer. They only have a term. Yes, evolutionists are good at coming up with terms like "canopy feeding", but when it comes to explaining how such a thing originated in the first place, they are still very much in the dark.

Heavenly Father, I ask You to make me a good fisherman – not of fish but of men. Use me to share the gospel so that my friends and family will turn to You for salvation. Amen.

http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/birds/Ciconiiformes/Ardeidae/Egretta-ardesiaca. Photo: Black heron comes out of its feathered canopy after catching a fish. Courtesy of Steve Garvie. (CC-BY-SA 2.0 GENERIC)

 

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CREATION MOMENTS: 11.13.15

 EGYPTIAN INDIANS?

Genesis 11:7

"Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."
We have mentioned a number of New World sites at which ancient Old World writing has been found. These examples, of which there are many, serve to show that before the Dark Ages, knowledge of the New World was fairly common and that man has always been curious and resourceful.

One of the most unusual examples of ancient Old World inscriptions in the New World is found in northwestern Oklahoma. The inscriptions are located on the walls of Anubis cave. If you think that name is Egyptian, you are correct. Inside the cave are a number of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. These include a human figure standing on a three-dimensional cube. Rays extend from the figure's head. Anubis, the Egyptian god that was said to conduct the souls of the dead to judgment, also appears. The oddest element among the figures, however, is the presence of Celtic ogam inscriptions. These inscriptions indicate that the cave was used for Celtic ceremonies. Were the Celts familiar with Egyptian hieroglyphs? Or was this North American cave visited in ancient times by both Egyptians and Celts?

It was not until God confused man's language at the Tower of Babel that man took seriously God's command to spread out and fill the Earth. With their new languages, people were more motivated to use their abilities to explore the entire world. Ancient Old World inscriptions in the New World illustrate that these God given abilities have always been considerable.

Lord, thank You for the beauty of the world You have given us to explore. Amen.

Science Frontiers, p. 33, "Did the Ancient Egyptians Explore Oklahoma?" Photo: Rock carving of bison inside Anubis Cave #2, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Courtesy of Peter Faris.

 

TALKING CATERPILLARS

Ephesians 4:29

"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers."
Several recent Creation Moments programs have featured the sounds some ants make, called stridulation. Not only do some caterpillars also make such sounds, but also they appear to communicate with some types of ants.

Many species of caterpillars of two butterfly groups secrete a sweet liquid that ants like. In return, the ants protect the caterpillar from its enemies while they collect their sweet treat. These caterpillars actually call the ants when the liquid is ready, using a variety of sounds. These calls range from a simple "bub�bub" to more complex sounds, such as, "beep ah ah ah beep."

Another type of caterpillar calls ants when it needs help. This species does a remarkable job of mimicking the ants' sounds. Very young members of this caterpillar species frequently fall off the leaves on which they are grazing. When they do, they make ant noises until found by foraging ants. The caterpillar's "ant talk" apparently convinces the ants it is one of them. So they return it to their nest and place it in their nursery. There the caterpillar eats some of the young ants. Two ant species eventually figure out their mistake and kill the caterpillar, while a third species never seems to realize its mistake.

Communication is a gift that God has given to many of His creatures. However, as beings made to have a relationship with God, our communication should be like His � never deceitful and always building others up.

Dear Father, teach me how to use words to build others up. Amen.

Science News, 2/5/00, pp. 92-94, "Ants Squeak." Photo: Male katydids are also known to use stridulation. Courtesy of DiverDave. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

REWRITE THE EVOLUTIONARY TEXTBOOKS � AGAIN!

I Corinthians 2:13

"Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual."
The males of a fish called the three-spined stickleback turn blue-green on the tops of their bodies and red on their bellies when breeding. That is, unless they are male three-spined sticklebacks in the Chehalis river of Washington. These fish turn black when breeding. Evolutionists have long tied this behavior to the fact that the mudminnows in the Chehalis turn black as a threat display. Evolutionary textbooks have long used this difference from other sticklebacks as an example of the evolutionary principle that when two species share a home, they will either become more or less like each other. Now the textbooks will have to be rewritten.

Researchers placed large cages around populations of sticklebacks and mudminnows in the Chehalis river. As they studied the populations, they learned that while sticklebacks will fight with one another, they hardly ever fight with mudminnows. Then, scientists added red and blue-green sticklebacks. Though they showed no black, they had as much success staking out territory as the black sticklebacks. Researchers also found that the black sticklebacks don't turn black until after they stake out their territory. Researchers have had to admit that the differences between the two types of sticklebacks illustrates nothing about how they evolve among different populations.

Unlike Scripture, man's knowledge is always subject to correction. That's why it cannot be used to discredit the Bible, which is knowledge from God.

Thank You, Lord, for Your truth. Help me grow in Your Word. Amen.

Science News, 4/1/00, p. 219, "Fading to black doesn't empower fish." Photo: Three-spined stickleback. Courtesy of Visviva. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

THE DECEPTION OF EVOLUTIONARY DATING

II Corinthians 11:3

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
We have all heard evolutionists claim certain rocks and fossils to be millions of years old. They claim to arrive at these long ages using index fossils. Index fossils are creatures that supposedly lived during specific ages. We are told that these ages are independently verified using radiometric dating methods. But is all of this as neat and certain as evolutionists say it is?

Recently, a rock formation in England yielded more than just rocks. This rock layer is said to be 189 million years old, based on its index fossils. The index fossils, ammonites and belemnites, were bottom living deep sea creatures. Along with these deep sea creatures, however, partially petrified wood was also found. One piece was found immediately adjacent to a deep sea fossil. Scientists who believe in young Earth creationism sent samples of the wood to three different radiocarbon dating laboratories. If the index fossil was really as old as evolutionists say, it is almost 4,000 times too old to give a radiocarbon date. Yet all the samples dated at the three laboratories showed consistent young dates. Adjusted by biblical considerations, they date to the time of Noah's Flood.

We would expect to find land-based life mixed in with deep sea creatures in any rocks that are a result of the violence of the Flood. This find illustrates and supports the biblical account of a worldwide Flood.

Lord, the Earth witnesses Your Truth. Help me to do the same. Amen.

Creation, 3-5/00, pp. 44-47, "Geological Conflict." Photo: A common index fossil � a Jurassic ammonite. Courtesy of Maksim. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

INTELLIGENCE IS BUILT INTO THE CREATION

Psalm 104:24a

"O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all:"
Those who believe that the universe, the Earth and everything on it are the result of mindless evolution are hard-pressed to explain the origin of intelligence. Some even try to argue that there is no such thing as intelligence, saying that we only think that certain things reflect intelligence. As we learn more about the world, it takes an ever greater faith to believe in evolution.

The incredible structure of DNA and how it works is one example. Scientists have now demonstrated, though they did not intend to do so, that DNA is itself infused with intelligence. In 1994 it was discovered that DNA could be used as a computer. Since then, much has been learned about the computing power of DNA. How can DNA be used to solve the problem of, for example, finding a flight path between seven cities so that each city is visited only once? To solve the problem, researchers assign a numerical value to individual strands of DNA. Through a series of steps, they allow the strands of DNA to interact with each other, saving the results after each step. An electronic computer can solve a math problem with 30 clauses and 50 variables in 1.6 million steps. A DNA computer can solve the same problem in only 91 steps!

DNA computers would not be possible unless intelligence was built into the very fabric of the creation. Only our all-wise Creator could have been responsible for this.

Dear Father, help me use the intelligence You have given me. Amen.

Nature, 1/13/00, pp. 143-144, 175-179, "DNA computing on surfaces." Photo: Sculpture of DNA made of shopping carts. Courtesy of Magnus Manske. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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EVOLUTION MAY BE THE VICTIM OF SPIDERS' WEBS

Job 8:13-14

"So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web."
For over a century, scientists have wondered about the embellishments that at least 78 species of spiders weave into their webs. The extra bars and Xs seem to have no obvious purpose. Some have suggested that they might be hiding spots, sun shields, bird warnings or insect lures. Now a researcher at the University of Kyoto may have discovered the purpose of these designs. If he is right, evolutionary theory may be the victim of these spiders' webs.

The Asian spider the researcher studied builds two different types of webs. When it is well fed, this spider adds silk bands along the web spokes. However, when this spider is hungry, it arranges these bands so that they spiral toward the center of the web. After testing the tension in both web types, he discovered that the webs with the spiral bands are much more sensitive to even the smallest insect than the banded webs.

In other words, the hungry spider is looking for any insect it might eat. Spiders that are not hungry are interested only in larger insects. The question is: How could mindless evolution give these spiders the knowledge of structural engineering needed to create these designs? In addition, according to the evolutionary tree for spiders, this knowledge would have to have evolved at least nine times! A much more logical and straightforward explanation is that the Creator gave spiders this knowledge when He made them.

Help me, Lord, to do all things excellently, as You have done. Amen.

Science News, 3/25/00, p. 198, "Hungry spiders tune up web jiggliness." Photo: Underside of yellow garden spider. Courtesy of Spazoto. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

INCREASING NUMBERS WANT EQUAL TIME FOR CREATION

Proverbs 12:20

"Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy."
A few years ago, a news release revealed the result of a poll on what Americans prefer to have taught in public schools about origins. The poll was done for an organization that favors a dogmatic teaching of evolution. The news release stated only that a huge majority of Americans, 83 percent, favor the teaching of evolution in the public schools. We at Creation Moments were led to investigate this poll more closely since this poll result runs contrary to other recent polls.

The professional polling organization polled 1,500 people about whether creation or evolution should be taught in the public schools. Indeed, 83 percent said they believe that the theory of evolution should be taught in the public schools. However, what was not included in the popular reporting of the poll was that 79 percent of those polled said that creation should also be taught in the schools. Only 20 percent of those polled felt that evolution only should be taught. Clearly, Americans prefer both creation and evolution presented to the students so that they can make up their own minds. Equally notable is that almost half of those polled agreed with the statement that evolution is "far from being proven to be scientific."

While the statement that 83 percent of those polled favor evolution being taught is true, it leaves out the most important part of the poll's findings. Clearly, ordinary people want to hear about God's creation.

Dear Father, help us never to be deceived by the forces of darkness. Amen.

Christian News, 4/3/00, p. 2. Photo: Typical classroom. Courtesy of © Malate269.

 

BACTERIUM VERSUS BACTERIUM

Genesis 3:19

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return."
When God finished the creation on the sixth day, He declared all that He made to be "very good." There was no death, no decay, no pain and no sickness. When Adam and Eve committed the first sin, their actions resulted in sickness, decay and death. How could a finished, perfect creation have the ability to become this way?

New research on a strategy to eliminate tooth decay may illustrate an answer to this question. The bacteria most responsible for tooth decay produce lactic acid. Lactic acid eats away at tooth enamel, resulting in tooth decay. Scientists genetically engineered a natural form of this bacterium that produces a chemical that kills the form of the bacterium in our mouths. They then disabled the ability of this bacterium to produce lactic acid. They also had to double another gene to replace the function originally carried out by the lactic acid. This gene produces nothing harmful. Scientists believe they have developed a harmless bacteria that will remove and replace the harmful bacteria that cause tooth decay. This research raises an interesting question: Is it possible that in the beginning the bacteria in our mouth was harmless, but after Adam's fall only a minor modification made it harmful?

However, genetic engineering, indeed all of modern science, cannot reverse the ultimate consequences of sin. Only God's Son, Jesus Christ, can take away the guilt of our sin and give us eternal life.

Help me, dear Lord, to keep my eyes on heaven where all is perfect. Amen.

Science News, 3/18/00, p. 190, "Wash that mouth out with bacteria!" Photo: Tooth decay in a bottle. DL-Lactic acid. Courtesy of LHcheM. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

THE SUPER-SUPERCOMPUTER THAT HEALS ITSELF

Isaiah 57:19

"I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him."
A healthy person with a minor injury heals without any thought required for the healing process. More severe injuries may require medical attention, but no amount of thought concentration on the healing process will speed healing along. This automatic healing process could not have evolved because without the power to heal in the first place, any injury to any creature would be ultimately fatal.

IBM is working on a super supercomputer that would run 500 times faster than any computer known today. It will be used to produce three-dimensional models showing how proteins fold as they do their work. It is hoped that the models will help medical researchers design more effective medicines. The computer system working on this task will have over one million processors linked to adjacent processors. The adjacent processors will monitor the main processors. If one of the main processors becomes faulty, the adjacent processor will remove it from the computing system electronically. If it works, the entire system will be known as a self-healing computer. While the computer may be able to heal itself, it will have to "think" about healing constantly. And despite its speed, its healing and computing abilities are still slower than ours.

God has given us great powers of healing. But we can do nothing to heal ourselves spiritually. For that we must rely on Jesus Christ and the salvation He brings.

I thank You, Lord, for the healing of my soul through forgiveness. Amen.

New Scientist, 12/11/99, p. 8, "IBM plans its latest smash hit." Photo: IBM Blue Gene P supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory, in Lemont, Illinois. Courtesy of Odie5533. (CC BY-SA 2.0)

 

JUPITER DEFIES NATURALISTIC EXPLANATION

I Corinthians 15:41

"There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."
According to evolutionary naturalism, the solar system began as a disk of hot, rotating gas. The sun began to form first. At the same time, the planets began to form as they collected material out of the gaseous disk. This process generated more heat, with the largest planets collecting more of the heat than smaller planets. The amount of heat collected by the large, heavy planets like Jupiter compared with a planet like the Earth accounts for the different elemental composition of the planets.

When scientists began studying Jupiter, they expected it to have certain lighter elements in the same proportion as the sun. Large planets like Jupiter would have been too hot at formation for lighter elements to condense. However, researchers using the Galileo space probe have discovered that Jupiter has more than twice as many gases as the sun. It has nearly three times as much krypton and xenon gas as the sun. Jupiter has over three-and-a-half times as much ammonia as was expected. Scientists are trying to figure out where these gases came from. However, evolutionary scientists admit that they cannot find a satisfactory naturalistic explanation for the chemical composition of Jupiter. They have even speculated that they might find the same problems with the other outer planets.

That the planets differ in composition is exactly as stated in the Bible "…for one star differeth from another star in glory"(I Cor. 15:41). That these differences don't fit evolutionary theory further witnesses to God's glory as Creator.

Dear Father, help me glorify You along with the heavens. Amen.

Nature, 11/18/99, pp. 269-270, "A low temperature origin for the planetessimals that formed Jupiter." Photo: Jupiter as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft in 1997. (PD)

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CREATION MOMENTS: 10.30.15

COMPARISON PLACES HUMANS CLOSER TO CHICKENS THAN MICE

Psalm 59:8

"But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision."
According to evolutionary theory, humans had a common ancestor with chickens 300 million years ago. Much more recently in evolutionary time, we had a common ancestor with the mouse. One would then be led to conclude that, in evolutionary terms, we are genetically closer to the mouse than to the chicken. Of course, we must stress that we at Creation Moments have good reasons to reject all those multiple millions of years.

We have also pointed out that as we learn more about the genetics of various kinds of living creatures, evolutionists are receiving some surprises. Researchers often find that the long-supposed evolutionary relationships are contradicted by the genetic information. Recent research compared the gene segments of chickens, mice and people. If evolution were true, one would expect more similarities between the genetic segments of mice and humans. To their amazement, researchers found that, of mice and chickens, we share more common genetic segments with chickens! They tried to explain this result by saying that perhaps mouse segments change more rapidly than human or chicken segments.

Again, new genetic knowledge has challenged evolutionary assumptions. Once we know what those genetic segments that were studied do, we might understand why these similarities exist. We predict that such knowledge will glorify our Creator's wise design.

Lord, help me see more clearly how new knowledge glorifies You. Amen.

Nature, 11/25/99, pp. 411-412, "The dynamics of chromosome evolution in birds and mammals." Photo: Hen with chicks in India. Courtesy of Yann. (GFDL)

 

 NO HEARTBEAT? DON'T WORRY!

I Chronicles 16:24

"Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations."
Evolutionists say that an animal's unique features developed because the unique feature gives the animal some survival benefit. Just what that benefit might be is open to interpretation, and sometimes the explanation is a little fuzzy. Sometimes the explanation just doesn't work.

Such is the case with the marine iguanas of the Galapagos islands. These iguanas are excellent swimmers and search underwater for much of their food. However, when they are underwater they are vulnerable to the marine food chain. Sharks find the marine iguanas very tasty. With their sensitive hearing, these predators can hear the heartbeat of a hiding iguana 12 feet away. So part of the iguana's defense is to stop its heartbeat voluntarily. Amazingly, the iguana can keep its heart stopped for up to 45 minutes without suffering any ill effects.

Evolutionists explain that this ability evolved because it gives the iguana a survival advantage in shark-infested waters. Obviously, a creature's ability to stop its heart for this long requires some major internal modifications. To believe that the iguana knew all the changes it needed to intentionally stop its heart for 45 minutes without death requires quite a leap of faith! However, this evolutionary explanation just doesn't work. The Komodo dragon can also stop its heart. For the Komodo this ability provides no survival advantage, for these huge lizards have no natural enemies.

These lizards received their special abilities from their wise Creator. Their special abilities glorify Him, not mindless evolution.

Dear Lord, Your works fill me with wonder. I glorify You as my Savior. Amen.

Science Frontiers, 3-4/00, "Heart Stoppers." Photo: Male Galapagos islands land iguana. Courtesy of Ronhjones. (CC BY 3.0)

 

SEAHORSE MONOGAMY, SORT OF

Matthew 19:6

"Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
A few years ago we did a Creation Moments program about the amazing fact that male seahorses, not the females, hatch the young and are solely responsible for their nurture. New research now tells us more about the relationship between the male and female seahorse. One of the surprises is that the female seahorse practices a limited form of monogamy.

An individual male seahorse will range over only about a square yard of area. However, his mate will range over 100 times that area. Although she isn't much of a homebody, she remains faithful to her mate during his entire pregnancy, greeting him each morning by joining him and flashing different colors. It turns out that this greeting ritual is very important. In the laboratory, researchers placed one female and two males in the same tank. After the mating ritual, the female deposited typically 200 eggs in the egg pouch of the male she selected. He was then moved to another tank until his two-week gestation was completed. During the entire time, the female greeted the remaining seahorse each morning, but no attempts at mating took place. However, when the male she selected for mating was returned to the tank and the mating ritual began again, she always chose the male she had greeted each morning during the other's absence in the birthing tank.

Monogamy is not a product of evolution or human culture. It is a gift of God, Who created seahorses, people and all things.

Thank You, Lord, for the gift of marriage. Help me to honor it. Amen.

Science News, 3/11/00, pp. 168-170, "Pregnant and still macho." Photo: Pregnant seahorse at the New York Aquarium. Courtesy of Hlucho. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

DON'T MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF ME!

Romans 1:22-23

"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things."
Scientists who believe in evolution have a faith just as much as any Bible-believing Christian. However, it is a very different faith than Christianity. This fact was illustrated when some secular scientists declared the bones labeled "Piltdown man" an ape-like human ancestor. Only after a couple of generations did they bother to actually study the bones and discover them to be an obvious hoax. They did the same with "Nebraska man," which turned out to be a pig.

Several years ago, scientists announced the finding of some fossil bones of the very first primate. Naming it E-o-sim-ias or "dawn monkey," they said that it led to monkeys, apes and finally to us. Eosimias weighed less than an ounce and could have stood on your thumb. Scientists found no complete skeletons. However, after examining foot bones the size of grains of rice and some lower limb bones, they declared it to be our ancestor. They interpreted the foot bones to be primate-like. They concluded that the lower limb bones showed that Eosimias had grasping hands and feet that enabled it to walk on branches like monkeys.

The Bible warns that God will curse those with ever more foolish notions who reject the obvious fact that He is Creator. He does this so that they might see their foolishness and repent for placing the creation over the Creator. In this case they have done that by saying that it was not the Creator, but rather this tiny monkey that led to humanity.

Lord, please continue to enlighten me with Your wisdom. Amen.

International Herald Tribune, 3/17/00, "Tiny Fossil Fills Gap in Evolutionary Record." Drawing: Artistic representation of Eosimias. Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

 

THE BIBLE'S AMAZINGLY ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD

Genesis 8:7

"And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth."
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded, devastating over 200 square miles in Southwestern Washington State. The heat spewing from the volcano melted the snow that covered its heights, creating mud flows that covered the surrounding area. The grim prediction was that forests and wildlife would never be found on or near the mountain within our lifetimes.

Mount St. Helens' recovery from the devastation provides us with a comparatively small-scale model of the recovery from the great Flood at the time of Noah. Only ten years after the eruption, much of the plant and animal life in the devastated area had returned. Today, evergreens stand taller than a man, fish swim in the lakes and rivers, and frogs are in the ponds. Even larger animals like elk can be found in the once-desolate area. This suggests that it would not have taken generations for the foliage that God preserved in the Flood waters to re-grow forests and jungles, providing homes for the growing, migrating population from the Ark. Before that could happen, Noah had to know that there was somewhere for the animals to go. So he first sent out a raven. Mount St. Helens illustrates why Noah decided to send a raven first. Among the first new colonizers at Mount St. Helens was the raven. They are part of God's army of scavengers to remove the dead and can live in a wide variety of conditions.

Here again we see that even the small details recorded in the Bible are true to real life.

Dear Father, I thank You for giving us Your perfect Word of Life. Amen.

Creation, 3-5/00 pp. 33-37, "After Devastation, The Recovery." Photo: Mount St. Helens, one day before it erupted. (PD)

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CREATION MOMENTS: 10.23.15



TAKE YOUR CHOCOLATE MEDICINE

Romans 5:9

"Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."
Chocolate has long been thought of as a junk food. However, new research on several fronts reveals that chocolate should probably be reclassified as a health food.

Research shows that the beans from which chocolate is made contain large amounts of antioxidants called flavonoids. Found in tea and other foods, these substances have been linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. These flavonoids are present in high enough quantity in the chocolate you buy at the store to produce measurable results in scientific studies. A single gram of chocolate milk has 10 milligrams of antioxidants. If you like dark chocolate, you will more than double your dosage of antioxidants.

While some 4,000 natural flavonoids have been identified, the types found in chocolate are among the most powerful known. They are even more effective than the antioxidants found in vitamin C! Other flavonoids in chocolate have been found to relax the inside of blood vessels that lowers high blood pressure. Chocolate flavonoids have also been found to work as a mild aspirin would to help thin blood. They also help keep the platelets from breaking, which happens when they get too sticky. If all these benefits aren't enough, chocolate has also been found to raise good cholesterol.

Chocolate may help you have a healthy cardiovascular system in this life. But when this life is done, only the blood of Jesus Christ will give you eternal life.

Lord, I thank You that You shed Your blood for me. Amen.

Science News, 3/18/00, pp. 188-189, "Chocolate Hearts: Yummy and Good Medicine?" Photo: Variety of chocolates. Courtesy of ChocolateA. (CC BY-SA 3.0)

 

A PREHISTORIC SPARK PLUG?

I Corinthians 10:4b

"For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."
Here on our Creation Moments program we frequently report on fossil finds that show that rocks don't take millions of years to form. We feature many of these, rather than just one example, in the hope that it will become common knowledge that it is not unusual for rocks to form rapidly.

Our latest example was found on a beach in Ventura County, California. It is clearly a modern rock that formed in the last few decades because partially embedded in the stone is a spark plug. Clearly, no one would claim that man has been making spark plugs for millions of years. The porcelain part of the spark plug became part of the rock. Originally, the metal parts of the spark plug were also embedded in the rock. They rusted away after the rock was formed, leaving an imprint clear enough to determine the thread size of the now-missing metal parts. This suggests that this rock formed within a relatively short time since such metal quickly corrodes in sea water. Based on the thread size and the porcelain portion of the plug, it is thought that the spark plug doesn't date to before the 1950s! It is theorized that the plug originally was in a boat engine and was discarded into the sea.

That there are so many examples of obviously modern fossils shows that it is not uncommon for rocks to form rapidly. Some rocks you see today may not have existed as rocks when your grandfather was your age. There is no reason for the long-age dating of rocks to undermine faith in our spiritual Rock, Who is Christ.

Dear Father, thank You for sending Your Son to be my Rock. Amen.

Creation, 9-11/99, p. 6, "Sparking interest in rapid rocks." Photo: The Coso Artifact. Photo source unknown.

 

THE AFRICAN PRIESTLY TRIBE OF ISRAEL

John 10:16

"And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
There are several groups of people around the world that claim to be part of the Jewish people. Many even practice a form of the Judaic rites. But they don't have any provable connections to the Jewish people.

In southern Africa there is a tribe called the Lemba. They speak Bantu. However, their tradition says that they were led to Africa from Judea by a leader named Buba in the distant past. The Lemba also practice Jewish traditions, including keeping one day a week holy. They do not eat pork. This could be dismissed as coincidental, but they can prove their heritage. In an earlier Creation Moments program we talked about the so-called "cohen genetic signature." Cohen means priest. This genetic mutation is carried in the Y chromosome. It is rare in the general population. Even among the general Jewish population, only three to five percent carry the mutation. However, the mutation is so common among the descendants of Aaron that it is considered a strong indicator of descendancy from the Levites. It is also common among the Lemba men, proving they are not only genetically Jewish, but also they descended from ancient Israel's priests!

While we may never know exactly how the Lemba tribe came to be, we know that all people are God's creation. We also know that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the nations. No one has wandered so far from God that they cannot be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Dear Father, with a rejoicing heart I praise You for Your love to me. Amen.

Science Frontiers, 1-2/00, p. 1, "A Far Wandering Tribe?" Photo: The Lemba spiritual leader Dr. Rudo Mathiva. http://noicon.weebly.com/24.html

 

THE GENIUS OF INSECT FLIGHT

Psalm 105:31

"He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts."
Flying insects have been a huge mystery to scientists, especially those who believe in evolution. Until recently, scientists didn't know how flying insects could fly. Wind tunnel tests on insect wings showed that their wings produce anywhere from a third to half as much lift needed for flight, depending on the species. Yet, horseflies have been clocked flying at up to 90 miles per hour!

Detailed research on the biomechanics of insect flight has now revealed how they manage to fly. Insect flight does not use quite the same principles as airplane flight. Unlike the wings of a modern airplane, insect wings trace a figure eight during flight. If an airliner's wings attack the air at an angle of more than 18 degrees, the vortex that provides lift to the top of the wing pulls away from the wing and the result is a stall. Insect wings, however, attack the air at a much steeper angle. Why doesn't the lifting vortex pull away from an insect's wing, leaving the insect in a stall? Researchers learned that because the insect's wing is moving faster at the tip, the lifting vortex does not pull away from the wing and gives the insect a 70 percent increase in lift.

Evolutionists depict today's flying insects as descendants of ancient insects that could only glide. Then, over supposed millions of years they developed the wings and flight skills of modern insects. This recent research, however, reveals that insect flight is no chance development. It was carefully engineered by a Creator from the very beginning.

I thank You, Lord, for Your mighty Word has created faith in me and brought me salvation. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Discover, 4/00, pp. 27-28, "What's the Buzz?" Photo: Horsefly. Courtesy of Dennis Ray. (CC BY-SA 2.5)

 

The Mystery of Mouse Pyramids

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THE MYSTERY OF MOUSE PYRAMIDS

Psalm 118:22

"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner."
Mice of the Sahara Desert pile up round stones in front of their burrows, making small pyramids through which the air can flow. As the morning air heats up, the rocks heat up much more slowly. As the dew point of the rapidly warming air rises, water in the air begins to condense on the cooler stones. It turns out that having round stones leaves exactly the right shaped spaces for this to take place. This is how the mice get their water.

Mice in the dry climates of Australia also build pyramids to catch the morning dew. They construct their pyramids of small, uniformly sized round stones over their burrows. Their pyramids may be up to a yard across. Again, as the morning air passes through the loose pile of stones, the dew collects on the cooler stones, providing a source of water for the mice. While a second species of Australian mice don't build such pyramids, they will use those built by the first species as a source of water. All of this leaves those who believe in evolution with some difficult questions. How did mice learn to build these pyramids to catch the dew? And how did two different species, half a world apart, arrive at the same solution to survival?

These questions are easily answered if we assume that the intelligent Creator of mice built such knowledge into them when He first made them. This is the same Creator Who sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to be the cornerstone of the eternal structure made up of all believers.

Dear Lord Jesus Christ, thank You for being the cornerstone of my life. Amen.

Science Frontiers, p. 17, "Ancient Greek Pyramids?" p. 137, "More Mouse Engineering." Photo: The western mouse (Pseudomys occidentalis) is a species found only in Australia. (PD)

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