SIMPLE TO COMPLEX OR COMPLEX TO SIMPLE?
Proverbs 12:5
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
A strange and beautiful family of creatures known as ammonoids nicely illustrate the illogic and lack of scientific reasoning used by defenders of evolution. While the chambered nautilus is the only species of ammonoid that exists today, the fossil record reveals hundreds of extinct species. While some, like the chambered nautilus, had relatively simple shells, others had intricately detailed shells with ruffled, wavy walls.
Historically, evolutionists have always explained this variation by saying that, like all other living things, ammonoids evolved from simple to complex. In 1999, an ammonoid specialist developed a system that mathematically rates shell complexity, based on factors like the length and number of loops and spirals in the shell. He concluded that even though the relatively simple chambered nautilus survives, those with more complex shapes had a survival advantage in the past. He argues that the ammonoids evolved from complex to simple, thus proving evolution.
Simple to complex? Complex to simple? Both arguments cannot be used in science to support evolution. The fact that supporters of evolution illogically argue in both directions shows that evolution is not scientific. It is merely a philosophy that seeks to explain the creation without need for the Creator. But ultimately, evolution is unable to explain the creation without our Creator.
Lord, deliver us from the deceitfulness of unbelievers. Amen.
"Survival of the simplest," Toronto Star, 11/21/99, p. F8. Photo: Cutaway of a nautilus shell, revealing the chambers. Courtesy of Chris 73. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Proverbs 12:5
"The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit."
A strange and beautiful family of creatures known as ammonoids nicely illustrate the illogic and lack of scientific reasoning used by defenders of evolution. While the chambered nautilus is the only species of ammonoid that exists today, the fossil record reveals hundreds of extinct species. While some, like the chambered nautilus, had relatively simple shells, others had intricately detailed shells with ruffled, wavy walls.
Historically, evolutionists have always explained this variation by saying that, like all other living things, ammonoids evolved from simple to complex. In 1999, an ammonoid specialist developed a system that mathematically rates shell complexity, based on factors like the length and number of loops and spirals in the shell. He concluded that even though the relatively simple chambered nautilus survives, those with more complex shapes had a survival advantage in the past. He argues that the ammonoids evolved from complex to simple, thus proving evolution.
Simple to complex? Complex to simple? Both arguments cannot be used in science to support evolution. The fact that supporters of evolution illogically argue in both directions shows that evolution is not scientific. It is merely a philosophy that seeks to explain the creation without need for the Creator. But ultimately, evolution is unable to explain the creation without our Creator.
Lord, deliver us from the deceitfulness of unbelievers. Amen.
"Survival of the simplest," Toronto Star, 11/21/99, p. F8. Photo: Cutaway of a nautilus shell, revealing the chambers. Courtesy of Chris 73. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
YOUR "LITTLE ANGEL" ISN'T
Psalm 51:5
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Modern psychologists and social engineers generally hold that children are born innocent. Any evil they do is learned from those around them. Based upon this notion, they advise that children should not be spanked because that spanking only teaches violence. This modern teaching contradicts the biblical teaching that we are born in original sin, inherited from Adam. Belief in original sin is accepted in some form by most Christians, Jews and practically everyone who has ever raised children!
In 1999, science stepped into the debate. Psychologist Richard Tremblay of the Universite de Montreal studied 511 children, all under 18 months old. He found that 70 percent of the children grab things. Forty-six percent push others, 21 percent physically attack others, 23 percent fight, 27 percent bite and 24 percent kick. These evil behaviors were going on long before the children could have learned them from those around them. Psychologist Tremblay concluded from his study that the parents' real task is not to teach children to be themselves but rather to teach children to obey moral principals.
This research supports the biblical teaching of original sin, and by implication, supports the Bible's account of Adam and Eve. One theologian pointed out that this explains why parents must daily battle against self idolatry and must do this for their children until their children learn to do this for themselves. This study simply supports what the Bible has been saying for thousands of years.
Dear Father, I praise You for You have given me salvation, which, because of original sin, I could not earn myself. Amen.
Alberta Report, 8/16/99. Photo: Courtesy of Mehregan Javanmard. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Psalm 51:5
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Modern psychologists and social engineers generally hold that children are born innocent. Any evil they do is learned from those around them. Based upon this notion, they advise that children should not be spanked because that spanking only teaches violence. This modern teaching contradicts the biblical teaching that we are born in original sin, inherited from Adam. Belief in original sin is accepted in some form by most Christians, Jews and practically everyone who has ever raised children!
In 1999, science stepped into the debate. Psychologist Richard Tremblay of the Universite de Montreal studied 511 children, all under 18 months old. He found that 70 percent of the children grab things. Forty-six percent push others, 21 percent physically attack others, 23 percent fight, 27 percent bite and 24 percent kick. These evil behaviors were going on long before the children could have learned them from those around them. Psychologist Tremblay concluded from his study that the parents' real task is not to teach children to be themselves but rather to teach children to obey moral principals.
This research supports the biblical teaching of original sin, and by implication, supports the Bible's account of Adam and Eve. One theologian pointed out that this explains why parents must daily battle against self idolatry and must do this for their children until their children learn to do this for themselves. This study simply supports what the Bible has been saying for thousands of years.
Dear Father, I praise You for You have given me salvation, which, because of original sin, I could not earn myself. Amen.
Alberta Report, 8/16/99. Photo: Courtesy of Mehregan Javanmard. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
THIS SERPENT BEARS WITNESS TO GOD'S GREATNESS
Psalm 145:15
"The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season."
When you are a small animal whose diet could injure or even kill you, eating can be positively dangerous. That danger increases if you belong to a family of animals that normally takes minutes or even hours to swallow a victim.
An adult Texas threadsnake is only about six or eight inches long, a little thicker than a strand of spaghetti and has a jaw unlike any other creature. It eats ants - ants that could seriously injure or kill it. As you may know, snakes generally take several minutes or even hours to swallow their food as they slowly stretch their jaws around their prey. But this method wouldn't work for the threadsnake. By the time it was swallowed, the snake's lunch would have killed the snake. So the threadsnake has a lower jaw, filled with teeth, and a hinge in the middle. As the lower jaws hinge in and out - several times a second, like a swinging door - ants disappear into the snake in the blink of an eye. Thus, they are able to down dozens of ants a minute!
The Texas threadsnake is more than a witness to God's wise design. Its unique jaw structure is essential to its survival. If evolution were true, the Texas threadsnake would have become extinct during the millions of years it waited for evolution to find a solution to its problem. In addition, since there is no other vertebrate with a jaw like the Texas threadsnake, from what could it have evolved? Unlike the serpent in the Garden of Eden, the threadsnake truly bears witness to God's greatness.
I thank You, dear Father, that You have provided for the needs of all Your creatures in a way that witnesses to You. Amen.
"Weird jaws let tiny snake gulp fast," Science News, 12/4/99, p. 361. Photo: Texas threadsnake. Courtesy of LA Dawson. (CC-BY-SA 2.5)
Psalm 145:15
"The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season."
When you are a small animal whose diet could injure or even kill you, eating can be positively dangerous. That danger increases if you belong to a family of animals that normally takes minutes or even hours to swallow a victim.
An adult Texas threadsnake is only about six or eight inches long, a little thicker than a strand of spaghetti and has a jaw unlike any other creature. It eats ants - ants that could seriously injure or kill it. As you may know, snakes generally take several minutes or even hours to swallow their food as they slowly stretch their jaws around their prey. But this method wouldn't work for the threadsnake. By the time it was swallowed, the snake's lunch would have killed the snake. So the threadsnake has a lower jaw, filled with teeth, and a hinge in the middle. As the lower jaws hinge in and out - several times a second, like a swinging door - ants disappear into the snake in the blink of an eye. Thus, they are able to down dozens of ants a minute!
The Texas threadsnake is more than a witness to God's wise design. Its unique jaw structure is essential to its survival. If evolution were true, the Texas threadsnake would have become extinct during the millions of years it waited for evolution to find a solution to its problem. In addition, since there is no other vertebrate with a jaw like the Texas threadsnake, from what could it have evolved? Unlike the serpent in the Garden of Eden, the threadsnake truly bears witness to God's greatness.
I thank You, dear Father, that You have provided for the needs of all Your creatures in a way that witnesses to You. Amen.
"Weird jaws let tiny snake gulp fast," Science News, 12/4/99, p. 361. Photo: Texas threadsnake. Courtesy of LA Dawson. (CC-BY-SA 2.5)
GOD'S HEALING
Matthew 9:12
"But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick."
The blessings of modern medicine have saved many lives. Unfortunately, modern medicine's accomplishments have led many people to believe that good medical treatment is more important than God's healing power when you are sick. Astounding medical discoveries are being made all the time. For example, 60 percent of those with diabetes suffer nerve damage. This nerve damage can result in the body's inability to control blood pressure as well as other problems. In some diabetics, branching nerve cells swell, cutting off normal cell communication.
Medical researchers have been testing a growth factor known as IGF 1 to see if it will stop this damage. To their surprise, not only did it stop the nerve damage in diabetic rats, it actually reversed the damage that had already been done! Tests are continuing to see if this treatment is safe for humans.
Do advances like this mean that God is becoming less important in the healing process, as many think? The truth is, all healing comes from God. So when you pray for healing, know that if it is God's will, God will heal you. In our usual experience, He uses modern medicine to do that, but if He wants, He will simply touch you with good health.
Modern medicine is a blessing from God for our good. Despite its accomplishments, however, modern medicine can never heal the root cause of our illnesses - sin. Only Jesus Christ can do that.
Dear Father, I ask for good health, and I thank You for the spiritual health You have given me in Jesus Christ. Amen.
"Compound reverses diabetes damage," Science News, 12/11/99, p. 381. Illustration: Molecular structure of IGF-1. Courtesy of Emw. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Matthew 9:12
"But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick."
The blessings of modern medicine have saved many lives. Unfortunately, modern medicine's accomplishments have led many people to believe that good medical treatment is more important than God's healing power when you are sick. Astounding medical discoveries are being made all the time. For example, 60 percent of those with diabetes suffer nerve damage. This nerve damage can result in the body's inability to control blood pressure as well as other problems. In some diabetics, branching nerve cells swell, cutting off normal cell communication.
Medical researchers have been testing a growth factor known as IGF 1 to see if it will stop this damage. To their surprise, not only did it stop the nerve damage in diabetic rats, it actually reversed the damage that had already been done! Tests are continuing to see if this treatment is safe for humans.
Do advances like this mean that God is becoming less important in the healing process, as many think? The truth is, all healing comes from God. So when you pray for healing, know that if it is God's will, God will heal you. In our usual experience, He uses modern medicine to do that, but if He wants, He will simply touch you with good health.
Modern medicine is a blessing from God for our good. Despite its accomplishments, however, modern medicine can never heal the root cause of our illnesses - sin. Only Jesus Christ can do that.
Dear Father, I ask for good health, and I thank You for the spiritual health You have given me in Jesus Christ. Amen.
"Compound reverses diabetes damage," Science News, 12/11/99, p. 381. Illustration: Molecular structure of IGF-1. Courtesy of Emw. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
THE MYTH OF THE WALKING WHALE
Psalm 148:7
"Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:"
Whales pose some interesting problems for those who believe that all living things slowly evolved to their present forms over millions of years. According to evolution, sea creatures gradually adapted to life on land because they could make a better living there. That's where mammals supposedly evolved. Then, for some unknown reason, some of those mammals - Darwin said it was the bear - decided to return to the sea. This required the mammal ancestors of the whale to lose their legs, readapt to locomotion in water, develop new vision abilities, and move its breathing nostrils to behind its brain.
As unlikely as all of this sounds, some evolutionists make one more amazing claim. They claim that some whales still have the vestigial bones of their pelvises or legs embedded in their bodies. Some have even claimed that certain whales have been seen that still had vestigial legs growing out of their bodies. However, no trace of these so-called "legs" can be found in any scientific literature. The small bone that some whales have is not a vestigial pelvis. It is not even attached to the backbone or any part of the skeleton but is situated within the body as an anchor for some of the whale's organs. In short, any talk of whales with legs or vestigial walking structures is pure myth.
God created the whales, just as the Bible says. The great whales glorify God with their great majesty and power.
With the whales, dear Father, I glorify You for Your work of creation and for my salvation in Jesus Christ. Amen.
"The strange tale of the leg on the whale," Creation, 6 8/98, pp.10 13. Photo: North Atlantic right whales. (PD)
Psalm 148:7
"Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:"
Whales pose some interesting problems for those who believe that all living things slowly evolved to their present forms over millions of years. According to evolution, sea creatures gradually adapted to life on land because they could make a better living there. That's where mammals supposedly evolved. Then, for some unknown reason, some of those mammals - Darwin said it was the bear - decided to return to the sea. This required the mammal ancestors of the whale to lose their legs, readapt to locomotion in water, develop new vision abilities, and move its breathing nostrils to behind its brain.
As unlikely as all of this sounds, some evolutionists make one more amazing claim. They claim that some whales still have the vestigial bones of their pelvises or legs embedded in their bodies. Some have even claimed that certain whales have been seen that still had vestigial legs growing out of their bodies. However, no trace of these so-called "legs" can be found in any scientific literature. The small bone that some whales have is not a vestigial pelvis. It is not even attached to the backbone or any part of the skeleton but is situated within the body as an anchor for some of the whale's organs. In short, any talk of whales with legs or vestigial walking structures is pure myth.
God created the whales, just as the Bible says. The great whales glorify God with their great majesty and power.
With the whales, dear Father, I glorify You for Your work of creation and for my salvation in Jesus Christ. Amen.
"The strange tale of the leg on the whale," Creation, 6 8/98, pp.10 13. Photo: North Atlantic right whales. (PD)
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