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)
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.
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.
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)
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.
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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