DO AMERICANS STILL BELIEVE IN A CREATOR?
Matthew 9:38
"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."
Considering the decades of evolutionary indoctrination going on in schools and the media, you might think that most Americans no longer believe in a Creator. But that's not what a recent survey from LifeWay Research reveals.
In a phone survey of 1,000 adults, 72 percent of Americans overall and 46 percent of those who don't identify with any religion agree with the survey statement: "Since the universe has organization, I think there is a creator who designed it." This view is most strongly held by evangelicals and by older adults. And most respondents – 79 percent overall, and 43 percent of those with no religious affiliation – agreed with the statement: "The fact that we exist means someone created us."
According to Mary Jo Sharp, assistant professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, "The infinitesimal odds that life arose by blind chance is a formidable argument" for a creator.
Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research, said that the findings are newsworthy because the study shows that nonreligious people believe the same thing as Christians at a surprisingly high rate. Stetzer said, "This points to the possibility of a lot of conversations – if Christians would just have those conversations – telling people about the creator that they see in creation."
We couldn't agree more. Think of these Creation Moments as conversation starters to help you tell people that there is, indeed, a Creator. And then tell them that this same Creator entered His Creation and died on the cross so that their sins might be forgiven.
Heavenly Father, help me learn more from ministries like Creation Moments so I can talk to people about Your creation and about our wonderful Creator and Savior! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Cathy Grossman, "Religious or not, many Americans see a creator's hand," 10/8/15, Religion News Service. http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/07/religious-not-many-americans-see-creators-hand/.
Matthew 9:38
"Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest."
Considering the decades of evolutionary indoctrination going on in schools and the media, you might think that most Americans no longer believe in a Creator. But that's not what a recent survey from LifeWay Research reveals.
In a phone survey of 1,000 adults, 72 percent of Americans overall and 46 percent of those who don't identify with any religion agree with the survey statement: "Since the universe has organization, I think there is a creator who designed it." This view is most strongly held by evangelicals and by older adults. And most respondents – 79 percent overall, and 43 percent of those with no religious affiliation – agreed with the statement: "The fact that we exist means someone created us."
According to Mary Jo Sharp, assistant professor of apologetics at Houston Baptist University, "The infinitesimal odds that life arose by blind chance is a formidable argument" for a creator.
Ed Stetzer, executive director of LifeWay Research, said that the findings are newsworthy because the study shows that nonreligious people believe the same thing as Christians at a surprisingly high rate. Stetzer said, "This points to the possibility of a lot of conversations – if Christians would just have those conversations – telling people about the creator that they see in creation."
We couldn't agree more. Think of these Creation Moments as conversation starters to help you tell people that there is, indeed, a Creator. And then tell them that this same Creator entered His Creation and died on the cross so that their sins might be forgiven.
Heavenly Father, help me learn more from ministries like Creation Moments so I can talk to people about Your creation and about our wonderful Creator and Savior! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Cathy Grossman, "Religious or not, many Americans see a creator's hand," 10/8/15, Religion News Service. http://www.religionnews.com/2015/10/07/religious-not-many-americans-see-creators-hand/.
NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T!
Psalm 104:24
"O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches."
What tiny shrimp-like creature is a bright iridescent blue one moment and then – in the blink of an eye – invisible the next? It's the Sapphirina copepod, also known as the "sea sapphire." Though the sea sapphire is only about a tenth of an inch long, it is surely one of the most amazing creatures in God's creation.
As an article at the Deep Sea News website points out, "The secret to the sea sapphire's shine is in microscopic layers of crystal plates inside their cells. In the case of blue sea sapphires, these crystal layers are separated by only about four ten-thousandths of a millimeter, about the same distance as the wavelength of blue light."
Now here's where the creature's vanishing act comes into play. "When blue light bounces off these crystal layers, it is perfectly preserved and reflected. But for other colors of light, these small differences in distance interfere, causing the colors to cancel out."
And what happens when they cancel out? The creature vanishes! You really need to see this. If you go to the Creation Moments website and search on the term "sea sapphire," you can then click on a link that will take you to a video of the sea sapphire in action.
No one can deny that the sea sapphire's vanishing act doesn't rival what the most accomplished illusionists can do. Its unique abilities clearly point to a Creator who never ceases to amaze and delight us with His magnificent creatures!
Heavenly Father, only You could have given Your creatures so many amazing characteristics. It's silly to think for one moment that these marvelous creatures are the product of evolution. Amen.
R.R. Helm, "The Most Beautiful Animal You've Never Seen," Deep Sea News. Photo: Sapphirina. Courtesy of http://drista.ti-da.net. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex39GYeLQFk.
Psalm 104:24
"O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches."
What tiny shrimp-like creature is a bright iridescent blue one moment and then – in the blink of an eye – invisible the next? It's the Sapphirina copepod, also known as the "sea sapphire." Though the sea sapphire is only about a tenth of an inch long, it is surely one of the most amazing creatures in God's creation.
As an article at the Deep Sea News website points out, "The secret to the sea sapphire's shine is in microscopic layers of crystal plates inside their cells. In the case of blue sea sapphires, these crystal layers are separated by only about four ten-thousandths of a millimeter, about the same distance as the wavelength of blue light."
Now here's where the creature's vanishing act comes into play. "When blue light bounces off these crystal layers, it is perfectly preserved and reflected. But for other colors of light, these small differences in distance interfere, causing the colors to cancel out."
And what happens when they cancel out? The creature vanishes! You really need to see this. If you go to the Creation Moments website and search on the term "sea sapphire," you can then click on a link that will take you to a video of the sea sapphire in action.
No one can deny that the sea sapphire's vanishing act doesn't rival what the most accomplished illusionists can do. Its unique abilities clearly point to a Creator who never ceases to amaze and delight us with His magnificent creatures!
Heavenly Father, only You could have given Your creatures so many amazing characteristics. It's silly to think for one moment that these marvelous creatures are the product of evolution. Amen.
R.R. Helm, "The Most Beautiful Animal You've Never Seen," Deep Sea News. Photo: Sapphirina. Courtesy of http://drista.ti-da.net. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex39GYeLQFk.
SMITHSONIAN SCIENTIST SCOLDS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Psalm 7:11
"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."
Here at Creation Moments, we frequently get upset with the National Geographic Society for misleading their readers and viewers with stories supporting evolution. But when a scientist at the Smithsonian Institution writes a scorching letter to them to express his outrage, this is something that doesn't happen every day!
Let me quote from that letter, written in 1999 by Storrs Olson, who, at the time, was Curator of Birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Olson's letter begins: "The hype about feathered dinosaurs in the exhibit currently on display at the National Geographic Society makes the spurious claim that there is strong evidence that a wide variety of carnivorous dinosaurs had feathers. A model of the undisputed dinosaur Deinonychus and illustrations of baby tyrannosaurs are shown clad in feathers, all of which is simply imaginary and has no place outside of science fiction."
He continues: "The idea of feathered dinosaurs and the theropod origin of birds is being actively promulgated by a cadre of zealous scientists acting in concert with certain editors at Nature and National Geographic who themselves have become outspoken and highly biased proselytizers of the faith. Truth and careful scientific weighing of evidence have been among the first casualties in their program, which is now fast becoming one of the grander scientific hoaxes of our age."
Unfortunately, Olson's wise words fell on deaf ears. From 1999 to the present day, the National Geographic has never stopped peddling evolutionary science fiction as fact.
Heavenly Father, thank You for scientists who are not afraid to speak their mind when they see science fiction being presented as fact. Amen.
http://dml.cmnh.org/1999Nov/msg00263.html. Photo: Front cover of book published by the National Geographic Society.
Psalm 7:11
"God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."
Here at Creation Moments, we frequently get upset with the National Geographic Society for misleading their readers and viewers with stories supporting evolution. But when a scientist at the Smithsonian Institution writes a scorching letter to them to express his outrage, this is something that doesn't happen every day!
Let me quote from that letter, written in 1999 by Storrs Olson, who, at the time, was Curator of Birds at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Olson's letter begins: "The hype about feathered dinosaurs in the exhibit currently on display at the National Geographic Society makes the spurious claim that there is strong evidence that a wide variety of carnivorous dinosaurs had feathers. A model of the undisputed dinosaur Deinonychus and illustrations of baby tyrannosaurs are shown clad in feathers, all of which is simply imaginary and has no place outside of science fiction."
He continues: "The idea of feathered dinosaurs and the theropod origin of birds is being actively promulgated by a cadre of zealous scientists acting in concert with certain editors at Nature and National Geographic who themselves have become outspoken and highly biased proselytizers of the faith. Truth and careful scientific weighing of evidence have been among the first casualties in their program, which is now fast becoming one of the grander scientific hoaxes of our age."
Unfortunately, Olson's wise words fell on deaf ears. From 1999 to the present day, the National Geographic has never stopped peddling evolutionary science fiction as fact.
Heavenly Father, thank You for scientists who are not afraid to speak their mind when they see science fiction being presented as fact. Amen.
http://dml.cmnh.org/1999Nov/msg00263.html. Photo: Front cover of book published by the National Geographic Society.
CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHE!
2 Peter 3:10
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
On today's program, we bring you the end of the world. Well, not exactly. I'm going to present an alphabetical list of global catastrophes supposedly being caused by global warming. Never mind the fact that there has been absolutely no global warming for over 18 years.
Here's another fact. Carbon dioxide is an essential gas in our atmosphere. Without it, there would be no life on our planet. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen for us to breathe. However, carbon dioxide is now considered to be a pollutant by global-warming alarmists. Carbon-pollution, they call it.
Now, let's take a look at all the bad things in store for our planet because of "carbon pollution", shall we? I only have time today to begin the list … and I'll try to read it with a straight face.
According to so-called climate-change experts – and their friends in the media – we can thank global warming for an African holocaust, aggressive weeds, airport malaria, Al Qaeda being helped, allergy season will be longer, alligators will appear in the Thames, the Alps will melt, the Amazon will be turned into a desert, the American dream will end, anaphylactic reactions to bee stings will increase, Antarctic ice will grow, and Antarctic ice will shrink.
Though I don't have time today to complete the "A" list, I will close by mentioning that some climatologists even blame the crash of Air France flight 447 on global warming.
Heavenly Father, the Bible tells us that the world will someday be burned up. But it won't happen because of mankind's actions. It will be caused by You and will take place at just the right time. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Stories about all of these events can be found on the Internet. A long list with clickable links to many of the stories can be found at http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm. Photo: Air France flight 447.
2 Peter 3:10
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
On today's program, we bring you the end of the world. Well, not exactly. I'm going to present an alphabetical list of global catastrophes supposedly being caused by global warming. Never mind the fact that there has been absolutely no global warming for over 18 years.
Here's another fact. Carbon dioxide is an essential gas in our atmosphere. Without it, there would be no life on our planet. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen for us to breathe. However, carbon dioxide is now considered to be a pollutant by global-warming alarmists. Carbon-pollution, they call it.
Now, let's take a look at all the bad things in store for our planet because of "carbon pollution", shall we? I only have time today to begin the list … and I'll try to read it with a straight face.
According to so-called climate-change experts – and their friends in the media – we can thank global warming for an African holocaust, aggressive weeds, airport malaria, Al Qaeda being helped, allergy season will be longer, alligators will appear in the Thames, the Alps will melt, the Amazon will be turned into a desert, the American dream will end, anaphylactic reactions to bee stings will increase, Antarctic ice will grow, and Antarctic ice will shrink.
Though I don't have time today to complete the "A" list, I will close by mentioning that some climatologists even blame the crash of Air France flight 447 on global warming.
Heavenly Father, the Bible tells us that the world will someday be burned up. But it won't happen because of mankind's actions. It will be caused by You and will take place at just the right time. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Stories about all of these events can be found on the Internet. A long list with clickable links to many of the stories can be found at http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm. Photo: Air France flight 447.
ANCIENT BIRDS FLEW OVER DINOSAURS' HEADS
Genesis 1:21
"And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."
As the fierce T-Rex approaches its prey, the dinosaur is suddenly hit from above with something white that spatters on its upturned head. Yes, it's the same kind of bird droppings that you'll find all over your car when you park under the branches of a tree.
What's that again? Evolutionists have been telling us that modern-day birds evolved from dinosaurs. The two kinds of animals weren't around at the same time, they say. But now, a report tells us that one "ancient bird's intricate arrangement of the muscles and ligaments controlled the main feathers of its wings, supporting the notion that at least some of the most ancient birds performed aerodynamic feats in a fashion similar to those of many living birds."
Dr. Luis M. Chiappe, the investigation's senior scientist, said, "The anatomical match between the muscle network preserved in the fossil and those that characterize the wings of living birds strongly indicates that some of the earliest birds were capable of aerodynamic prowess like many present-day birds."
Of course, the research team didn't want people to end up thinking that birds haven't evolved over the past 125 million years, so they mentioned that the bones of the fossilized bird is "skeletally quite different from their modern counterparts." In addition, the press release was accompanied with an artist's rendition of the bird. To preserve the evolutionary story, the drawing shows a bird with an open beak filled with sharp teeth.
Heavenly Father, birds and dinosaurs were created just one day apart so they lived at the same time, just as You tell us in the Bible. Thank You for the scientific evidence that is now confirming this to be true. Amen.
"Tiny ancient fossil from Spain shows birds flew over the heads of dinosaurs," ScienceDaily, 10/6/15, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Guillermo Navalón, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Luis M. Chiappe, José Luis Sanz, Ãngela D. Buscalioni. "Soft-tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird: Implications for the evolution of avian flight." Scientific Reports, 2015; 5: 14864 DOI: 10.1038/srep14864. Illustration: Courtesy of Stephanie Abramowicz.
Genesis 1:21
"And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good."
As the fierce T-Rex approaches its prey, the dinosaur is suddenly hit from above with something white that spatters on its upturned head. Yes, it's the same kind of bird droppings that you'll find all over your car when you park under the branches of a tree.
What's that again? Evolutionists have been telling us that modern-day birds evolved from dinosaurs. The two kinds of animals weren't around at the same time, they say. But now, a report tells us that one "ancient bird's intricate arrangement of the muscles and ligaments controlled the main feathers of its wings, supporting the notion that at least some of the most ancient birds performed aerodynamic feats in a fashion similar to those of many living birds."
Dr. Luis M. Chiappe, the investigation's senior scientist, said, "The anatomical match between the muscle network preserved in the fossil and those that characterize the wings of living birds strongly indicates that some of the earliest birds were capable of aerodynamic prowess like many present-day birds."
Of course, the research team didn't want people to end up thinking that birds haven't evolved over the past 125 million years, so they mentioned that the bones of the fossilized bird is "skeletally quite different from their modern counterparts." In addition, the press release was accompanied with an artist's rendition of the bird. To preserve the evolutionary story, the drawing shows a bird with an open beak filled with sharp teeth.
Heavenly Father, birds and dinosaurs were created just one day apart so they lived at the same time, just as You tell us in the Bible. Thank You for the scientific evidence that is now confirming this to be true. Amen.
"Tiny ancient fossil from Spain shows birds flew over the heads of dinosaurs," ScienceDaily, 10/6/15, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Guillermo Navalón, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Luis M. Chiappe, José Luis Sanz, Ãngela D. Buscalioni. "Soft-tissue and dermal arrangement in the wing of an Early Cretaceous bird: Implications for the evolution of avian flight." Scientific Reports, 2015; 5: 14864 DOI: 10.1038/srep14864. Illustration: Courtesy of Stephanie Abramowicz.
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