HAS EVOLUTION PRODUCED ANYTHING OF PRACTICAL VALUE?
Job 38:4
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
Many of our listeners are familiar with the name of Dr. Don Batten. This plant scientist and creationist is the author of countless books and articles as well as booklets on science topics that Creation Moments has distributed over the years. Recently we came across an interview where Dr. Batten was asked to respond to the claim being made by evolutionists that science would be impossible without evolution.
Listen closely to what he said: "I don't know anything of practical value in science that has come out of evolutionary thinking. In fact," he added, "evolutionary daydreaming has given rise to many dead ends." As an example, he mentioned "the inappropriate treatment of back pain – trying to make our backs more like those of our supposed ape ancestors – which," he added, "actually makes back problems worse."
But Dr. Batten wasn't finished: "Then there are the false notions that some organs are useless leftovers of evolution, or that DNA that we don't understand is 'junk'. Such ideas," he said, "impede scientific progress, as they influence scientists not to bother investigating their function."
He also mentioned the many frauds committed in the name of evolution – like Haeckel's embryo drawings, Piltdown Man and the feathered dinosaur Archaeoraptor. All of these and many more hoaxes have stood squarely in the way of scientific progress.
So, young people, if you love science, do what Dr. Batten has done – become a creation scientist and accomplish great things!
Heavenly Father, though I know that science has become hostile to people of faith, I pray that You will make a way for young people to serve You as creation scientists. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"Harvesting Real Fruit," Busting Myths: 30 Ph.D. scientists who believe the Bible and its account of origins, edited by Jonathan Sarfati and Gary Bates, p. 64 (Creation Book Publishers, 2015). For more information about Dr. Batten's scientific credentials and list of his published articles and books: http://creation.com/dr-don-batten-cv. Photo: Don Batten, courtesy of Creation Ministries International. (Fair Use)
Job 38:4
"Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding."
Many of our listeners are familiar with the name of Dr. Don Batten. This plant scientist and creationist is the author of countless books and articles as well as booklets on science topics that Creation Moments has distributed over the years. Recently we came across an interview where Dr. Batten was asked to respond to the claim being made by evolutionists that science would be impossible without evolution.
Listen closely to what he said: "I don't know anything of practical value in science that has come out of evolutionary thinking. In fact," he added, "evolutionary daydreaming has given rise to many dead ends." As an example, he mentioned "the inappropriate treatment of back pain – trying to make our backs more like those of our supposed ape ancestors – which," he added, "actually makes back problems worse."
But Dr. Batten wasn't finished: "Then there are the false notions that some organs are useless leftovers of evolution, or that DNA that we don't understand is 'junk'. Such ideas," he said, "impede scientific progress, as they influence scientists not to bother investigating their function."
He also mentioned the many frauds committed in the name of evolution – like Haeckel's embryo drawings, Piltdown Man and the feathered dinosaur Archaeoraptor. All of these and many more hoaxes have stood squarely in the way of scientific progress.
So, young people, if you love science, do what Dr. Batten has done – become a creation scientist and accomplish great things!
Heavenly Father, though I know that science has become hostile to people of faith, I pray that You will make a way for young people to serve You as creation scientists. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"Harvesting Real Fruit," Busting Myths: 30 Ph.D. scientists who believe the Bible and its account of origins, edited by Jonathan Sarfati and Gary Bates, p. 64 (Creation Book Publishers, 2015). For more information about Dr. Batten's scientific credentials and list of his published articles and books: http://creation.com/dr-don-batten-cv. Photo: Don Batten, courtesy of Creation Ministries International. (Fair Use)
FROM EARTH TO MARS IN THREE DAYS
1 Corinthians 15:52
"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Even if you haven't seen the movie The Martian, you know it takes several months for a spacecraft from Earth to reach the red planet. But if NASA has anything to say about it, that trip might someday take only a matter of days.
Dr. Philip Lubin, physics professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests using a technology called photonic propulsion. He thinks it could reduce the travel time from Earth to Mars to just three days for a spacecraft weighing 220 pounds.
If you're like me, you're probably thinking this is the sort of thing you would expect to find in science-fiction films. But scientists at NASA are dead serious about Directed Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration – or DEEP IN for short. According to an article at Universe Today, "Directed Energy Propulsion differs from rocket technology in a fundamental way: the propulsion system stays at home, and the craft doesn't carry any fuel or propellant. Instead, the craft would carry a system of reflectors, which would be struck with an aimed stream of photons, propelling the craft forward."
The article continues, "And if that's not tantalizing enough, the system can also be used … to detect other technological civilizations."
But of course! Hasn't this been one of NASA's primary missions for many years now? NASA wants to find other civilizations to show that the Earth is not the unique planet God created it to be. Now, that is science-fiction!
Heavenly Father, I can't wait for the day to arrive when I will be raised incorruptible in the twinkling of an eye – at the speed of light! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
E. Gough, "NASA thinks there's a way to get to Mars in three days," Universe Today, 2/24/16. http://phys.org/news/2016-02-nasa-mars-days.html. Photo: Curiosity's self-portrait on the planet Mars. Courtesy of NASA. (PD)
1 Corinthians 15:52
"In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Even if you haven't seen the movie The Martian, you know it takes several months for a spacecraft from Earth to reach the red planet. But if NASA has anything to say about it, that trip might someday take only a matter of days.
Dr. Philip Lubin, physics professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests using a technology called photonic propulsion. He thinks it could reduce the travel time from Earth to Mars to just three days for a spacecraft weighing 220 pounds.
If you're like me, you're probably thinking this is the sort of thing you would expect to find in science-fiction films. But scientists at NASA are dead serious about Directed Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration – or DEEP IN for short. According to an article at Universe Today, "Directed Energy Propulsion differs from rocket technology in a fundamental way: the propulsion system stays at home, and the craft doesn't carry any fuel or propellant. Instead, the craft would carry a system of reflectors, which would be struck with an aimed stream of photons, propelling the craft forward."
The article continues, "And if that's not tantalizing enough, the system can also be used … to detect other technological civilizations."
But of course! Hasn't this been one of NASA's primary missions for many years now? NASA wants to find other civilizations to show that the Earth is not the unique planet God created it to be. Now, that is science-fiction!
Heavenly Father, I can't wait for the day to arrive when I will be raised incorruptible in the twinkling of an eye – at the speed of light! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
E. Gough, "NASA thinks there's a way to get to Mars in three days," Universe Today, 2/24/16. http://phys.org/news/2016-02-nasa-mars-days.html. Photo: Curiosity's self-portrait on the planet Mars. Courtesy of NASA. (PD)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING ZOMBIE ANT!
Romans 7:25b
"So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."
Zombies are all the rage today in movies and television series. On today's broadcast, however, we will be looking at a real-life zombie, produced not by Hollywood but by a fungus. The Ophiocordyceps fungus literally turns carpenter ants into zombie slaves.
By chemically manipulating the ant's brain, the fungus causes the ant to leave the colony's comfortable nest in the tree canopy and move to the underbrush closer to the ground. Penn State entomologist David Hughes explains that "infected ants behave as zombies and display … behaviors of random rather than directional walking." By walking in such an erratic manner, the fungus prevents the ant from climbing back to the canopy.
According to writer Chad Meeks, "the fungus keeps the ant wandering about 10 inches above the forest floor – and then, right at solar noon, the ant bites as hard as it can into a leaf" – something these ants would never dream of doing. "Then the ant locks its jaw and dies there." Two or three days later, "a stalk erupts from the dead ant's head. It soon begins shooting out new fungal spores, which will be picked up by more carpenter ants. And the cycle begins again."
The sin nature that corrupts and controls us comes not from a fungus but from the first Adam. Thankfully, though, the last Adam – Jesus Christ – died on the cross to free us from the control and the curse of sin.
Heavenly Father, forgive me for letting my sin nature draw me away from You and Your ways. Help me to hate sin as much as You do! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"I Want to Be a Zombie Ant", Chad Meeks, adjunct professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The Behemoth, published by the editors of Christianity Today, 11/12/15. Photo: Zombie ant fungus. Courtesy of David Hughes and Penn State. Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Romans 7:25b
"So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."
Zombies are all the rage today in movies and television series. On today's broadcast, however, we will be looking at a real-life zombie, produced not by Hollywood but by a fungus. The Ophiocordyceps fungus literally turns carpenter ants into zombie slaves.
By chemically manipulating the ant's brain, the fungus causes the ant to leave the colony's comfortable nest in the tree canopy and move to the underbrush closer to the ground. Penn State entomologist David Hughes explains that "infected ants behave as zombies and display … behaviors of random rather than directional walking." By walking in such an erratic manner, the fungus prevents the ant from climbing back to the canopy.
According to writer Chad Meeks, "the fungus keeps the ant wandering about 10 inches above the forest floor – and then, right at solar noon, the ant bites as hard as it can into a leaf" – something these ants would never dream of doing. "Then the ant locks its jaw and dies there." Two or three days later, "a stalk erupts from the dead ant's head. It soon begins shooting out new fungal spores, which will be picked up by more carpenter ants. And the cycle begins again."
The sin nature that corrupts and controls us comes not from a fungus but from the first Adam. Thankfully, though, the last Adam – Jesus Christ – died on the cross to free us from the control and the curse of sin.
Heavenly Father, forgive me for letting my sin nature draw me away from You and Your ways. Help me to hate sin as much as You do! In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"I Want to Be a Zombie Ant", Chad Meeks, adjunct professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The Behemoth, published by the editors of Christianity Today, 11/12/15. Photo: Zombie ant fungus. Courtesy of David Hughes and Penn State. Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE
Genesis 8:22
"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
I'm sure you remember the fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks tries to eat papa bear's porridge but finds it too hot. So she turns to a second bowl, and it's too cold. Finally she discovers a third bowl of porridge and finds it to be just right, so she eats it all up.
Since the 1970s, astronomers have described our own planet as being situated in what they call a cosmic Goldilocks Zone that is just right for life to exist. It is neither too hot nor too cold, neither too far away from the sun nor too close. Years ago, however, NASA noted that the Goldilocks Zone is much larger than they ever expected.
"Scientists have found microbes in nuclear reactors, microbes that love acid, [and] microbes that swim in boiling-hot water," wrote NASA. They also observed, "Whole ecosystems have been discovered around deep sea vents where sunlight never reaches and the emerging vent-water is hot enough to melt lead."
But now, scientists are once again rethinking their position. Nature magazine reported that "tidal heating shrinks the 'goldilocks zone' and concluded that this "overlooked factor suggests fewer habitable planets than thought."
With each new discovery in recent years, the size of the Goldilocks Zone is shrinking. Perhaps one day scientists will realize that only one planet in the universe occupies the Goldilocks Zone … the planet we call home!
Heavenly Father, thank You for placing the Earth in the exact spot of the universe which is suitable for life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Genesis 8:22
"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."
I'm sure you remember the fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Goldilocks tries to eat papa bear's porridge but finds it too hot. So she turns to a second bowl, and it's too cold. Finally she discovers a third bowl of porridge and finds it to be just right, so she eats it all up.
Since the 1970s, astronomers have described our own planet as being situated in what they call a cosmic Goldilocks Zone that is just right for life to exist. It is neither too hot nor too cold, neither too far away from the sun nor too close. Years ago, however, NASA noted that the Goldilocks Zone is much larger than they ever expected.
"Scientists have found microbes in nuclear reactors, microbes that love acid, [and] microbes that swim in boiling-hot water," wrote NASA. They also observed, "Whole ecosystems have been discovered around deep sea vents where sunlight never reaches and the emerging vent-water is hot enough to melt lead."
But now, scientists are once again rethinking their position. Nature magazine reported that "tidal heating shrinks the 'goldilocks zone' and concluded that this "overlooked factor suggests fewer habitable planets than thought."
With each new discovery in recent years, the size of the Goldilocks Zone is shrinking. Perhaps one day scientists will realize that only one planet in the universe occupies the Goldilocks Zone … the planet we call home!
Heavenly Father, thank You for placing the Earth in the exact spot of the universe which is suitable for life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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