CHICKEN OR EGG – WHICH CAME FIRST?
Genesis 1:22
"And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Well, I'm happy to report that this age-old dilemma has finally been solved. It was the chicken that came first – something that creationists have known all along. After all, the Bible tells us that God created every winged fowl and gave them the ability to reproduce after their kind.
Though atheistic evolutionists don't look for answers in the Bible, they have now come to the same conclusion as those of us who do take the Bible seriously. According to a news item in the U.K.'s DailyMail, "Researchers found that the formation of egg shells relies on a protein found only in a chicken's ovaries. Therefore, an egg can exist only if it has been inside a chicken."
The article adds that the OC-17 protein acts as a catalyst to speed up the development of the shell. This hard shell is essential to house the yolk and its protective fluids while the chick develops inside.
Professor John Harding, an evolutionist from Sheffield University's Department of Engineering Materials, predictably left God out of the picture when he said, "Nature has found innovative solutions that work for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology – we can learn a lot from them."
Professor Harding, the only reason why we find innovative solutions in nature for all kinds of problems is because nature itself reflects the creative genius of its Creator!
Heavenly Father, I pray that You will remind me of today's Creation Moment whenever the conversation I'm having turns to the question of which came first – the chicken or the egg? In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"They've cracked it at last! The chicken DID come before the egg," DailyMail, 7/14/10. Photo: Newly hatched chicks. Pixabay. (PD)
Genesis 1:22
"And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth."
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Well, I'm happy to report that this age-old dilemma has finally been solved. It was the chicken that came first – something that creationists have known all along. After all, the Bible tells us that God created every winged fowl and gave them the ability to reproduce after their kind.
Though atheistic evolutionists don't look for answers in the Bible, they have now come to the same conclusion as those of us who do take the Bible seriously. According to a news item in the U.K.'s DailyMail, "Researchers found that the formation of egg shells relies on a protein found only in a chicken's ovaries. Therefore, an egg can exist only if it has been inside a chicken."
The article adds that the OC-17 protein acts as a catalyst to speed up the development of the shell. This hard shell is essential to house the yolk and its protective fluids while the chick develops inside.
Professor John Harding, an evolutionist from Sheffield University's Department of Engineering Materials, predictably left God out of the picture when he said, "Nature has found innovative solutions that work for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology – we can learn a lot from them."
Professor Harding, the only reason why we find innovative solutions in nature for all kinds of problems is because nature itself reflects the creative genius of its Creator!
Heavenly Father, I pray that You will remind me of today's Creation Moment whenever the conversation I'm having turns to the question of which came first – the chicken or the egg? In Jesus' Name. Amen.
"They've cracked it at last! The chicken DID come before the egg," DailyMail, 7/14/10. Photo: Newly hatched chicks. Pixabay. (PD)
MEET KING KONG'S OPPOSITE!
1 Samuel 17:45
"Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."
Probably one of my all-time-favorite movies is King Kong. I'm talking about the original black-and-white film made in 1933 and starring Faye Wray. But, of course, the real star of the movie was the "eighth wonder of the world" – the enormous and powerful King Kong.
Today, however, we'll be talking about a creature that's the exact opposite of the mighty Kong in three ways. First of all, it is a real creature that can be found all over the western Amazon Basin as well as in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Secondly, the creature is not an ape like the overgrown gorilla King Kong. It has a tail and is a true monkey.
And third, this creature – the pygmy marmoset – is the world's smallest monkey. Indeed, it is one of the world's smallest primates. When this creature is fully grown, its full body length – not counting its tail – is less than six inches.
Their Creator gave these tiny creatures everything they need to flourish, including special incisors to bite into trees and vines to eat the sap that comes out, and an even sharper intellect.
Like the pygmy marmoset, you might think of yourself as small and insignificant compared to others. But just as our Creator used a small boy to defeat a powerful giant with only a slingshot and a stone, so, too, can God use you to accomplish great things in the power of His might!
Heavenly Father, I know that You have used both the great and the small to accomplish great things. Lord, I pray that You will use me in whatever way You see fit. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Wikipedia entry on the pygmy marmoset. Photo: Adult pygmy marmoset. Courtesy of Dan Faulkner. Flickr. (CC BY SA 2.0)
1 Samuel 17:45
"Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied."
Probably one of my all-time-favorite movies is King Kong. I'm talking about the original black-and-white film made in 1933 and starring Faye Wray. But, of course, the real star of the movie was the "eighth wonder of the world" – the enormous and powerful King Kong.
Today, however, we'll be talking about a creature that's the exact opposite of the mighty Kong in three ways. First of all, it is a real creature that can be found all over the western Amazon Basin as well as in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Secondly, the creature is not an ape like the overgrown gorilla King Kong. It has a tail and is a true monkey.
And third, this creature – the pygmy marmoset – is the world's smallest monkey. Indeed, it is one of the world's smallest primates. When this creature is fully grown, its full body length – not counting its tail – is less than six inches.
Their Creator gave these tiny creatures everything they need to flourish, including special incisors to bite into trees and vines to eat the sap that comes out, and an even sharper intellect.
Like the pygmy marmoset, you might think of yourself as small and insignificant compared to others. But just as our Creator used a small boy to defeat a powerful giant with only a slingshot and a stone, so, too, can God use you to accomplish great things in the power of His might!
Heavenly Father, I know that You have used both the great and the small to accomplish great things. Lord, I pray that You will use me in whatever way You see fit. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Wikipedia entry on the pygmy marmoset. Photo: Adult pygmy marmoset. Courtesy of Dan Faulkner. Flickr. (CC BY SA 2.0)
LOOKING FOR LIFE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
Jeremiah 29:13
"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
Several years ago I read a short story about three friends sitting around a campfire discussing whether life on other planets would ever be found. Two of them believe in life on other planets, but one disagrees. He insists that God created life on their planet alone. As the conversation continues, one of them sees that the fire is dying out, so he stirs the smoldering embers with a stick he is holding in his third green tentacle!
Yes, I enjoy science-fiction stories! But as a creationist and Bible-believing Christian, I have my feet planted solidly on God's Word. Since the Bible does not teach that extraterrestrial life exists, neither do I.
Nevertheless, NASA recently announced they will be launching new space telescopes to look for planets capable of supporting life. According to ScienceNews, the first to be launched is NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. The second is the James Webb Space Telescope.
"With their powers combined," ScienceNews said, "TESS and James Webb could identify nearby planets that are good candidates for life. These worlds will probably be quite different from Earth – they'll be a bit larger and orbit faint, red suns – but some researchers hope that a few will offer hints of alien biology. "
Creation Moments predicts they won't find what they are looking for. If scientists would only turn to searching for the Creator of life, they would find Him for sure!
Heavenly Father, I earnestly await the day when Your Son returns to the planet where He laid down His life on the cross as a sacrifice for my sins. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Christopher Crockett, "New telescopes will search for signs of life on distant planets," ScienceNews, 4/19/16. "The Campfire," unpublished short story by Steven J. Schwartz. Image: Artist's conception of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Courtesy of NASA. (PD)
Jeremiah 29:13
"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
Several years ago I read a short story about three friends sitting around a campfire discussing whether life on other planets would ever be found. Two of them believe in life on other planets, but one disagrees. He insists that God created life on their planet alone. As the conversation continues, one of them sees that the fire is dying out, so he stirs the smoldering embers with a stick he is holding in his third green tentacle!
Yes, I enjoy science-fiction stories! But as a creationist and Bible-believing Christian, I have my feet planted solidly on God's Word. Since the Bible does not teach that extraterrestrial life exists, neither do I.
Nevertheless, NASA recently announced they will be launching new space telescopes to look for planets capable of supporting life. According to ScienceNews, the first to be launched is NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. The second is the James Webb Space Telescope.
"With their powers combined," ScienceNews said, "TESS and James Webb could identify nearby planets that are good candidates for life. These worlds will probably be quite different from Earth – they'll be a bit larger and orbit faint, red suns – but some researchers hope that a few will offer hints of alien biology. "
Creation Moments predicts they won't find what they are looking for. If scientists would only turn to searching for the Creator of life, they would find Him for sure!
Heavenly Father, I earnestly await the day when Your Son returns to the planet where He laid down His life on the cross as a sacrifice for my sins. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Christopher Crockett, "New telescopes will search for signs of life on distant planets," ScienceNews, 4/19/16. "The Campfire," unpublished short story by Steven J. Schwartz. Image: Artist's conception of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. Courtesy of NASA. (PD)
TOPSY-TURVY, LEFTY-RIGHTY
Matthew 7:5
"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
You probably remember being taught that the lenses in your eyes turn everything you see upside down on your retina. Your brain then turns these upside-down images right side up, and all is well with the world. But wait until you hear this!
Not only are the images on your retina upside down, they are also inverted from left to right. As scientist and engineer Werner Gitt tells us in his book The Wonder of Man, "Each half of the observer's brain receives information from only one half of the image…. The left side of the brain only observes the left half of the image" – which, I might add, is really the right half of what you are looking at.
But your brain needs to do something even more incredible than sort these images out. According to Dr. Gitt, the images are also distorted "because the region around … the fovea, where we see best … forms an image that is ten times as large as that of the peripheral area." So your brain not only turns each half the right way up, it also needs to remove the distortion. And it performs this task beautifully! Plus, the left and right images are fused together seamlessly and without any trace of a joint!
Though evolutionists get a kick out of criticizing God for His supposedly poor design of the human eye, it is actually evolutionists who aren't seeing straight!
Oh Lord, how can evolutionists who don't even believe You exist criticize You for what they claim to be poor design of the eye? They should really be thanking You for blessing them with the gift of sight! Amen.
Dr. Werner Gitt, The Wonder of Man, p. 17 (Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung e.V., 2nd English edition, 2003). Illustration: This image schematically represents optic pathways from each of the four quadrants of view for both eyes simultaneously. Courtesy of Ratznium. (CC BY 2.5)
Matthew 7:5
"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
You probably remember being taught that the lenses in your eyes turn everything you see upside down on your retina. Your brain then turns these upside-down images right side up, and all is well with the world. But wait until you hear this!
Not only are the images on your retina upside down, they are also inverted from left to right. As scientist and engineer Werner Gitt tells us in his book The Wonder of Man, "Each half of the observer's brain receives information from only one half of the image…. The left side of the brain only observes the left half of the image" – which, I might add, is really the right half of what you are looking at.
But your brain needs to do something even more incredible than sort these images out. According to Dr. Gitt, the images are also distorted "because the region around … the fovea, where we see best … forms an image that is ten times as large as that of the peripheral area." So your brain not only turns each half the right way up, it also needs to remove the distortion. And it performs this task beautifully! Plus, the left and right images are fused together seamlessly and without any trace of a joint!
Though evolutionists get a kick out of criticizing God for His supposedly poor design of the human eye, it is actually evolutionists who aren't seeing straight!
Oh Lord, how can evolutionists who don't even believe You exist criticize You for what they claim to be poor design of the eye? They should really be thanking You for blessing them with the gift of sight! Amen.
Dr. Werner Gitt, The Wonder of Man, p. 17 (Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung e.V., 2nd English edition, 2003). Illustration: This image schematically represents optic pathways from each of the four quadrants of view for both eyes simultaneously. Courtesy of Ratznium. (CC BY 2.5)
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