WERE YOU ONCE A FISH?
Romans 1:25
"Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
In 1866, a German scientist and strong supporter of Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, got into trouble for faking evidence. He supposedly showed that developing embryos go through the earlier evolutionary stages of their species. The scientific community investigated his so called discovery and found that he had faked his drawings. Unfortunately, some textbooks today - well over a century later - still present this faked evidence in support of evolution.
As a result, many people today still believe this false scientific theory. One of the most widely used "evidences" used to support this idea today is the claim that the developing human fetus has "gill slits" at one point in its development. In fact, a United States ambassador used this argument in support of abortion in an issue of National Review.
The truth is, the developing fetus has folds of skin around its neck that contain the developing organs found in the neck. These folds have nothing in common with gills. While no scientist today accepts this theory - and it is even refuted in most encyclopedias - it can still be found in textbooks used by high school students! Why? It would seem that few scientists have the courage to challenge this idea they know is wrong because it might make them appear to oppose evolution! But even worse is that this anti scientific idea continues to be used as a "scientific" justification for abortion.
Yes, it's true. The wrong view on origins can result in some disastrous "science" as well as human suffering!
Heavenly Father, it is especially easy, even for Your people, to fall into an inadvertent worship of the creation in place of the Creator in our materialistic age. Help me root this sin out of my life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Genuine gill slits on a grey reef shark. Courtesy of Shinji. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Romans 1:25
"Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."
In 1866, a German scientist and strong supporter of Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, got into trouble for faking evidence. He supposedly showed that developing embryos go through the earlier evolutionary stages of their species. The scientific community investigated his so called discovery and found that he had faked his drawings. Unfortunately, some textbooks today - well over a century later - still present this faked evidence in support of evolution.
As a result, many people today still believe this false scientific theory. One of the most widely used "evidences" used to support this idea today is the claim that the developing human fetus has "gill slits" at one point in its development. In fact, a United States ambassador used this argument in support of abortion in an issue of National Review.
The truth is, the developing fetus has folds of skin around its neck that contain the developing organs found in the neck. These folds have nothing in common with gills. While no scientist today accepts this theory - and it is even refuted in most encyclopedias - it can still be found in textbooks used by high school students! Why? It would seem that few scientists have the courage to challenge this idea they know is wrong because it might make them appear to oppose evolution! But even worse is that this anti scientific idea continues to be used as a "scientific" justification for abortion.
Yes, it's true. The wrong view on origins can result in some disastrous "science" as well as human suffering!
Heavenly Father, it is especially easy, even for Your people, to fall into an inadvertent worship of the creation in place of the Creator in our materialistic age. Help me root this sin out of my life. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Genuine gill slits on a grey reef shark. Courtesy of Shinji. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
CAVE MYSTERIES
2 Samuel 22:31
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him."
Have you ever been in a cave? If you have, perhaps someone has told you that the rock formations hanging from the ceiling - called stalactites - are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. Scientists tell us that stalactites take 100 years, on the average, to grow one inch. But just how accurate is this figure?
Stalactites grow where water seeps through limestone rock, dissolving limestone in the process. When this water, containing dissolved limestone, emerges from the roof of a cave, it hangs for a moment. In a current of air, some of it evaporates, causing the limestone to deposit. Finally, the remaining water drops to the floor of the cave and continues to evaporate and deposit. The deposit on the floor is called a stalagmite.
A concrete railroad bridge in Wooster, Ohio had a stalactite growing under it that was over 12 inches long! Had the railroad bridge been standing for more than 1,200 years? Obviously not - in fact, the bridge had been cleaned of stalactites only 12 years before! Nor is this situation unusual. More than 300 stalactites were counted growing under bridges in just this one city, and stalactites are not hard to find under concrete bridges in most cities.
We take so many things at face value that evolutionists tell us about the world, even if they contradict the Bible. Before we start taking human words on faith, we should take at face value what the Creator says in the Bible. He knows more than all scientists put together and is to be trusted above any human teacher!
Lord, men find so much to be afraid of, and I confess that I, too, fear too much. Yet, mankind runs away from You, the One Who could calm all their fears. Help me to see that when I am afraid I am running too. Forgive me, and let my trust in You for all things become stronger. Amen.
Photo: Concrete stalactites. Courtesy of Nikola Smolenski. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Serbia license.
2 Samuel 22:31
"As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him."
Have you ever been in a cave? If you have, perhaps someone has told you that the rock formations hanging from the ceiling - called stalactites - are thousands or even tens of thousands of years old. Scientists tell us that stalactites take 100 years, on the average, to grow one inch. But just how accurate is this figure?
Stalactites grow where water seeps through limestone rock, dissolving limestone in the process. When this water, containing dissolved limestone, emerges from the roof of a cave, it hangs for a moment. In a current of air, some of it evaporates, causing the limestone to deposit. Finally, the remaining water drops to the floor of the cave and continues to evaporate and deposit. The deposit on the floor is called a stalagmite.
A concrete railroad bridge in Wooster, Ohio had a stalactite growing under it that was over 12 inches long! Had the railroad bridge been standing for more than 1,200 years? Obviously not - in fact, the bridge had been cleaned of stalactites only 12 years before! Nor is this situation unusual. More than 300 stalactites were counted growing under bridges in just this one city, and stalactites are not hard to find under concrete bridges in most cities.
We take so many things at face value that evolutionists tell us about the world, even if they contradict the Bible. Before we start taking human words on faith, we should take at face value what the Creator says in the Bible. He knows more than all scientists put together and is to be trusted above any human teacher!
Lord, men find so much to be afraid of, and I confess that I, too, fear too much. Yet, mankind runs away from You, the One Who could calm all their fears. Help me to see that when I am afraid I am running too. Forgive me, and let my trust in You for all things become stronger. Amen.
Photo: Concrete stalactites. Courtesy of Nikola Smolenski. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Serbia license.
HOW DEEP IS THE MOON'S DUST?
Genesis 1:16
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years old?
All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it, it probably hasn't been cleaned in a long time. If something has very little dust on it, it may have just been cleaned - or it might be brand new. Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner, if our moon doesn't have much dust on it, it must be fairly new.
Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible. By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space, and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon. Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old, they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon - so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again. For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust.
But we all know what happened - there wasn't even enough dust to plant the American flag. The flagpole had to be supported with rocks! This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find, since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years!
Father, I thank You for the beauty of the sky, especially the moon, which dominates the night sky. Here I see Your power in the many objects You have created. Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live, and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Diagram: Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust.
Genesis 1:16
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Did you know that the actual dust on the surface of the moon is thousands of times less than expected by those who think the Earth is billions of years old?
All of us know that if something has a lot of dust on it, it probably hasn't been cleaned in a long time. If something has very little dust on it, it may have just been cleaned - or it might be brand new. Since there is no such thing as a moon cleaner, if our moon doesn't have much dust on it, it must be fairly new.
Before American astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, space scientists were worried that a moon landing would be impossible. By that time scientists knew how much dust there was in space, and they knew how fast this dust would accumulate on the moon. Since they figured that the moon was more than 3 billion years old, they reckoned that there could be as much as 150 feet of soft dust on the moon - so deep and so soft that a manned lander might sink into the dust and never be heard from again. For this reason they designed the lunar lander with large pads to support the machine on the soft dust.
But we all know what happened - there wasn't even enough dust to plant the American flag. The flagpole had to be supported with rocks! This is exactly what creation scientists told them they would find, since the moon has been accumulating dust for only a few thousand years and not billions or even trillions of years!
Father, I thank You for the beauty of the sky, especially the moon, which dominates the night sky. Here I see Your power in the many objects You have created. Help them to remind me that this Earth is not the only world where I shall live, and as a result seek Your Word in Scripture that I might be better prepared for the new heavens and Earth. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Diagram: Note the landing pods at the bottom of the lunar lander to keep it from sinking into lunar dust.
SCIENTIFIC DATING
Psalm 10:4-5
"The wicked, through the pride of his proud countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgements are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them."
The subject of scientific dating has to do with scientific methods used to try to figure out how old the Earth is. However, you should know that what evolutionary scientists aren't telling you about their methods changes the whole picture!
You see, there are over 100 different methods that may be used to date the Earth or the universe. For example, if we measure the amount of dissolved aluminum in the oceans and then measure the rate at which aluminum is being carried into the oceans by the world's rivers, we can scientifically "prove" that the Earth is not more than 100 years old! Now, that "scientific" finding is silly. The truth is, there are half a dozen scientific methods for dating the age of the Earth that "prove" that it is 1,000 years old or less. Fewer than a dozen methods show that the Earth is over 1 billion years old!
When mathematicians encounter such a wide range of results, especially when some of the results at the extremes of the range are clearly wrong, they begin to eliminate equal numbers of results at both ends of the extreme. If we do that with the results of modern scientific methods, no method would be left that shows the Earth to be much more than 100 million years.
The most amazing things is that fully 15 percent of all the dating methods cluster around an age for the Earth of between 6,000 and 10,000 years. So the scientific evidence, fairly considered, fits in very nicely with the age for the Earth of around 6,000 years that is found in the Bible.
Heavenly Father, You have seen man, throughout his history, deciding to follow those explanations which take him farther from You. I am so thankful that Your grace through Jesus Christ has found me. Amen.
Photo: Does the rate of aluminum flowing into the oceans tell us the Earth is less than 100 years old? Courtesy of Tiago Fioreze. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Psalm 10:4-5
"The wicked, through the pride of his proud countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgements are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them."
The subject of scientific dating has to do with scientific methods used to try to figure out how old the Earth is. However, you should know that what evolutionary scientists aren't telling you about their methods changes the whole picture!
You see, there are over 100 different methods that may be used to date the Earth or the universe. For example, if we measure the amount of dissolved aluminum in the oceans and then measure the rate at which aluminum is being carried into the oceans by the world's rivers, we can scientifically "prove" that the Earth is not more than 100 years old! Now, that "scientific" finding is silly. The truth is, there are half a dozen scientific methods for dating the age of the Earth that "prove" that it is 1,000 years old or less. Fewer than a dozen methods show that the Earth is over 1 billion years old!
When mathematicians encounter such a wide range of results, especially when some of the results at the extremes of the range are clearly wrong, they begin to eliminate equal numbers of results at both ends of the extreme. If we do that with the results of modern scientific methods, no method would be left that shows the Earth to be much more than 100 million years.
The most amazing things is that fully 15 percent of all the dating methods cluster around an age for the Earth of between 6,000 and 10,000 years. So the scientific evidence, fairly considered, fits in very nicely with the age for the Earth of around 6,000 years that is found in the Bible.
Heavenly Father, You have seen man, throughout his history, deciding to follow those explanations which take him farther from You. I am so thankful that Your grace through Jesus Christ has found me. Amen.
Photo: Does the rate of aluminum flowing into the oceans tell us the Earth is less than 100 years old? Courtesy of Tiago Fioreze. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
HOW OLD DOES THE BIBLE SAY THE EARTH IS?
Genesis 5:3-5
"And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."
We have all heard or read about a scientist from some university declaring that a certain rock or fossil is millions of years old. But what do these pronouncements do to the Bible's history that begins with creation? Has modern science proven that the Bible's history is inaccurate?
Nowhere in the Bible do we find an exact statement that says precisely how many years old the Earth is. However, the Bible is filled with statements that, if added together, can give us a fairly accurate age for the Earth. You see, in ancient times people did not receive pretty picture calendars from the local bank. Their calendars were much different from ours today - but they were very accurate. These calendars are recorded in the Bible.
Many people find little use for the lists in Scripture that say so and so begat so and so, who begat so and so when he was 70 years old. But these are not lists. They are the ancient calendars, preserved for us today in the Bible by God. Even the Chinese preserve their calendar by genealogies. If we chain all the "begats" together and add up the results, we find that the Earth cannot be much more than 6,000 years old. Even if there might be a few gaps between some of the "begats" (which seems unlikely), the Earth still cannot be much more than 7,000 years old.
There are actually more scientific dating methods that support this young age for the Earth than support the most ancient ages. The Bible's history stands unchallenged by modern science!
Dear Father, I thank You that Your Word is trustworthy. Forgive me when I begin to think that our modern age has more truth than previous ages, and especially more than Your Word. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Courtesy of Visitor7. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Genesis 5:3-5
"And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died."
We have all heard or read about a scientist from some university declaring that a certain rock or fossil is millions of years old. But what do these pronouncements do to the Bible's history that begins with creation? Has modern science proven that the Bible's history is inaccurate?
Nowhere in the Bible do we find an exact statement that says precisely how many years old the Earth is. However, the Bible is filled with statements that, if added together, can give us a fairly accurate age for the Earth. You see, in ancient times people did not receive pretty picture calendars from the local bank. Their calendars were much different from ours today - but they were very accurate. These calendars are recorded in the Bible.
Many people find little use for the lists in Scripture that say so and so begat so and so, who begat so and so when he was 70 years old. But these are not lists. They are the ancient calendars, preserved for us today in the Bible by God. Even the Chinese preserve their calendar by genealogies. If we chain all the "begats" together and add up the results, we find that the Earth cannot be much more than 6,000 years old. Even if there might be a few gaps between some of the "begats" (which seems unlikely), the Earth still cannot be much more than 7,000 years old.
There are actually more scientific dating methods that support this young age for the Earth than support the most ancient ages. The Bible's history stands unchallenged by modern science!
Dear Father, I thank You that Your Word is trustworthy. Forgive me when I begin to think that our modern age has more truth than previous ages, and especially more than Your Word. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Courtesy of Visitor7. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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