My favorite contemporary scientist for years has been Dr. Robert Gentry. He went into the presence of the Lord in January. I respect him greatly because of the personal sacrifices he made to follow where the scientific evidence led him.
Now, among living scientists, I would have to put Dr. James Tour as my favorite. His resume far exceeds that of Dr. Gentry which in no way lessens the greatness of Mr. Gentry in my mind.
This is a very interesting discussion between two Scientists who happen to be Christians. (Or should I say “Christians who happen to be scientists?”)
I have come to respect Pastor Jim’s selection of blog posts. He is a welcome addition to my blog roll. Doesn’t it only make sense that as God created all things that true science would eventually line up with God’s Word?
Daniel R. Zuidema. Chemistry. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, May 31st, 2016. 48 pp.
This is a booklet on a Christian worldview of the academic discipline of Chemistry that is part of the Faithful Learning Series published by Presbyterian and Reformed that provides an introductory look at various academic discipline from the perspective of the Christian worldview. This is the third book I’m reading in this series and I’m really enjoying this series.
In this particular book the author looks at the field of Chemistry theologically by utilizing the paradigm of Creation, Fall and Redemption. Beginning with creation, the author argues that Chemistry is one way we mirror the glory of God, in coming to understand and utilizing God created chemical processes. I appreciate how under the section of “Creation” the author argues that chemicals are not in of itself evil, but it is the use of it…
It’s so nice to be in contact with Barbara Anable once again. She sent me this and I had to put it up. As Barbara said: “This is an amazing and beautiful video!” How can one watch this and not think of our wonderful Creator God.
How do butterfly’s wings shine? Like almost all other butterflies, the Morpho has wings covered with scales. Typically, pigmentation patterns across these scales generate wing colors, but a Morpho‘s scales deploy an additional feature.
On top of their scales, Morpho butterflies have countless tiny, tree-like structures with suspended branched arms that manipulate light waves. Spacing among the branches helps match targeted light-wavelengths, like blue for example. Repeated reflections of the same wavelength cause interference effects that, when viewed from certain angles, generate stunning iridescence.
I finally shared, recently, why I have chosen the butterfly as the symbol for this blog and my gravatar. If interested read the comments in THIS BLOG POST.
This video is featured in my friend Manny’s blog post:
There are so many reasons why we have gotten away from the truth of God’s Word. The Evolution issue is a big one.
My son worked very hard in high school to get his college tuition minimized. He is in his freshman year and is taking a Biology and Physiology class. Here are a few of the chapter titles in his text:
“How Populations Evolve”
“How Biological Diversity Evolves”
“The Evolution of Microbial Life”
“The Evolution of Animals”
Chapter 14 ( a favorite number of mine) begins with “The Origin of the Species.”
Anyone who has read this blog knows where I stand on this issue. The Bible says that “God created the heaven and the earth.” I believe it by faith. I also believe there is a great deal of evidence to back this belief. Evolutionists may not always admit it but they must come to their THEORY with a great deal of faith. This video shows several Biology students being asked very simple questions that they can’t answer. When they do answer, they have not really dealt with the issue.
SPROUL/STEIN INTERVIEW
This is very interesting interview. The entire movie “Expelled” has been put on YouTube by a Muslim. I had it here, but I don’t feel right about showing an entire movie without those who have worked so hard on it getting something from it. HERE is a section of the movie that I’ve shown in another post.
There are many other posts on this blog about this issue. To see them all, click on “creation” in the category section on the right side of this blog. Here a few of my favorites:
We need to give our young people the facts and let them come to their own conclusions. Listen to some of the students in the first video. They sound brainwashed to me. I think that man knows that there is a God, but rebellion closes one’s eyes to the truth.
This section of scripture From Romans 1 (Bible Gateway) describes the results of a continued turning away from the truth:
Unbelief and Its Consequences
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Colorful Heliconius butterflies grace the tropics with their beautiful wide wings. Their survival depends on more features than what simply resides in their physical bodies. The challenge is trying to explain the origins of the way their body parts not only mesh perfectly with each other, but also with their butterfly behavior.
I am a sucker for butterflies. Someday I will explain why. I think they are an amazing creation. How can something like a butterfly survive in such a harsh world? Maybe it’s for God’s glory. Maybe it’s to show that gentleness is an attribute that God appreciates. After all, gentleness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. THIS ARTICLE is another evidence of an everlasting Creator.
Stegosaur carving from approx. 1186 A.D. Photo found at icr.org Photo credit to Don Patton
A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE was recently published by the folks at the Institute for Creation Research. It shows a picture of a dinosaur that was carved around 1,000 years ago.
It is a short article, but it packs a punch. Here are a few excerpts:
“The temple at Ta Prohm (modern day Cambodia) —with its tree root-draped stones providing a picturesque scene for visitors—lies fewer than three miles from the oft-visited major Angkor Wat complex. The Khmer people built it and the many surrounding temples during Europe’s Middle Ages.”
If you would like to take a virtual tour of the temple, GO HERE.
One should really read THE ARTICLE for oneself, but it includes this interesting observation:
“The nearest stegosaur fossils come from faraway China. It is therefore very unlikely that the ancients carved a stegosaur likeness based on fossils.”
If the date is anywhere close to 1186, and if the artist saw a living stegosaur, dinosaurs didn’t die out 60-70 million years ago. This would discredit Darwinian evolution. I’ve known about this carving for some time, but I didn’t know that it had been dated. It makes the image even more remarkable.
As Christine states in her article, there is now better evidence for the Creationist viewpoint. At the same time, she doesn’t deny that the footprints are important.
That’s Me with the Dino Tracks in August of 2004
I have been to the Paluxi River and had my picture taken next to a Dinosaur footprint. Unfortunately, the human tracks were not visible, but this picture shows clearly that the dino tracks are there. The picture was taken at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas.
It is very close to Dr. Baugh’s Creation Museum where this picture was taken:
At Dr. Baugh’s Creation Museum
An important book about the subject was published in 1980. It was called “TRACKING Those Incredible DINOSAURS” and was written by John Morris, son of the founder of ICR.
Photo from Amazon.com
Although ICR has backed away from the evidences found in this book, it is filled with eyewitness accounts of man and dinosaur footprints found in the same strata. I have the book, and the accounts seem authentic to me.
One example is found on page 13. During the Great Depression, residents of the area sold prints to make money to feed their families. James and Cecil Ryals estimated that they quarried approx. 100 dinosaur tracks and about 10 human tracks. Dinosaur tracks were more desirable and a good one could fetch up to 50 dollars. The same page details how they went about their excavations.
The Ryals are not the only witnesses. The book has other examples.
I believe in a young earth. It is not millions and billions of years old. I believe that man and dinosaur lived contemporaneously. I agree that the prints discussed here are not the best evidence for Creationism, but how can one completely discount them?
The Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas is another showcase for the Darwinian evolutionists if one reads the signs at the park. In reality, it is evidence for Scientific Creationists like me.
Appealing to public emotions is a tool employed by politicians, media, and anyone trying to win supporters for a specific agenda. Naturally, such efforts can skew or omit facts, as is often the case in mainstream presentations of the ongoing battle between evolution and creation science. A recent Discovery News feature provides a telling example of this particular ploy.
Published online July 11, the feature is titled “Evolution Controversies: A History in Photos” and includes photographs from the Scopes “Monkey” trial of 1925, a cartoon of British naturalist Charles Darwin with the body of an ape, and a photograph of an exhibit in the Institute for Creation Research’s former Museum of Creation and Earth History in Santee, California.1 Of the ten photographs, two portray what the author says are claims used by creationists as “scientific proof of young Earth creationism”: the dinosaur footprints in Glen Rose, Texas, and a petroglyph in Utah that resembles a dinosaur.
Geologist and ICR President John Morris reported on the Paluxy River footprints in 1976,2 which at the time many creation scientists believed showed human and dinosaur footprints together. However, in light of continuing study, he reexamined the issue and wrote in 1986:
Even though it would now be improper for creationists to continue to use the Paluxy data as evidence against evolution, in the light of these questions, there is still much that is not known about the tracks and continued research is in order. We stand committed to truth, and will gladly modify or abandon our previous interpretation of the Paluxy data as the facts dictate.3
So, Discovery News’ statement that “creationists claim that human footprints can be seen right beside dinosaur tracks”1 is about 25 years out of date. Creation science researchers have moved on, a fact that was omitted from the Discovery News’ emotionally oriented appeal.
In the case of the Utah petroglyph, which Discovery News reported was “just a mud stain” in March of this year,4 ICR Science Writer Brian Thomas wrote:
ICR Senior Science Lecturer Frank Sherwin visited this petroglyph a number of years ago. He commented that although it looked interesting to him, he did not consider it to be as compelling as other historical evidence—such as dinosaur original soft tissues, written or sculpted eyewitness accounts of dragon encounters from all over the world, or certain Bible passages like Job 40—that have convinced him that dinosaurs and man were contemporaneous. The case for creation does not hinge on this one Utah artifact.5
So attempts such as Discovery News’ outdated references that try to place creationists in the same unscientific camp as flat-earth believers6 do not take into account that creation science researchers are willing to examine the data and, if necessary, move on to more interesting and securely justifiable discoveries, such as the soft dinosaur tissues or historical worldwide dragon encounters Mr. Thomas mentioned.7
Discovery News’ bias is further demonstrated by the fact that, although the author was careful to include instances that he thought “disproved” creationist claims, he failed to mention examples of the supposed evidence used to support evolution and long ages that have been debunked, such the classification of Tiktaalik and Pakicetus as transitional forms (aka “missing links”),8 and the accuracy of potassium-argon radioisotope-dating techniques.9
Appealing to public emotions can be effective, because it often does not require the appealers to present all the facts surrounding the topic. However, when the dust settles, the facts will not go away. If they demonstrate anything, anti-science presentations such as the Discovery News feature show that emotional appeals are needed to promote evolution because there is no real science behind it.
Daniel Shenton of The Flat Earth Society told LiveScience in June that he and his followers believe the earth is flat: “To look around, the world does appear to be flat, so I think it is incumbent on others to prove decisively that it isn’t. And I don’t think that burden of proof has been met yet.” LiveScience also reported that Mr. Shenton believes in evolution and global warming. See Wolchover, N. Ingenious ‘Flat Earth’ Theory Revealed In Old Map. LiveScience. Posted on livescience.com June 23, 2011, accessed July 14, 2011.
For examples of fresh dinosaur tissues, see the many examples listed on the “Fresh Tissues Show That Fossils Are Recent” page in ICR’s collection of Evidence for Creation. For a small sampling of archaeological examples of dinosaur interactions with humans, see Morris, J. 2008. The Dinosaur Next Door. Acts & Facts. 37 (6): 13.
Morris, J. D. and F. J. Sherwin. 2010. The Fossil Record. Dallas, TX: Institute for Creation Research, 149, 172. See also Sherwin, F. Banner Fossil for Evolution Is Demoted. ICR News. Posted on icr.org January 27, 2010, accessed July 14, 2011.
Woodmorappe, J. 1999. The Mythology of Modern Dating Methods. El Cajon, CA: Institute for Creation Research, 22.
*Ms. Dao is Assistant Editor at the Institute for Creation Research.
Yunnan Province, China holds some very special eggs, containing the tiny bones of unborn sauropod dinosaurs. Within the Lufeng Formation, a relatively thin bed of red sediment contains these fossil eggs, mixed and buried amidst other fossils. While perhaps providing new clues to the ways sauropod dinosaurs developed from embryos, they also bear distinct marks of very recent flooding.
First, the find’s context fits a watery cataclysm. Science NOW covered this story, describing the fossils as, “one nest after another destroyed by floods.”1 Of course, Noah’s year-long Flood strung together many disastrous tsunami-like flood events, each one covering a broad swath, sometimes blanketing areas the size of whole continents.
My comment: “You’ll never see an article like this in the liberal news media, although I would have to give a publication like Science NOW credit for their integrity. If there is some discovery that seems to prove Darwinian evolution, it is printed regardless of how much evidence there is for it. Items like this, that reflect thousands, not millions, of years’ worth of aging, are out there, but one has to look for them. Darwinian evolution is being taught in every public institution in the nation. The brainwashing has gone on for quite some time now, and it is interesting to me that still only half of Americans believe we came from some primordial soup or were seeded here by aliens (Richard Dawkins considers this possibility here).
“‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.’
“That’s good enough for me. Any belief about origins ultimately comes down to faith.”
“I’m so excited to find God of Wonders at YouTube! Just in case there are some of you who have not yet seen this great video (or have but would like a fresh reminder), make yourself a cool lemonade (or a hot cup of tea for those of you Down Under) and behold the precise, intricate, altogether lovely works of our powerful, awesome, magnificent Holy God, Creator and Redeemer, Jesus Christ our Lord!”
These are the words of Pearl of the former blog “Be Thus Minded.” Pearl went on to quote Psalm 19 in its entirety. Unfortunately, this documentary was removed when Pearl had her blog up. Fortunately, I found it back up on You Tube.
Pearl and I have very similar tastes. Three posts before she finished her blog she added “Who Am I,” an inspiring piece of music that was recently posted here.
I am thankful that I still have access to “Be Thus Minded” where I can find great stuff like God of Wonders.
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Wings of the Wind 
Dr. James Tour and Dr. Stephen Meyer: Origins
August 18, 2020My favorite contemporary scientist for years has been Dr. Robert Gentry. He went into the presence of the Lord in January. I respect him greatly because of the personal sacrifices he made to follow where the scientific evidence led him.
Now, among living scientists, I would have to put Dr. James Tour as my favorite. His resume far exceeds that of Dr. Gentry which in no way lessens the greatness of Mr. Gentry in my mind.
This is a very interesting discussion between two Scientists who happen to be Christians. (Or should I say “Christians who happen to be scientists?”)
Enjoy.
Chris Reimers
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