Friday, March 9, 2012

Worldwide Evidence of a Worldwide Flood with Ark Hunter Jeremy Wiles - Creation Today



Creation Today 9/8/11 | Was there really a worldwide flood? Ark Hunter, Jeremy Wiles, joins Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor to discuss fascinating stories gathered from around the world while on a journey to find evidence of Noah's Ark. Check out the Ark Hunter movie!


Every journey begins somewhere. With Jeremy it was his childhood obsession with Noah’s Ark that would force him into the greatest adventure of his life.

Unlike anyone else, he wanted to know: Was the story of Noah’s Ark true, or was it merely a myth? His curiosity would get him in trouble, but nothing could stifle his passion. He dreamed of finding the Ark someday.  With the help of an old Watchmaker who recurrently appears to him in his dreams, Jeremy is encouraged to keep “asking, seeking and knocking”.

At age 24, Jeremy begins his quest to find the Ark. With no money, his hat and backpack he walks out of his comfortable life in the country and into the great big world, in search for the truth.
Jeremy’s epic journey takes him around the world, from perilous Mt. Ararat in Turkey; military archives in Russia; to the 1500 year-old Nuwa Temple in China. He lives with a savage jungle tribe in the Philippines and the ancient Hmong tribe in China, where he gets first-hand account of their flood stories. He also meets intriguing characters who impart to him life’s greatest lessons.
The road is paved with predicaments and unforeseen dangers. As he gets closer to his goal, Jeremy becomes increasingly aware of his hidden fears. In the meantime, he must also face the most ardent enemies of truth.

Jeremy realizes that there is more to discover in his journey than he had expected and there are people whose fate will be affected by the answers he finds. After years of searching, Jeremy must face the question he has been avoiding: What will he do with the truth once he finds it? Separated by time and space, Jeremy realizes his fate is intertwined with Noah’s. Time is ticking and Jeremy must decide if he will heed the call.

Ark Hunter is a film inspired by the true story of Jeremy Wiles’ quest for Noah’s Ark. In a time when relativism rules Ark Hunter begs the question: How far will you go to find the truth?

http://www.arkhuntermovie.com/about/

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

15 Questions for Evolutionists -- General objections (Genesis Unleashed)




CMI's '15 Questions for Evolutionists' flyer summarizes 15 major problems with evolution. Some evolutionists have raised objections to the flyer. In this episode Richard Fangrad and Calvin Smith discuss some general objections to questioning evolution.
• List of the 15 questions with supporting information http://creation.com/15-questions
• Responses to evolutionist's objections http://creation.com/15-questions-responses-1


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

In the Beginning Was Information - Dr. Werner Gitt

Part 1

Video by Answers in Genesis

Genetic information specialist Dr. Werner Gitt shows that coded information can only come from an intelligent source.
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Part 2

Part 3



About Dr. Werner Gitt

Dr Werner Gitt
Creationist Information Scientist (Germany)
Biography

Werner obtained his degree in engineering from the Technical University in Hanover, Germany. After receiving his Ph.D. he was appointed head of the Department of Information Technology at the German Federal Institute of Physics and Technology (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt [PTB], in Braunschweig). Seven years later he was promoted to Director and Professor at PTB.1 His research concerns have involved information science, mathematics, and systems control technology. His many original research findings have been published in scientific journals or have been the subject of papers presented at scientific conferences and at universities in Germany and around the world.

He is the author of Did God Use Evolution?, If Animals Could Talk, Stars and their Purpose and In the Beginning was Information. Werner is also a renowned evangelist, having spoken widely on issues relating to the Bible and science. Though retired, he has contributed many articles to Creation magazine and the in-depth Journal of Creation (formerly TJ).

Publications
Dr. Gitt has written numerous scientific papers in the fields of information science, mathematics, and control engineering. He has also written several creationist books including:

Did God Use Evolution?
If Animals Could Talk
In the Beginning was Information (also a DVD)
Stars and their Purpose: Signposts in Space
Without Excuse

Dr Gitt has contributed many articles to Creation magazine (and Journal of Creation (formerly TJ), some of which are:

10 Dangers of theistic evolution
Cloning: Right or Wrong?
Counting the Stars
Dazzling Design in Miniature
God and the Extraterrestrials
Information, Science and Biology (T)
Scientific laws of information and their implications—part 1
Implications of the scientific laws of information—part 2
Weasel Words
What about the ‘big bang’? (available in Russian)

Note
1.Three prerequisites must be fulfilled in order for the German Ministerium to award the title ‘Director and Professor’ at a German research institute, on the recommendation of the Praesidium. The person concerned must be:
1.A scientist. I.e. it is most definitely an academic title.
2.One who has published a significant number of original research papers in the technical literature.
3.Must head a department in his area of expertise, in which several working scientists are employed.

Day in Genesis 1 - Easy To Understand - Genesis Unleashed



Genesis Unleashed

Many people struggle with understanding what the word 'day' in Genesis 1 means. Since the word 'day' has a variety of meanings some believe that it could mean that God created over millions of years. Richard Fangrad and Calvin Smith, give many examples of how the word 'day' can be used in different ways. In most cases it is easy to understand the variety of meanings based on the context. When this simple principle is applied to understanding the meaning of the word 'day' in the context of Genesis 1 the meaning is also clear: it is a literal day!


Related content
- Chapter 2 in the Creation Answers Book deals with many reasons why 'day' in Genesis 1 must be a literal day.
- Scientific evidences for a recent creation in six days

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Creation Magazine Live #10 — Noah's Ark — Real or Ridiculous?



Creation Live!

Episode 10—Noah’s Ark—Real or Ridiculous?


Summary

The account of Noah and the Ark is one of the most attacked and ridiculed sections of the Bible. This program summarizes and refutes some of the arguments against the feasibility of Noah’s Ark as described in Genesis 6:14–16.

Related articles

- Noah's Ark Q&A page - Was the Flood global? (Chapter 10 from the Creation Answers Book

Feedback

- Noah's Ark never happened? - Helpful in dispelling doubt!

Also see

- Noah'sFlood Q&A page

Recommended Resources

- Genesis Flood Booklet

- Creation Magazine

- Journal of Creation

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Young Earth - Dr. John Morris



The Young Earth by John Morris PhD. Seattle Creation Conference, October 2010.
There is not just proper information to know regarding the issue of origins but also a proper way to think about the issue. Properly discerned and understood, science strongly supports the biblical doctrine of the young earth. In fact, once you see it, you will see it everywhere. Five examples of young earth indicators along with several predictions which a flood model makes build the case for a young age.

This video file is a 60 minute seminar by John Morris that was recorded during the Seattle Creation Conference, October 2010.

View more videos from the 2010 conference.

The PowerPoint file used in this presentation may also be downloaded below and used freely.
Web Presentation
PowerPoint file
Purchase DVD

About the Speaker:

Dr. John Morris, is a creation scientist and educator with a specialization in Geological engineering. He is the current President of the Institute for Creation Research, and son of the late Henry Morris whose seminal work is viewed by many to have initiated the modern creation science movement. John joined the faculty of ICR in 1984, and has served as the President since 1996. He has also led numerous expeditions to Mt. Ararat in search of Noah’s Ark.

Dr. Morris received his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech in 1969 and his M.S. in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1977. He received his Doctorate in Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. Dr. Morris can be heard each day on the Back to Genesis radio program. He is the author of numerous books, including The Young Earth. Dr. Morris taught geology at the University of Oklahoma before joining the faculty of the ICR.

Debate - Does scientific evidence support a literal Genesis? - Dr. Carl ...


"The Genesis Debate: Skeptic vs Creationist" is a debate between Dr. Paul Willis and Dr. Carl Wieland over the topic of Creation (more specifically, "Does scientific evidence support a literal Genesis?"). Dr. Paul Willis was the former winner of Australia's "Skeptic of the Year" award, and Dr. Carl Wieland is Managing Director of Creation Ministries International (Australia). http://www.Creation.com

Saturday, March 3, 2012

What Can We Learn About Noah's Flood from Mount St. Helens? - Creation Today




Creation Today - Feb 9, 2012 | Kyle Justice from Compel Media joins Eric Hovind and Paul Taylor to discuss recent research from Mount St. Helens in Washington. They cover how the catastrophe at Mount St. Helens provides clues to what it must have been like after Noah's Flood.


Thursday, March 1, 2012

Creation Magazine Live #9 - Progressive Creation - Preposterous Compromise


Progressive creation is a relatively new idea about how to distort Genesis to get the millions of years into the Bible. This episode summarizes some of the major flaws behind this idea.

Related articles
- Some questions for theistic evolutionists and 'progressive creationists'
- Ten major differences and similarities between Calendar-Day and Day-Age Creationists—According to Dr Hugh Ross
- Is cruelty normal?
- The Fall: a Cosmic Catastrophe
- Fitting everything in on the 6th day

Feedback
- Does it matter which is right?

Also see
- Progressive Creation Q&A page

For details visit: http://creation.com/creation-magazine-live-episode-9

15 Questions for Evolutionists



A dynamic version of the brochure from Creation.com, "15 Questions for Evolutionists". (Actually, several of the questions have follow-up questions.) These come from the "Question Evolution" campaign. Links are provided for supplemental information. Unless, of course, you blindly accept evolution by faith, and do not want to be confused by facts!


http://creation.com/15-questions


15 Questions for Evolutionists

Evolution: the naturalistic origin of life and its diversity

(The General Theory of Evolution, as defined by the evolutionist Kerkut, does include the origin of life.)
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  1. How did life originate? Evolutionist Professor Paul Davies admitted, “Nobody knows how a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized themselves into the first living cell.”1Andrew Knoll, professor of biology, Harvard, said, “we don’t really know how life originated on this planet”.2 A minimal cell needs several hundred proteins. Even if every atom in the universe were an experiment with all the correct amino acids present for every possible molecular vibration in the supposed evolutionary age of the universe, not even one average-sized functional protein would form. So how did life with hundreds of proteins originate just by chemistry without intelligent design? See:creation.com/loopholes.
  2. How did the DNA code originate? The code is a sophisticated language system with letters and words where the meaning of the words is unrelated to the chemical properties of the letters—just as the information on this page is not a product of the chemical properties of the ink (or pixels on a screen). What other coding system has existed without intelligent design? How did the DNA coding system arise without it being created? See: creation.com/code.
  3. How could mutations—accidental copying mistakes (DNA ‘letters’ exchanged, deleted or added, genes duplicated, chromosome inversions, etc.)—create the huge volumes of information in the DNA of living things? How could such errors create 3 billion letters of DNA information to change a microbe into a microbiologist? There is information for how to make proteins but also for controlling their use—much like a cookbook contains the ingredients as well as the instructions for how and when to use them. One without the other is useless. See: creation.com/meta-information. Mutations are known for their destructive effects, including over 1,000 human diseases such as hemophilia. Rarely are they even helpful. But how can scrambling existing DNA information create a new biochemical pathway or nano-machines with many components, to make ‘goo-to-you’ evolution possible? E.g., How did a 32-component rotary motor like ATP synthase (which produces the energy currency, ATP, for all life), or robots like kinesin (a ‘postman’ delivering parcels inside cells) originate? See: creation.com/train.
  4. Why is natural selection, a principle recognized by creationists, taught as ‘evolution’, as if it explains the origin of the diversity of life? By definition it is a selective process (selecting from already existing information), so is not a creative process. It might explain the survival of the fittest (why certain genes benefit creatures more in certain environments), but not thearrival of the fittest (where the genes and creatures came from in the first place). The death of individuals not adapted to an environment and the survival of those that are suited does not explain the origin of the traits that make an organism adapted to an environment. E.g., how do minor back-and-forth variations in finch beaks explain the origin of beaks or finches? How does natural selection explain goo-to-you evolution? See: creation.com/defining-terms.
  5. How did new biochemical pathways, which involve multiple enzymes working together in sequence, originate? Every pathway and nano-machine requires multiple protein/enzyme components to work. How did lucky accidents create even one of the components, let alone 10 or 20 or 30 at the same time, often in a necessary programmed sequence. Evolutionary biochemist Franklin Harold wrote, “we must concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations.”3 See: creation.com/motor (includes animation).
  6. Living things look like they were designed, so how do evolutionists know that they were not designed? Richard Dawkins wrote, “biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.”4 Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA, wrote, “Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.”5 The problem for evolutionists is that living things show too much design. Who objects when an archaeologist says that pottery points to human design? Yet if someone attributes the design in living things to a designer, that is not acceptable. Why should science be restricted to naturalistic causes rather than logical causes? See:creation.com/design_legit.
  7. How did multi-cellular life originate? How did cells adapted to individual survival ‘learn’ to cooperate and specialize (including undergoing programmed cell death) to create complex plants and animals? See: creation.com/multicellularity.
  8. How did sex originate? Asexual reproduction gives up to twice as much reproductive success (‘fitness’) for the same resources as sexual reproduction, so how could the latter ever gain enough advantage to be selected? And how could mere physics and chemistry invent the complementary apparatuses needed at the same time (non-intelligent processes cannot plan for future coordination of male and female organs). See: creation.com/evosex.
  9. Why are the (expected) countless millions of transitional fossils missing? Darwin noted the problem and it still remains. The evolutionary family trees in textbooks are based on imagination, not fossil evidence. Famous Harvard paleontologist (and evolutionist), Stephen Jay Gould, wrote, “The extreme rarity of transitional forms in the fossil record persists as the trade secret of paleontology”.6 Other evolutionist fossil experts also acknowledge the problem. See: creation.com/pattquote.
  10. How do ‘living fossils’ remain unchanged over supposed hundreds of millions of years, if evolution has changed worms into humans in the same time frame? Professor Gould wrote, “the maintenance of stability within species must be considered as a major evolutionary problem.”7 See: creation.com/werner.
  11. How did blind chemistry create mind/ intelligence, meaning, altruism and morality? If everything evolved, and we invented God, as per evolutionary teaching, what purpose or meaning is there to human life? Should students be learning nihilism(life is meaningless) in science classes? See: creation.com/chesterton.
  12. Why is evolutionary ‘just-so’ story-telling tolerated? Evolutionists often use flexible story-telling to ‘explain’ observations contrary to evolutionary theory. NAS(USA) member Dr Philip Skell wrote, “Darwinian explanations for such things are often too supple: Natural selection makes humans self-centered and aggressive—except when it makes them altruistic and peaceable. Or natural selection produces virile men who eagerly spread their seed—except when it prefers men who are faithful protectors and providers. When an explanation is so supple that it can explain any behavior, it is difficult to test it experimentally, much less use it as a catalyst for scientific discovery.”8 See: creation.com/sexstories.
  13. Where are the scientific breakthroughs due to evolution? Dr Marc Kirschner, chair of the Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, stated: “In fact, over the last 100 years, almost all of biology has proceeded independent of evolution, except evolutionary biology itself. Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, have not taken evolution into account at all.”9 Dr Skell wrote, “It is our knowledge of how these organisms actually operate, not speculations about how they may have arisen millions of years ago, that is essential to doctors, veterinarians, farmers … .”10 Evolution actually hinders medical discovery.11Then why do schools and universities teach evolution so dogmatically, stealing time from experimental biology that so benefits humankind? See: creation.com/science#relevance.
  14. Science involves experimenting to figure out how things work; how they operate. Why is evolution, a theory about history, taught as if it is the same as this operational science? You cannot do experiments, or even observe what happened, in the past. Asked if evolution has been observed, Richard Dawkins said, “Evolution has been observed. It’s just that it hasn’t been observed while it’s happening.”12 See: creation.com/notscience#distinction.
  15. Why is a fundamentally religious idea, a dogmatic belief system that fails to explain the evidence, taught in scienceclasses? Karl Popper, famous philosopher of science, said “Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical [religious] research programme ….”13 Michael Ruse, evolutionist science philosopher admitted, “Evolution is a religion. This was true of evolution in the beginning, and it is true of evolution still today.”14 If “you can’t teach religion in science classes”, why is evolution taught? See: creation.com/evo-religious, creation.com/notscience.

References

  1. Davies, Paul, Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Sydney, New Scientist 179(2403):32, 2003. Return to text.
  2. Knoll, Andrew H., PBS Nova interview, How Did Life Begin? July 1, 2004. Return to text.
  3. Harold, Franklin M. (Prof. Emeritus Biochemistry, Colorado State University) The way of the cell: molecules, organisms and the order of life, Oxford University Press, New York, 2001, p. 205. Return to text.
  4. Dawkins, R., The Blind Watchmaker, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, p. 1, 1986. Return to text.
  5. Crick, F., What mad pursuit: a Personal View of Scientific Discovery, Sloan Foundation Science, London, 1988, p. 138. Return to text.
  6. Gould, Stephen Jay, Evolution’s erratic pace, Natural History 86(5):14, May 1977. Return to text.
  7. Gould, S.J. and Eldredge, N., Punctuated equilibrium comes of age. Nature 366:223–224, 1993. Return to text.
  8. Skell, P.S., Why Do We Invoke Darwin? Evolutionary theory contributes little to experimental biology, The Scientist 19(16):10, 2005. Return to text.
  9. As quoted in the Boston Globe, 23 October 2005. Return to text.
  10. Skell, P.S., The Dangers Of Overselling Evolution; Focusing on Darwin and his theory doesn’t further scientific progress, Forbes magazine, 23 Feb 2009; http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/23/evolution-creation-debate-biology-opinions-contributors_darwin.html. Return to text.
  11. E.g. Krehbel, M., Railroad wants monkey off its back, Creation 16(4):20–22, 1994; creation.com/monkey_back. Return to text.
  12. pbs.org/now/printable/transcript349_full_print.html>, 3 December, 2004. Return to text.
  13. Popper, K., Unended Quest, Fontana, Collins, Glasgow, p. 151, 1976. Return to text.
  14. Ruse, M., How evolution became a religion: creationists correct? National Post, pp. B1,B3,B7 May 13, 2000. Return to text.