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#2
“Further Evidence of the Cost of Microevolution”
(2 pgs.) - Experiments on fruit flies demonstrate that, when a species
develops improvements within its pre-set genetic boundaries (microevolution),
it not only fails to become a newer, higher species (macroevolution), but
it also pays a price for its improvement by becoming disadvantaged elsewhere.
#3
“Still More Evidence for the Cost of Microevolution”
(2 pgs.) - Once again, experimentation (this time on cloned E.
coli bacteria) has shown that microevolution 1) does not produce a
new species, and 2) carries a cost, because the microevolving creature
becomes disadvantaged in one area despite being advantaged in another.
#4
“Microevolution vs. Macroevolution Once Again”
(1 pg.) - Once again, experimentation (this time on cloned E.
coli bacteria) has shown that microevolution 1) does not produce a
new species, and 2) carries a cost, because the microevolving creature
becomes disadvantaged in one area despite being advantaged in another.
“A
New Missing Link?” (1 pgs.) - The
entire fossil (Kenyanthropus platyops, discovered in East Africa
by famed paleontologist Meave Leakey) consists only of a skull and partial
upper jaw. On top of the limited and "messy" nature of the bone fragments,
not all scientists have accepted platyops' enthronement as the new
missing link.
“Adoption
and Altruism: A Blow to Darwinism” (2
pgs.) - Evolutionists theorize that the only thing a living creature
cares about is perpetuating its genetic code. Thus, the only reason animals
(and humans) care for their young is because the youngsters carry the adults'
genes. Under this scenario, there is no place for self-sacrifice
or goodness. ... But (there is goodness in the world) and adoption
occurs (besides humans) among animals, including mice, rats, otters, skunks,
llamas, deer, caribou, kangaroos, wallabies, seals, sea lions, dogs, pigs,
goats, sheep, and bears.
"Another
Evolution Fraud Exposed" (2 pgs.)
- Despite the fact that Haeckel’s embryo drawings have long since been
exposed as fraudulent, the profoundly dishonest pro-evolution movement
is, astonishingly, STILL presenting his artwork as "proof" of Darwin’s
theory.
“Biblical
and Scientific Facts about Our Atmosphere”
(2 pgs.) - Job and Solomon, benefiting from the gift of divine inspiration,
were well aware of the hydrologic cycle and of the fact that atmospheric
water derives from the invisible evaporation of water from the earth's
surface. An outstanding example of this is Job, who was aware of
the true nature of clouds: "[God] maketh small the drops of water:
they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: which the clouds do
drop and distil upon man abundantly" (Job 36:27-28).
“Do
Genetic Studies Demonstrate Evolution?”
(2 pgs.) - The science of genetics is no better at providing rock-solid
proof of evolution than fossils. As with the fossil record, the genetic
record does not unquestionably show species Y and Z evolving out of species
X. Instead - again like the fossils - the genetic "evidence" is only speculation
based on inference and pre-determined assumptions employed to reach a conclusion
that evolutionists have already decided they're going to reach.
"Evolutionary
Assumptions Negated by Mount St. Helens"
(3 pgs.) - What Creation scientists have known all along is that
pre-determined old-earth assumptions are not substantiated by the scientific
evidence. ... Agreeing with National Geographic that the blast
area "is unrivaled as a model for ecosystem recovery" (Ibid.), the New
York Times went on to report just how wrong scientists had been all
along to presume a certain model for the re-population of a post-catastrophic
environment
"Evolutionists'
'Primordial Soup' Theory Being Replaced"
(3 pgs.) - Miller’s "primordial soup" theory, for so long presented
as practically undeniable fact, is falling apart. This is typical of the
entire evolutionary scheme - it is essentially a shadowy, unprovable theory
that is portrayed in textbooks and media articles as incontrovertible truth,
despite the enormous doubts harbored by scientists as to its veracity.
"The
Fatal Flaw In Evolution's Dating System"
(2 pgs.) - One of the chief pillars of the theory of evolution is
the dating of the fossils. Animal remains found in geological layers of
a certain age are deemed to be the evolutionary descendants of animals
whose fossils are unearthed in layers considered even older. Biblically-based
scientists have always leveled the charge against evolutionists that their
method of dating is blatantly self-serving and useless - it uses the fossils
to date the rock layers, and the rock layers to date the fossils.
"Life
Is Not Here By Chance" (2 pgs.)
- Scientists are beginning to recognize the extreme unlikelihood of chance
being the driving force behind the origin and development of life.
Dr. Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, discovered that
even the simplest chemical compounds from which all life sprang - the building
blocks of life - are "irreducibly complex," and that such mind-boggling
complexity effectively rules out chance as the cause of life as we know
it.
“Light
before Stars?” (1 pgs.) - This
theory that sound existed at the exact moment of creation, and that it
had a major role in the formation of the Cosmos, ties in wonderfully with
the statement that God said, "Let there be light." Before the discovery
of sonoluminescence, theologians and Bible scholars could only offer guesses
as to why God thought it necessary to "say" anything to create light.
"Lost
River Of Eden discovered By Satellite"
(2 pgs.) - The July/August 1996 issue of Biblical Archaeology
Review, (a magazine which, despite its name, does not support a literal
belief in the Bible,) gave a detailed report on the discovery of Eden’s
long-lost fourth river, the Wadi Al-Batin or Rimah-Batin, which Professor
El-Baz had renamed the Kuwait River.
“New
Discovery Challenges Star-Dating Techniques”
(1 pgs.) - A team of astronomers, using the orbiting Chandra X-ray
telescope, has discovered that a particular pulsar (a collapsed star that
emits regular bursts of energy) was a remnant of a supernova reported by
Chinese astronomers in 386 AD. (When a star approaches the end of its stellar
"life," it explodes into a supernova; in some cases, these supernovae can
be seen from earth with the naked eye.) "This connection," reported the
Boston Globe, "proved that the pulsar was dramatically younger than once believed
- less than 2,000 years old rather than 24,000."
"No
'Missing Link' Between Animals and Humans"
(2 pgs.) - Despite the overt lack of proof for one of the most vital,
elemental steps on the alleged ladder of human evolution, supporters of
Darwin’s theory continue to present it as incontrovertible truth to an
unsuspecting public.
“
'Piltdown Chicken' — Another Evolutionary Hoax”
(2 pgs.) - In 1999, National Geographic published a photograph
of a creature which "proved" that birds evolved from dinosaurs. Named Archaeoraptor,
it was discovered in China. A Chinese farmer had glued two separate
fossils together and sold "it" to a fossil dealer. In an article
on the twenty greatest scientific blunders in the past twenty years, Discover
magazine listed "Piltdown Chicken," its term for the fraud.
“The
Recent, Catastrophic Formation of the Grand Canyon”
(1 pgs.) - The canyon was formed by the rapid movement of water,
bolstering Creationist theories that it was formed by the Genesis Flood.
Geologists are coming to realize two facts about the Grand Canyon long
known by Creationists: it is younger than previously assumed, and it was
formed catastrophically.
“Scientists
Reduce Ages of Celestial Bodies” (2 pgs.)
- What is interesting to note in this is that the more advanced scientists'
dating methods become, the younger they discover the stars to be, and not
the other way around. In other words, improved scientific technology has
proven to be the friend of young-universe Creationists, not the enemy.
“The
Trilobite’s Eye: An Embarrassment to Evolution”
(1 pgs.) - One of the most remarkable clues to the existence of an
Intelligent Designer behind the astonishing complexity of the animal world
is the eye of the trilobite. Trilobites are extinct invertebrates that
swarmed the oceans in uncountable numbers during earth's early history.
The creature's most notable feature was its phenomenally advanced, complex
eyes.
"Two
Tough Questions Regarding The Biblical Flood"
(2 pgs.) - Two questions skeptics frequently ask regarding the Flood
narrative found in the Book of Genesis are the following: 1) How did Noah
and his seven companions aboard the ark take care of all those animals?
2) Where did all the waters go when the surface of the Earth dried up after
the Flood? These are reasonable questions that deserve reasonable answers.
"Darwin's
Finches" (1 pg.) - The observation
of the speciation of Darwin's finches in the wild. This is compared to
belief in evolution (macroevolution) that rests on assumption, not hard
data. But intraspecific microevolution (small changes within a species),
is fully scientific, indicating a wise Designer in the first place.
"Glaciers
and the Flood" (1 pg.) - The Greenland
ice cores have shown that it is a mistake to regard our own, relatively
benign experience of the climate as the norm. The ice shows that the past
was a period of intense instability.
"The
Unreliability of Some Old-Earth Dating Methods"
(1 pg.) - Many of the dating methods which claim to provide unarguable
evidence for ancient fossils are deeply flawed or based on assumptions
rather than facts.
"Vestigial
Organs Do Not Prove Evolution" (1 pg.)
- One of the alleged pillars of evolutionary evidence is the presence of
so-called vestigial organs - body parts that are now useless, but which
scientists theorize must have been fully functional in the distant past,
when we were animals and needed them.
"The
'Anthropic Principle' " (1 pg.)
- Much has been said recently about the "anthropic principle," a concept
that deals with the origin of the universe. The cosmos not only appears
fine-tuned for life, but also seems to be run like a giant computer.
"Does
'Dinofuzz' Prove Bird Evolution?" (1
pg.) - One of the biggest controversies in evolution today is the
belief that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and that proof of this can be
found in the fossil record. The allegedly feather-like filaments
seen imprinted in the Sinornithosaurus fossil are exactly that - filaments.
Moreover, they are not even the filaments themselves, but fossilized impressions
of them, so direct analysis cannot be made.
"Fins
to Feet?" (1 pg.) - Evolutionists
claim that fish evolved feet from their fins, allowing them to crawl onto
land. But there is no fossil evidence that a four-footed fish ("tetrapod")
left the water to venture onto land.
#1
"Evolutionary 'Tree of Life' Being Scrapped"
(1 pg.) - One of the best-known evolutionary images is the "tree
of life," which shows the human family tree growing from primitive, ape-like
ancestors to full-fledged humans. It is one of the most effective
tools in tricking people into believing in human evolution, and it is being
scrapped.
#2
"Tree of Life Rejected, Part 2" (1 pg.)
- This "tree" is based on cladistics, which uses computer programs to compare
fossils and fossils fragments in order to determine the identity and evolutionary
history of a species. Cladistics and "tree-building" have failed
because, as it turns out, visible differences between the remains of two
alleged evolutionary cousins do not prove that each represents a "branch"
on an evolutionary tree that sprang from a common ancestor.
"Whale
Evolution?" (1 pg.) - Excavations
in Pakistan turned up foot bones of Pakicetus and another alleged ancestor
of today's whales, Ichthyolestes, and the mesonychid theory was finally
dropped, despite what had appeared to be overwhelming fossil evidence in
its favor. The reason was that all members of the artiodactyl family have
a unique feature in their anklebones known as a "double-pulleyed astragalus."
#1
“Microevolution within a Species - Yes; Macroevolution between
Species - No” (2 pgs.) - Microevolution
within a single species is a scientifically proven fact; macroevolution
from a lower species into a higher one is sheer speculation.
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