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Peacock ‘eyes’ that hypnotize Aug 15, 2019

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When the peacock vibrates his tail, it seems those ‘eyes’ can hypnotize the one he is trying to woo. But how can the eyespots stay relatively still when the whole tail is shaken vigorously? Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the eyespot feather structure is different. Such an unwieldy tail would be a huge handicap for the peacock’s escape from predators, and contradict neo-Darwinian evolution.

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Original article: Peacock ‘eyes’ that hypnotize
Peacock poppycock?
The beauty of the peacock tail and the problems with the theory of sexual selection
Peacock tail tale failure

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Dolphin sonar (still) far better than man’s Jul 25, 2019

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Dolphins generate their sound beam with ‘phonic lips’ below the blowhole, one low pitched and the other higher pitched, producing a beam with overlapping pulses. Dr Starkhammar attributes this to “millions of years of evolution”. A better explanation would incorporate the principle of analogy—to which Darwin himself appealed frequently… .

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The article: Dolphin Sonar (Still) Far Better Than Man’s
Bats—sophistication in miniature
Echolocation ‘evolved in the same way’
Deep secrets: cetacean communication
The super-senses of oilbirds

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The large ships of antiquity Jul 22, 2019

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Noah’s Ark has never failed to be the target of skeptics and the butt of many jokes. ‘Everyone knows’, for instance, that you cannot build a boat as large as Noah did from wood, even using today’s advanced technology. Just because we cannot duplicate something that was done thousands of years ago, it does not mean the ancients could not do it either!

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The article: The large ships of antiquity
Computers on the Ark?
The Genesis Flood and Noah’s Ark
Amazing ancient Chinese treasure ships
Safety investigation of Noah’s Ark in a seaway

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Submission to Scripture—The Key to Understanding Our Worth Jul 18, 2019

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When facing difficult questions, do we respond by asking God or searching His Word? Or do we think we know best? Such self-idolatry reaches as far back as the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:6). Instead, we should seek to understand how God’s Word addresses our lives which help us to think correctly, resulting in lives that are honoring to Him.

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Original article: Submission to Scripture—The Key to Understanding Our Worth
Two Worldview in Conflict
The Basis of a Christian Worldview
Does a Worldview Have to Be Livable?
Christian Apologetics Questions and Answers
Creation: Why it Matters

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Design: just a trick of the mind? Jul 15, 2019

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Life looks like it was designed. Even Richard Dawkins admits it: “Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.” Skeptic Michael Shermer has developed specific terminology for this, such as ‘patternicity’ and ‘agenticity’. He says they are all just the product of an overactive agency detection device in our heads, regularly inferring patterns and agents where no such things exist.

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The article: Design: just a trick of the mind?
David Hume and divine design
Monkey minds
Can evolution produce rational minds?
Christian philosopher sees no conflict with evolution
The “God spot”
Children see the world as ‘designed’!

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The Birds of the Galápagos Jul 11, 2019

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The birds on the Galápagos Islands show an amazing adaptation to their environment, and provide excellent examples of the ability of animals to adapt to changing conditions. But are any of these variations examples of evolution? And how does the biblical creation model explain them?

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The article: The birds of the Galápagos
Tortoises of the Galápagos
Dariwn’s Eden
Beetle bloopers
Natural Selection Questions and Answers

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Fossils in a day? Jul 08, 2019

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To experimentally mimic the fossilization process, taphonomists have undertaken what they call maturation experiments. Three scientists decided on what they called a ‘novel’ approach. Current surface processes of erosion and deposition of sediments cannot explain the billions of fossils found globally. What was needed was a flood of unprecedented magnitude, capable of providing vast quantities of sediment over a short time period.

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Fast Fossils
Fast octopus fossils reveal no evolution
Buried birth
The case for Flood deposition of the Green River Formation
Folded ferns

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The Fall: A ‘Glorious Necessity’?! Jul 04, 2019

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‘Our view is that Adam made a good decision’, a Mormon replied when I asked him about Adam and Eve partaking of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. My Mormon friend also told me that he believed that Adolf Hitler would be saved along with Mother Teresa. When interacting with Mormons, Christians would do well to focus on the Fall, since it is foundational to the Gospel.

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How Old? Jul 01, 2019

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“Archaeology team finds 9,000-year-old artifacts in NewBo [Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA] neighborhood” declares an article from a recent edition of The Gazette. According to the Bible, there was no death or bloodshed of nephesh chayyāh life before Adam and Eve sinned. But what of claims of civilizations that, according to the biblical timeline, would pre-date the Flood?

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Archeologist confirms creation and the Bible
The ice-age reinforcement syndrome
How does Göbekli Tepe fit with biblical history?
Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)
What about the ‘Stone Age’?
Carbon dating into the future
Perspectives on ancient chronology and the Old Testament: Part 1 & Part 2

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Dragons on Noah’s Ark Jun 27, 2019

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Adorning the walls of Krakow Castle, Poland, is a magnificent display of royal tapestries from the 16th century. Within the eight pieces telling the story of the Flood are two tapestries showing the animals going onto and coming off Noah’s Ark. Many of them are easily recognizable as good depictions of their living counterparts today: lions, camels, cows, and various types of birds. But there are also animals that look distinctly like dragons. Why would the tapestries’ designer have included dragons going onto Noah’s Ark?