The human brain consists of approximately 12 billion cells, forming 120 trillion interconnections. The light sensitive retina of the eye (which is really part of the brain) contains over 10 million photoreceptor cells. These cells capture the light pattern formed by the lens and convert it into complex electrical signals, which are then sent to a special area of the brain where they are transformed into the sensation we call vision. In an article in Byte magazine (April 1985), John Stevens compares the signal processing ability of the cells in the retina with that of the most sophisticated computer designed by
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Squirrels may be common animals, often overlooked, but they are incredible creatures. From their agility to their climbing ability, from ground squirrels to flying squirrels, these amazing animals testify to the greatness of their wonderful Creator. Join Eric Lyons as he studies these alert and agile rodents. Watch: Wonders of Creation: Squirrels – Apologetics Press
Why are researchers so awestruck by the spider’s silk webbing? Why would scientists love to recreate the amazing qualities of spider-produced silk? Are millions of years of mindless evolution the ultimate explanation? Or, is spider webbing God’s wonder material? Join Eric Lyons as he untangles the evolutionary web to show God’s amazing design. Watch: Wonders of Creation: Spider Silk – Apologetics Press
You’ve likely seen them on a summer night—airborne insects with their very own flashlights. Lightning bugs have the ability to combine chemicals to produce bioluminescent light. Such complex, functional design demands a Designer. Join Eric Lyons as he takes a deeper look at these wonders of God’s Creation. Watch: Wonders of Creation: Lightning Bugs – Apologetics Press
The world of electronics constantly demands smaller data storage devices with higher capacities of space. It is ironic that God mastered the design for such a “device” when He created DNA. It is said that every book, photograph, written work, and every bit of information generated by humans could fit in a tablespoon of DNA. Watch: Wonders of Creation: DNA – Apologetics Press
Third in a 3 part series. Creationist Jobe Martin argues that some organisms possess characteristics that are better explained by creation by design rather than by evolution. These organisms include the Bombardier Beetle, the Giraffe, the Woodpecker, the Australian Incubator Bird, The Chicken Egg, the Beaver, the Platypus, the Black & Yellow Garden Spider, the Gecko & Chuckwalla Lizard, and the Human Eye & Ear Drum.
Second of a 3 part series. Creationist Jobe Martin argues that some organisms possess characteristics that are better explained by creation by design rather than by evolution. These organisms include the Bombardier Beetle, the Giraffe, the Woodpecker, the Australian Incubator Bird, The Chicken Egg, the Beaver, the Platypus, the Black & Yellow Garden Spider, the Gecko & Chuckwalla Lizard, and the Human Eye & Ear Drum.
First of a 3 part series. Creationist Jobe Martin argues that some organisms possess characteristics that are better explained by creation by design rather than by evolution. These organisms include the Bombardier Beetle, the Giraffe, the Woodpecker, the Australian Incubator Bird, The Chicken Egg, the Beaver, the Platypus, the Black & Yellow Garden Spider, the Gecko & Chuckwalla Lizard, and the Human Eye & Ear Drum.
? Enter an inspired world of design where nature is the teacher. A place where human designers sit in the Earth’s classroom to learn the mystery of creation. It’s a world of majesty and beauty. From the macro of planets to the micro of the tiniest cell, it’s an all inspired design that is perfectly efficient, wastes nothing, and holds the key to unlock a new frontier of discovery. Directed by Steve Greisen Featuring Andy Lee, Rossi Morreale, Paul Filidis
When you think about snakes, you probably think about them slithering across the ground or maybe through the water. Have you ever seen a snake slithering through the air? Join Kyle Butt as he discusses a fascinating group of “flying” snakes that show the complexity and wonder of God’s creation. Watch: Wonders of Creation: Flying Snakes – Apologetics Press
How do chemicals “decide” to become alive? That they can, and did, is essentially the basis for today’s widely accepted origin-of-life theory. But Rice University professor James Tour, a synthetic organic chemist who is widely considered one of America’s leading experts in nanotechnology and nanoengineering, says this theory is not only unproven but untenable. Moreover, he states that in private, many fellow scientists agree with him. Read More: Scientists Are “CLUELESS” About Origins of Life, Says Top Chemist and Nanotechnologist – The New American
What does the Bible tell us about the age of the earth? Not only does the Bible describe how God created Earth and its life forms in six days, Genesis also contains detailed genealogies and chronologies. Based on the Hebrew Masoretic text, one can deduce Earth’s age to be about 6,000 years.1,2 In contrast, evolutionists believe Earth is 4.6 billion years old and that life here got going about 3.5 billion years ago. While the evolutionary story is just naturalistic speculation, the Bible gives a fairly complete history and timeline that provide the basis for what is often called
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The word “scallop” usually evokes a juicy, round adductor muscle – a seafood delicacy. So it isn’t widely known that scallops have up to 200 tiny eyes along the edge of the mantle lining their shells. The complexities of these mollusk eyes are still being unveiled. A new study published in Current Biology reveals that scallop eyes have pupils that dilate and contract in response to light, making them far more dynamic than previously believed. “It’s just surprising how much we’re finding out about how complex and how functional these scallop eyes are,” says Todd Oakley, an evolutionary biologist
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Did you know that the germs in your intestines have sophisticated machines inside of them? Like all living things, E. coli bacteria contain DNA, which requires sophisticated machinery to read the DNA and turn the information into proteins, which are the major components of all living things. One of the key machines involved is the ribosome. According to the world’s leading science journal Nature: “The ribosome, together with its accessories, is probably the most sophisticated machine ever made. All of its components are active and moving, and it is environmentally friendly…” Ribosomes, however, are not just stunning examples of nanotechnology—they
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Multimedia Presentation by Dr. Thomas Kindell Cedar Park Christian School, Mountlake Terrace campus Cedar Park Church, Bothell WA March 8th, 2018 Biomimetics means biomimicry or copying design technology found in living organisms and using it to benefit our own needs. Scientists and engineers often praise the “genius” designs found in biology but often credit the alleged “wisdom” of evolution rather than give glory to our Creator – Jesus Christ. They have also found that many design concepts and inventions the were assumed to have been originated by man actually were thought of previously and were placed in biological organisms from
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Do you feel a natural revulsion when you experience spiders up close? Why would God create creepy arachnids? Discover God’s purpose for these eight-legged arthropods. Listen: Spiders | The Institute for Creation Research
Imagine a hungry frog chasing a delicious beetle. As the frog shoots out its sticky tongue to capture the prey, an explosion occurs that stuns the predator. Have you heard of this famous beetle? Learn about God’s remarkable design in the complex body of the bombardier beetle. Listen: Bombardier Beetle | The Institute for Creation Research
What is DNA? Why is it important? And how does it reveal the handiwork of the omnipotent Designer? Discover the code of life as Mr. Sherwin unwinds the microscopic ladder of biological information our cells need to function and thrive. Listen: DNA | The Institute for Creation Research
While I was chatting once with an inmate at a Pennsylvanian prison, he told me that upon his arrival a guard wryly said he was free to do whatever he wanted…so long as it was regulated. Regulations are a method of control using rules in lieu of physical handling. Since regulatory control over systems, processes, and behaviors is often essential, regulations are pervasive in organizations—and also in biology. If engineered control systems and biological regulatory systems are both based on rules, how similar are they? Read More: Engineered Adaptability: Biological Networks Feature Finest Engineering Principles | The Institute for
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A collection of multimedia presentations from our educational programs in the Seattle area (and others). Creation Biology is the study of biological processes and organisms, while operating under the assumption that God created life on Earth. The discipline is premised on the idea that God created a finite number of discrete created kinds or baramin. While these forms of life have the ability to vary and even undergo speciation, they cannot arise spontaneously from non-life, cannot interbreed outside of their kind, and cannot increase in genetic complexity. Read more on our Creation Wiki http://creationwiki.org/Biology
Experimenting on humans, especially at the earliest stages of life, raises all sorts of ethical problems. From IVF to human cloning, people have debated the morality of tampering with people, who might then suffer consequences from the experimentation throughout their lives. CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), a gene-editing technology that has made genetic manipulation easier and less expensive than ever before, holds both the promise of a cure for diseases that are currently fatal, and the threat of opening a Pandora’s box of unintended consequences. Source: Genetically modified babies – creation.com
Contrary to the well-known intelligent-design claim that some biological systems are so complex that they must have been designed, botanist and environmental scientist Alexander Williams has now described a new concept that shows all aspects of life point to intelligent design. ‘This concept is simpler, and broader in its application, than Behe’s concept of irreducible complexity’, Williams says, ‘and it applies to all of life, not just to some of it.’ Writing in the latest issue of the Journal of Creation, Williams outlines the biological concept of autopoiesis, a term that literally means ‘self-making’. Autopoiesis refers to the
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The following brief web article was adapted from the section on alleged ‘bad designs’ in Dr Sarfati’s new book By Design, which is subtitled, Evidence for nature’s Intelligent Designer—the God of the Bible. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland in male mammals that secretes a clear, slightly alkaline liquid that comprises about 10–30% of the volume of semen. Thus it is a vital musculoglandular organ for reproduction. Some critics of creation/intelligent design complain that it is badly designed because the urethra (the tube through which urine flows out) passes through it, so if the prostate enlarges, it restricts urine
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Francis Crick and James Watson have used the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their discovery of the DNA double helix as an excuse to attack belief in a Creator.1 wikimedia commons Francis Crick and James Watson. Together with Maurice Wilkins they received the Noble Prize in 1962 for their discovery of the double helix structure of DNA back in 1953. A recent UK news article about the Nobel-Prize–winning pair claimed ‘scientific discoveries have a habit of offending religious susceptibilities’, and pointed out, ‘Watson and Crick are both outspoken atheists.’1 These comments attempt to reinforce the old canard
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Join Origins host, Ray Heiple as he welcomes, Dr. Georgia Purdom for, “Mutations: Evolution’s Disappointment.” A major mechanism for Darwinian evolution is mutation. Random chance mutations are necessary to generate the raw material necessary for molecules-to-man evolution. These mutations must be beneficial and lead to the formation of new traits so that one kind of organism over time can evolve into a completely different kind of organism. However, mutations have never been observed to do this!
Join Origins host Ray Heiple as he welcomes, Dr. Kevin Anderson for, “Immortal Proteins?” For several years now scientists have been baffled upon finding soft tissue in dinosaur bones. Fragments of several types of proteins have been extracted from these dinosaur fossils. Protein degradation studies contradict the claims by evolutionists that certain conditions could preserve proteins in a buried fossil for millions of years. Instead, they reveal direct evidence that these fossils are only a few thousand years old.
Join Origins host, Ray Heiple as he welcomes, Dr. Georgia Purdom for, “Natural Selection is not evolution.” The engine that drives Darwinian evolution is natural selection. Natural selection “selects” organisms that are best suited for an environment and over time this purportedly has led to the evolution of one kind of organism changing into a completely different kind of organism. However, real-world genetic data shows what natural selection really does to populations.