Describing their findings as “humbling,” researchers who set out to create a “minimal genome” have concluded that the basic elements of life are enormously complex and remain full of unsolved mysteries. In an article titled “Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome,” a team of more than 20 scientists share the results of years of research on cellular genomes. The scientists, in an attempt to better understand the basic requirement for life, took a bacterial genome and stripped it down of all genes they deemed unnecessary. “We set out to define a minimal cellular genome experimentally by designing and
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Lecture given in Scotland by Dr Alastair Noble on evidence for Intelligent Design at the CEC Men’s breakfast Sept 2015 http://www.centralevangelicalchurch.c…
Dr. Stephen Meyer and Dr. John Ankerberg examine the origin of life and how the complexity of creation indicates an intelligent Designer.
Seminar by Chris Ashcraft Apologetics Symposium Cedar Park Church, Bothell WA January 6th, 2016 Description: What would the Earth be like without animals? They are indeed a very special part of the creation that provides endless fascination and brings much love into our lives. Previously unknown animals are discovered each year and the complicated world of these creatures has been made clearer by recent scientific discoveries. This presentation will focus on the amazing abilities of animals that are often a source of inspiration to engineers. Humans have long practiced biomimicry in an attempt to glean the ingenuity behind biological designs,
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Did you know that animals have genetic switches? These are regulatory regions of DNA that control the genes. Scientists have noticed that dramatic things can happen when a genetic switch is mutated. For instance, a mutated genetic switch can dramatically alter the appearance of stickleback fish, or generate a great variety of coat colours in animals. Veterinary researcher Dr Jean Lightner has suggested that God may have created genetic switches to facilitate variation, the switches having been created with a propensity to mutate without negatively affecting other traits. Modifications to genetic switches are not examples of ‘evolution in action’, even
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What does a cow have in common with a compass needle? The answer is that both of them ‘know’ the orientation of the earth’s magnetic field. No, this isn’t crackpot science. In 2008, the prestigious journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, published research documenting how cows grazing in a field have a tendency to align themselves with the earth’s magnetic field. And this phenomenon isn’t just limited to cows; many animals including deer, birds, turtles, bats, and even some bacteria, can sense the earth’s magnetic field for alignment or navigation. The fact that so many living
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A new study published in The Open Evolution Journal described a paradox that particles-to-people evolution has failed to resolve. Called the “mutation protection paradox,” it could be an intractable problem that would leave creation as the only viable origins hypothesis. Study researchers observed that both living organisms and computer programs that copy and transmit coded information have built-in error detection and error correction systems. These systems are required to maintain the information’s integrity, which would otherwise be eroded by constantly accumulating random mutations. The coded information, organized in small sets called “bytes” in binary computer code and “codons” in the
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“Just one more of many marvels of design in nature that are proving extremely problematic for evolutionists.” Admin An international team of researchers has concluded an in-depth genetic analysis of the octopus, and some say their just-released findings present deep problems for the theory of evolution. The octopus has long been recognized as one of Earth’s most unusual creatures. Its intelligence, dexterity, and complexity are unparalleled among invertebrates. And, until last year, scientists had never fully mapped the genome of the octopus, so the eight-armed creature’s full genetic code remained a mystery. Finally, in a journal article published in Nature
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“Unfortunately this environment of intolerance is even more prevalent today.” Admin The year was 1996. I had just moved to Arizona with my family, and though as a musician I had some income, it was not enough. So I worked as a substitute elementary school teacher. At the beginning of the day the students would recite the American Pledge of Allegiance. In many schools, students would then recite this well-known excerpt from America’s Declaration of Independence: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
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I well remember the first time I heard Prof. Burgess give a lecture—on “Hallmarks of Design” in the natural world—at the 7th European Creationist Congress in 2000, one of the conference highlights for me. Here was a committed Christian and experienced engineer turning his design eye on the biological wonders of the natural world, and Stuart’s book of the same title had just been published.2 He has since authored books on topics as diverse as the stars and human origins. But do real scientists and real engineers treat Genesis as history? Well, regular readers of Creation will know the answer
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In this lecture Dr. Kindell examines the world of the honey bee and its amazing complexity to refute evolution.
A lecture by Dr. Thomas Kindell on how design in nature, using birds as an example, refutes evolution.
Dr. Thomas J. Kindell gives reasons to believe there is design in the Universe and the real reasons science avoids it.
Design(er) Conference Site: http://goo.gl/JA3Rw6 “Lots of great examples of the incredible design in nature, yet atheists insist this is all just a product of blind chance, how foolish can you get. He also gives a critique of the ID movement.” Admin Presented by Dr. Terry Mortenson. With a PhD in history of geology from the Coventry University in England and an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, Dr. Mortenson has lectured on the creation-evolution controversy in 22 countries since the late 1970s.
Seminar by Dr. Don Johnson September 5, 2014 The Expedition Christian Church Mountlake Terrace, WA This is a partial recording of Dr. Johnson’s full talk titled “Evolution, Species, and “Kinds”” Downloads notes from this lecture. http://www.scienceintegrity.org/EvSpe… About the Speaker: Don Johnson has earned Ph.D.s in both Computer & Information Sciences from the University of Minnesota and in Chemistry from Michigan State University . He was a senior research scientist for 10 years in pharmaceutical and medical/scientific instrument fields, served as president and technical expert in an independent computer consulting firm for many years, and taught 20 years in universities in
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Seminar by Dr. Don Johnson Apologetics Symposium Cedar Park Church, Bothell WA August 21st, 2014 Description: Programming of Life highlights the informational aspects of life that are usually overlooked or ignored in chemical and biological evolutionary scenarios. Each cell of an organism has thousands (or millions) of interacting computers reading and processing digital information using algorithmic digital programs and digital codes to communicate information. Life is an intersection of physical science and information science. Both domains are critical for any life to exist, and each must be investigated using that domain’s principles. Yet most scientists have been attempting to use
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A new peer-reviewed scientific study challenges a common argument for the Darwinian theory of evolution by showing that so-called “redundant” units in the human genome actually have highly specialized functions. Casey Luskin, an attorney with graduate degrees in both science and law, explained in a report published at Evolution News and Views that evolutionists have generally assumed that synonymous codons – a sequence of three consecutive nucleotides that is part of the genetic code – are functionally equivalent. A nucleotide is the basic building block of nucleic acids. Luskin is research coordinator for the Center for Science and Culture at
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Feb. 2014. The Point of Grace Milwaukee Area Campus Ministry presents our monthly Gathering on topics that our culture and college aged people are wondering about. This month we were happy to sponsor Jay Seegert who is one of the most talented Creation science speakers in the country. While historical evolution theories are often taken as fact, Jay takes a “look under the hood” at what some of the latest DNA research reveals about the credibility of evolutionary theory. Jay’s website www.cecwisc.org
An outstanding presentation demonstrating the incredible complexity inside the cell and how this could not have arisen by any natural process. Includes excellent animations of the inner workings of a cell. Highly recommended.
Awesome video documenting the marvels of God’s handiwork throughout nature!
“The incredible process of metamorphosis, changing a caterpillar to the beautiful monarch, is astounding in it’s complexity and defies any evolutionary explanation. It is one of the most powerful arguments for creation I know of.” Admin A monarch’s development from caterpillar to adult and its incredible ability to migrate clearly display the Creator’s design. What animal has a brain the size of a pinhead and yet can pinpoint a location 3,000 miles (4828 km) away and navigate there with an accuracy of 100 feet (30.5 m)?1 It is the most famous butterfly in North America—the monarch. But the winged adult
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“One more marvel of design that clearly testifies to Gods handiwork.” Admin Bees can solve complex mathematical problems that would normally keep computers busy for days, according to a new report from UK researchers.1 Through careful observation, University of London scientists have determined that bees routinely solve the “traveling salesman problem,” in which a subject must determine the shortest route between multiple destinations in order to conserve energy. But the scientists don’t know how the bees do it with a brain the size of a grass seed. “Bees learn to fly the shortest possible route between flowers even if they
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“One more marvel of design in nature.” Admin Certain gecko lizards can see color in dim light. That means these geckos’ eyes are about 350 times more sensitive than human eyes, which see only black and white in the same conditions. Can evolution account for the origin of the remarkable machinery that enables these nocturnal creatures to see so well? Scientists studying the helmet gecko’s eyes found distinct concentric zones, each with a different refractive power. Geckos also have a much higher density of oversized cone cells in their retinas that are responsible for detecting specific light wavelengths. In their
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“In this session Dr. Jeanson discusses the design which is seen throughout nature with emphasis on design in the cell and how it clearly points to intelligence.” Admin At the 2014 Creation Conference held February 21-23 at Cliffwood Presbyterian Church, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson of the Institute for Creation Research gave a series of talks defending the literal reading of the creation account in Genesis. This video is the 2nd session: Glimpsing the Mind of God.
The dog’s shoulder is a brilliant design, in spite of evolutionary teaching to the contrary. …read more Read more here: creation.com
“I’ve posted a number of these articles about marvels of design which occur throughout nature yet no matter how many examples are given evolutionists still insist they are just products of blind random chance … how foolish can you get.” Admin For decades, human design engineers have been laboring to make more efficient machines, like propeller blades that produce steady airflow patterns. Our thinking has been fixed on the idea that smooth surfaces are the best basic form, but studies on whales and dolphins are changing that. A whale flipper has a bumpy edge. After incorporating some bumpy, irregular features into
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Sep 8, 2008 … A gecko foot encased in amber has been dubbed the oldest gecko fossil ever discovered, according to researchers from Oregon State University and the Natural History Museum in London.1 The amber deposits containing the remarkably well-preserved fossil, discovered in Myanmar, are said to be around 100 million years old, which would double the “date” of the earliest-known gecko, making it “43 to 56 million years older” than the prior record holder.2 The discovery has been given the customary evolutionary interpretation, but the evidence presented by this gecko foot actually fits much better within a biblical creation
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