Have you heard of the Oort Cloud? For years, Cosmologists have discussed some type of Cloud or band that would explain the existence of long-period comets. Maybe a bit of background would be helpful, so let’s back it up a bit, and start with one of the most popular theories for solar system origins. Remember, … Read more
You’ve probably heard the conventional story of how the rock layers formed. The most popular story is that rock layers form slowly over millions of years by the same geologic processes we see operating today. Weathering and erosion then produced hills, valleys, and the other topographical features we see today. But a quick trip into … Read more
In the days before Darwin and naturalistic scientists like him, there were philosophers theorizing about God, the supernatural, and miracles. One such philosopher was David Hume, who lived during the eighteenth century. This Scottish thinker is best remembered for his influential system of thought that included empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. Hume disregarded miracles and argued … Read more
Many people, including many Christians, take the idea of millions of years for granted. They simply assume it’s true and try and fit the long ages somehow into the Bible. But it wasn’t always this way. The earliest geologists used the Bible’s framework of a few thousand years of history and a word-changing global Flood … Read more
H.G. Wells, the author of over 100 books and the founder of the genre of science fiction, was a contemporary of Darwin. He was raised in a Christian home but after studying evolution in university, including studying under “Darwin’s bulldog,” Sir Thomas Huxley, he was convinced of evolution, and eventually became an atheist. He’s now … Read more
If you pay attention while you’re watching TV shows and movies you might be surprised by the amount of evolutionary content the writers and producers work into the finished product. Everything from kids’ movies about the Ice Age, to Flintstones cartoons, to sci-fi movies have subtle (or not-so-subtle) messages of evolution or millions of years. … Read more
Let’s talk about Astronomy for a minute…. The Bible says the heavens declare the glory of God but there is a theory that says that 14 billion years ago, everything started on its own, purely by accident. But how do you even get the first star to form when a Big Bang would send all … Read more
Many of the most prestigious universities here in America, as well as other places like the U.K., were originally Christian colleges. Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, among others, were all found-ed by Christians and they originally proclaimed the truths found in the Bible. But what happened? Today we certainly don’t think of these ivy-league schools as … Read more
Evolutionary ideas are all around us. Every time you turn on the TV, watch the news, or read a science magazine you will more than likely find evolutionary content. How did this philosophy become so popular that it literally took over science? Evolution owes much of its popularity to a guy you’re probably familiar with…Charles … Read more
Evolution is taught as undisputed fact in public schools across the nation. Each day millions of children learn that life arose naturalistically over millions of years of slow, gradual processes. They learn that we’re all related through one common ancestor, most recently an ape-like ancestor. Students are rarely taught the major problems with evolutionary ideas … Read more
When many people think of evolution they think of a scientific idea that has little to do with their daily lives. They may, or may not, believe it is how mankind got here but, so what?!? What difference does it make? Well, throughout history there have been men and women who’ve taken Darwin’s ideas to … Read more
In 2005, Dr. Mary Schweitzer shocked the scientific world when her team reported the presence of blood vessels, red blood cells, and collagen in a T-Rex femur. That’s right—soft tissue in a dinosaur bone! This T-Rex was thought to be over 65 million years old and yet it had fresh looking soft tissue inside its … Read more
Evolution is found in scores of pages in your average high school textbook, but a lot of people don’t check the sources, because, after all, somebody smart wrote the book, right? Ernst Haeckel, a German zoology professor, was an ardent supporter and promoter of Darwin’s ideas about evolution. It was really due to this free-thinker … Read more
Evolution… is popular! It seems that every time you turn on the TV, read a college textbook, or flip through an astronomy magazine you see SOME FORM of it. How did this philosophy become so popular that it literally took over science? Well, maybe we should take a look at Thomas Huxley, who was a … Read more
Got a Disease? Get out of Camp! Speaking in reference to those with certain diseases, Leviticus 13:46 commands that as long as they have the sickness, they should dwell alone; outside of the camp. Does this practice make sense from a scientific perspective? Up until the 18th Century, much of the scientific community believed in … Read more
Matthew Fontaine Maury was known as the “Pathfinder of the Seas”. His story — goes something like this: In the mid 1800’s, Matthew became ill and was laid up in bed. So, one day, his daughter came in to keep him company and began to read from the book of Psalms: “…whatsoever passeth through the … Read more
The common idea of stellar nurseries, claims that stars are born into existence as nebulous areas of space contract, forming a dense ball of gas. It sounds like a plausible explanation for the origin of stars in the universe. However, one big problem with this theory is that while we HAVE seen stars DESTROYED when … Read more
One theory of cosmic evolution is that after a Big Bang, 14 Billion Years ago, gas in the vacuum of space started contracting, eventually becoming so tight that it formed stars. It’s claimed that this happened trillions upon trillions of times to create the populated Universe we see today. However, we’ve never had ONE confirmed, … Read more
Charles Lyell was a British lawyer and geologist who lived during the nineteenth century. He published a three-volume work called Principles of Geology, which promoted his ideas of an old earth, geologic ages, and uniformitarianism. This is the belief that the present is the key to the past. He believed that the slow and gradual … Read more
James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturist. He’s considered the Founder of Modern Geology. It appears that he was a deist, but it’s also possible that he entertained the notion of atheism. He believed, at best, that God was distant from earth and did not intervene in creation. Before … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? Did you know that for every generation that passes, more and more mistakes are piling up in the human genome? This means your DNA has more mistakes than your parent’s DNA, which has more … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? Over one million years ago modern humans arrived on the planet, or so the evolutionary story goes. Now have you ever wondered where all the people are if humans have been around for over … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? The foundation for evolutionary ideas about the past is millions of years. Without the millions of years, it’s utterly impossible for evolution to have happened. Now, most people just take for granted that the … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? Near the bottom of the fossil record is a layer of rock known as the “Cambrian.” This layer is bursting with fossils of all kinds of creatures, many of which look very bizarre to … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? The next time you stand outside at night and look up at the Moon, think about this: that moon is a tiny bit farther away from you than it was last time you saw … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? Survival of the fittest to reproduce, or “natural selection,” is considered to be the driving force behind evolution. It seems pretty simple: the sickly gazelle will get eaten while the healthy gazelle gets away. … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? For there to be any hope that evolution happened, our earth must be millions and billions of years old. After all, without millions of years there’s no way that an amoeba or a frog … Read more
Why should you believe in creation, and not evolution? I mean, scientifically speaking. Haven’t we proven that evolution is a fact? The backbone of evolutionary ideas about the past is the supposed long ages of earth’s history. Without the millions of years there’s simply no chance that evolution could ever have happened. And there’s lots … Read more
James Hutton James Hutton was a Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturist. He’s considered the Founder of Modern Geology. It appears that he was a deist, but it’s also possible that he entertained the notion of atheism. He believed, at best, that God was distant from earth and did not intervene in … Read more
Picking up an astronomy magazine, one might find a photo of the gorgeous Messier 42 or come across the spectacular Messier 13. Search the web for galaxies, and you might see Messier 101, or come across Messier 51. But what is this Messier, and what does it mean? Charles Messier was a Frenchman who lived … Read more
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