Piltdown Superman

The way penguins fly is amazing — if one redefines the word fly . For most folks, it is obvious: The ability to maneuver through the air. Penguins are flightless when it comes to air, but underwater, it sure does look like they are flying. Their movement in water has been studied in great detail. When penguins are discussed, people tend to think of the Antarctic. That is not a pleasant place to conduct studies. (Some species live in Africa and the Galápagos.) Part of their attraction may be attributed to their cuteness  and how humans respond to it. Jumping penguins, National Science Foundation /  Dr. Paul Ponganis   (Usage does not imply endorsement of site contents) Penguins can make deep dives and hold their breath far longer than any human. Biomimetics  (or biomimicry ) gets involved, studying this characteristic for human health in medicine. While believers in particles-to-penguin evolution claim  that they have their development all figured out, that...

Saddle up and ride to the top of the hill for the big picture, useful when atheists make assertions. They often claim that they believe in reality because they deny the existence of God; they are materialists and matter is all that exists. That is their definition of reality. Something simple that this child learned long ago is to ask pertinent questions, including, " How do you know? " Note that many of their assertions are arbitrary. They presuppose materialism, then put Christians on the defensive — if we let them. Ashokan Reservoir, Unsplash /  Cowboy Bob Sorensen Things like this illustrate a bigger concern: How do you know what you know? Similarly,  how do you know what you believe is true ? Atheists make claims that they cannot logically justify. Indeed, if matter is all there is, then logic itself cannot exist because it is not material. Neither is love, hate, joy, integrity, science, justice, and other things that people use every day. Only a theistic worldview warra...

As discussed before , one purpose for the James Webb Space Telescope was to find evidence supporting the Big Bang. Scientists expected it to "look back in time" and see stars and galaxies they way they looked shortly after the Big Bang. The results are the opposite of what mainstream scientists expect. What has been called the most distant galaxy discovered so far has shocked secularists. The MoM designation is mirage or miracle . So they admit to secular miracles while rejecting the Creator. Interesting. MoM-z14 galaxy , DAWN JWST Archive; Image Processing - Joseph DePasquale (STScI), NIRCam Note that these scientists are amazed at this most distant galaxy being bright and mature. That does not fit their cosmic evolution paradigm, hence the mirage or miracle  wording. Biblical creationists know about true miracles, and we presuppose recent creation, so we are not surprised by this discovery. Indeed, secularists presuppose that the Big Bang is true and that the universe is qu...

Yesterday morning I was talking with my prospector friend Stormie Waters and her fiancé Roland Meadows, and the topic strayed from their upcoming nuptials to the Genesis Flood. God brought the animals to Noah, some other things, then we pondered Genesis 6:3. I picked up my Bible and read, "And the LORD said, 'My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years'". It looked like a countdown to me. Roland said that the key word can also be translated "abide." The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark , WikiComm / Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1613 When considering the meaning of a word or phrase, it is helpful to see how it is translated in other places. Aside from Genesis being an ancient text, the Hebrew word in question is used only once in the Old Testament! Is it strive  with man, or abide  in man? This is not a vital point of Christian doctrine so there's no need to stand and defend a ...

The formerly United States had a surprisingly bad winter in 1970s, so scientists began prognosticating that another ice age  was on the way. In fact, there was no stopping it. This notion was suddenly left to chill and the scaremongers instead came up with global warming caused by humans. Conventional geologists and astronomers presuppose millions of years and that there were many ice ages. They invoke the fundamentally-flawed Milankovitch Cycles to explain that changes in Earth's orbit caused ice ages. Glacier sliding down a mountain, FreeImages /  Ainhize Barrena Is there evidence, Cowboy Bob? For multiple ice ages? Not really. The evidence is assumed, and what little they have can be explained by other processes. There is a passel of evidence for the  single Ice Age, though. Sheets of ice still exist in Antarctica and Greenland, mostly. There is physical evidence that ice sheets had intruded further south than they are today. A problem with the unavoidable coming ice ...

People try to find value (or validation) in many places, something to make them feel...complete. It is natural to wonder what standard is used to give a person value. Comparing ourselves to other people is common, but it gets discouraging because there is always someone better at something. Computers and robots are better at many things than humans, but those are designed for specific purposes. Artificial intelligence is highly advanced software. It often mimics human thinking, and some folks think it can surpass humanity. Bionic eye, Pixabay /  intographics A person is unlikely to feel inferior to a robot or computer because a comparison is unreasonable — and they do not look like us. AI is being implemented into human images, and perhaps some people are intimidated by something that seems human but is superior as well. Is the worth of a person based on performance or the expectations of what he or she can contribute to society? My wife worked for an agency that supported mentally...

For Darwin's disciples, time is a hero in their evolution stories. It has been pointed out before that evolution requires millions or billions of years to happen. Cosmologists, geologists, and others strive to "find" those years — which are constantly assumed anyway. Consider that geologists tenaciously cling to slow and gradual uniformitarianism, reluctantly admitting rapid processes occur when they are in a corner. Also, the myth that humans and chimpanzee DNA is 98%–99% similar was debunked, but pertinent information was obscured in footnotes  because the timeline was too small. Sulawesi crested macaque, Wikimedia Commons / R.Rahasia ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ), modified at PhotoFunia Obscuring the data, denying the evidence, and even lying outright are not science, old son. Those are tactics to protect the narrative. People are desperate to deny the fact that life was created, and created recently. An old attempt to make evolution plausible (which presupposes deep time) is the ...

The word badlands  is often used to mean that an area is not good for living in, growing crops, and so forth. South Dakota has badlands. The Badlands National Park  takes up the area of three counties. Also in the badlands area is a National Historic Site involving deactivated nuclear missile silos . Nuclear missiles make good days go bad.  So why make a national park? A passel of wildlife call the area home. It also has geologic formations, and the study and removal of fossils needed to be regulated. Badlands National Park, Unsplash / Wesley Sharp Geologists and paleontologists who presuppose millions of years interpret what they observe into an interesting story. It does not hold up. Biblical creationists also has presuppositions, the main ones being that the Bible is true about recent creation and the devastating global Flood. Using Flood geology and models, the formations are explained in a way that makes sense. The eroded cliffs of the Badlands terrain of west centra...

Some biblical creationists do not cotton to the expression "YEC," as young earth creationist  implies that a young earth is the starting point. Rather, we believe that the earth is young because the Bible clearly indicates recent creation; it is true from the very first verse. It may come as a shock to some people, but when reading the creation account, Genesis 1:30 says that everything was vegetarian! If something has nasty sharp big pointy teeth, that does not guarantee it is carnivorous. Many are, of course. Pterosaur eating leaves, made at Bing image generator using DALLE-3 Aside from the spaghetti-loving lioness and other modern exceptions to the "pointy teeth means carnivore" assumption, take a look at the pterosaur that was eating greens. Advanced technology used on a pterosaur fossil showed that it did just that. There were two strong indicators that this was not just an exception or that it scarfed down some green garnish along with meat. What has been di...

The other day, I went to visit Hammond Suisse at his spread and helped with some odds and ends. Day became night. We were taking a break, looking up at the stars. That always stirs me on the inside. Canada geese were honking and flying in formation, darker areas against the night. "Do they use the stars to know where they're going?" he asked. I replied, "Sure do. The Creator gave us the sun, moon, and stars for lots of things including navigation," I replied. "We're not the only ones to take advantage of them." Male bogong moth ( Agrotis infusa ), Wikimedia Commons / Birgit E. Rhode ( CC BY 4.0 ) Down 'Straya way, researchers performed some interesting science on bogong moths. Some of these critters migrate 1,000 km (621 miles) at night. Testing revealed that they navigate by the stars. Since the world turns, so they had to adjust for that as well. It is not a learned or taught behavior, as they do not live long enough to pass along the inform...